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164 Royer Drive
Trappe, PA 19426
david@david-j-marks.com 		David J. Marks
MBA MS CSM PMP 		610-831-0561H
610-547-4446C
www.davidjmarks.org

Summary

Software professional with extensive experience in all phases of the software lifecycle including project management, configuration mgmt., requirements definition, design, development, documentation, testing, build, release, maintenance, customer support, who is a highly motivated resourceful self-starter and who quickly embraces new tools and technologies.
Knowledge areas:
     Fluent in French and Spanish, basic knowledge of German
     Experienced Microsoft Office user including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, and Project

Business Focus SDLC Methods Design Methods Languages Operating Systems
  • Project Mngr.
  • Sched. & Budg.
  • Resource Mngmt.
  • Reqs. Specification
  • Written/verbal comm.
  • Agile(Scrum)
  • Waterfall
  • Iterative
  • Pair Programming
  • TDD
  • Object Oriented
  • Use Cases
  • Data Flow
  • State Transition
  • C/C++/Java
  • Visual Basic
  • HTML, CSS, PHP, XML
  • Unix & Windows shells
  • MySQL
  • MS Windows
  • Linux
  • Unix (SCO, SUN, HP)

Professional Experience

SIEMENS ENERGY AND AUTOMATION Spring House, PA & Johnson City, TN
Project Manager/Consulting Software Engineer (2003-2009)		 1991-2009
  • Managed, led and contributed to multiple projects simultaneously including a $500,000 software product project from concept to release and customer support including schedule, budget and resource management.
    • Completed project on time and on budget
    • Product is used at the aquarium in Genoa, Italy and to manufacture polymers in Ravenna, Italy.

  • Managed a team of five engineers doing product maintenance that produced patches, service packs and provided upgrade services to customers with complex system installations generating up to $100,000 in revenue per upgrade.

  • Managed a product line making decisions to produce patches, to make hardware replacements, how to upgrade existing customers, how to build the product, and how to end the life of the product.

  • Managed a graphics conversion service for customers who needed to convert graphics from legacy systems to current systems generating up to $10,000 in revenue per order.

  • Developed software for industrial automation control systems.
    • 50,000+ lines of code written that have been used at Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Red Hook Ale, Morning Star Farms (Hunts and Heinz), Golden Cheese of California (Taco Bell), Barilla, CandleCorp, PPG, and Air Productamong other.
    • Designed and developed real-time database components, and inter-computer communications software for a product line produced for 18 years based on Unix and Linux.
    • Developed software to migrate customer data from legacy systems to Siemens’ current systems allowing customer operations to migrate from competitors’ products to Siemens.
    • Wrote technical documentation and guided technical writers in creating improved user content.

  • Managed and and administered the configuration management system for a process control system product line.
    • Administered the source code control and issue tracking systems.
    • Managed and controlled hardware component and product configuration drawings, and product build instructions.
    • Fixed the CM software and CM database to remove bugs, corruptions, inconsistencies and expand the limits of the system.
    • Administered the product source code and CM servers keeping them available 24/7.

  • Organized training, taught courses, and presented to all levels of internal Siemens employees and external customers.

  • Created tools to guide proposals engineers and project managers in determining the feasibility and scope of projects migrating customers from legacy products to the current Siemens product

  • Diagnosed and solved customer problems, and traveled to customer sites to assist them in installing and upgrading systems, allowing them to be up and running sooner than they could by themselves.

Senior Software Engineer (1996-2003)
  • Developed and maintained software for industrial controls.
  • Managed CM (Configuration Management) system and source code servers keeping them available 24/7.
  • Wrote technical documentation and guided technical writers in creating better user content.
  • Developed and taught courses for other Siemens employees covering new software products.
  • Supported customers through diagnosis and solution of problems and assisted customers in installing and upgrading software allowing them to be up and running sooner than they could by themselves.

Other Relevant Experience

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Johnson City, TN
Software Engineer - Developed software for industrial automation controls.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Raleigh, NC
COMPUTER CENTER MANAGER/OPERATOR - Managed the center used by computer science students and professors.

Volunteer Experience

SPRING MOUNTAIN SKI PATROL Spring Mount, PA
Hill Captain - Manage several shifts of patrollers and teach first aid.		 2002-Present

EVANSBURG UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Collegeville, PA
Finance Committee Chair - Manage annual budget of small Methodist church including audits.		 2004-Present

Military Service

US ARMY Ballistic Meteorology Crewman (SP5)

Education, Professional Development and Training

(MBA) Master Business Administration, EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
(MSCS) Master of Science Computer Science, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO
(BSCS) Bachelor of Science Computer Science, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
(HS) High School Diploma, AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PARIS, FRANCE

PROJECT MANAGEMENT @ PENN STATE2009
MICROSOFT PROJECT 2007 – SKILLSOFT2009
JAVA FUNDAMENTALS/WEB DEVELOPMENT – APPDEV2009
C# SERIES – SKILLSOFT2009
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERIES (PMBOK 4TH EDITION) – SKILLSOFT2009
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE – SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH2008
AGILE/SCRUM – SCRUM ALLIANCE2006
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC – MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE2003

Awards and Certifications

Patent #5,615,364
Apparatus and Method for Performing the Backup of a Primary Database using a Backup Database		1995
Patent Application #20080005552
Safety Data Writes		2007
Project Management Professional2009
Certified Scrum Master2006
Red Hat Linux Certified Engineer2000
Competent Toastmaster2008