James D. Rofkar
6688 Thistledown Ct.
Curtice, OH 43412
419.836.8595 - jrofkar@roadrunner.com



OBJECTIVE Seeking a position as senior developer or technical director for a company willing to exploit the Internet using open standards and Microsoft platforms.

EXPERIENCE
9/1997 - Present Instinet (a Reuters Company) New York, NY
Sr. Programmer Analyst
6-year, full-time telecommuting programmer working for development groups in New York, Kansas City, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Responsible for the development of financial research applications being used by Fortune 100 brokerage firms and institutional investors world-wide. Increased corporate revenues and reduced overhead and risk exposure by developing several web portals for customers and employees to access internally-developed Windows applications. Integrated a web browser with full scripting capabilities into Instinet's Research and Analytics (R&A) workstation product used by Joe Kernen on CNBC. Developed URL moniker allowing customers to launch Windows applications from their web browsers. Created custom CGI applications allowing administrators to remotely configure web services. Worked directly with Citrix to enhance the functionality and security of their ICA, NFuse, Web Interface, MetaFrame XP, and Secure Gateway technologies.

2/1995 - 9/1997 Instinet Overland Park, KS
Lead User-Interface Designer
Led company-wide effort assisting developers to identify and fix bad UI design, and to adhere to new standards. Responsible for complete visual redesign of all bitmaps, icons, cursors, and dialogs of Windows products for Microsoft Win32 UI compliance. Developed measurable and repeatable techniques for automated software testing and UI design. Worked with two remote usability labs to thoroughly test internally developed Windows applications.

2/1994 - 2/1995 Instinet Overland Park, KS
Technical Writer
Assisted developers, QA, support, and management by documenting software classes, data structures, interactions, and process flow. Gathered requirements, developed specifications and test plans, and assisted developers in both visual and software design. Created interactive online help systems for corporate training programs, and for third-party consumption.

2/1992 - 2/1994 J.W. Harley, Inc. Twinsburg, OH
Sr. Software Engineer
Programmed mathematical models of high-power electrical transformers to determine fault tolerance levels and to schedule preventative maintenance. Developed front-end analytical tools for real-time transformer monitoring products. Developed and maintained hardware components of real-time data acquisition systems, including analog sensors, fiber optic communications, and A/D converters. Managed all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as field service and customer support. Documented procedures for ISO-9001 certification.

8/1991 - 2/1992 State Chemical Manufacturing Cleveland, OH
Systems Operator
Responsible for running nightly batch processes on IBM mainframe and AS-400 systems. Developed reports for sales, marketing, and senior management. Printed and delivered daily, quarterly, and yearly financial statements.

EDUCATION
5/1992 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
Bachelor's Degree
B.A., Computer Science. Minors in Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy; with emphasis in English, Art History, and Geology.

SKILLS
Skill Level Last Used Experience
C, C++, Object Pascal Expert Last month 17 years
Win16, Win32 API Expert Last month 13 years
Delphi, C++Builder, VCL Expert Last month 8 years
ActiveX, OLE, COM, DCOM, ATL Expert Currently 7 years
HTML, JavaScript, VBScript Expert Currently 6 years
Citrix ICA, NFuse, MetaFrame Expert Currently 4 years
ASP, IIS, ADSI Expert Currently 3 years
VisualBasic, QuickBasic, BASIC Intermediate Last year 5 years
ADO, RDS, ODBC Intermediate Currently 3 years
SQL, SQL Server Intermediate Currently 3 years
XML Intermediate Currently 2 years
Linux Beginner Currently 6 months
Java Beginner Last month 6 months
BEA WebLogic Server Beginner Last month 2 months
C# .NET Beginner Last month 2 months

PUBLICATIONS
Computer Shopper, Alfred Poor's "Computer Cures" column, Tip of the Month, Ziff-Davis, May 2002.

Delphi Developer's Journal, "How to detect and display forms on multiple monitor configurations," Cobb Group, November 1997.

Delphi Developer's Journal, "Auto-scale Delphi forms at any resolution," Cobb Group, October 1996.

Unofficial Delphi Developers FAQ (UDDF), contributor, 1995-1999.

Neurocomputing, "A parallel algorithm for unfriendly beehive problems," Netherlands, Spring 1992.

Accomplishments:
First CWRU undergraduate of the Computer Science & Engineering Department to get published in an international journal devoted exclusively to artificial intelligence research.


AFFILIATIONS
12/1992 - 12/1995 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
12/1992 - 12/1995 IEEE Computer Society
1/1994 - 1/1995 Who's Who Business Leader
Since 5/1987 Zeta Beta Tau


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