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PETER R. BENSON

7733 N Main St. Kansas City, MO 64118

816-468-0748 • peter.benson@goldencodekc.com

.NET DEVELOPER

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): 3.5 .NET Framework Web Applications (expected 5/2011)
• Excellent foundation knowledge in designing and developing web applications using .NET framework.
• 15+ years experience in IT support roles
• ITIL 3.0 Foundations, Certified LANDesk Administrator
• Experienced professional, business process aware, dependable.

Developer Skills/Tools:

• Visual Studio 2010, C#.NET 3.5, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, AJAX, LINQ, SQL, SQL Server 7/2000/2005/2008, SSMS 2008, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS 2.0.

Scripting and Automation Skills/Tools:

• AutoIT Script, MS ScriptIT

Virtualization Skills/Tools:

• VMWare Workstation 4x-7x
• VMWare Server

Centriq Training, Leawood, KS

Application Developer in C#.NET Program

1/2011 – 6/2011

• Technical Competencies:
  • Visual Studio 2010, C#.NET 3.5, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, AJAX, LINQ, SQL, SQL Server 7/2000/2005/2008, SSMS2008, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS 2.0.

• Professional IT Project Experience:
  • Widgets and Gadgets: Created a secure application for managing product data.
  • S.A.T. Project: Created a secure application for managing students, courses, and scheduling data.
  • Job Finder Project: Created a secure ASP.NET application for the purpose or tracking job posting related information using C# and the .NET framework. The application tracks companies, job postings, contacts, and communication data through the lifecycle of a job application. Built and scripted a SQL Server 2008 database from the ground up for the storage of all collected data. The application uses various aspects of ASP.NET including membership, directory security, data controls, email functionality and custom error handling. Managed all aspects of this project from creating the webpage(s) through database and website deployment.

• Soft Skills Training:
  • Customer Care & Effective Communication.

• Certifications:
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): 3.5.NET Framework Web Applications.

Capgemini US LLC

6/95 – 10/10

• SAP/Automated Data Capture (ADC) Support Team – Capgemini

  2/09 – 10/10

  • Managed/supported multiple MS 2003 Server Clusters in a manufacturing environment as part of a middleware software/hardware solution to track production materials from receipt through processing and passing data on to an SAP data warehouse. All these clusters are remotely managed, and span the country.
  • Deploy and manage 100+ Intermec barcode scan guns spread across same plant locations. Guns are used for shipping/receiving in warehouse and cold storage facilities and run a custom application that is part of the middleware solution mentioned above.
  • Deploy/manage hardened touchscreen embedded XP devices at plants used for inventory and production tracking as part of the middleware solution mentioned above.

• Desktop Management Tools Administrator – Capgemini, Lee’s Summit, MO

  2/99 – 2/09

  • Managed 5 independent implementations of LANDesk from design and planning stages through hardware purchase and installation. This application is used for the Remote Desktop Management of 4000+ desktops and laptops for 5 different customers. The installation included Windows Server 2000/2003, SQL Server 2000 and MSDE 2000 along with various management agents for remote administration of the servers, which were homed in a remote datacenter in Dallas, TX.
  • Performed Patch management for 4500+ desktops/laptops including testing of all Windows Vulnerability releases and third-party application patches for compatibility in a virtual environment for each customer, plus pilot testing by group prior to enterprise production release. Patch management for 400+ Wintel Servers including scheduling deployment and reboots to meet customer maintenance windows, and included all patches for OS and applications from all vendors. (Microsoft, JAVA, Sun, Oracle, etc.)
  • Extensive daily duties involving automation and scripting of various software deployments, from basic file copies to full-blown application installations and upgrades via both electronic and CD-based distribution. Re-packaged multiple software installations to meet corporate standards and/or customizations as necessary.

• Desktop Support – OneSystem Group, Midwest States Region

  12/97 – 2/99

  • Performed as part of a remote-based support team that provided onsite desktop and server support for Farmland Foods plant locations across the country. The team numbered 5 Technical Analysts to cover 10 plant locations from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Springfield, Massachusetts.

• Computer-Based Maintenance Training Admin – Farmland Foods, Crete, NE

  6/95 – 12/97

  • Managed a computer based training program for the Farmland Foods plant at Crete, NE. that included working with a 50-member maintenance workforce, plant management, and the local chapter of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) due to the maintenance wages being affected by the training levels achieved.

Note to explain overlapping dates:
Farmland Industries started a joint venture with Ernst & Young to create the OneSystem Group entity, which, after a merger between Capgemini and Ernst & Young dropped the "Ernst & Young" name to become a part of the Americas outsourcing arm of Capgemini.