Wm P. Kamp's Resume

12904 Hamlet Avenue
Apple Valley, MN 55124
Work: 952-681-9947
kamp@iagp.net
Resume online at http://www.wmpkamp.com/resume.html

Troubleshooting C++ centered DataDoctor with excellent people skills looking for technically challenging projects that are in trouble. A mathematician that is experienced in C, C++, C#, SQL, Java Script, PERL, OO PHP, PYTHON, LAMP, ASP.Net, Broadvision, Cold Fusion. I apply data design and programming skills to various projects listed below. Founder of five different companies. Currently an independent consultant. Well versed in solving data integration problems and with multi-media issues.

2015-Present:

• Installed new Receiving Software for Boston Scientific, MinneapolisMaple Grove.
• Installed new Receiving Software for Target Corp, Minneapolis.
• Continuing writing custom software for the University of Minnesota.
• Install software at 3 more Mayo Clinic campuses.

2014:

• Completed the Mayo Clinic Rochester installation.(Will do 5 more campuses over the next 2 years.) We wrote custom software to integrate their Warehouse Management, Lawson Software, and Accounting Software using IBM MQ and CSharp LINQ code. This project went from January through October.
• Continuing writing custom software for the University of Minnesota.
• Modified systems at University of Minnesota, Target, and Boston Scientific.

2013:

• Completed the University of Minnesota installation. We wrote custom software to integrate their People Soft Accounting system with our Package Receiving system.
• Modified systems at Cargill, Target, and Boston Scientific.

2012:

• Mailer’s Equipment Incorporated, writing custom software and maintaining install packages, using Perl, SqlServer, VBA, and sometimes C++. This is very seasonal work, and is active at the start of the year. This year we installed Augsburg College and started The University of Minnesota. It involves custom DB programming, and writing web services accessing databases.
• Land O’Lakes using ORACLE, JYTHON, AJAX, and DJANGO to make an interactive website that compiles and installs the software and databases needed to build websites.

2011:

• C++ Developer/Analyst: Kroll/On Track: Computer Forensics at Kroll/OnTrack: Reverse engineered several formats of backup tapes and files to extract data in the company’s flagship product, PowerControls. This was a C++ project. Worked with the team based in London to clear the bug backlog. This is a callback contract, to fix new bugs. See 2010 for more information.
• PHP/Python Developer, BI International
• C# Developer/Project Lead: DataTrak Digital Shipper Developer.
• Python/QT developer:: Marine and Earth Sciences Pty Ltd: Seismic Velocity analysis modeling package. Using Python.
• Python/Ajax Developer: ProfitSee: AJAX/JQuery Graphics for ProfitSee.com. Built a prototype product for use by CPA’s to monitor their clients cash flow using the Intuit QuickBooks Cloud. Technology used: PHP, Python, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, GIT, and ProtoVis. A very head first get it done, show it to the customer project.
• VB/ASP/PERL Developer: Maintenance on custom systems at Target, Health Partners, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic.

2010:

• C++ Developer/Analyst: Kroll/On Track: Computer Forensics at Kroll/OnTrack: Reverse engineered several formats of backup tapes and files to extract data in the company’s flagship product, PowerControls. This was a C++ project. Worked with the team based in London to clear the bug backlog. It was a 4 person team, and I closed 8 of the team’s 18 bugs. Required working with diverse formats and diagnosing issues without documentation.
• Training: Preparing to take the MCSE exam in ASP.Net 3.5.
• ASP/VB/PERL Developer: Maintaining software for current customers: Target, Cargill, Boston Scientific, Wells Fargo, Medtronic, Health Partners, usually using ASP.Net.
• PERL Developer: US Federal Court: Updated the US Court Courtroom Scheduling Web Site, using Informix and PERL.

