Kevin A. Kizer
502 Thorngate Road
Apex, North Carolina 27502
(919) 363-0028 kevin@kizer.org

Software engineer with over fifteen years of development experience. Enjoys working in high stress situations where creativity, problem solving, and leadership skills are utilized. Experienced in all phases of software development including design, coding, test, and support.

Highlights:	Languages	Operating Systems	Applications
	Java (JDBC, JSP, servlets, EJB)	Windows	Oracle 10g, 9i, 8i
	PL/SQL	AIX	DB2
	C/C++	Solaris	Informix
	UML/XML	OS/400	SQL Server
	Delphi 1.0 - 5.0		WebSphere 5,6

Experience:	IBM - Tivoli	Raleigh, North Carolina
	Advisory Engineer	Apr. 2000 - present

· Team lead of engineers that created an IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) health and performance agent for the Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) product

· Designed the TEC health agent and modified portions of the TEC product to provide health and performance metric data for the agent

· Assisted in the design of performance critical, high volume data persistence layer for an event management product. Utilized Rational Rose for UML modeling

· Coded and unit tested several JDBC based data persistence components

· Enabled components to run on DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Cloudscape RDBMS, DB2 z/OS, DB2 iSeries

· Developed automated test cases using JUnit, JTest, and DBUnit

· Assisted in the design and development of a prototype for a new scalable TEC architecture that is J2EE based and runs in WebSphere

· Developed database installation program that installs the TEC database for five different RDBMS platforms: DB2, Oracle, Informix, SQL Server, and Sybase

· Implemented data warehouse extract, transform, load (ETL) scripts for TEC

· Updated TEC data persistence layer, which includes C, Perl, BASH scripts, and Java code

Medic Computer Systems	Raleigh, North Carolina
Senior Software Engineer	Feb. 1997 – Apr. 2000

· Designed/coded financial module in medical practice management product using Informix relational database with more than 1,000 tables. GUI client written in Delphi.

· Designed, coded, tested financial, insurance, and patient demographic modules.

· Provided on site customer support for product’s beta test.

· Trained engineers in Hyderabad, India.

· Developed session Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) for financial business logic

· Improved development process by automating builds, documenting processes and procedures, implementing code reviews, unit test checklists, etc.

Lockheed Martin	RTP, North Carolina
Senior Database Designer	Aug. 1995 to Feb. 1997

· Developed client/server job announcement system for the EPA’s human resource department using Oracle tables and Delphi GUI. Oracle stored procedures were used to boost performance. The application also generated HTML files that were placed on the EPA’s intranet.

· Created library journal application for the EPA library that replaced an expensive mainframe program and saved $50,000/year in printing costs. The difficult to use mainframe program was replaced with a user friendly Windows application.

· Designed and implemented call tracking system for the EPA’s help desk.

· Created installation programs and manuals for all applications.

Fujitsu Network Switching	Raleigh, North Carolina
Software Engineer	Sep. 1994 to Apr. 1995

· Implemented CaseWare enhancements utilizing CaseWare's C based language, Perl scripts, and UNIX shell scripts

· Supported over 50 CaseWare users and served as systems administrator for four CaseWare databases

· Provided CaseWare training for Fujitsu employees

IBM	Cary, North Carolina
Associate/Senior Associate Programmer	Jan. 1991 to Aug. 1994

· Coded and tested several key components in an OS/2 product that converted SGML documents into electronic books

· Planned and coordinated translation test in Copenhagen, Denmark. The test consisted of five testers from five different countries

· Supervised coding and test efforts for a development group of five people to meet very aggressive product release schedules

· Consulted with vendor regarding overall product design

· Supervised work and quality of final product for an offsite vendor

· Designed data model and relational database implementation for an OS/400 client/server application utilizing Bachman CASE products

· Designed, coded, and tested complex database functions, which were written in C and SQL/400

· Developed REXX tool that generated database installation code from DB2 DDL generated by Bachman

· Served as Bachman and database design consultant for an electronic data interchange project in Austin, Texas

· Developed tools that extract data from Bachman CASE products and generate database design documents

Education:	Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana
	Bachelor of Science Computer Science	Dec. 1990

· GPA 5.9/6.0, Phi Beta Kappa

· Formal education in Oracle performance tuning, EJBs, Java, Swing, JSP, servlets, advanced Java (EJB, RMI, CORBA), advanced C++, AIX, DB2 performance, ISO 9000, Informix, CORBA

· Three patents pending