Jim Braun

Cleveland, Ohio 

daytonviper@yahoo.com

 

Technology

 

Database:  MS SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL, Sybase, and SQL-92.

 

Operating System:  MS Windows XP/7/8.1/10 and Linux.

 

Productivity:  Office, SharePoint, Visio, and Project.

 

Programming Language/IDE: Visual Basic, Visual C/C++, and LabWindows/CVI.

 

Work Experience

 

Amtrust Financial Services (TEKsystems) - Cleveland, OH  5/2015 to 10/2015

Business Analyst

 

·         Assisted management throughout Amtrust to interpret, define, and document business needs while simultaneously tracking the progress of all outstanding data requests.

 

·         Researched the data requirements of each state insurance agency compliance data request to ensure all information has been supplied.

 

·         Worked closely with software development team to continuously refine data requests while maintaining strict attention to data validation and a professional report layout.

 

Cirino Photography - Willoughby, Ohio 4/2007 to 5/2015

IT Consultant

 

·         Developed and maintained an Access database used to determine the profitability per job, consumable inventories, and all related client details.

 

·         Advised on all purchases of workstation software/hardware and camera equipment purchases to maintain workflow efficiency and compatibility. Maintained all workstations used for editing.

 

Diebold Inc (Aerotek Staffing) - Canton, Ohio     2/2006 to 7/2006

Software Test Engineer

 

·         Provided full application lifecycle management skills using Visual C based LabWindows/CVI for an application used to conduct diagnostics and semi-automated testing of ATM systems. 

 

·         Completed the unit and integration testing of all system components and successfully verified component compliance to Diebold performance metrics. 

 

·         Coordinated efforts with a 20 person software development team located in Hebron Ohio facility.

 

Olmsted Falls City Schools - Olmsted Falls, Ohio     1/2003 to 5/2008

Substitute Teacher

 

·               Supervised computer, engineering, math and business related classes of 25 to 50 students.

 

·               Assignments across six Ohio school districts, as needed, and with repeated annual renewals. 

 

CACI MTL Systems Inc - Beavercreek, Ohio      3/2004 to 7/2004

Software Engineer II

 

·         Provided full application lifecycle management of a Visual Basic application designed to photograph vehicles and validate security permissions at U.S. Navy security checkpoints. 

 

·         Designed and implemented an Access database and all SQL, application interfaces, testing procedures, documentation, and status reports.  Tested various camera systems under loan.

 

·         Coordinated onsite vendor product demonstrations of related hardware and software. 

 

General Dynamics AIS - Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio     6/2001 to 6/2002

Software Engineer II

 

·         Performed unit and integration testing to determine the functionality and interoperability of an in house custom application with existing U.S.A.F. client/server based simulations. 

 

·         Assisted in the initial development of a 3-D terrain database to support combat mission rehearsals for pilots within the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program.

 

·         Researched pilot cockpit workflow efficiency within the Human Effectiveness Directorate. 

 

·         Delivered presentations on the imaging capabilities of all operational reconnaissance satellites while coordinating the acquisition of satellite imagery from government and commercial sources.

 

·         Coordinated onsite vendor product demonstrations of related software. 

 

Retalix Inc - Miamisburg, Ohio     8/2000 to 6/2001

Graduate Programmer Analyst 1

 

·         Provided full life-cycle Visual Basic development for a client/server based software suite used to process P.O.S. transactions while continuously updating the appropriate database records. 

 

·         Improved the maximum transaction count from 30,000 to 330,000 through the use of a custom application personally developed to test all application functionality and process all error logging. 

 

·         Designed and implemented all data mining SQL used for financial analysis and reporting. 

 

·         Documented performance during weekly unit, integration, interface, and system testing. 

 

·         Redesigned all interfaces to enhance customer ease-of-use and improve testing workflow. 

 

·         Recruited/trained replacement employee and authored all technical documentation.

 

Speedway SuperAmerica LLC - Enon, Ohio     6/1999 to 6/2000

Financial Planning Analyst

 

·         Designed and utilized Access relational databases to spearhead the department conversation from Excel to Access based financial analysis and reporting of 2,900 retail units. 

 

·         Reduced the time required to produce all monthly financial reports by 90% through the design and use of a VBA enhanced Access database used for financial data mining of 1990 through 2000 accounting data. Implemented algorithms to verify and log data accuracy. 

 

·         Calculated the combined 1998-2000 net company profits to be $250 million on fuel sales of $12.5 billion gallons by systematically combining the financials of Speedway and the 700 SuperAmerica stores acquired in late 1998.

 

·         Provided daily Microsoft Access, Excel, and Windows technical support to all 12 fellow analysts.

 

 

 

Security Clearance

 

Sponsor:           United States Air Force

Approval Date:  1/2003

Employment type:   civilian contractor

 

 

Education

 

B.S.B.A., Management Information Systems, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435

 

B.S.B.A., Business Management, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 45810