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Len Finegold PO Box 4786 Englewood, CO 80155 US 720-253-5855

Eligible to work in the US:  Yes Willingness to travel:  Up to 50% Willing to relocate:  No Current position:  Technology Application Expert Current specialty type:  Primary Consultant Active security clearance status is:   None

Business Objective

Support, Designing, and Implementing VVS Inc.'s Len Finegold, provides clients with the experience and knowledge applying information technologies to existing business systems. In doing so, he helps improve overall organization effectiveness. He helped organizations architect and implement systems that reduce or elminate manual processes. Combining his extensive knowledge of processes, tools, and technology, VVS Inc. has helped its client companies streamline their operations so their staffs can focus on their areas of expertise, not paperwork. Len is an expert at PERL. He is able to work with others to create and maintain systems using a combination of expert engineering skills and his outgoing personality. Creating or enhancing an infrastructure can improve sales closure rates, order processing time and costs, customer satisfaction, and overall profitability. Len has helped organizations take the small steps needed to start. VVS Inc. talks the talk. It also walks the walk. When it makes recommendations for process improvements, they also know how to implement the solution starting with planning, through design, past implementation and into production.

Experience

VVS Englewood, CO February 1999 - Present Position/Title: Owner Duties: Provide techincal consulting to clients. Projects include data migrations from oracle into clarify, web based system integration, syncing major business systems and creating a meta-directory that allows them to be managed as a single system, and many more interesting projects.

Intelligent Information Resource, Inc. Englewood, CO February 1995 - February 2001 Position/Title: CEO Duties: Major independent web site hosting over 100 book publishers in a single, integrated web site. http://www.ReadersNdex.com

New Boston Systems/CSG Englewood, CO January 1998 - February 1999 Position/Title: Consultant Duties: Migration code to lift entire cable tv systems from one billing system to another. We did all the financials, customers, channel line ups, and more. Over a weekend we would convert an entire city. (responsible for perl code for migration of all AR and product definitions/cost/taxes)

Partial List of Clients

Storage Area Networks, Inc Castle Rock, CO Duties: Create Content Data Network product line for Rich Media Asset Management Digital Asset Management Digital Transfer System Digital Asset Display System Digital Asset Transfer Scheduling System Multi-customer Web based interface Multi-Modal transport including VSAT, DSL, Microwave, ISDN, and POTS Training Perl Software Systems Design Methodologies Web based technology and its application to existing business models Methodology and Process Created, defined, documented, implemented the Software Lifecycle Process for the corporation and made it the norm within the existing organization

Convergent Communications Inc. (TELCO) Englewood, CO Duties: Data Migration between Oracle Financials and Clarify Data Cleansing between synced business systems Web based systems that automate and replace manual processes (Time Tracking, Systems administration, Sales Force Automation) Business System Infrastructure Syncronization (connecting and synchronizing hetrogenious systems) Training Systems Requirements Identification Perl Software Systems Design Methodologies Web based technology and its application to existing business models

CSG Systems Englewood, CO Duties: Data Migration from legacy cable systems (changing over everything to run an entire city's cable system in a single weekend) Report Development Web based systems that automate and replace manual processes (Reporting) Training Perl Software Systems Design Methodologies Web based technology and its application to existing business models

TCI Cable Englewood, CO Duties: Data Migration from legacy cable systems (A/R, Product and taxation cross mapping) Report Development Web based systems that automate and replace manual processes (Reporting)

MNet Mortgage Inc. Herndon, VA Duties: Complete web-based mortgage and e-commerce site with searching, mailing list management, data entry/management, indexing, and tracking of mortgage applications

Kensington Mortgage Company (UK) London, UK Duties: Advisor for vertical business systems integration for b2b commerce

TRW Mil/Aero San Diego, CA Duties: Development of hardware for F-22 IFF (identification friend or foe) subsystem Development of hardware design and simulation methodology Systems simulation

Skills

SKILL	EXPERIENCE	LEVEL
Programming Languages
Basic	0 - 1 years	Advanced
HTML	3 - 5 years	Expert
Java	0 - 1 years	Novice
JavaScript	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Oracle SQL*Plus	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Perl	9 + years	Expert
PL/SQL	0 - 1 years	Intermediate
SQL	3 - 5 years	Advanced
VHDL	3 - 5 years	Expert
Operating Systems
DOS	9 + years	Intermediate
UNIX	9 + years	Advanced
UNIX (Sun Solaris)	9 + years	Advanced
Windows 3.x	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Windows 95	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Windows 98	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Windows XP	0 - 1 years	Intermediate
Windows 2000	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Windows NT 4	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Hardware
Intel based PCs	9 + years	Advanced
Macintosh	9 + years	Intermediate
Sun	7 - 9 years	Advanced
Computing Environment
Desktop Computing	7 - 9 years	Advanced
Internet Computing	3 - 5 years	Expert
Intranet Computing	3 - 5 years	Expert
Data Management Abilities
Data Access and User Administration	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Data Analysis	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Data Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL)	5 - 7 years	Expert
Data Information Engineering	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Data Modeling	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Database Design	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Database Implementation	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Database Technologies
Access	1 - 3 years	Novice
MySQL	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Oracle 7 or earlier	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Oracle 8/8i	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
SYBASE	0 - 1 years	Intermediate
Desktop Application Packages
Microsoft Excel	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Microsoft Internet Explorer	3 - 5 years	Expert
Microsoft Office	9 + years	Advanced
Microsoft PowerPoint	9 + years	Advanced
Microsoft Word	9 + years	Advanced
Netscape Communicator / Navigator	7 - 9 years	Advanced
Quickbooks	3 - 5 years	Expert
Development Abilities
Develop Design Specifications	9 + years	Expert
Develop Functional Specifications	9 + years	Expert
Develop Technical Specifications	9 + years	Expert
Developer User Interface Design (GUI)	3 - 5 years	Expert
Development Code Debugging and Bug Fixing	9 + years	Expert
Development Code Review and Checking	5 - 7 years	Expert
Development Configuration Management	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Development Hardware Documentation	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Development Life Cycle for Software	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Development Methodology and Procedures	9 + years	Expert
Development Online Documentation	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Development Programming Code to Specification	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Development Requirements Definition	3 - 5 years	Expert
Development Software Architecture	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Development Software Documentation	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Development Software Unit Testing	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Development Source Code Control	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Development System Analysis	9 + years	Advanced
Development Systems Integration	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Development Technical Writing	3 - 5 years	Advanced
New Corporate Systems Development	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Proofreading & Editing	9 + years	Advanced
Engineering Abilities
Engineering Communication Protocols	5 - 7 years	Advanced
Engineering Component Design	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Engineering Component Development	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Engineering Conceptual Product Design	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Engineering Design Capture and Simulation	3 - 5 years	Expert
Engineering Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Engineering Development Processes	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Engineering Digital Design	5 - 7 years	Advanced
Engineering Integrated Circuit Design	3 - 5 years	Expert
Engineering Integrated Circuit Development	3 - 5 years	Expert
Engineering Integrated Circuit Testing	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Engineering Process Design	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Engineering
VLSI	7 - 9 years	Advanced
Enterprise Applications
Clarify	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Oracle Financials	0 - 1 years	Intermediate
Firmware
ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit)	3 - 5 years	Expert
CMOS Integrated Ciruit	3 - 5 years	Expert
Media & Graphics Technologies
Adobe Acrobat	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