2009:

• Perl Developer: Target: Wrote and installed Perl Based Reporting System at Target.
• PHP Developer: Gold Tree OnLine: Set up a Web based Shipping system for a The Gold Tree On Line. Used PHP and SOAP and Zend.
• VB Developer: Medtronic and Boston Scientific: Upgraded my data based receiving system at Boston Scientific and Medtronic.
• PERL Developer: US Federal Court: Added features to a US Federal Court Perl based Scheduling system.

2007-2008:

• VB/PERL/PHP/MySql Developer: Target, Medtronic, etc: PHP/Lamp and IIS/VB websites that integrate with inventory and accounting systems at Research Institutions and at several Fortune 500 companies: Target, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and Health Partners. Using Perl, PHP, XML services and Zend.
• C++/QT Developer/Analyst: GeoTrace: Designing and building a Seismic Velocity Data Analysis system for GeoTrace, a major petroleum service company. Technology used is C++ and Qt using Linux. Completed, 9/30/08.
• PERL/VB Developer: Continuing the 2005-2006 projects on a part-time basis.

2005-2006:

• PERL/VB Developer: Archway: Shipping and Package Tracking Software Installation, customization, and support using Perl, ActiveX, SqlServer, Visual Basic, etc. at Cargill and at Archway Logistics. Integrated these systems with local accounting and inventory databases. Using ASP, SOAP, REST, and other XML services.
• C++/PHP/PYTHON Developer: NSF Research Project on Corewall at the University of Minnesota. Used PHP, Perl, Web Services, SOAP and Zend for data uploading and retrieval.
• C++ Developer: NSF Research Project: Global Warming and Biological Buffering Capacity of Terrestrial Ecosystems: a Model Study From a Large Peat Basin at the University of Minnesota.
• C++/PHP/PYTHON/MYSQL Developer Researcher: Continued NSF Knowledge Studies using a DB (MySql) backed student testing, data gathering system for the Institute for Magnetic Research at the University of Minnesota. Used PHP, XML, and web services.

2005

• C++/QT/Python Developer: Joint Oceanographic Institute contract for displaying well logs and stratigraphy interactively on workstations and PC's for Columbia University, University of Illinois, Chicago, and the University of Minnesota. Using SOAP, REST, and other XML services.
• PERL/VB: Cargill: Db based (SqlServer) shipping system for package tracking using third-party vendor software for Cargill. This uses web services to various commercial vendors.
• C++ Developer: Geophysical Research: Writing a suite of Seismic Processing Mathematical Algorithms for use in an interactive seismic viewing system for Geophysical Research.
• LAMP Developer: Writing a suite of data gathering tools using a MySql backed web portal. This DB/Portal is being used by several federal agencies.

Used in projects: XML, Edi, Perl, SqlServer, MySql, Oracle, Db2, Apache, PHP, C++, VB, ADO, IDL, Java, JavaScript, IE Explorer, Netscape, Cold Fusion, and Broadvision.

2002-2004:

• LAMP/PHP Developer: NSF: Developed an Oracle based data base of scientific data that includes binary large objects with a dynamic web portal through the University of Minnesota and the National Science Foundation. This uses open source tools for building and maintaining the portal.
• C++ Developer: NASA: Completed research on Space Plasma Physics for Goddard Space Center, NASA, and the European Space Agency. See http://spdext.estec.esa.nl/content/doc/bb/1979_.htm for details.
• PERL Developer: An E-Commerce application that parses EDI data from the major shipper, stores the data in a DB, and audits the data for accuracy of billing. Handles 20,000 packages per month. Includes reporting via paper and a web portal. Used VB and ASP
• C++ Developer: NSF: Conducted NSF research on sediment imaging analysis at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, see http://www.iagp.net/safl for details. This work involves the use of seismic and image processing techniques.
• Consultant: INTEL: Consultant to Intel on retainer, for uses of supercomputers in petroleum industry.
• JavaScript Developer: Wrote a Customer Registration Suite using Java script for a wireless kiosk for a startup company.

