David Wilkinson
President
David Wilkinson Group, Inc
email: davidwilk@msn.com
(925) 351-9809 (Cell/vm)
BIO:
An information systems professional with thirty plus years in the computer industry, experienced in all aspects of analysis, design, development, implementation, and project management. Areas of expertise include Internet and Web technologies; Windows 2008, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SMS, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft Transaction Server, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, UNIX/Linux (including OpenSource software), Systems Administration, Client/Server 2003, 2007, 2010, Relational Database Management Systems (MS SQL Server 200, 2005, 2008, Oracle, Informix, Sybase, MySql); programming (C, C++, C#, VB, Java, Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, DreamweaverMX, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Ruby on Rails, etc.), image processing; PC and server platform technologies; Systems Security and Administration; and Project Management.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
2008 to Present: President, David Wilkinson Group, Inc.
Primary Skills
MOSS 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 (SharePoint)
MOSS 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 Search (SharePoint)
MOSS 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 InfoPath Forms and Forms Server
SharePoint Designer Development
MOSS Windows Workflow Development (WFS API)
WSS 2.0, 3.0, 4.0
Visual Studio .NET 2012 + WSP Packaging Methodology and Features
Visual Studio .NET 2012 TFS
Quest Web Parts
NINTEX WorkFlow
Recent Projects:
2014 – Independent Game Developer – IOS and Android.
January 2013 – Present
SharePoint Architect – Southwest Gas of Nevada
Migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013.
Migrated workflows, InfoPath forms, and all Content.Architect hardware and software solution for SharePoint 2013.
May 2006 – 2014
I have provided solutions as Lead System Architect and Lead System Administrator with AbetterProcess.com and Naramore Technology Systems. I have designed, installed, and configured Hosted SharePoint Portal Server solutions for over 35 clients. Solutions included Client Branded Web-based Portals, Workflow Design and Implementation, Business Process Re-Design, .NET Development (C#) applications and web-parts, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 2.0 and WSS 3.0) development, admin and support of Windows 2003, 2008 Server and SQL Database 2005, 2008, SQL Reporting Services, etc.
Client List (partial list):
2010 – Shutterfly
2010 – Tulare County Sherrif’s Office
2010 – Livermore Police Dept
2010 – Shutterfly
2009 – Sandbank
2009 – Gallina
2009 – Oregon Department of Energy
2009, 2010 – California Office of Transportation and Safety
2009 – Livermore Police Department
2008, 2009 – 53rd Bank
2008, 2009 – HelicosBio
2008 – Miller Realty Network
2008, 2009 – Payment Alliance
2008, 2009 – Presginc
2007 – The Monkey
2007, 2008, 2009 – PSB
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 – Dipietro and Associates
2007, 2008, 2009 – Cunningham Financial Group
2007, 2008, 2009 – Stephen Shepard, LLC
2007, 2008, 2009 – TileCo
2006, 2007, 2008 (Upgrade) – RF Olmo and Associates
2006 – Anchor Financial
2006, 2007, 2008 – Strategic Estate Advisors
2006, 2007 and 2008 (Upgrade) – SJS Davis
2006 – Pannatoni-Olmo
February 2008 – June, 2008
SharePoint Information Architect Contract at AXA Rosenberg in Orinda. Conversion and migration of previous WSS sites to a MOSS 2007 Portal. Designed internal Portal, look and feel, taxonomy, site navigation, document management, business reporting, forms, user training, user admin training, development of an internal evangelizing program to promote the use and growth of SharePoint.
September 2005 – May 2006
Project Management and Technical Consulting with Allin Consulting Services, on assignment with Dolby Labs, Inc., Robert Half International, Synaptics, Inc., and Mervyn’s, implementing MOSS 2007, MOSS 2007 Search Portals, .NET Development (C#) console applications and web-parts, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 2.0 and WSS 3.0) development, admin and support of SharePoint 2003 Portal Server environments, SQL Reporting Services, Log Parser, etc.