GIF Builder	0 - 1 years	Expert
JPEG	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Paint Shop Pro	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
RealAudio	1 - 3 years	Advanced
HR & Recruiting Abilities
Employee Performance Review	9 + years	Advanced
Salary Negotiation	9 + years	Expert
Industry Knowledge
Advertising and Marketing	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Banking and Finance	0 - 1 years	Intermediate
Computer and Information Technology	5 - 7 years	Expert
Defense Systems	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Publishing	5 - 7 years	Expert
Management Abilities
Budget Development & Reporting	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Building & Managing Teams	3 - 5 years	Expert
Business Processes	5 - 7 years	Expert
Business Strategic Planning	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Contractor Management	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Corporate Leadership & Direction Setting	3 - 5 years	Expert
Encourages Creativity & Innovation	9 + years	Expert
Executive Responsibilities	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Hire/Fire Decision Making	9 + years	Advanced
Interviewing	9 + years	Expert
Lead Large Teams (15+)	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Lead Medium Teams (5-15)	1 - 3 years	Expert
Lead Small Teams (1-5)	9 + years	Expert
Mentoring of Other Developers	9 + years	Expert
Technology Strategic Planning	9 + years	Advanced
Marketing Abilities
Brand Marketing & Development	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Direct Marketing	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Promotions	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Media & Graphics Abilities
Media Graphic Design Creation	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Web Graphics Design	3 - 5 years	Intermediate
Methods, Standards, & API
JDBC	0 - 1 years	Novice
JSP (Java Server Page)	0 - 1 years	Novice
Servlet	0 - 1 years	Novice
Telcordia	0 - 1 years	Novice
Network Protocols & Standards
HTTP	3 - 5 years	Expert
LDAP	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Network Technologies
Netscape Directory Server	3 - 5 years	Expert
Planning and Project Abilities
Business Definition Requirements	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Business Formal Presentations	7 - 9 years	Expert
Business Peer Leadership	7 - 9 years	Expert
Business Product Requirements	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Lead Long Projects (12+ Months)	3 - 5 years	Expert
Lead Medium Projects (3-12 Months)	3 - 5 years	Expert
Lead Short Projects (1-3 Months)	5 - 7 years	Expert
Problem/Change Management	9 + years	Advanced
Project Estimating	5 - 7 years	Advanced
Project Leadership	9 + years	Expert
Project Planning & Scheduling	5 - 7 years	Expert
QA & Testing Abilities
Quality Assurance Concepts and Standards	9 + years	Advanced
Quality Assurance Procedures	9 + years	Advanced
Quality Management	7 - 9 years	Advanced
Test Acceptance Testing	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Test Integration Testing	5 - 7 years	Advanced
Test Planning	9 + years	Expert
Test Regression Testing	9 + years	Expert
Test System Testing	9 + years	Expert
Testing Methodologies	9 + years	Advanced
Sales Abilities
Inside Sales/Telesales	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Outside Sales	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Product Demonstrations	9 + years	Expert
Proposal Writing	1 - 3 years	Intermediate
Prospecting	5 - 7 years	Intermediate
Sales Management	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Sales Support	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Support Abilities
Support Customer Service	9 + years	Expert
Support Problem Analysis	9 + years	Expert
Support Problem Characterization	9 + years	Expert
Support Problem Reproductions	9 + years	Expert
Support Problem Resolution	9 + years	Expert
Support Problem Tracking	9 + years	Expert
Systems Administration Abilities
Systems Asset Management	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Web Performance Monitoring/Tuning	5 - 7 years	Expert
Web Security & Encryption	5 - 7 years	Expert
Systems Management Utilities
vi Editor	9 + years	Advanced
Technology Specialty
Asset Management	0 - 1 years	Advanced
Business Process Reengineering	5 - 7 years	Expert
Client Server Computing	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Ecommerce	3 - 5 years	Expert
EIS (Executive Information Systems)	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Sales Force Automation (SFA)	1 - 3 years	Advanced
Training Abilities
Training Delivery with Classroom Instruction	9 + years	Expert
Training Technical Course Development	9 + years	Expert
Web, Application & Messaging Servers
Apache HTTP Server	5 - 7 years	Expert
CERN Web Server	3 - 5 years	Advanced
Exchange	0 - 1 years	Intermediate
NCSA HTTP Server	5 - 7 years	Advanced
Netscape Application Server	5 - 7 years	Advanced
Netscape Enterprise Server	1 - 3 years	Advanced
sendmail	1 - 3 years	Advanced
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)	1 - 3 years	Intermediate

Education

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO Degree: BS Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Enrollment Status: Graduated Date Completed: December 1983

Project Training Classes Developed

VVS Inc. Course Name: Identification of Sys Reqs for Business Process Automation Pro Certificate : Creator and Trainer Date Completed: January 2000

Intelligent Information Resource, Inc Course Name: Web based book promotion Certificate : Creator and Trainer Date Completed: January 1995

General Dynamics Course Name: ASIC System Design for Testability Certificate : Creator and Teacher Date Completed: January 1994

Project Examples

Project example:The Time Tracker – Process Improvement One client used Oracle Financials (OFA) to track project cost. They asked their staff to report the hours worked by project and activity type on a form that would be approved and hand-entered into OFA. The time consuming process was very expensive and was not capturing information accurately. Len constructed a web-based time entry system that pulled all the open projects from OFA and presented them to each individual (based on their authorization to charge to the project). The resultant information was designed to load directly back into OFA to create a closed-loop system. This project provided the customer with a workable process that empowered employees to take responsibility for their time. Project managers were able to approve/disapprove entries as well as check actual costs in real time on their projects. Redundant data entry was completely eliminated. Employees made entries daily. Managers approved weekly. Reports were generated on demand. The system’s information even passed an IRS audit. Reporting included many different views of the data that was accessible based on privileges. This project continues to be a success for the client. It provides them with an improved version of their existing process while providing the compliance, accuracy, and timeliness the pre-existing process could not deliver. This saved the client, in a single year, in excess of $2 million dollars in tracked depreciable expenses that would not have been deducted.   Projects Project example:The Web Widget – Rapid Application Development A client that was building their intranet wanted each department to control its own content and forms. They didn’t want to have to become web experts, though. Len created a web widget (reusable piece of code). When invoked with a department name as an argument, it would find the correct location in the file system and find all the forms for the department in an n-level deep hierarchy. It then rendered the hierarchy using JavaScript with links to each form. This one-day project allowed all the departments to publish all their forms in their own organized hierarchy. When any department had an update, they simply updated their file hierarchy. The simple widget allowed the client to get configuration management on all of its forms. The intranet became the source of record for the forms. Users printed the forms on demand cutting waste and eliminating usage of “out of date” forms company wide. This web widget empowered all the departments to get their information out to users quickly using the simplest technology possible. It dramatically reduced usage of incorrect forms. Someone estimated the widget saved the company over $20,000 per year in printing and rework for the one day spent developing it.   Projects Project Example:The Project Manager - Teaching One project manager was used to developing requirements for projects by creating GUI’s and then working backward. The manager and Len reviewed the project requirements prior to submittal to the manager’s customer. It was going to be underbid by 50%. Len spent time explaining where the process had broken down and then spent a few hours per day over the course of a week helping the project manager explore and identify all the real requirements. He not only explained the theory, he also helped coach and guide the project manager through the whole process so she would learn both the concepts and their real application. When the meeting occurred with the customer, she had identified the obvious elements and correctly identified all the difficult, obscure, and unmentioned elements. The customer was surprised by the thoroughness and completeness of the analysis. The bid (at the right amount) was accepted. She demonstrated what she had learned on the next project with equal success. Savings - $115,000 plus goodwill.   Projects Project Example: SYNC – Personal Empowerment One client had a collection of many different business systems that were not really integrated administratively. Keeping employees’ accounts, name changes, contact information, and position/privileges current was impossible. Worse, there was no way to identify that John Doe in one system was the same John Doe in another system. The client attempted to use paper-based systems oriented around a centralized data entry point(s). It didn’t work. Len developed a web-based replacement wizard that is controlled by each user (employee, contractor, and consultant). On a periodic basis, each user is asked to verify all their information in a step-by-step wizard. Where information is changed by the user, it flows into all the affected business systems at the same time so all the systems are correct and up to date. When new business systems are added to the architecture, the users are able to identify themselves in the new system and that new synchronization is kept in a meta-directory. Instead of using expensive SysAdmins to handle all the account management, SysAdmins can focus their skills on their systems operation and enhancement. The software takes care of account updates. More importantly, a single group of people can turn on users and turn them off (all access is cut off within 5 minutes upon dismissal of an employee). Everything (in the systems) was correct and up to date just by allowing each person to keep their own information up to date. This empowerment removed onerous forms, routing, approvals, and data entry. The synchronization also facilitated inter-system transfers of information that would not have been otherwise possible. The client still hasn’t been able to quantify the cost saving attributed to the process improvement. Its basic impact on the company has been dramatic. Its ongoing benefits and savings continue to be discovered.

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