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Thomas Hoff
Director of
Technology/Application-Architect |
Phone: 973-723-4963 Email: |
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10+ Years of Managing Technical Teams Across
a Diverse Set of Technology Platforms. §
Held key positions in Architecture Design
and Software Development Lifecycle, as a “Player/Coach.” §
Current Team Consists of 9 Developers and
Designers, Building and Evolving Web-based Java and MS.Net Applications,
while Executing Multiple Concurrent Projects. §
Managed Profit & Loss Responsibility
for $1.5 million Division of Vertis, Inc. §
Deployed 10 Web-to-Print Solutions over the
past 4 Years, Developing / Integrating Extensive Content Management and
Variable Page Composition Technologies. |
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Languages
- Visual Basic (6.0 and .Net), Visual Basic for Applications, ASP
(6.0 and .Net), VBScript, Java, JavaScript, HTML, Centura (Gupta) SQL Windows,
SQL (MS SQL, DB2/UDB, Oracle, Access), COBOL, JCL, Rexx, EXEC2, Assembler,
Shell Script, FTP, Regular Expressions, Lingo. Databases
- MS SQL 2000, UDB/DB2 (MVS & UNIX), Oracle 7.0, MS Access. Applications - Excel,
Word, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, Lotus Notes, MS Internet
Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Visual Source Safe, Pageflex, GMC Print Net T,
XMPie, MS SQL Reporting Services, Gupta Team Windows (aka Centura Team
Developer), MS Exchange/Outlook, Microfocus COBOL Workbench, Attachmate
Extra, Rumba for Mainframe, Rumba Database Access, PVCS, Telnet, Trilogy
Multi-Channel Commerce (aka Selling Chain), SQA Manager. Mainframe
Utilities - TSO/ISPF, CMS, Xedit, Fileaid, PKZip for MVS,
Changeman, QMF, Xpediter, FTP |
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11/2003 – Present Vertis
Inc. Director of Product Development §
Led the Conception, Design and Development
of two application architectures: 1. Generic Fulfillment Framework
(GFF) for Strategic, Highly Custom Deployments; 2. Entry Level Framework (ELF) for
Tactical, Rapid Deployment. §
Deployed to Ultimate Electronics, Tyson
Foods, Harrah’s Entertainment, Harrah’s National Casino
Marketing, and La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries. §
Oversaw all aspects of the technology team
in 10/2001 – 11/2003 VersaTech
Consulting Director of Technology §
Led a team of developers and designers to build several web based
applications. §
Focused on content management and workflow for making customizable
sales and marketing materials available to a distributed sales force. §
Responsibility for application server environments including Source
Control, Development, Test/Staging and High-up-time Production. §
Notable clients include: Medco Health, BMW Group, GM Card, Relizon, Century
Wells Fargo, DFW Capital, Toppan Printing America §
Primary Roles: Technology Director/Application Architect
Developer/Database Administrator/Data Modeler/Web Master §
Secondary Roles: Quality Assurance Manager/Network Engineer/Desktop
Support 10/2000 – 09/2001 Ascertain
Solutions Hackensack,
NJ Director of Technology §
Designed and developed “CD/web hybrid” and
“web-based” computer based training (CBT) application
architecture along with the associated back-end learning management system
(LMS). §
Primary Roles: System Architect/Application Developer/ Database Administrator/Database Modeler/Web
Master §
Secondary Roles: Quality Assurance Manager/Network Engineer/Desktop
Support 03/1987 - 10/2000 Prudential
Insurance Lead Systems Architect 3/2000
- 10/2000 §
System Architect on Consolidated Compensation
project. §
Utilized Trilogy Multi-Channel-Commerce object
model backbone and compensation engine, Enterprise Loader and Extractors §
Java applications and servlets running on UNIX
(Solaris), COBOL mainframe middleware programs. §
Became known as resident expert on IBM MQ
Series and consulted with other business units regarding cross platform
message queuing application design. §
Developed automated method for moving terabytes
worth of archived reports from CD-jukebox based archive to Mainframe based
system, preserving report meta-data.
The solution utilized a combination of MS Excel, FTP and JCL. §
Consulted with Prudential Compliance Department
on the design and implementation of a Microsoft Access database used to
register and certify all customer communication documents. §
Consulted with Prudential Insurance Information
Security Group to develop an application that updated their Access database
that tracked network file share and security group ownership. Senior Systems Specialist 1996 - 2000 §
System Architect and Developer on
Cross-platform, Cross-business-unit License and Registration system. §
Utilized a portion of the architecture designed
for a previous project, providing the connectivity and Data/service
abstraction needed for communication between Prudential Securities and
Prudential Insurance. §
Allowed for a common Visual Basic front-end to
make updates to Mainframe DB2 and IDMS databases in Prudential Insurance as
well as VSAM files in Prudential Securities. §
System Architect on a large-scale HR database
replacement project. §
Replaced mainframe based IDMS system with
browser based intranet application. §
Designed and developed innovative middleware to
allow web based application to utilized legacy mainframe routines using IBM
MQSeries. §
Responsibilities included designing overall
application architecture, working with team leaders and developers to
implement, programming some key components and tools. §
Designed SQL generator that uses DB2 catalog to
generate hundreds of SQL inserts/updates/deletes for Database using MS Access
and DAO. Also created a SQL
ActiveX control to retrieve SQL file from web server using WinInet.dll or
local network and merge program provided parameter values. §
Met with other divisions to ensure that the
application was compliant with the intended direction of the enterprise,
including general architecture, middleware/connectivity and security. Information Systems Analyst 1993 - 1996 §
Lead developer for MIS client/server
application. (Manage.Ability) §
Centura (Gupta) SQL Windows client. §
ODBC via Wall Data’s Rumba DRDA driver. §
Connectivity included LU6.2 direct to mainframe
or TCP/IP to SNA Server to mainframe. §
DB2 database. §
Participated in ground-up design, development,
implementation and support for client application. §
Over 1000 users in Prudential Field Offices
across the §
Designed, programmed and implemented a
multi-user Microsoft Access database application for program documentation to
fulfill audit request. Learned MS
Access, designed, coded and installed application and presented to
approximately 50 users in one month. §
Co-project leader for large batch COBOL system
for compensation and recognition of insurance agents (Mainrun).
Responsibilities included technical analysis of project scope, training new
programmers, problem resolution and secondary production support. Programming Analyst 1987 - 1993 §
Started at Prudential as entry-level
programmer. Worked on COBOL batch and CICS applications, running on VSAM and
QSAM files. |
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1987 – Present On
the Job Training
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Various 2-5 day training courses including CICS Command Level Programming;
MQ Series Fundamentals and Programming; Visual Basic Programming; Trilogy
Selling-Chain Architecture, Web Solutions and Fundamentals; Java Programming;
Architecture for System Builders; Lotus Notes Development; Gupta SQL Windows
Programming. §
Various 1-2 day 1985 - 1987 Chubb
Institute §
525 hour intensive training program which
included: Problem Analysis; Program Design, Structure and Debugging; VSAM
File Handling Techniques; Utilities; OS/VS JCL; TSO/ISPF 1983 - 1985 County
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Engineering curriculum, Computer Science courses |
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Business Value Award for Technology Innovation. §
Special Recognition for the completion of the
Prudential License and Recognition project. §
Quality Service Award for Support above and
beyond expectations. §
1994 Windows World finalist in Business
Application category. |