1999-2001: Project/Technical Lead, C++, in at the Federal Agricultural Bank in St. Paul. Their E-Commerce site, used BroadVision, DB2, IPlanet, and Oracle. Used C++, Perl, scripting, Java, JavaScript, CLI, Unix, SQL, W2K, MVS, and Novell in the project. Authored the world's first automatic BroadVision database synchronization tool. Wrote an automatic web site monitoring package that paged whenever there was a database or web site problem. Wrote a web site building/authoring system in Novell/Perl/C++ now being used by 17 banks to maintain their websites.

1998-1999 Project Lead/Developer, C++, for American Express (now Ameriprise), specializing in Internet/DB/Mainframe, graphical computing and interactive applications. Expert in Client/Server work, particularly in Unix and NT world. Currently specializing in Microsoft Visual IDE environment including C++, DCOM, ASP, VbScript, IIS, SQL, and Java (Microsoft and Sun Microsystems versions). Linux literate. Especially competent in areas of Unix/PC inter/intranet computing and multi-media database. Recent projects included writing SQL and HTML generators, ASP/DCOM to mainframe middle-ware, and tuning network, db (Sybase, Informix, DB2, and SQLServer7) website applications. Most recent tuning, using queuing theory, reduced the website footprint from 200 NT machines to 1 NT machine, while improving performance and response time by a factor of 10.

Completed a Perl/SqlServer integration and implementation of a large, daily updated data base of e-mail monitoring software for Synergy, and Control Data Systems spinoff. Used SqlServer/ColdFusion/Perl/Solaris.

1998: Owner/C++ Developer: Completed a commercial MAC/PC software product called "ElectroMagnetic Poetry," now available in stores and on the Internet, www.emagpoe.com. This product is a computer version of the popular Magnetic Poetry refrigerator tiles. It has received favorable reviews in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, etc. Also wrote HDTV based multi-media NT file system used by TV networks. I rewrote the SGI based system for Windows NT, and implemented a bandwidth solution for High-Definition TV.

1997: Owner/CIO: Co-Founded my fifth company, ElectroMagnetic Poetry. Wrote an Informix/HTML/PC/MAC/Unix multimedia system for Target that tracks advertiser data and pictures. Wrote a HTML/Java multimedia NT based system used to track military satellite data, which is used in various war-rooms. This system allowed remote retrieval of data by field operatives and officers using a disbursed CCC technology.
Consulted with a Keck telescopes in the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii on security issues.

1996-1997: C++ Developer/Project Lead: Wrote efficient mathematical imaging solutions for super computers for Fujisti and Western Geophysics (now Schlumberger). This resulted in a sale of a supercomputer to the world's largest private data processing firm. Reviewed and critiqued all of this company's seismic processing software.

1996: C++ Project Lead: Co-Founder Scientific CD Movies, a company dedicated to the delivery of Three Dimensional Animation of Scientific Data on CDROM, www.scdm.com. The CD’s can be played on PC’s, Mac’s, and UNIX machines. Customers included Exxon, Shell, Mobil Research and several petroleum service companies.

1993-1995: President Insight Access Group: Founded in 1993 to use the techniques of Object Oriented Programming the areas of Visualization, Network Access, and Data Storage. Customers include Exxon Production Research and Shell Oil. The company was sold to Scientific CD Movies, listed above.

1990-1992: President, Interactive Network Technologies. Formed the INT company with Olivier Lhemann in 1990. I remained a principal owner and board member. The company was formed to sell workstation software first to the Petroleum and later to the greater scientific community. Applications include Seismic, Well logging, and mapping tools. This multi-million dollar company is at least doubling revenue and profits each year, and continues to thrive. Customers include virtually all of the major petroleum companies, government agencies such as Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA, and several major service companies.

Ph.D. Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, University of Minnesota.

Established a condition for existence of electrons in a hydrogen atom. GPA:3.97/4.

Bachelors of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, with distinction.