John G. Hedstrom

606 N 7^th St. ¨ Princeton, MN 55371 ¨ Phone 612.850.2150

[email protected]¨ http://www.geocities.com/jhedstro

Summary Profile

 

Accomplished software developer in database / internet realm, including network administration. Strong foundation in software development / engineering processes and methodologies. Key areas of expertise:

·         Application design	·         Data processing	·         Project Management
·         Application development	·         Network administration

 

SITES ON YOU – Princeton, MN                                                                                     2007 – Present

SitesOnYou.com is a web services company that provides internet solutions for guides, outfitters and the outdoors sports. Who better to help you drive your business than a fellow outdoorsman.

CCO SOFTWARE – Princeton, MN                                                                                 2004 – Present

CCO Software is a company I created to develop software for big game hunting. The software Big Game Scout : Guide Edition uses data collected from the field. Hunting and fishing is what I love to do and doing it for a living makes it all that much better.

CASTLE CREEK OUTFITTERS – Princeton, MN                                                              2004 – Present

Castle Creek Outfitters offers black bear, whitetail, waterfowl, and upland hunts in Minnesota. I am the owner and guide.

GREAT RIVER ENERGY / UNITED SERVICES GROUP – Elk River, MN                             2003 – Present

Great River Energy, Elk River, Minnesota, is the state's second largest electric wholesale supplier. We're a generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative and provide wholesale electric service to 28 distribution co-ops that serve approximately 600,000 members.

United Services Group^SM (USG) is an engineering consulting firm whose primary clients are electric distribution cooperatives and municipal utilities. USG^SM was founded in 1988, and currently serves thirty two cooperatives and municipals in Minnesota and Wisconsin. USG^SM performs a wide variety of engineering and technical services for our clients, including system planning / engineering studies, line design, line staking, construction contract administration, AM/FM/GIS, distribution automation design and installation, and power quality studies

Sr. Systems and Programmer Analyst / Integration Manager

·         Developing power application and staking software for the power industry in primarily VB.NET, VB6, Crystal Reports 11, Oracle and Access.  Project manager for GRE Right of Way project and USG staking software.  Also responsible for data integration for all projects.

 

GROCERY SHOPPING NETWORK – Eden Prairie, MN                                                      2003 – 2003

GSN has been providing database internet solutions for grocery stores across the US for more than 7 years.

 

Software Developer

• Developed a Coldfusion MX / MS SQL Server database web interface for three major grocers from the east coast for online shopping in two months. This included designing a front/back end for data transfer such as updates and orders between our facility and the customers, database driven reporting, populating the database with customer master load and utilizing our own master database of 500K UPC records.

 

GEMPLUS CORPORATION – Bloomington, MN                                                                     1998 – 2002

Gemplus is the world’s leading provider of solutions based on smart card technology, including a presence in every major marketplace in 37 countries, and the largest production capacity in the industry. Services are focussed on Mobile Telecommunications and Financial & Security Services.

Software Engineer / Network Administrator / Management

 

Software Engineering

Functioned generally in the software developer role contributing to all phases of development life cycle.

·         Developed Java applets and servlets for a real-time secure internet issuance / production system of healthcare cards that manipulated data and utilized an Oracle 8i database. Project enabled healthcare QR officers to view cards front and back from the web prior to production.

·         Developed code for encryption of public / private keys and certificate generation for a retail customer. An Oracle 8i database and Websphere web server were used with Java, JavaScript, JDBC, SQL, HTML and NCipher HSM. Enabled production on any smart card machine anywhere in the world from the internet with little change to the production system.

·         Developed and administered two replicated MySQL 3.23 databases. The databases contained records of smart card users, secure user authentication access, and promotions for card production with other facility throughout the US for a rock star’s website.

·         Obfuscated and then packaged software with InstallAnyWhere. Product was distributed internally to Gemplus as a tool for smart card production and also distributed to customers for development purposes on CD.

 

Network Administration

Administered all network functionality for the Gemplus Bloomington facility and portions of customer networks.

·         Responsible for security, building and maintaining severs, workstations, firewall (with DMZs), and production equipment (HSMs, Routers, Switches, HUBs, CSU/DSUs, WANs, LAN, ISDNs, and printers), purchasing hardware and software, as well as, PBX phone system, ISDN video conferencing, and faxes.

·         Developed and maintained a Visa certified 24/7 backup and disaster recovery scheme for a production network using scheduled backups of data (Oracle 8i database), production and development code, and systems with Veritas Backup Exec 8.5, Windows 2000 backup, MS Visual Source Safe, LTO autoloader / DLT / DDS4 tape devices, and an Invensys Powerware 9170 UPS connected to all critical production hardware. The process included off-site secure storage facility.

·         Administered a Java Web Server and maintained production code, users and QR officers over a WAN for a major US healthcare provider. Served as point of contact for customer.

·         Administered one end of a point-to-point smart card production network for a major US retail customer with production sites in Arizona and South Dakota through a DMZ.

·         Administered Windows 2000 authentication servers with NCipher HSMs and two MySQL 3.23 replicated databases. These machines accessed the internet through a DMZ for smart card production with other facilities throughout the US for a rock star’s web site.

 

Management

Managed facility contractors and Y2K project.

·         Hired electrical, network cabling, and network support contractors.

·         Managed Y2K project for Gemplus Bloomington and DC9000 facility in PA. This entailed training in Paris France, site evaluations, hardware compliance, software compliance, and monitoring a contractor to aid in scanning code. Project resulted in no Y2K problems.

 

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SIEMENS – Brooklyn Park, MN                                                                                             1996 – 1998

Siemens Power Systems Control is part of one of the world’s largest companies and serves the needs of the electric power industry. Siemens PTD has seven manufacturing and assembly plants around the country and 44 U.S. sales locations in 24 states to face the needs of America’s electrical infrastructure.

Software Engineer

Intern

Performed display work utilizing an Oracle database.

·         Developed GUIs for power utility customers in Oracle Forms. Often worked directly with the customer near completion on display layouts and functionality.

 

Software Consultant / Software Engineering

Contributed to code changes as needs arose.

·         Programmed changes in the Power Applications Department to code (Short Architectural Designs) in Pascal.

 

ACADEMIC LEARNING CENTER – SCSU St. Cloud MN                                                         1993 – 1996

The Academic Learning Center provides study and reading assistance to students enrolled at St. Cloud State University to help them become more efficient and effective learners.

Head Math Tutor

Tutored various courses, mainly mathematics, engineering, and physics.

·         Specialized in mathematical courses offered at SCSU.

 

Technology Expertise

 

Knowledgeable in coding and supporting multi-tiered application architectures, client / server and web based applications.

 

Education / Professional Development

 

BSEE – May 1997 (Nationally accredited by EAC/ABET) – Saint Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN

Awarded $300,000 as part of team to design real-time internet circuit analysis.

 

Oracle Education, Bloomington and Brooklyn Park, MN

Level One CRLA Tutor: International Certification, SCSU - St. Cloud, MN

 

Customers : Target, Prudential Healthcare, Britney Spears, Northern States Power

 

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