Rodney Northrop

Objective

Seeking a principal position that offers the ability to exercise contributions stemming from seasoned technical programming and analytical knowledge, vast levels of organizational experience, and ability to highly communicate within audiences of varying skill sets and objectives.


Skills

Smallworld GIS

• Magik Programming
• VMDS Administration
• Style, ACE, Auth Administration

ESRI GIS

• ArcMap, ArcPad, ArcGIS, ArcSDE

Relational Database Modeling/Admin
Oracle 8-10i/spatial
MSAccess, SQLServer
PLSQL, SQL
SOAP, Web Services,
ODBC
CSS, DHTML/HTML
XML/XSL, XMLDOM

Datamart/Business Intelligence Development

Microsoft.Net C#
VB, C++, C
Java, JavaScript, VBScript
Perl, CGI
Shell scripting

MapInfo
AutoCAD
Microstation
Maximo WMS
IBM GFIS/GPG
REXX, Fortran
AM/FM

AIX/Linux/UNIX
Windows Platforms
Apache/Tomcat
Eclipse IDE

Server and Desktop support



Related Experience

Salt River Project (SRP), Tempe, Arizona
Senior Programmer/Analyst, GIS Architect
December 1991 - November 2009

I have had the distinct opportunity to develop a holistic view of GIS Technology, both as user and developer. This unique prospective has afforded an ability to effectively communicate within forums ranging from technical and non-technical, end-user and administrative, from many aspects of GIS and business-centric topics. Additionally, I heavily participated in GIS conference venues, many of which as a technical speaker, talking to the various technological achievements and implementation strategies realized.

Over the span of ten years, I served as architect over the corporate GIS environment, including Smallworld GIS and ESRI GIS applications as vision/decision maker and lead developer. Major accomplishments includes:

• Corporate strategy for GIS/CAD technology and governance

• Development Lead over platform migration of three core GIS systems moving from IBM GFIS and Intergraph/Framme to Smallworld GIS and support for ESRI SDE/SHP data replication.

• Design and implementation of six GIS applications responsible for maintaining core business databases

• Design and implementation of business applications leveraging behaviors and data of the core environments

• Corporate accessibility to established GIS assets, leveraging cost-effective and scalable technologies

• Design and Implementation of corporate EAI architecture, enabling collaboration between key business systems, work management, and relative GIS applications

Key Areas of Strength:

• Application/Architecture design & development
• Technology deployment strategies
• Staffing and augmentation
• Technical and end user documentation
• Scope and requirements gathering
• Technical and end user training
• Application standards definitions
• Project coordination
• Technical standards definitions
• Staff knowledge transfers
• Technical/code reviews
• Oversight of staff and contractors
• Object Oriented development
• RDBMS Administration
• Graphics Standards
• Data Model and Feature design

WebJammin.com, Chandler, Arizona
Web Designer, Web Master, Proprietor August 1995 - present

Owner, Designer, and developer for web sites and promotional media for small businesses. Utilized contemporary design to create concise web sites for specific client needs. Site creation included use of CSS, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Perl, online payment features, and form processing. Created and assembled web graphics, including logos and advertisements.



Education

ITT Technical Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
CAD Technology, Associate of Applied Science December 1990 - December 1991
GPA 4.1 Summa Cum Laude / Alpha Beta Capa


Western International University, Phoenix, Arizona
Information Systems Management, Bachelors of Science Aug 1995 - May 1997
GPA 3.9



Associations

Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC)
Geospatial Information Technology Association (GITA)