JOHN O'LEARY Email [email protected] Website www.geocities.com/jvoleary Programming | Web | Graphics (contract or hire) EXPERIENCE Military obligation completed -- Honorable discharge Jan '07. July '05 - Jan '07 SSG, US Army Reserve "Task Force Bandit" -- 3rd Coscom, Balad, Iraq 1. Humvee turret gunner on convoys + patrols. 2. Designed and produced web-cd documenting the team's travels. Each soldier was profiled on their own interview webpage, featuring a graphically stylized photo. Sample Project included many special features, artistic screen-savers, etc. 3. Graphics support for our team-- large HQ sign, vehicle numbering, custom mascot design and stenciling. Sample 4. December '06 - January '07: Graphic design for Ireland Army Community Hospital, Ft Knox, KY. Sample Apr - Dec '02 | May - Sep '03 | Jan - July '05 Independent Consultant. Elder Services Inc., Iowa City, Iowa Complete revision and considerable extension of Access DB for office managing care of 1,000+ clients in four counties. Gathered requirements. Users concerned for accuracy, as DB reports are shared with gov't agencies. Studied DB: traced usage of data fields; mapped interrelation of all interfaces. The DB, as it was, was an honest effort, but complex, awkward and redundant. Re-allocated functions to new interfaces, residing in well-thought-out levels. Renamed all fields + forms to a logical scheme. Saw need for, and delivered, a more thorough monthly tracking system that charts an entire year's data at a glance. Crafted a much simpler data rollover/archiving method. Introduced unique cafeteria-style interfaces for building new records. Solved need for frequently-used charges by adding an imaginative interface that creates such instances, and adds them to a reusable library. After initial success, delivered similar version to sister office in Cedar Rapids, IA, serving three more counties. Took initiative to solve customer issues post-delivery: Designed and successfully marketed added tools to give users a virtual window into the DB, empowering them to investigate and solve data snags themselves. This eliminated frequent follow-up visits by the developer. Dec '03 - Dec '04 SGT, US Army Reserve 339 Military Police Co., Ashraf, Iraq Assist, protect + defend Iranian internees Feb - Apr '05 Volt Technical Services, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Computer Help Desk + German Language Support at Rockwell Collins HQ Applied hardware/software expertise to perform immediate troubleshooting for corporate partners via phone; documented, prioritized and routed further service as needed. June '00 - May '01 University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics - Information Systems, Iowa City, Iowa Programmer-Analyst. 1. Team development of large, in-house-created digital patient record system. 2. Mainframe programming. 3. Developed & released MS Access application which tracks expiration dates on all departments' policy letters, allowing for their timely renewal. Oct '99 - Apr '00 University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Information Systems, Iowa City, Iowa Student Programming Asst. Designed, developed, and implemented label-printing application for blood bank. Learned MS Access on-the-spot as it was not a department-supported skill. Gathered user requirements and had full authorship of project. Supported & serviced hardware: custom-programmed tractor-fed printer. Result: Blood-bag labels printed onto small stickers with reliable precision. SKILLS Languages: Java, Visual Basic, PL1, SQL. Platforms: Windows, UNIX. Tools: Access, Javascript, HTML, photo-editors, FrontPage, PowerBuilder FOREIGN LANGUAGE Fluent in German; conversational in French, Russian. Scant Arabic. EDUCATION BA Computer Science, May 2000, U of Iowa BA German (Sociology Minor), May 1987, U of Iowa SECURITY CLEARANCE Current Secret-level clearance, from DoD.