Michael LaPoint
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Application
Developer with over 20 years experience in Information Technology. Project Management experience in both
application development and infrastructure areas. Proven ability to analyze, design, architect
and implement solutions.
Software: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft
Visual C++, Lotus Notes and Domino, Lotus C++ and C APIs, Eclipse, Microsoft
Office, Microsoft Project, Visio, Adobe Photoshop and AXS-One Records
Compliance Management.
Programming Languages: C++, Java, LotusScript and JavaScript.
OS: Windows, LINUX and Macintosh.
Soft skills: Excellent communication and technical writing.
Certifications: IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer -
Lotus Notes and Domino 7 and IBM Certified Associate System Administrator �
Lotus Notes and Domino 7
Partnerships: Project Management Institute and IBM
Partnerworld for Developers.
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AXS-One, Inc. |
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Lotus Notes and Domino
Architect |
10/04-Present
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Responsible to enhance and maintain solution that provides compliance
capture and policy-based operational archiving for Lotus Notes and Domino. The product has a variety of components based
on C and C++, these components include extension manager hooks, server add-ins
and client side multi-process and multi-threaded applications. Other components are based on Java and
LotusScript. One part of the system
allows clients to capture mail in the routing process, process it and submit it
to the archive, another portion processes legacy email and submits it into the
archive, leaving a short cut in the mail file
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Regularly meet with large clients and prospects to gather and prioritize
issues and enhancement requests.
Responsible for large client relationships.
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Analyze competitive products to provide marketing staff competitive
information.
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Architect new solutions Create design documents to address issues and
enhancements. Review designs with
architecture team. Assign designs and
review with clients and development teams.
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Responsible for pre and post sales support.
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Chubb & Son
Insurance |
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Application Developer |
3/04-Present
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Provide third
level support to Programming Resource Pool.
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Develop and
maintain email management application.
This Java application purges data from mail files, controls security and
provides reporting on email files.
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Developed a
stand alone server monitoring application written in Java.
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Develop and
maintain Notes Administration automation application. The application automates various Notes
processes including group creation, mail-in database creation, name changes,
user ID creation and template database creation.
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International Flavors
and Fragrances |
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Application Developer |
2/02-3/04
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Maintained
various applications including IT Project Management, IFFWEB intranet site,
Capital Acquisition Request and Sales Forecasting. Developed using Notes/Domino R5, LotusScript,
Java and JavaScript. Utilized SAP data
for customer information and sales history.
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Tested
applications for Notes R6 migration.
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Taiga, Inc. |
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Notes/Domino
Consulting Team Leader |
1/98-2/02
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Project Summary:
Kepner-Tregoe in
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Managed
Notes/Domino Development team of 5 people.
Provided project management, outsourcing, team member development
plans/reviews, support and extensive cross training.
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Utilized full
life-cycle development methodology to build a Knowledge Management and
collaborative system based on Lotus Notes/Domino (R4/5) for both Notes and web
clients. Elements of the system
included:
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Implemented
Notes/Domino development standards, policies and procedures; aspects
included: application request/business case
process, justification, information model / ownership, naming standards, design
model, script library usage / hierarchies and language usage.
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Developed
plans and performed R5 migration of all applications
Horizon
Blue Cross & Blue Shield in
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Upgraded
Proposal Management System with R5 features and Microsoft Word automation. Reduced proposal turnaround time by 50%,
while at the same time improving the departmental capacity for new proposals by
25%.
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Wrote and
tested data conversion agents for the application.
International Flavors and
Fragrances in
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Conducted Y2K
compliance checks and R3 to 4 migration of all applications
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Developed a
web portal for each Domino server, features included categorized database
links, stock ticker and company news.
Developed in Notes R4 using Formula language, LotusScript, HTML,
JavaScript and Java (agents and applets)
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Implemented
development standards, aspects included:
template usage, DESIGN update process, NAB usage, design element naming,
script library usage, data models, data interfaces, development domain, code
syntax and language usage.
Ortho Biotech in
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Developed an interactive tracking
system to manage the discrepancies in the drug manufacturing process, elements
included: event tracking, implementation of corrective actions, definition of
laboratory protocols, and automation of complex confirmation and approval
workflows for each component. The multi-database
system was developed in Notes v4.6, using LotusScript, Notes APIs and Windows APIs.
Degussa Corporation in
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Updated a
Sales Tracking application to utilize v4 features including Layout Regions, Subforms and LotusScript. Added workflow controls and electronic signatures
for an approval process. Built
in an e-mail notification process for status updates. The improvements increased usage of the
application and helped to increase new business wins by 10%.
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Conducted
evaluation and testing of data-pumping utilities such as Notrix
and Replic-action.
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Solutions On Site,
Inc. |
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Notes/Domino
Consultant |
3/96-1/98
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Project Summary:
Warburg-Pincus in
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Migrated a custom Notes Mail template to Notes v4.6. Added cc:Mail
functionality, Organizer 97GS compatibility.
Customized Calendaring and Scheduling.
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Upgraded
MAIL.BOX template for remote clients enabling better control of outgoing
messages.
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Developed
migration procedures for the new templates.
Chase Manhattan Bank in
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Developed plans, budgets and managed efforts to migrate
business units to Notes v4.
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Led team combining Chemical and Chase Notes Name and
Address books. The plans included
ensuring proper synchronization with 7 legacy mail systems. When completed the combined directory housed
all 70,000 users and over 700 servers.
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Worked with business units on cc:Mail
to Notes Mail migrations.
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Formed team, developed plans and led efforts to address
issues with Internet mail.
J.P. Morgan and Co. in
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Developed plans and managed efforts to migrate to the
Notes v4 platform.
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Created tests and executed plans for Notes services and
network protocols.
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Conducted testing of J&T Shell NaB
administration tool. Debugged code and
provided recommendations to developers.
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Worked with
team developing plans for OS/2 to Windows NT migration.
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Gemini Consulting |
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Notes Engineering and
Administration Team Leader |
11/93-3/96
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Supervised global Notes Administration and Engineering team of 10
people.
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Implemented and maintained a 60 server global Notes topology.
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Assisted Development group with workflow applications and legacy system
integration. Utilized Notrix to integrate to RDMS.
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Led team to develop and maintain standards around Notes topology, these
included:
Logical topology Standard
server configurations
Certification structure Standard ACLs
Dial-in topology Physical
topology
Server building procedures Swapping procedures
External Communications firewall Network protocol usage