Ray Glaser 15275 Collier Boulevard, #215 * Naples, Florida 34119

Phone: 239.348.0939 Cell: 239.777.4465

* www.BakosGroup.com/resumes/rglaser.pdf * rg38f88a@westpost.net

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL

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A focused, analytical, and creative application engineer with a track record of
consistently achieving goals to meet complex project
requirements critical to maintaining market share and profitability. Work autono
mously as well as a member of multi-discipline teams.
Experience includes supervisory and project lead positions. Background includes
private industry and defense-related industries. Core
competencies include:
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Strategic Planning * Application Development * Implementation Planning & Executi
on * Quality Assurance * Security * Licensing /
Operating Compliance * Client Support & Training * Project Lead * Troubleshootin
g

CAREER MILESTONES
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Developed proprietary operating systems currently in use in several dedicated, e
mbedded systems that includes MIT and White Sands Missile
Range. Another is utilized in publishing the Kansas City Star newspaper, and ano
ther is providing real-time DB updates for the Washington
DC Metro Transit Authority. Another major project was a DBMS for the Burlington
Northern Railroad in Kansas City, Missouri.
Developed applications on both UNIX and Windows systems.

CAREER TRACK
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SOFTWARE ENGINEER 2007 - 2010
QPAY, INC. North Miami Beach, Florida
Provided focused leadership in generating innovative solutions for a wide range
of technical requirements for this company offering
innovative products and services targeting the financial sector. Work independen
tly and on teams developing new applications, testing and
troubleshooting products prior to market launch, and during implementations, ens
uring budgets and timelines achieved to the client's total
satisfaction.
* Code, debug, and perform quality assurance for ASP.net GUI interfaces and .NET
web applications and services including SQL
2005 database stored procedures.
* Write and implement departmental programming standards for C#, JavaScript, and
HTML. Ensure programmers and other
personnel cognizant of standards, and provide training and support to ensure goa
ls met.
* Assist as required in key projects, ensuring quality meets corporate and clien
t needs. Resolve issues in a timely manner.
* Identified and resolved several Web Applications implementation problems to el
iminate significant server memory overload and
stability problems.
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SOFTWARE ENGINEER 2004 - 2007
ATX FORMS, INC. Fort Pierce, Florida
Designed, developed, and created Windows .NET Win Forms applications for an aut
omated electronic IRS tax forms application.
Collaborated with teams and with clients to identify needs and to develop strate
gies and approaches.
* Authored analytical and data transformation software package to perform detail
ed analysis and tracing of computations performed in
a spreadsheet document environment.
* Created an in-depth programmer's reference manual for superset of spreadsheet
control programming functions.
* Developed C++ Forms computer software analysis package that achieved 98%+ accu
racy as a result of managing design and build of
application comparing PDF documents with proprietary spreadsheet documents.
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SOFTWARE ENGINEER 2003 - 2004
CPC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS North Fort Meyers, Florida
Spearheaded projects designing, developing, testing, and configuring .NET web a
nd windows-based software interfacing to a SQL
database for local and county municipal tax assessment and collection clients.
* Achieved exceptional results developing application using single-source code b
ase supporting both WEB browser-based GUI and
Windows .NET Forms-based GUI with minimal code differences. As a result, company
developed 2 products with significant cost
savings in marketing and support requirements.
* Designed a DHTML Web-based context-sensitive help system for government taxati
on applications using CA
Open Road development environment. This project was significant in that company
believed it not possible to
provide this service in the context of company's Computer Associates Open Road-b
ased applications.
Received senior-level accolades upon completion of project.
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SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 2000 - 2002
NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Managed the development of a wide range of applications that included defense-r
elated data transformations. Remained flexible to achieve
project goals, and successfully and consistently mastered new technologies and e
nvironments for multiple, concurrent project completion.
Worked independently and as a member of various teams. Ensured budgets and sched
ules met, and quickly resolved issues in a timely
manner.
* Multiple applications for On-Board Vehicle Maintenance Real-Time database appl
ication to a JAVA/SWING GUI application. The
project was designed and developed on a time-critical project deadline, requirin
g learning the entire JAVA/SWING environment, as
well as to develop the project in an extremely short time period for an importan
t government demonstration.
* JAVA/Swing/JDBC/GUI application parsing incoming TCP/IP data stream of aircraf
t mission data into Oracle database.
* Embedded backpack PC C++ GUI application for nighttime battlefield acquisition
and coordination with Central Command Center.
Using satellite data uplinks, infra-red scanner ActiveX object, and laser range
finder.
* Served as project architect and developer for a Windows NT embedded file syste
m and API for real-time, on-board automated
vehicle maintenance system for Washington, DC's Metro Transit.
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SOFTWARE ENGINEER / PROJECT LEADER 1993 - 2000
FISCHER INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS Naples, Florida
Served in a leadership role for high-value, complex systems and applications.
* Lead architect for the development of a high-availability, high-throughput Win
dows NT Internet Email Gateway to / from OS390
application with ability to support variety of customer configurations. Integral
member of team developing paperless office systems
software. Designed, developed, and implemented QA test plans and procedures.
Previous positions include:
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Instructor - Hesser College * Principle Software Engineer / Project Leader / Sup
ervisor - Digital Equipment Corporation

LEARNING CREDENTIALS
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of Pittsburgh
Additional courses, seminars and workshops include:
Management & Statistical Analysis - University of New Hampshire OS training - H
oneywell Information Systems & IBM

LANGUAGES & APPLICATIONS

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Windows 2000/XP/7 * Windows NT & NT Embedded * Visual Web Developer 2008 * Visua
l Studio 2005/2008 * Team foundation server
TFS * C# * Visual C++ * MFC * C * C++ * AJAX * PHP * VB.Net * Visual Basic 6.0 *
JavaScript * WIN32 API Dynamic Linked
Libraries (DLL) * DHTML / CSS * SQL * SQL Server 2008 * TCP/IP Sockets * UDP Dat
agrams * SMTP MIME X.400 * OS390/OMVS *
VAX /VMS * OS/2 * SCO OpenServer * Sun Solaris * Ultrix / UNIX * JAVA + Swing RP
C/DCE * Real-Time Process Control
Applications * Client/Server Apps * Microsoft .NET 3.0 Web Applications & Web Se
rvices
MILITARY SERVICE
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United States Air Force - Honorable Discharge * Graduated with honor, Airborne R
adar Technician's School

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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First Class Broadcast Engineer License, Federal Communications Commission
Tournament-level chess player * Member, United States Chess Federation