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24 <h2>Donald G. Skanes</h2>
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31 <p>Highly skilled senior software engineer with over 27 years of
32 experience. Special strengths in the areas of design and
33 implementation of Software Configuration Management tools, operating
34 systems, programming languages, compilers, databases, system
35 validation tools, build and deployment automation.</p>
38 <h3>Operating Systems</h3>
40 <p>Highly skilled in <span class="standout">Windows</span>, <span
41 class="standout">Unix</span>, and <span
42 class="standout">MacOS</span> operating systems.
46 <p>Extensive Experience in Rational's <span
47 class=standout>ClearCase</span> and <spn class=standout>ClearCase
48 UCM</spn> for UNIX and Windows Vista/XP/2000/2003, <span
49 class=standout>ClearQuest</span>, <span class=standout>C#</span>,
50 <span class=standout>.Net</span>, <span class=standout>Visual Basic
51 6</span>, <span class=standout>Perl</span>, <span
52 class=standout>C/C++</span>, Qt, Make, Tcl/TK, <span
53 class=standout>Java</span>, MS Access, <span class=standout>SQL
54 Server</span>, Oracle, Install Shield, GNU tools, C shell, Bourne
59 <p>B. Sc. Computer Science - Memorial University of Newfoundland,
66 <h3>ACC Capital Holdings Corporation</h3>
68 <p>Nov 21, 2005 - Present<br>
69 Manager, Configuration Management</p>
71 <p>Summary of responsibilities:</p>
74 <li>CM Manager responsible for the Rational tool administration
75 for ClearCase and Team Unifying Platform. Provide mentorship and
76 leadership to other CM team members from various organizations
77 within ACC Capital Holdings, Ameriquest, AMC Mortgage Services,
78 Tavant Technologies and Argent Mortgage.</li>
80 <li>Provided enterprise solutions and for Configuration Management,
81 Change Management and Release Management for several lines of
84 <li>Responsible for providing training and documentation including
85 charters, requirements and CM plans for various CM teams.</li>
87 <li>Corporate subject matter expert for Rational Tools and
88 Configuration Management.</li>
90 <li>Managed a large team of CM, Tools, Build and Release engineers
91 for various Mortgage application systems.</li>
93 <li>Lead the rollout of ClearCase UCM and ClearQuest for one of
94 the largest software development shops in US.</li>
99 <p><a href="http://www.aspenconsult.com/home.htm"><img
100 src="Aspen.gif" alt="Aspen Software Consultants" title="Aspen
101 Software Consultants" border=0></a></p>
103 <p>Jan 2005 - Nov 2005<br>
104 <font class=dim>Contract</font><br>
105 Senior CM Administrator, Argent Mortgage</p>
107 <p>Summary of responsibilities:</p>
110 <li>Administration of IBM's Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest
111 included providing consulting and mentorship to development and
112 Configuration Management and Release Management members as well as
113 development teams.</li>
115 <li>Coordinated and implementation of approximately 75 ClearCase
116 UCM projects integrated with ClearQuest and Test Director in
117 addition to providing training, ongoing support and
120 <li>Responsible for documenting CM plans and training Job aides
121 for implementing CM processes and procedures in addition to naming
122 standards for CM and development teams.</li>
124 <li>Developed tools and triggers using Perl and C for ClearCase
125 integrations to applications such as Empower, Oracle and various
126 stream automated deliver and deployment operations.</li>
128 <li>Designed and developed build automation tools from within
129 ClearCase UCM which incorporated information derived from within
130 ClearQuest Build Request implementations using the CQ API and
133 <li>Provided automated scripts and worked with the build and
134 deployment teams to improve processes to deploy applications to
135 integration, test, certification, and production financial
139 <p>April 2004 - Dec 2005<br>
140 <font class=dim>Contract</font><br>
141 Senior CM Strategist for Ameriquest Mortgage<br>
142 ADS Program Management Office</p>
144 <p>Summary of Responsibilities:</p>
147 <li>SCM Responsibilities using IBM's Rational ClearCase included
148 providing training and mentorship to the current CM members, in
149 addition to developments and QA teams.</li>
151 <li>Participated in the coordination and roll out of approximately
152 2000 clients and 100 ClearCase UCM projects.</li>
154 <li>Developed tools and triggers for ClearCase integrations to
155 applications such as Informatica.</li>
157 <li>Responsible for documenting CM plans and training Job aides
158 for implementing CM processes and procedures in addition to naming
159 standards for CM and development teams.</li>
161 <li>ClearCase and ClearQuest administration including
167 <h3>Mindlance Corporation</h3>
169 <p>Mar 2003 - Feb 2004<br>
170 SCM Consultant for INTEL Corporation<br>
171 Tools and Environment team in CPD - Folsom, Ca</p>
173 <p>Summary of responsibilities:</p>
176 <li>Software Configuration Management responsibilities using IBM's
177 Rational ClearCase included providing consulting and mentorship to
178 the current SCM team members in addition to development sponsored
179 subject matter experts.</li>
181 <li>Application Development and implementation using Windows XP,
182 C#, Visual Basic 6, Perl and SQL Server 2000.</li>
184 <li>Designed and implemented tools and triggers to enhance the
185 ClearCase Software Configuration Management system. This included
186 a client/server transaction based service which executes SCM tasks
187 across networks in an effort to enhance ClearCase Multi site
190 <li>ClearCase administration duties including multisite to
193 <li>Documentation provided for various policies and procedures for
199 <p><a href="http://www.edentreetech.com/"><img src="Edentree.jpg"
200 alt="Edentree Technologies" title="Edentree Technologies"
203 <p>May 2002 - Feb 2003<br>
204 Senior Software Engineer, Software Development</p>
