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My professional resume which is a word document you may download here.
Jerry W Odom Jr
5820 Fort Sumpter
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
(225) 266-6900
Email: jerry@jerryodom.com
Skills Summary
Complete ADLC Product Conception, Design & Development
Business Unit Interaction and Support
Web Based Development & Building for the Internet
Project Management
General Database Management
Anticipating Business Needs
Custom Software Engineering
System Integration
Excellent in Teams
Technology Use Summary
Programming Languages: Perl, PHP, C, Java, SQL, Javascript, C#.NET, Visual Basic 6, VB.NET, HTML, XML, CGI, UNIX Shell Scripting, Rails.
Development Tools: .NET 2.0(Microsoft Certified Professional), Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server Integration Services, BizTalk, ASP, ASP.NET SeeBeyond eGate, Apache, BIND, Advanced Toolbar Studio, Swish(Flash), Microsoft Office.
Databases: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2
Operating Systems: Redhat Linux, FreeBSD, Windows Server, Windows XP, Windows 98, AIX
Experience
BCBSLA - February 2007 to Present
Worked completely through ADLC software development. Employed structured enterprise concepts such as quality control and SAS 70 audit.
Developed applications in business rules engines SeeBeyond Egate and Microsoft BizTalk.
Developed web based applications and services using Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 as well as classic ASP.
Worked with all major flavors of database such as DB2, SQL Server and Oracle. Used Microsoft SSIS to apply business logic.
InsiderLabs - 2001 to 2006
Summary: Member of an innovative team of Internet professionals responsible for developing large scale online software systems. Responsible for all software research, design and implementation. Examined business opportunities and formulated solutions for maximum company profit. Worked with external business units to formulate solutions to business to business projects. All following projects were at Insider Labs.
AdCertainty.com -A fully functional large scale PPC search engine which has handled upwards to 250,000 daily requests.
Development of a behavioral Pay Per Click advertising system designed to significantly boost revenue produced from inventory of parked domain names. Installed original PHP, Perl and Javascript software then developed innovative approach to returning user search results based on the conditions of interaction with system.
Researched and developed multiplexing Perl & Apache system on Linux for retrieving and processing search results from dozens of providers that increased system capacity by at least 20 times original capacity. Developed a system for efficiently blocking millions of fraudulant search sources in real time.
Developed then continuously managed a large MySQL database storing millions of system/user interactions for reporting, trend tracking, better search results and improved system value to the company. This included a host of interactive reports allowing needed access to data and statistics that maximized company profits. Reports were delivered in PHP.
NameSeek.com - A system offering the re-sale of premium domain names.
Worked as part of a 7 person team developing a system to build a multi-million dollar inventory of premium domain names. Researched sources of domain data, methods for determining their value and lead in developing a programmatic system for acquiring domains using Perl, Visual Basic and web based programmer interfaces.
Developed system for generating website templates and programmatically interacting with Ad feeds. Managed server uptime and domain hosting.
CollegeToolbars.com - A suite of officially licensed toolbars designed to attract use from students, alumni and fans of large national universities.
Team development of officially licensed toolbar packages designed to attract use from students, alumni and fans of large US universities. I was lead on researching the use of Advanced Toolbar Studio and supported the junior development team in use of the tool to produce product line. I developed a system in which the toolbars would interact with a PHP/mySQL based website via Ajax.(javascript) We also did some custom work to the source of the toolbars in which I used Visual Basic in a .NET 1.1 environment. The website itself featured a custom bookmarking setup which I customized in PHP.
Hands on promotion in the use of the system. Worked with other businesses as well as individual users. Recorded over 100,000 downloads and over 5,000 registered users.
Communicated with various anti-spyware companies to establish status of toolbar as non-spyware.
Educational Background
Louisiana State University, December 2002
B.A. - Major: Computer Science Minor: Information Systems and Decision Sciences
GPA - 3.025
Microsoft Certified Professional - .NET 2.0 Framework
Technology Seminars
2002 WebmasterWorld Pubcon - Sent to research information with designing systems for online advertising in mind.
2006 WebmasterWorld Pubcon - Attended seminars on web technologies, online advertising, search engines, online systems, SEO, community, design.
Independent Consulting & Projects
JerryOdom.com - Developed my personal web space with SEO in mind in order to test web traffic building theories. Includes RSS feeds, automated sitemap, Google analytical tracking, ad based feeds.
Best of Baton Rouge - A Baton Rouge entertainment and business resource. Includes automatically updated calendar feeds, integrated external feeds, AJAX, database powered. Content management system designed and developed by me.
David's Chair - Website I designed and maintain for a Baton Rouge hair salon. Worked with owner to deliver his needs in website.
LiveAfterFiveOnline.com - Incorperated SEO techniques into design. Worked with business units and promoters to update website design for optimal results.
The Hurricane Choir - A website whose content I ported to a content management system to facilitate for easier management. Worked with a board of supporting members to facilitate functionality.
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