Scott Nielson

624 E 100 N 801-372-6074

Pleasant Grove, UT 84062             scott.cp@gmail.com

 

 

Summary of Qualifications

 

Technology professional with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and an extensive background in the following competencies:

 

Project Management	Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)	Analysis/Design
Database Design	Written and Oral Communications	Programming
Quality Assurance	SQL – Relational Databases	Salesforce

 

·   Excellent qualifications in technically oriented project management.

 

·   Extensive experience in all phases of software development life cycle including both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum.

 

·   Proven ability to empower employees in developing themselves to their best potential.

 

 

Professional Experience

 

EMC / Advantage Resourcing,  Business Analyst (BA) – QA Engineer  (Extended 3 Month Contract)

6 months 7/2015 – 12/2015

 

·   Test Plans – Design and execute all software development QA test plans.

·   QA – Responsible for all QA testing in Salesforce and other systems

·   BA – Helped design the process for gathering software development requirements.

·   Salesforce – Working through Salesforce Trailhead training – Earned 8 Badges & 13,000 Points.

·   Agile / Scrum – Participated as a team Scrum team member.

·   Worked with and supported the customer support technicians.

 

 

L-3 Communications,  Senior Business Analyst – IT Programmer/Analyst 4 - Project Manager

7 years 2007 – 2014

 

·   Project Manager – for many HR/Payroll mergers (ETL).

·   ETL, EDI – Interaction with many outside vendors and business units in extracting/sending and receiving/importing data files using DTS & SSIS.

·   SDLC – Lead in the development of many solutions on a variety of projects including estimation, requirements gathering, design, development, QA and implementation.

·   Responsible for documentation related to the SDLC.

·   TSQL – Daily SQL coding and query creation and execution.

·   Helped design, develop and maintain the company's data warehouse.

 

 

PxTech, Inc.     Project Manager, Analyst, Programmer, President/Owner

13 years 1994 – 2007

 

·   Database – Designed and implemented many business databases.

·   Clarion – Designed developed and implemented many computer based systems.

·   Managed a team of software developers, QA professionals & sales staff. 

·   HTML – Built and maintained our company web site.

·   PM – Managed all software development projects.

·   Point-of-Sale – Designed and developed a point of sale system for an entertainment business.

·   ETL/EDI – Worked with several large tech companies importing and exporting data to and from an order entry system.

 

 

Education

 

Utah Valley University   (1985-1987 & 2015-present)

·   Student of the Year Award in Computer Information Systems.

·   Initial President of the DPMA Student Chapter.

·   Recently updated my skills (C# & C++) by taking classes in these subjects.

·   GPA:  3.79.

 

Pluralsight   (2014-present)

·   Completed many courses in C#, Python, HTML, XML, etc.

 

Salesforce Trailhead Training   (2015-present)

·   Earned 8 Badges & 13,000 Points.

 

 

Sampling of Projects

 

·   Experience in SQL, C, C#, C++, Python, Assembly, Pascal, Clarion and others.

·   Salesforce experience

·   ETL, EDI – Data Export & Import systems

·   Web Based Mortgage Entry and Document Delivery System

·   HR/Payroll systems, vendor file exchanges, project management

·   Order Entry System

·   Point of Sale System

·   Educational Software

·   Office Equipment Sales & Service System

·   Concession Point-of-Sale System

·   SAAS Inventory System for Mfg Company – Interfaces Directly with QuickBooks

·   Network Surveillance and Administration Software

·   Enhanced a Large Order Entry System for International Use, including European VAT

·   Interface Between Web Based Shopping Cart and Fulfillment System

·   Manufacturing Barcode System for Tracking Work In Progress