career

Professional Profile

A technical resume and list of my additional accomplishments can be seen below. If you would like to learn more about me, please contact me.

Kevin M. Poulsen

Profile

Technology professional experienced in taking projects through the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Development background gives a strict attention to detail, while passion for emerging technologies drives ever expanding knowledge base. Thorough understanding of the SDLC enables superior planning of application architecture, interface, technologies, resources and project timelines. Specialization in core Microsoft technologies with additional skills in interface design, Flash and emerging web technologies.

Specialization

Application Strategy, Application Architecture, Website Architecture, Database Design, Interface Design, Website Design & Development

Skillset

ASP/ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#.Net, SQL Server, HTML/XHTML & CSS, XML/XSLT/XPATH, RSS, Flash, ActionScript, Visio, IIS 5.0/6.0

Experience

Spencer Stuart (February 2002 - Present)
Web Techologies Developer

  • Evaluated third party tools related to meeting departmental technology goals.
  • Managed development team to create a brochure marketing website.
  • Training development team in methods of "Web-Standards Design" (XHTML & CSS).
  • Architected & led development of new corporate website making use of ASP.Net, XHTML, CSS and Flash resulting in huge performance boost & high profile visibility.
  • Developed all stored procedures for an intranet application.
  • Led developement team in re-architecture and rewrite of portion of corporate website.
  • Architected and developed reusable security module for internet applications.
  • Architected and developed secure client extranet.
  • Architected and developed enhancement of corporate website to allow presentation in multiple languages (multilingual globalization).
  • Led development in transition of corporate website from Java to .NET resulting in huge performance boost.
  • Architected and developed reusable data access component.
  • Transitioned in-house development from old Microsoft technologies to Visual Studio .NET.

Software Architects, Inc. (January 1998 - February 2002)
Senior Consultant

  • Developed multiple public websites and intranet applications for national insurance company. (VB6, SQL Server, Javascript, CSS, HTML, C#.Net)
  • Enhanced zip-code specific advertising & billing systems for nationally-reknown newspaper. (VB5, Access 2000, SQL Server, COM)
  • Acted as DBA for worldwide printing company's Y2K team. Maintained database of all Y2K compliance data, created reports, supported on-site and off-site teams needing to harvest and present this data in various ways. (Access 2000, SQL Server, VB5, ASP, COM)
  • Developed payroll system for home-delivery subsidiary of national retail chain. (Access 2000, VB Script)

Education

University of Wisconsin - Parkside
BS, Business Management
Concentration - Management Information Systems (MIS)

Additional Accomplishments

CLW Custom Woodworking (January 2005) - Developing a brochure website for a company specializing in custom woodoworking for interior remodeling. Project entails graphic design, structured markup, CSS and site deployment/support.

Kevinkmp.com (November 2004) - My ongoing development. Created graphical design/graphics, database design & stored procedures, structured XHTML markup, CSS, and all additional features including ASP.Net url rewriter, RSS Aggregator and RSS Reader.

Arnold Magnetics (December 2002 - May 2003) - Created software architecture, security model, and development (HTML, ASP.Net, SQL Server) for a new company extranet.

Re-volution Consulting (January 2001) - Designed & developed website for (now defunct) IT Consulting company