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LEON C. GAINES Woodland HIlls, CA

leongaines@gmail.com (631) 487-9448

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a position in the field of computer science as a Sr. Database Architect & Software Developer where experience, skills and education can be utilized with the opportunity for professional advancement.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

15+ years of professional full-stack web/software development experience at a senior level (UI, Logic, Data layers).

15+ years of professional database architecture and administration experience at a senior level.

Extensive team leadership experience.

Strong analytical and systems design experience.

Adept IT professional with a rare combination of talents and business acumen.

EXPERIENCE: Sr. Database Architect and Programmer Smart and Final, Inc., 600 Citadel Drive, Commerce CA 90060 January 2014 – Present

Database Administration of relational databases in Microsoft SQL Server.

Design, develop, manage database objects (table structures, stored procedures, indexes, security, maintenance plans, etc.)

Design, develop, test and implement web/windows based applications using OOP in Microsoft C#.net, MVC, JQuery, Responsive CSS Frameworks, Web Services.

Software development and support of a proprietary store systems platform for 200+ store locations.

Fact gathering design and develop custom database systems and processes.

Acting liaison between vendor and corporate office.

Sr. Software Developer Saberin Systems, LLC, 235 Little East Neck Rd, Suite D, West Babylon, NY 11704 October 2012 to December 2013

Design, Develop and support proprietary Information Management Systems for successful and

resourceful teams of elite professionals within the financial sector.

Design, develop, test and implement web based applications written C#.

Utilize Telerik Ajax.net UI controls to provide an enhanced user experience with SQL Server 2012 as the back end database.

SQL Server database administration.

Design, manage and maintain all database objects ( tables, views, stored procedures, relationships, indexes)

Implementation of SOAP and Visual Studio built in Web Service capabilities.

Liaison between clients and our development team, converting client specifications into a working

system design. Sr. Software Developer Enhanced Customer Care Solutions, Inc, Inc., 25 Melville Park Road, Melville NY 11747 July 2006 to September 2012

Design, develop, test and implement web based and windows based client/server.

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Design OOP business models, relational databases.

Manage the configuration and of SQL Server databases.

Perform API integration.

Acting DBA for database over 1 million records.

Implement and new technologies. Sr. Programmer/Analyst - DBA Antares Information Technologies Incorporated, 1140 Motor Parkway, New York, NY 11788 Dec 1999 to July 2006

Design, develop, test and implement web based and windows based client/server.

Manage all full-cycle marketing/fulfillment databases for various Fortune 500 financial, pharmaceutical, automobile clients.

Design and Implement an effective data warehousing model.

Acting DBA for all SQL databases.

SKILLS:

Visual Studio 2003-2013

MVC 4

C#.Net

LINQ

VB.Net

ASP.Net

ADO.Net

XML

NPOI

Tortois SVN Repository

Entity Framework

JQuery

Bootstrap

HTML

SQL Server 2000,2008,

T-SQL

SSRS

AJAX

IIS

Telerik ASP.NET, MVC Controls

Elmah.io

Extensive knowledge of SDLC, OOP, relational database design.

Office Suite

Tactful in leadership and dealing with others

Ability to learn quickly

Ability to work as an individual as well as a team player.

CERTIFICATIONS:

New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Southern California

Microsoft Certificate of Completion, Course 20486 Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

March 2015

EDUCATION:

Devry University, Irvine CA Computer Information Systems BS 2014 - Present

New York University, NY NY Windows Programming Certificate 1995

LaGuardia Community College, NY NY Data Processing: Computer Programming

AAS 1992

REFERENCES

Available upon request.