ALLAN R. KISNER SR.

CAREER SUMMARY

Senior Analyst Programmer with extensive IT and technology laboratory experience in a Fortune 1000 company. Detail, team and customer-oriented with a focus on delivering value. Tenacious attitude toward resolving problems. Developed/co-developed applications for laboratory information management, capital asset & appropriation management, facility safety assessment and many other diverse functions.

• Web Sites Based on Microsoft Tools              • Standalone Excel/VBA Applications

• Two-tier Windows Application              • Automated VBA Code for Data Reporting

• Single-tier Windows Applications              • Customer Support across Network Domains

• Application Packaging and Deployment              • Application Maintenance across Domains

• Upgrades for Windows-7 Compatibility

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

• Visual Basic 6              • VB6 WebClass              • Visual Studio .Net

• ASP.Net              • IIS6 & IIS7              • MVC & Entity Framework

• VB.Net              • C#              • Excel/VBA applications & add-ins

• Oracle DB              • SQL Sever DB              • SQL Server Reporting Services

• SQL Sever Mgmt. Studio              • Visual SourceSafe              • Team Foundation Server

• SharePoint              • SharePoint Developer              • SharePoint Excel Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS INC., WESTLAKE, OH              1981-2013

Consumer products corporation in the household and personal care business sectors focused on the manufacture of batteries, shaving razors and feminine care products.

Senior Analyst Programmer              1998-2013

Provided ongoing development, deployment, configuration, maintenance, runtime support and user support (200+ users) related to a number of single and two-tier Windows applications, WebClass sites, ASP.Net sites, an MVC site and many custom Excel applications. Responsible for the creation and configuration of Visual Studio .Net setup packages, classic VB6 setup packages and numerous deployment batch files. Created program manuals and training materials. Documented support scenarios.

·  Developed/co-developed two-tier and single-tier Windows programs comprising two Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) used for battery development, production testing, product shelf testing and quality analysis.
 

·   Developed/Co-developed 5 ASP.Net web sites to extend functionality of LIMS systems. Co-developed MVC web site used to manage capital appropriations.
 

·   Upgraded 15-20 applications for Windows-7 compatibility. Led team of associates charged with identifying and testing applications requiring upgrade.

·   Developed SharePoint web portal to direct internal customers to IT resources.
 

·  Developed Excel application to read battery characteristics into workbooks, permitting dozens of technicians and operators to collect data electronically.
 

·  Developed Excel template application, and companion add-in to query SQL Server database for SAP ‘Bill of Materials’ information, to create packaging specification documents for building of palletized product displays for retail customers. Subsequent documents directed the daily efforts of plant workers and served as long-term legal documents to support corporate product claims.
 

·  Developed Excel application to collect and evaluate observed safety, health and environmental practices and procedures, enhancing safety management and reducing the time to evaluate facility safety assessments from weeks to hours.
 

·  Developed Excel application to directly query miniature battery quality data from two disparate SQL Server databases to evaluate broad range of observations.

Technologist              1981-1998

Assisted with development of battery designs and organic electrolytes used in experimental and production battery systems that included single use and rechargeable chemistries. Performed battery cell construction, testing and autopsy. Used a wide array of technical equipment. Created software to enhance the company’s ability to analyze and report battery test results. Documented test results and findings.

·  Developed Excel add-in to query Oracle database for battery test data to provide 13 categories of plots and advanced statistical reports to product design group.
 

·  Developed Excel application to provide plotting capability for ARBIN battery test systems, where none previously existed, to graph volumes of detailed test data, reduce colleague workload and facilitate reporting of test results.
 

·  Manufactured and tested batteries and organic electrolytes for the company’s Lithium AA and AAA products, the world's first lithium, high performance consumer batteries.
 

·  Manufactured electrolytes for Lithium-Ion batteries in quantities sufficient for full plant production.

EDUCATION

Coursework in Engineering & Computer Science,
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH