Ray Lanthier

(310) 839-0696

(310) 923-4313 (mobile)

lanthier@ca.rr.com

West Los Angeles 90034 

NO TRAVEL OR RELOCATION –nothing outside Los Angeles County please.

Summary

Innovative, business-savvy, e-Commerce Development Lead with proficiency in Microsoft tools. Proven ability to lead and team with multiple developers in documenting, coordinating, coding and unit testing. Used Rapid Application Development prototyping to facilitate business/technical communication at each checkpoint Effectively supported the project implementation phase including Quality Assurance and operations installation efforts.

 

Professional Experience

Crystal Cruises Inc.            10/2011-Present

A high-end ‘six star’ cruise company offering global cruises.

Senior .Net Developer

.IDE: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012,  Interfaces: WCF,Windows Services,Web Services.. Database: SQL Server 2014, Dev Tools:ASP.net, XSL, XML, MVC 4.0-4.5. Languages  HTML,JQuery,Javascript.VB.Net C#.

Converted synchronous batch-based credit card processing into a .NET Windows Service-hosted asynchronous real-time process using WCF, Later converted this to a Cybersource synchronous online processor using their .NET simple order API. Developed and maintained asp.net Web pages that consumed the credit card service and received user input/validation Developed and maintained Business Layer middleware class libraries in VB.Net.. Using XSL, WCF and abstract factory design pattern with base class inheritance, developed, designed and maintained a document generation service, hosted in a Windows service. Developed, designed and maintained a document management Web-based tool for important Visa/insurance advice to be included in the cruise ticket.

Implemented client Excel and CSV imports and exports of selected files.

Debugged and fixed production issues on the Reservations web site – especially with regard to payments and credit card authorization.

 

 

Ares Management            4/2011-10/2011

A global alternative asset manager and SEC registered investment adviser

.Net Lead Consultant

Led new development in private debt financials input/reporting application in C# .net 3.5 using DotNetBar controls and Model/View/Presenter design pattern. Maintained and analyzed for refactoring an analytics calculating suite of tools in C# .net 4.0 Visual Studio 2010 using FINCAD libraries. Maintained job control with Autosys.

County of Los Angeles, Office of AIDS Programs and Policy            06/2008-4/2011 Federal, state and county funded division of Public Health

.Net Consultant

Led new development of Performance Based Contract Monitoring internet application for use by county clinics on ‘tablet’ computers in C# ASP .NET 2.x, Web Services, SQL Server 2005. Analyzed , designed and implemented major security, architectural and performance enhancements on the HIV Information Resources System (HIRS) as well as upgrade to .Net  framework 3.5 , then 4.0 HIRS legacy was written in VB.Net Framework 1.1.,

 

 

Paramount, Hollywood California06/2006-1/2008

World famous movie studio

.Net Consultant

Led the conversion of a MS Access Visual Basic movie financial analysis management tool into an n-tiered application using AJAX, C#, ASP.Net 2005 with SQL Server 2005, Web Services and Sql Server Reporting Services. Developed and maintained in house applications for Home Entertainment such as Product Online Video Catalog website. Also developed a thick client Winforms configuration tool to set up Excel reports, using ExcelWriter and OleDb. The application also tests and stores the dynamic SQL that binds data to the report. Winforms also used as test harness for Web services and other middle tier software.

 

 

SkillJam, Los Angeles California12/2004-06/2006

One of the top gaming sites on the Net

.Net Staff Developer

Led the conversion of a legacy CRM site from Cold Fusion into C# ASP.NET with a Sql Server Enterprise back end.  Worked closely with end users, wrote business requirements and functional requirements documents. Led a junior developer through technical tasks. Assisted QA in developing test cases and the entire test cycle through final launch.

 

 

 

Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena California06/2004-08/2004

One of the oldest top national HMOs

Consultant Architect/Developer

Re-architected and implemented a benefits/incident tracking application written MS Access into a three-tiered Web application in C# .net with SQL Server Enterprise database and data feeds from Oracle. Gathered user requirements, conducting a survey of legacy system.  Proposed a logical and physical architecture diagramed with Visio. Worked up a functional requirements document and working prototype.

 

 

Personal Consulting – Teaching and Development 10/2003-05/2004

Developed Microsoft solutions using  VB.NET , C# and ASP.NET for individual clients. Personal business website design and development using ASP.NET Web Controls bound using ADO.Net objects.

 

 

INDYMAC BANK, Pasadena California06/2003-09/2003

Mortgage lending bank spun off from Countrywide

 

Programmer Analyst

Enhanced and maintained middle tier and stand alone service applications in the Home Construction Lending department. Worked with users to define technical requirements. Production support and end user assistance was critical. Programs written in Visual Basic 6.0 against SQL Server 2000. Worked with vendors to support third party too called ‘The Construction Lender’ -VB .NET, ASP.NET.

 

PROSUM , El Segundo, California03/2003- 04/2003

IT Consulting Group

 

Contract Technical Lead

Trouble shot performance problems of a Crystal /Visual Basic/ Oracle report scheme. Significantly improved performance by generating report elements in Visual Basic, using an Oracle report table.

 

Citicorp Development Center, Marina Del Rey, California12/2000- 12/2002

Development center for Citigroup, one of the largest financial institutions in the country.

 

Senior Web Developer

Responsible for business requirements gathering with users , technical analysis design and implementation of on-line government purchase approval credit card management system, CitiDirect for Cards, using SQL Server 7.0, ASP, VBScript, Javascript, XML, XSLT,IIS 4.0 and Visual Basic 6.0. COM+.

 

·               Successfully brought to production a security infrastructure which was both a Citigroup and Government audit item. Revised technical design documents that met multiple changes in requirements. Oversaw three other developers in implementing all phases of security which became a global application standard for ‘Citidirect’.

·               Assured prompt delivery of a quick fix to convert Fiscal Year End accounting codes for a new corporate customer by customizing recently developed Data Transformation Services Visual Basic code.

·               Maintained and enhanced a Site Administration web-based tool to configure Citidirect client sites, enabling clients to individualize application functionality.

 

Adstar.com, Marina Del Rey, California7/2000 – 11/2000

Ten year old New York based company providing automated submission of newspaper ads

 

Technical Development Lead

Responsible for the Product team wording and reviewing of functional business requirements gathered from users, technical design and implementation documents, and leading three developers in completing assigned coding tasks using SQL Server 7.0, Visual Basic 6.0, XML, XSL, XSLT and Javascript, and COM.

 

·               Developed specifications for cross platform middleware using SOAP and XML over HTTP on IIS 5.0 to prototype a proposal for a million dollar account.

·               Built a real-estate efficient spreadsheet-style shopping cart using the DNA Microsoft architecture, XML, XSL and COM, significantly enhancing application usability.

 

O’Melveney & Meyers, LLP, Los Angeles, California4/2000 – 7/2000

Leading international legal firm with over 900 attorneys world wide

 

Web Technical Lead

Responsible for helping to define and review business requirements, supervise and offer technical direction to five developers in the Web application department using SQL Sever 7.0, ASP, VBScript, Javascript, IIS 5.0, Visual Basic 6.0. COM+ and Windows 2000.

 

·               Developed in-house HTML Document Object Model component because the current Microsoft DOM could not be directly marshaled by Visual Basic 6.0.  The approach simplified application code and expedited on-time six week delivery of the corporation’s internet, www.omm.com.

·               Led the development of a Visual Basic COM middleware component that served up HTML web pages dynamically, using DOM server and enhancing maintainability, performance and code size.

 

Sierra systems, El Segundo, California12/1997-4/2000

Multi-million dollar Canadian based international software consulting firm

 

Programmer Analyst/Web Developer – Staff Consultant

 

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

·   Directly involved  in gathering user requirements.

 

·   Developed modules of an n-tiered web application to search for provider beneficiary information, and county-registered clinic information in Visual Basic 6.0 against SQL Sever 7.0. The web pages were server-generated ASP. At the data service layer, ADO recordsets passed their results as XML to the workflow layer. This workflow XML was transformed in ASP with XSL formatted templates to create the HTML page using Microsoft Transaction Server.

·   Designed object models to implement a client/server search-and-track application used by the call-in-referral service of the County Department of Mental Health. Excel and MSAccess VBA -Used Rhumba terminal emulator to access mainframe application. Also helped build JCL to schedule flat file downloads from a UDB database.

 

District Attorney’s Office

·   Developed enhancements for the Alternate Public Defender Case Management System application. 

·   Developed a logon module with application level security screening and dynamic reports using ActiveReports and Seagate Crystal Reports. The application uses an ORACLE back end and object-based technology

 

Court Services Department of Los Angeles County

Developed Intranet prototypes for new Document Management System (WordPerfect base) using HTML and JavaScript, Dreamweaver, and cascading style sheets

 

 

aramark, magazine & Book division, Culver City California6/1997-11/1997

Former division of Aramark Corporation, international food and support services company.

 

Senior Visual Basic Developer

Responsible for all Visual Basic programming within the company.

·               Designed prototypes  for the High Performance Business System project at Aramark Magazine and Book Division. The project goal was to redefine their business model and optimize sales using Space Management. Developed against Oracle on a VAX VMS mini.

 

Harman Automotive, Northridge, California11/1993-7/1996

Division of Harman International, global multimillion dollar audio/video manufacturer

Senior Visual Basic/Oracle Developer Contractor

Designed a database client/server system to track all warranty repairs and analysis for Harman Motive, reducing the process to a simple data-entry, automated reporting task using Visual Basic, MSAccess and Oracle

 

 

Technical Skills

Languages: Visual Basic .NET ,5.0, 6.0, SQL, VBA, ObjectPal, C, C++, XML, XSL, XSLT, HTML, Javascript, VB,NET, C#.NET, ASP.NET,AJAX

DBMS: MS Access ,SQL Server 6.5, 7.0,2000, 2005, Oracle 7.x, Paradox

Development Tools: Visual Studio 2012, MVC 4.5,SQL Server Client Tools, Oracle SQL*Plus, MS Visual Modeler, COM+, IIS 6.0, Microsoft Transaction Server, Crystal Reports

Methodologies: Sierra Guidelines, Object Oriented Design, Data Modeling, Citicorp Software Development Life Cycle

Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro

 

Education

Bachelors of Science Degree in Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Canada

Completed 60% Information Systems Graduate Degree at CalStateLA including Accounting I and II, Statistics, Money and Banking and Finance

 

Professional Development

UCLA Extension, coursework including: Visual Basic, C, C++, and Delphi.

Santa Monica College, Visual Basic , C#.NET, Two three day Microsoft seminars – technical presentation on .NET.

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