Arthur W. Little

Consulting Manager/Software Engineer

400 Jeannie Court

Danville, CA 94526

(925) 837-4730

e-mail ArthurWLittle@yahoo.com

http://www.geocities.com/arthurwlittle/info.html

 

 

 


April 1999 - June 2001

RELEASENOW.COM - San Carlos, CA.
Consulting Manager/Application Engineer - Internal consulting, design and development of software applications.

·        Designed and developed tools to create and view Excel reports and CSV files from Visual Basic applications.

·        Created accounting and tracking reports for internal and external purposes.  The VB applications accept input from web pages and an Oracle database and generated Excel reports.

·        Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained integrated applications for box delivery of products from outside fulfillment houses such as GlobalWare (BindCo).  These include Orders, Shipping Confirmations, Backorders, Inventory, and related customer and internal e-mails.

·        Assisted in the conversion of various reports to BusinessObjects.

·        Designed, developed, and partially implemented integrated applications for box delivery of products from partners that fulfill their own sales.  The implementations of the remaining applications are currently being completed.

 

April 1995 - April 1999

CLIENT SERVER DESIGNS (Acquired by ReleaseNow.com April 1999) - Alameda, CA.

Independent Consulting in San Francisco Bay Area.
Consulting Manager  - Client/server application development.

·        Built turn-key applications and assisted other development teams in migrating to client/server architecture using object-oriented techniques for analysis, design, and software construction of client/server systems.

·        Assisted clients develop business requirements and database designs using Uniform Modeling Language diagrams.

Clients included:

3Com Corporation

·        Responsible for maintenance and enhancement of Repairs, Software Delivery, and Contract applications, including the design and implementation of barcode integration and Y2K compliance.

·        Project lead for a portion of the conversion from ASK/MANMAN to SAP.  Conducted JAD sessions with developers and business analysts to complete the development of business requirements and project plans.

·        Assisted in the conversion of the Repairs application to ClearLogistics. (Clarify, Inc.).

·        Created new SQR reports and translated existing non-PostScript Windows reports to Unix/PostScript versions.

Invensys CRM (formerly Aurum Software), Meta Software, Charles Schwab

 

December 1994 - April 1995

SELF EMPLOYED - Danville, CA.
Independent Software Consultant

·        Designed and implemented a SQLWindows Tax Calendar application for the San Francisco office of PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Concurrently, translated a 20 year old client database from a flat file database into a Gupta SQL database for use by the new system.

·        Completed two phases of modifications to a commercial sales tracking system by Aurum Software, Santa Clara. The work was subcontracted from Client Server Designs, Menlo Park and included the addition of fax and e-mail capabilities.

July 1992 - December 1994

TERRACE SYSTEMS CORPORATION - San Francisco, CA.
Consulting Manager/Senior Developer

·        Analyzed and developed C++ and SQLWindows client/server applications.

·        Developed a client tracking system for BancBoston Robertson Stephens in C++.

·        Assisted in the design of the Threshold class library for SQLWindows. Using that library, extended the capabilities of the tracking system.

June 1973 - July 1992

PRICE WATERHOUSE - San Francisco, CA.
Manager, Tax Support Feb 91 -Jun 92 - Price Waterhouse Tax Technology Group, Menlo Park, CA.
Manager, System Support 1988 - 1991 - Price Waterhouse Technology Centre, Menlo Park, CA

·        Analyzed artificial intelligence and other new technologies.

·        Developed a hypertext COBRA questionnaire in the C language.

·        Participated in the development of an International Assignee Tax Service planning and tracking system using SQLWindows client/server technology.

Manager, Management Consultant Services 1987 - 1988,
Consultant, Management Consultant Services 1975 - 1987,
Programmer, Management Consultant Services 1973 - 1975

·        Conducted computer assisted audits of major corporations, extracting data from mainframe computers.

·        Developed timesharing applications for a wide range of clients while gaining knowledge in many areas, including auditing, taxation, leasing, simulation, industry reporting, artificial intelligence, and work flow.

·        Converted many timesharing applications into PC applications

·        Designed and developed a database and application to collect and report data to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization (formerly WEMA and SIA).  This system calculated the monthly semiconductor industry book-to-bill ratios published by WSTS and SIA.  I modified the system whenever necessary between 1975 and 1988.

SKILLS

Business Applications -

Physical goods fulfillment processing.  Lease accounting and depreciation. Corporate tax planning and analysis. Auditing. Statistical analysis. Multiple family mortgage analysis. Collateralized Mortgage Obligation analysis. Computer simulations. Artificial intelligence.

DBMSs -

Oracle, SQLBase, Rbase and Paradox.

Languages -

Visual Basic, Visual C++, XML, Perl, SQLWindows, SQR, Borland C++, C, APL, FORTRAN and COBOL.

Development Tools -

MS Project, Excel, Visio, UML, BusinessObjects, System Architect, ERWin, Logic Gem, CASE:W, Protogen, Crystal Reports, and Label Matrix.

EDUCATION

BS - cum laude - Double Major, Management Information Science and Applied Mathematics, California State University Sacramento

Professional References Available Upon Request.