April 2005 – August 2005
Project Management with EMC Microsoft Consulting Services, on assignment to Align Technologies, Inc for an Employee Portal implementation and rollout on Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
2004 – 2005
Project Management and Technical Leadership at PMI Mortgage Insurance Company for a Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server implementation and rollout. Currently providing Technical Support and developing SharePoint applications using FrontPage, InfoPath, and Visual Studio .NET 2003, Web Parts, .NET Development, integration with Active Directory, and Web Services.
2001 – 2003
Project Management for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., for a Disaster Recovery Project. Provided technical assistance and Project Management services to assist with the development of a Disaster Recovery Program at PMI.
Project Management for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., for a rollout of a Server and Desktop Management System and an upgrade to their Helpdesk System (TouchPaper). Led a team of 3 engineers and a documentation specialist to rollout a LanDesk Server and Desktop Management System.
Sr. Infrastructure Consultant for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., consulting on various aspects of the migration of 1200 users to a Windows 2000 environment, including Domain Model Architecture and Implementation, Active Directory, Clustered Exchange 2000 servers, Clustered File Sharing and Print services, Clustered SQL Server 2000 services, and Software Distribution.
Software Architect for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., for a distributed web-based contract underwriting application written in Java and ASP, and based on a mix of Unix and Intel servers.
Senior DBA for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., supporting two large distributed MS Sql Server applications (version 6.5, 7.0, 2000 in clustered configurations), utilizing SQL, MS Transaction Server, VB 5.0 and 6.0, and Stored Procedures.
2002
Project Management and development for a website for Pratt and Associates (www.fraudadvisor.net) NOTE: This website is shutdown.
2000 -2001
Project Management for a Java Web-based Investor application at Charles Schwab, Inc.,
2000 – 2001
Security review of web-based applications and NT network including web server tuning and implementation of web and network security controls for The Contra Costa County
1999
Year 2000 assessment engagement at Longs Drug Stores
1999
Technical audit of the network infrastructure and Human Resources system at American President Lines
1999
Website development for Stebbins Consulting Group, (www.goscg.com)
1999
Infrastructure, applications and sql database consulting for MPR Health Systems.
1997 – 1999
MS SMS 2.0 implementation planning for The Clorox Company.
Windows NT infrastructure design and deployment for The Clorox Company 8,000 users, local corporate and national locations.
Project Management for a $22 Million corporate infrastructure rollout at The Clorox Company. NOTE: Completed the project 3 months early and $8 Million under budget.
Notes Mail rollout project management for The Clorox Company 8,000 users. NOTE: Completed the project on time and under budget.
October 18, 1996 to 1998: Gateway Group, Lafayette, CA
As Project Manager, I managed a Windows 95 rollout for 500 workstations at the office of The City and County of San Francisco.
As Sr. Network Consultant, Developed a 32-bit application for United Airlines, Maintenance Operations Center, using Visual Basic 5.0. The application used Oracle SQL and Jet database queries to present hardware/software/network information to United Airlines technical staff. Involves creation/implementation of Netwizard database for data repository in a mixed Novell/NT/Unix environment.
As Sr. BackOffice Consultant, I participated in a system-wide conversion of approximately 1500 users at Pacific Telesis from Windows 3.11 to Windows NT Server/Workstation 4.0. Involved in architecture/design/implementation of NT Servers, SMS Systems, and Exchange systems. Conducted migration from various mail platforms including Lotus cc:Mail, Novell GroupWise to MS Exchange for all users.
April 18, 1996 to October 15, 1996: Chamberlain Associates, Inc., San Mateo, CA
As Consultant, I performed quality assurance testing for the major release of a network management software package at Novell, Inc. Configured, installed and administered a multi-server NT Server-based network used in testing the package. Conducted interoperability, usability, reliability and performance testing in a heterogeneous LAN/WAN environment. Platforms included Windows for WorkGroups, Windows95, Windows NT Server 3.51, Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT Workstation, MS Internet Information Server, MS Sql Server, MS Exchange, MS SMS, MS WINS, and MS DHCP, Novell Netware 3.12 and 4.11. Network topology included shared and switched Ethernet, Token-Ring and FDDI. Network protocols were IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, Netbeui.