206 <p>Summary of responsibilities:</p>
209 <li>Software Configuration Management responsibilities using
210 Visual SourceSafe</li>
212 <li>Application Development using Visual Basic, Python, C/C++,
213 TCL, Perl, Java and Aspect (Procomm). Designed and implemented a
214 universal interface for client implementation for the CONNECT_ET®
217 <li>Designed and implemented an application level protocol for a
218 Client Server application using sockets and TCP/IP.</li>
220 <li>Designed various GUI and applications for a new test
221 automation product line using Visual Basic and C++ with Qt on both
222 Windows and Unix Operating Systems.</li>
224 <li>Designed and implemented a database interface for client
225 server applications</li>
230 <p><a href="http://www.zhone.com/"><img src="Vpacket.png"
231 alt="Vpacket Communications, Inc. (now Zhone Technologies)"
232 title="Vpacket Communications, Inc. (now Zhone Technologies)"
235 <p>Mar 2001- Apr 2002<br>
236 Senior Software Engineer, Software Configuration Management</p>
238 <p>Summary of responsibilities:</p>
241 <li>Designed and implemented a software version control system
242 utilizing ClearCase as the software development
243 environment. Provided ClearCase support to the development
246 <li>Architected and documented software process definitions in
247 correspondence with ClearCase Unified Change Management (UCM)
248 policies and procedures derived business requirements.</li>
250 <li>Designed and implemented an automated software build system,
251 and provided regular builds to the software development
254 <li>Coordinated multi-site support SCM team between the Vpacket
257 <li>Designed and implemented a Bug Tracking schema using
258 Rational's ClearQuest.</li>
263 <p><a href="http://www.nortel.com/"><img src="Nortel.gif"
264 alt="Nortel Networks, Inc." title="Nortel Networks, Inc."
269 <h4>Desktop Environment Support</h4>
271 <p>Desktop Environment support entailed the following responsibilities:</p>
274 <li>Port of a Solaris based development environment to Windows
277 <li>ClearCase software version control system support
280 <li>Make file support for the overall development environments
283 <li>Windows NT environment support tools such as ClearCase, Wind
284 Rivers Tornado products and Cygwin's BASH (Bourne Again
287 <li>Windows NT and UNIX interoperability support issues.</li>
290 <h4>ClearCase Administration and software development tools
293 <p>The following responsibilities were performed as part of this
297 <li>ClearCase VOB (Version Object Base) Administration. Comparable
298 to database administration type activities such as VOB layout, and
299 ongoing maintenance.</li>
301 <li>Multi-site software development support using the Rational's
302 ClearCase multi-site capability to provide multiple sites (4) the
303 capability of updating the same source code.</li>
305 <li>Tool development for developer productivity and process
306 control based around the ClearCase development environment.</li>
308 <li>Tool development for an API between ClearCase and a
309 proprietary problem tracking system.</li>
311 <li>Tool development of a SQL database used for reporting
312 different aspects of the software build and software release
315 <li>Product software load build process support activities.</li>
320 <p><a href="http://www.nortel.com/"><img src="Nortel.gif"
321 alt="Nortel Networks, Inc." title="Nortel Networks, Inc."
324 <h3>Northern Telecom Canada Ltd./Bell-Northern Research</h3>
328 <h4>ClearCase Administrator and software development tools developer</h4>
330 <p>Investigated and prototyped ClearCase implementations using base
331 ClearCase and Perl. Small projects were migrated from a proprietary
332 CM tool to ClearCase. ClearCase Multi-site was implemented from
333 Ottawa to Billerica, Raleigh and Simi Valley.</p>
335 <h4>WEB Administrator</h4>
337 <p>This activity entailed the administration of a Web site used
338 within a directorship. It involved the maintenance of the Web site
339 as well as keeping the HTML based information system up to date.</p>
341 <h4>Load Build Support</h4>
343 <p>Provided load build support to a team preparing release software
344 loads to customers. Build scripts developed and deployed using
345 ClearCase, RCS and PLS.</p>
347 <h4>Software Developer - X.25</h4>
349 <p>Developed a software trace facility for an X.25 system for a
350 proprietary product that enabled remote tracing capabilities</p>
352 <h4>Software Developer - NUI</h4>
354 <p>Developed a NUI (Network User Interface) database based on a
355 VAX/VMS with X.25 and ITI interfaces into a proprietary product line
356 to facilitate X.25 and X.29 NUI capabilities</p>
358 <h4>Software Developer - Network Management Systems</h4>
360 <p>Implemented a data collection facility for the inception of
361 statistics received from various proprietary devices</p>
363 <h4>System Administration</h4>
365 <p>Provided system administration for a broad range of VAX/VMS
366 systems and VAX clusters</p>
368 <h4>Software Verification</h4>
370 <p>Participated on a team of validation members responsible for
371 testing various network protocols on proprietary product
376 <h3>Technical Summary</h3>
378 <p>Extensive Experience in Rational's ClearCase and ClearCase UCM
379 for UNIX and Windows Vista/XP/2000/2003, ClearQuest, C#, .Net,
380 Visual Basic 6, Perl, C/C++, Qt, Make, Tcl/TK, Java, MS Access, SQL
381 Server, Oracle, Install Shield, GNU tools, C shell, Bourne shell and
384 <p>Highly skilled in Windows, UNIX, and MacOS operating systems.</p>
386 <p>Member of IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.</p>
388 <p>Attended Rational Conferences in 1998 and 2000 (presentation
389 provided in 2000 on UCM)</p>
391 <p>Strong communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Fast
394 <p>References: strong references available upon request.</p>
396 <p>Citizenship: Canadian on TN Visa in US since 1997</p>
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