J. Brian Hall
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J. Brian Hall

J. Brian Hall
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Key Strengths

Passionate, responsible, and committed engineer, with a get-it-done, on-time spirit, and extensive experience designing, implementing and adapting applications using Microsoft Technologies, C, SQL, and Perl. A highly skilled technical professional who is skilled in all phases of the software development lifecycle. Strong problem solver; can manage many tasks, an effective collaborator, excellent communicator, and self-starter. Additionally, experienced in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile

Career Experience

Lori's Gifts 01/2017 –03/ 2020
Senior Software Engineer
Carrollton, TX

• Provided technical design solutions to implement point of sale operations and tasks
• Interacted with help desk and business personnel to resolve system issues
• Designed and implemented interfaces to 3rd party vendors to transfer sales data

Environment: C#, .Net, ASP.Net, Sql Server, VB


Cross mark Inc 09/2012-10//2016
Plano, Texas
Senior Application Developer

Responsible for application support and new development for the marketing logistics applications in partnership with the business and end users
• Worked with business stakeholders to design and implement enhancements to the existing applications as well as create new features.
• Resolved production issues and provided 24x7 support
• Created sql and perl scripts to resolve data inconsistencies
• Provided technical guidance to team members
• Responsible for building and deploying the primary web application for Crossmark
• Performed subject matter expert role for the Salestrak application

Environment: C#, .Net, ASP.Net, ASP, Sql Server, Perl, WebForms, MVC, javascript, jquery, SSIS, Service Now, Jira , Agile Scrum, Kanban, SDLC, Linq, Entity framework, web services, WCF, REST.

Hewlett Packard (American Airlines) 01/2012-08/2012
Plano, Texas
Information Specialist/ Developer

Designed and implemented changes to the reservation systems for the client.
• Responsible for application support and new development within C#.net, Oracle and Java environments.
• Provided technical design solutions to set up the batch processing framework for the Jetstream implementation team.
• Interacted with the hardware and product teams to develop a seamless transition of batch processes from the product team to the implementation team.

Environment: C#, .Net, javascript, Oracle, Java, SDLC, Linq, Maven, Apache, Jira

EDS/Hewlett Packard (7-Eleven) 06/1996-04/2012
Plano, Texas
Technical Team Leader

Participated on and led a team that provided support and enhancement services for the 7-Eleven ordering and logistics applications
• Provided application support for C#, .net, C, UNIX, Perl and Oracle environments. Made enhancements to existing C# applications and modified existing applications to better meet core business needs.
• Resolved production issues and worked with the client to make enhancements and provided 24/7 support.
• Provided technical design solutions to be implemented by team members.
• Provided technical guidance to team members.
• Designed and implemented many tasks/projects in support of the client.
• Interacted with client members to design solutions and resolve production support issues.
• Performed 24X7 support for the client.
• Supported, and adhered to strict service level agreement guidelines for application support.
• Responsible for quality assurance checks before tasks and implemented those assurance checks.
• Interfaced with other solution providers to implement end-to-end solutions for the client.
• Performed subject matter expert role for several client subsystems.

Environment: C#, .Net, javaScript, C, UNIX, Oracle, Autosys, SDLC, Webforms, Unicenter.

EDS (Connecticut Medicaid) 11/1995 – 06/1996
Richmond, Virginia
Systems Engineer

Successfully designed and implemented accounting system changes for the development of a new Connecticut Medicaid system.
• Learned LBMS (4th generation language) in support of implementing a solution for a state Medicaid client.
• Designed and implemented many tasks in the accounting subsystem of the client’s system.
• Interfaced/cooperated with many different US sites to insure delivery of efficient solutions to meet business needs.
Environment: MVS OS, TSO/ISPF, LBMS, COBOL, DB2

EDS (Morrison Restaurants) 3/1992 – 11/1995
Mobile, Alabama
Systems Engineer

Successfully designed and implemented application changes/fixes for the HR and Accounting applications for Morrison Restaurants.
• Performed subject matter expert role for the payroll subsystem for the Morrison’s restaurants client.
• Designed and implemented many tasks in support of the Morrison’s restaurants client.
• Modified/Implemented many regulatory updates in support of the third party created (MSA) payroll system for the Morrison’s restaurants client.
• Participated in weekly meetings with the Morrison’s restaurants payroll department to investigate and prioritize ongoing and upcoming tasks.
• Learned C programming language and client server concepts to prepare myself for a possible future assignment.
• Investigated and performed run time improvement activities for the client.

Environment: DOS/VSE, COBOL, ALC, CICS, C.

EDS (Motors Insurance Corp) 4/1990 – 3/1992
Plano, Texas
Systems Engineer
Successfully designed and implementation application changes/fixes for the policy administration applications for Motors Insurance Corporation.
• Performed subject matter expert roll for the policy administration subsystem within homeowner’s insurance system for the Motors Insurance Corporation client.
• Designed and implemented many tasks in support of the Motors Insurance Corporation client.
• Interfaced/cooperated with multiple sites to insure delivery of efficient solutions to meet business needs.
Environment: MVS OS, TSO/ISPF, COBOL, CICS, CA7, CA11, DB2, File*Aid.

EDS (National Farmers Union)
9/1989 – 4/1990
Plano, Texas
Systems Engineer
Successfully designed and implementation application changes/fixes for the policy administration applications for National Farmers Union.
• Performed subject matter expert roll for the policy administration subsystem within property and casualty system for the National Farmers Union client.
• Designed and implemented many tasks in support of the National Farmers Union client.
• Interfaced/cooperated with multiple sites to insure delivery of efficient solutions to meet business needs.
Environment: MVS OS, TSO/ISPF, COBOL, CICS, CA7, CA11, DB2, File*Aid.

Education

BA /Computer and Information Science/Accounting
Troy University
Troy, Alabama