James Gaines

James Gaines
 

James H. Gaines III

47 West Polk Street

Suite 100-241

Chicago, IL 60605

312.408.1501

  

Experience

    
 

Software Engineering Consultant

1999 – Present

Kemper Insurance Companies Long Grove, IL
 

  • Software Engineering Methodology – Defined, extended, customized and implemented a leading software engineering methodology for the insurance industry. Led and mentored the implementation of the Unified Process methodology for a development team of fifty (50) employees. Achieved an increase in software quality and re-use; increase in the quality of project estimation: timeline, budget and software quality; successful re-start of a previously failed project effort; and reduced project burn-rate by over 60%. Utilized, Zachman diagrams, Rational tools and Objektika tools (OO design quality).

  • Data Modeling Standards & Architecture Management – Managed a data modeling and standards team utilizing industry standards and best practices. Incorporated techniques utilizing ERD to UML mappings in order to support object-oriented project development.
  

1999

RR Donnelley & Sons Downers Grove, IL
 

  • Data Standards & Architecture. Defined Data standards and architecture utilizing leading enterprise architecture frameworks such as Zachman and Rational Unified Process software engineering methodology.
  

1996-2000

Encyclopaedia Britannica Chicago, IL
 

  • Client/Server Database Design and Development using MS Access, VB6/VB5/VB4, SQLServer and Informix ODS/Universal Server [Illustra] to enhance rapid deployment and delivery of multimedia publishing content into various electronic and print formats. UML, RDBMS and ORDBMS methods used in design and development.
  

1996

Andersen Consulting Rosemont, IL
 

  • Database Development-Microsoft Access: Modeled, architected and developed MS Access RDBMS to define and process long-distance telephone products and promotions for a major telephone company.

  • Engagement Duration: 1˝ months.
  

1995-1996

S&H Citadel Hillside, IL
 

· Database Development-Microsoft Access: Modeled, architected and developed MS Access relational DBMS, ported from Sybase’s Powerbuilder, peaking at over 2000 TPDs to track, manage and report on 1996 Olympic ticket and travel processes for over 10,000 customers, their family and guests. RPCs in C and Visual Basic (AccessBasic) exceed over 3000 lines of code.

· Engagement Duration: 6 months+.

  

1995

Ameritech Oslo, Norway
 

· Database Development-Microsoft Access: Developed preliminary interface for potentially larger scale engagement. Globalization of application required handling multiple file formats, extended character sets and data normalization.

· Engagement Duration: 1 month.

  

1994-1995

Bank America Chicago, IL
 

· Database Development-Microsoft Access & Microsoft SQLServer: Developed Access database application to track, manage, report and monitor user hardware and software resources. Required ODBC interface to Sybase Server, MS SQLServer, IBM DB/2, Lotus Notes, Lotus Approach and Access tables.

· Engagement Duration: 15 months.

  

1992-1994

Andersen Consulting St. Charles, IL
 

· Database Development-Microsoft Access & IBM AS/400 DB2 Server: Developed Access database application to track, assign, and report training faculty and student demand (implicit and explicit) & predict warranted resource commitment level. Interfaced w/Lotus Notes API. Employed numerical methods analysis to better manage contingent need dynamics.

· Engagement Duration: 18 months.

  
     
 

Network Administration Consultant

1995-Present

Ameritech Chicago. IL
 

  • Network Administration/Troubleshooting-NT Server, Windows 95 & OS/2 Warp Connect: Manage, maintain and administrate mixed network of NT v3.51, OS/2 and SunOS TCP/IP. Use HTTP WWW services to distribute and manage code server changes and updates. Use TCP/IP for full internet connectivity including NFS to SUN/OS files, FTP and SMTP/MIME email services. Currently lead managing conversion from OS/2 to NT BackOffice.

  • Engagement Duration: 12 months +
  

1994-1995

Bank America Chicago, IL
 

· OS/2 LAN Server-Client/Server-Windows Trouble Shooting: Monitored and maintained user LAN resource connectivity. Personally addressed user issues surrounding use, navigation and productivity of their OS/2-Windows applications.

· Troubleshooting: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Lotus Smartsuite (123, AMI Pro, Approach, Freelance and ccMail), Improv, and Paradox. Advised and directed users in all facets of productivity usage.

· Engagement Duration: 15 months.

  
     

Skills

Proficient in the Unified Process [Rational Unified Process], Enterprise/Appliction/Web Architecture, C, Objective C and JAVA; all Windows business productivity application development (e.g.: Access, Word, Excel, Lotus, MS Office, etc.); Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, JAVA, OO and client/server implementation technologies: Windows NT, ’95 and 3.x, OS/2, etc.; UML, class modeling, object modeling, data modeling, financial engineering and contingent claims analysis.

  
     

Education

    
 

Morehouse College Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Arts, Finance, 1986
     

References

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