Rick DeKoker

rdekoker@hotmail.com

 

Career Objective

Oracle Development

 

Work Summary

Mr. DeKoker has over 35 years of experience in software and engineering. His depth of experience in multiple programming languages, applications, platforms, and systems provide an excellent background for software and systems analysis, design, development, implementation and project management. He has the ability to analyze technical requirements, interface effectively with customers, and work without supervision to produce high quality products. He has managed an SEI Level 3 software development project, developed Web based, PC, client/server, and main frame software applications, the software Principal Engineer on the Technology Development Staff of a major aerospace company.  He was elected chairman to their Software Technology Team and was the software lead for a research rocket payload integration contract. His primary skill capability is Oracle design and development and Metastorm/OpenText BPM design and development.  He has strong verbal and written communication skills.

 

Recent Hardware/Software Summary

·   Relational database design and development: 15+ years

·   Oracle Data Base Administration: 1 year

·   Oracle Data Base (6i,7,8,9i,10g,11g) Development: 15+ years

·   Data Warehousing, SQL, PL/SQL: 10+ years

·   Oracle Application Express (APEX), Oracle Application Server: 1 year

·   Oracle Forms and Report Builder, Quest/TOAD: 5-10 years

·   Oracle Business Intelligence, Dashboards: training

·   Business Process Management Engineering: 7₊ years

·   SEI level 3 Project Management: 2 years

·   Web database application development- Metastorm/OpenText Business Process management (BPM) / ework, JavaScript: 7+ years

·   IBM BPM coach development - exposure

·   Agile/Scrum management environment: 2-3 years

·   Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) management: 10+ years

·   SQL Developer: 3 years

·   SQL Server: 1-2 years

 

 

Earlier Hardware/Software Summary

·   Oracle Web Server

·   WINDOWS software development: Ada, Basic, C

·   Windows System Administration, Norton Ghost

·   US Army databases LIW/LIWWH, LIF/LIFMOD, TAV/ITV, IMMC, Fixed Wing, AMCOM

·   IBM/AMDAHL Mainframe MVS, OS/VS1, TSO, JCL, REXX, Assembly Lang, Fortran

·   Model 204 database management and programming

·   Client/Server development utilizing LU6.2

·   Automatic Test Equipment software development

·   Java training

 

 

Experience

 

Oct 2012 – July 2013: Manning Services, Inc

       Montclair, VA – Senior Database Developer.

·   Created and updated Metastorm/OpenText BPM procedures with Metastorm/OpenText Designer

·   Created PL/SQL procedures for SQL Server

·   Created Entity Relationship Diagrams

·   Created SQL scripts and PL/SQL procedures to load data stores and data warehouses and to capture and deploy schemas

 

Feb 2012 – Sep 2012: InterImage, Inc

       Arlington, VA – Senior Database Developer.

·   Created Entity Relationship Diagrams

·   Supported Oracle 11g architectural design reviews

·   Created Oracle PL/SQL packages, procedures, triggers, functions, scripts, tables, etc using SQL Developer

·   Created and updated Metastorm/OpenText BPM procedures with Metastorm/OpenText Designer and javascript

·   Helped develop IBM BPM coach objects

·   Developed Oracle unit tests, system test procedures, test scripts and lifecycle documentation

·   Designed, created and ran Oracle SQL queries and scripts to capture and deployschemas and to load data

 

Dec 1994 – Jan 2012: Science Applications International Corp (SAIC)

Huntsville, AL - Software Application Engineer IV

·   Created Entity Relationship Diagrams

·   Created Oracle Schemas with Toad

·   Supported Oracle 11g architectural design reviews

·   Created Oracle PL/SQL packages, procedures, triggers, functions, scripts, tables, etc using TOAD

·   Interfaced with customer to define database and BPM requirements

·   Created and updated Metastorm/OpenText BPM procedures with Metastorm/OpenText Designer

·   Created Unit test procedures and documentation

·   Developed unit tests, system test procedures, SQL queries and DML/DDL scripts, SQLLOAD scripts and documentation

·   Optimized SQL query statements for Oracle using Trace and TKPROF

·   Created Oracle data load scripts for Oracle SQL Loader

·   Created PL/SQL procedures to load data stores and data warehouses

·   Created Entity Relationship Diagrams

·   Supported Oracle 9i/10g/11g architectural design reviews

·   Joint Logistics Integration Fleet Management Toolset/Database development using Oracle 11g.

·   Designed and developed BPM procedures for ASC DMC using Oracle 11g and Metastorm.

·   Provided Microsoft Windows system administration/migration support U.S. Army Enterprise Data Center – built Windows servers, installed systems, drivers and application software, used Norton Ghost, and developed user guides

·   Created Oracle Application Express (APEX) forms and procedures

·   Designed and developed Business Process Automation applications and other Web based Oracle applications and databases for the DoD, US Army Fixed Wing, ASC DMC, AMCOM/IMMC, Utility Helicopters using Metastorm Designer and Oracle tools such as TOAD.

·   Provided Oracle Database administration and development support US Army Fixed Wing- installed Oracle 10g, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Forms and Reports on Windows 2000 Server.  Developed Oracle Forms and Reports

·   Lead developer and project manager for SEI CMM Level 3 software development for Utility Helicopters change management contract using Oracle and Metastorm

·   Designed and developed Oracle Databases, Forms, Reports and PL/SQL applications in both web based and client/server architectures for US Army

·   Created and modified PL/SQL Extraction, Transaction, and Load (ETL) procedures

·   Model 204 database design and development for US Army Logistics Intelligence File (LIF) Modernization – the lead M204 programmer at Redstone Arsenal

 

May 1994 - Dec 1994: Systems Engineering Solutions Inc.

Huntsville, AL - Sr. Systems Analyst

Database and application design and development.

 

Sep. 1993 - May 1994 : Systems Development Corporation

Huntsville, AL - Software Consultant

Database development and performance modeling.

 

Aug. 1979 - Sept 1993 : McDonnell Douglas Corporation

McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (1987 - 1993) Huntsville, AL

Principal Engineer, Software - chaired the McDonnell Douglas-HSV Software

Technical Team and provided software engineering support to new business

with a goal of improving the SEI CMM rating. Other responsibilities included space flight software development and management for the CONSORT rocket program, space shuttle experiments, and Spacelab Database software.

 

McDonnell Aircraft Company (1979 - 1987) St. Louis, MO

Senior Engineer, Flight Test - Designed, developed, and maintained flight test data processing software and database applications, including TDMS data reduction, processing, and presentation for F15, F18, AV8B, and F4 aircraft.

 

Education

Bachelor of Science in Math Education,

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

 

Clearance:   Eligibility of Top Secret / Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) granted in 2012