March 18, 1996 to April 5, 1996: Avery Group, Palo Alto, CA
As Consultant, worked on implementing a Windows NT Server test lab for Microsoft Consulting Services at Wells Fargo Bank. Installed, configured, and tested core services desktop software for conversion of a large 1000+ Novell server environment to Windows NT Server. This includes installation of DHCP and WINS servers for TCP/IP.
April 1994 to March 15, 1996: Summit Integration Group, Foster City, CA
As Manager/Sr. Consultant, worked on Client/Server applications using Informix on HP Unix, MS SQL Server on Windows NT, and Novell Networks at Wells Fargo Bank. C, C++, MS Access and Visual Basic were used for the client applications at Wells Fargo Bank. Developed a mail agent component for mail enabled applications using MS Mail on Novell, ODBC, OLE 2.0, MAPI, and BLOB technology at Wells Fargo Bank. Highly proficient in Microsoft BackOffice Products and the NT Server Platform including SMS at Wells Fargo Bank. Also participated in Network Administration and design of network architecture solutions at Wells Fargo Bank and American Express Life Assurance Company.
Familiar with Windows 95 and Microsoft Exchange. Project Manager/Architect for a multi-million dollar project of a Sales Performance System for Wells Fargo Bank involving three-tiered client/server technology. Deployment is complete with 10,000+ users on-line.
1992 to 1994: CG Computer Services, Inc., Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA
As Sr. Project Consultant, has worked on various projects including SyBase/MS SQL Server Client/Server applications at Charles Schwab, application development in Clipper, C and C++ at Columbia Pictures and Bank of America, Novell integration and management, Project Management for application development and software implementation projects at Bank of America, and Client/Server hardware/software selection and implementation for the Legal Department at Charles Schwab.
1991 to 1992: Litton Industries, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
As Senior Programmer Analyst/Project Leader, has developed a full scale Electronic Mail System for DOS in Clipper 5.01, and C. The system utilizes data encryption and compression, background communications, customized data input and collection, transport of business forms and data, budgeting, planning, faxing and gateways to various communications networks.
1983 to 1991: Security Pacific Automation Company, Los Angeles, CA
As Application Consultant, implemented a new image-based check processing system using OS/2. First of its kind in the country, this system involved application program-to-program communication. Developed a pilot project utilizing image processing, artificial intelligence and workflow management in a local area network environment.
Functioned as Project Leader and Lead Technical Programmer in the development of multi-user applications on Novell Networks using Clipper.
Designed, coded and implemented a security module for a transaction intensive application using C. Major aspects included user-id and password management; security administrator functions; electronic signature blocks of data; verification and authentication of data; compliance with stringent encryption requirements.
Analyzed, designed, developed, coded, tested and supported financial applications for a variety of bank operations including a financial analysis reporting system for the retail banking division, and a batch credit inquiry system for the commercial loan department. Trained all users.
Automated and streamlined the return mail process, resulting in a $300,000 per year savings in postage and labor costs.
As Assistant Vice President, conducted physical and data security reviews for various types of computers. Determined the sensitivity of the data and the applications process. Identified exposures, recommended cost-effective improvements and implemented procedures. Developed several information systems security publications and a security presentation aimed at raising employee awareness.
1982 to 1983: Home Savings of America, Los Angeles, CA
As Senior EDP Auditor, conducted audits of the Data Center and related development and system areas. Performed general controls review in conjunction with the external auditors’ year-end audit.
1980 to 1982: Lloyd’s Bank California, Los Angeles, CA
As Senior Inspector of the Audit Department, supervised operational, application and systems audits for up to six staff auditors. Participated in the design and development of computer assisted audit techniques.
1979 to 1980: Bell and Howell, CA
As Program Aide, assisted planners with the Material Requirements Planning System.
1974 to 1979: Automatic Data Processing
Held several positions in computer operations, pre-sales and post-sales support in the areas of Payroll and Accounting applications.
ASSOCIATIONS:
International Who’s Who in Information Technology
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Achieved a 3.5 GPA while attending California State University at Los Angeles, and working full-time at the same time.