Opie Reger's Resume

Summary of Qualifications:

• Possesses dual Associate degrees, one in Computer Science and one in Business Administration, (one Lab Science class short of a Bachelors degree in Computer Science), twelve plus years of IT experience and for the past seven years provided Web Development / Construction experience for a variety of websites
• Experience at Xerox: Was responsible for supervising five (5) employees, was an operator on IBM Mainframe, five AS400s, five HP 3000s. Used command line statements on IBM Mainframe, IBM AS400, HP-3000, VAX, IBM S390, Honeywell Minicomputer, plus various Microsoft, UNIX and Linux Servers. Monitored the Backups on 300 Servers, an IBM Mainframe, five IBM AS400s, five HP-3000s, went in and edited the JCL when the backups or jobs failed. Was responsible for Customer Satisfaction Problems, Product Quality Control, Employee Training (one-on-one training, written procedures and operational manuals), worked on scheduling and took problem calls from around the world. Received Perfect Attendance Awards most of those years.
• Experience working with the following Computer Languages and Scripts like Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, UNIX / Linux Scripts and Assembly
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts, and Object-Oriented Design (OOD) Patterns
• Experience working with: Tomcat, Eclipse, NetBeans, SQL, MySQL, Visual Studio, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Command Line Statements, Microsoft Office, Robot, Operation Navigator, BackPack, OpenBook Unbound, DragonDictate, Roadrunner, Job Rescue, NBSpool, Barr Print Server, Reveal, Qedit, Backup Exec for Windows, AlphaStor, NetWorker, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite 2: (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe GoLive) and Command Line Statements
• Experience Working on: HP 3000, IBM Main Frame, IBM AS400, IBM S390, UNIX, Linux, VAX, Honeywell Minicomputer and Windows

• Website Development: Personal Website using FrontPage, E-commerce Retail Website using FrontPage and PayPal to process payments, Personal Website using (PHP, JavaScript, CSS) with Form Validation, Classified Website using (PHP, JavaScript, CSS) that allowed users to upload images and post descriptions, two Classified Websites using C# (one was migrated from PHP to C#) that allowed users to upload images and post descriptions with Form Validation, Two Personal Website using (Java [Servlets, JSP], JavaScript, CSS, DOM, MySQL, AJAX) with (Form Validation, Form E-mail, Reports Home if there is A Problem, WebPages Adjust to Screen Size) and Stores Customer Data in Cookie and Database.
• Currently working on a Web project that is using a MySQL Database, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX. It is storing customer data and images to the database. The Web Project detects if JavaScript is enabled and request that JavaScript be enabled if not. Form data is validated using JavaScript and then uses AJAX to send the data to the server after validation. Data is returned back from the server as a partial HTML page that is used to update the webpage. The Web site builds Web pages on the fly and stores them to the designated folder. This website will implement instant messaging, a blog, allow the user to select background and text color for their section of the Web site. There will be administrative pages to delete and update accounts.
• Personal strengths Includes Timely (Received Perfect Attendance Awards), Dependable, Honest, Excellent Customer Service Communication Skills and Customer Requirements Gathering Skills, Team Player, Self Motivated, Planning, Organizing, Problem Solving, Assessment, Quality Management and Mentoring Coworkers

Skills:

Web Applications:

Rich Internet Applications:

Database Interactive Programming:

Computer Applications:

Computer Languages and Scripts:

Computer Systems:

Education:

Total University Credits Acquired: 187 Credit Hours (one Lab Science class short of a Bachelors degree in Computer Science) Associate of Science degree in Computer Science, Indiana University / Purdue University, Fort Wayne Indiana, 2008 G.P.A. = 3.03 / 4.0

Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana - 1997 G.P.A. = 3.484 / 4.0 (Mid Management Level, Deans List Three Times)

Computer Science Course Work:

Introduction to Java (Two Semesters), Data Structures (Java), C and Unix, Assembly, Computer Architecture (Assembly), Computer Networks, Web Application Development (Java, JavaScript, HTML), Rich Internet Applications (Java, JavaScript, HTML, AJAX, JSON), Operating Systems Design, Databases (Oracle SQL), Advanced Databases (Oracle SQL), Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Programming Languages, Computer Security, Visual Basic, Numerical Analysis

Math Course Work:

Algebra, Trigonometry, Two Semesters of Calculus, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Probability Statistics

Business Course Work:

Two Semesters of Management, Two Semesters of Accounting, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Two Semesters of Business Education Office of Administration (Microsoft Applications, Advanced Microsoft Applications), Operation Management, dBase, Lotus 1-2-3, Business Law

Professional Memberships

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) - Professional Association for the Advancement of Technology (2008 to 2010)
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) - Computer Society - Organization for Computing Professionals (2008 - 2010)

Career Experience:

Self-Employed, Anderson, Indiana 2004 - present

• Responsible for development using Java, PHP and C# as the Backend Language, along JavaScript for Form Validation with a separate CSS file.
• Used Text Editor for Development environment for PHP, HTML, JavaScript, and Visual Studio for C# development. The websites used JavaScript for Form Validation PHP or C# for file uploads and to process the forms data.
• Used Java for backend programming language with a MySQL database.
• Used Eclipse for Development environment and switched to NetBeans for Development.
• Website Development: Personal Website using FrontPage, E-commerce Retail Website using FrontPage and PayPal to process payments, Personal Website using (PHP, JavaScript, CSS) with Form Validation, Classified Website using (PHP, JavaScript, CSS) that allowed users to upload images and post descriptions, two Classified Website using C# (one was migrated from PHP to C#) that allowed users to upload images and post descriptions with Form Validation, Two Personal Website using (Java [Servlets, JSP], JavaScript, CSS, DOM, MySQL) with (Form Validation, Form E-mail, Reports Home if there is A Problem, WebPages Adjust to Screen Size) and Stores Customer Data in Cookie and Database, Currently working on a Web project that is using a MySQL Database, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages, JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX. It is storing customer data and images to the database. The Web Project detects if JavaScript is enabled and request that JavaScript be enabled if not. Form data is validated using JavaScript and then uses AJAX to send the data to the server after validation. Data is returned back from the server as a partial HTML page that is used to update the webpage. The Web site builds Web pages on the fly and stores them to the designated folder. This website will implement instant messaging, a blog, allow the user to select background and text color for their section of the Web site. There will be administrative pages to delete and update accounts.

Indiana University / Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2007 - 2010

• Was responsible as a Computer Science Teaching Assistant for Grading of Papers, Exams, and Quizzes' plus help / assisting students with their projects and questions.

Xerox Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1998 to 2005

• Was responsible for supervising five (5) employees, was an operator on IBM Mainframe, five AS400s, five HP 3000s.
• Used command line statements on IBM Mainframe, IBM AS400, HP-3000, VAX, IBM S390, Honeywell Minicomputer, plus various Microsoft, UNIX and Linux Servers.
• Monitored the backups' on 300 Servers, an IBM Mainframe, five IBM AS400s, five HP-3000s, went in and edited the JCL, when the backups or jobs failed.
• Was responsible for Customer Satisfaction Problems, Product Quality Control, Employee Training (one-on-one training, written procedures and manuals), worked on scheduling and took problem calls from around the world.
• Received Perfect Attendance Awards most of those years

Volunteer Experience

• Huntington Indiana City Library: Worked as GED Tutor
• Anderson Indiana Christian Center: Cleaning, Night Watch