Joel W. Brewster
[email protected]

EDUCATION
1993-1995 Arapahoe Community College Littleton, Colorado
1994 Metropolitan State College Denver, Colorado
COURSEWORK/SKILLS
Visual Basic/VB.NET C# ASP, ASP.NET Visual InterDev
Soap/Web Services XML/XSL JavaScript/VBScript IIS
COM, COM+, MTS, DCOM HTML DHTML Crystal Reports
ADO ADO.NET ODBC RDO
SQL Server Sybase Access Oracle
JAVA J2EE SWING, AWT JSP, Servlets
Forte Visual SourceSafe Visio Microsoft Project
OPERATING PLATFORMS
DOS Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98
NT Workstation 3.51, 4.0, 2000, XP NT Server 3.51, 4.0, 2000
EMPLOYMENT
01/02�03/02 CompContech Charlotte, North Carolina
Microsoft Support Consultant
Internet Development Support team level 3 support. Supporting software developers in ASP.NET development environment. This consisted of ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, Mobile Forms, Web Controls, as well as ASP legacy interacting with IIS, MTS, COM, JavaScript.
Received Microsoft internal .NET training while on assignment.
08/99�01/02 Wachovia/Interstate Johnson Lane. Charlotte, North Carolina
Technical Team Lead Hired as the Senior Software developer for the JAVA Team. Promoted to Technical Team Lead over 12 individuals in the Application Development. In this position I help on all projects when needed and reviewed all architecture designs before development began.
I also was responsible for all application builds moving from development to QA to Production.
Mentored other developers in object-oriented analysis, design techniques and on new technologies. Held several learning sessions for the development team introducing them to Studio 7, .NET, C#, ASP.NET, and Web Services.
Designed, developed and implemented standardized multi-tier architecture used for intranet web development to replace several client side applications. Using Visual Basic, MTS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, ADO, ODBC, Sybase, SQLServer 7.
Developed multi-tier online application allowing users to open or update client information. Using J2EE, Java servlets, JavaScript, JDBC, Sybase performing server and client side data validation.
04/98�08/99 Cotton Incorporated. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Backup Program Team Lead Involved in creation and development of n-tier application using Visual Basic 6, SQL 7, COM, ActiveX, MTS, ADO. This application monitors in real time the current stock inventory, shipments due for arrival, equipment status, and entire inventory history for tracking purposes.
Created install packages for applications using Install Shield, as well as created our own update application using Visual C++, MFC for small updates which could fit on a floppy or easily installed from the Internet using a JAVA with a Swing interface which would allow the user to enter specific problems they have encountered storing this information in a central database using JDBC then searching for application patches that already existed to fix those specific problems.
Development and distribution of a 2 tier application using Visual Basic 5.0, Visual C++ 5.0, ODBC, ActiveX and Microsoft Access. This application will allow an individual to view crop information per Producer, Farm, or Field in a spreadsheet format or generate various visual reports to be viewed on the screen or printed.
05/97-04/98 ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Program Team Lead Software Distribution Backup Team Lead
Involved from project creation to project certification and implementation using Visual Basic 5.0, JAVA 1.1, Visual C++ 5.0, MFC, COM, DCOM, ODBC, RDO, and SQL 6.5.
This application monitored and helped maintain a large network of Windows NT Servers BDC�s. This application was used for remote software installation, as well as running automated diagnostics on the machines every night. The application was capable of fixing some minor problems on its own in an automated fashion, or informs an individual or group with a report of the current machine status as well as a detailed history of the particular computer.
Developed JAVA application to remotely administer the application above using AWT and JDBC which allowed users to connect, monitor, or try to repair any server at any time. The interface was later updated to Swing giving a richer and user-friendlier interface.
Project and Program Lead using Visual Basic 5.0, Access, ODBC, ActiveX, PaintShop Pro 4.0, VBScript, JavaScript, and HTML to create a real time map of the United States showing machine locations and specific information about the current problem.
10/96-05/97 IBM. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Tech Lead in networking telephone support, performing remote software and hardware trouble shooting.
07/96-10/96 TODAYS TEMPORARYS. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Working at EDS, telemarketing for AT&T.
09/95-05/96 MULTIPRO MEDIA. Lakewood, Colorado
Created Multi Media applications using Visual Basic 4.0, Visual C++ 4.0, JAVA 1.0, Adobe PhotoShop 3.0, Adobe Premiere 3.0 which played streaming video across a company�s intranet. The user could view a short video, which would demonstrate how to use a particular feature in Microsoft Office Suite 6.0 or Windows 95.
Network administrator for NT network with NT workstation, Windows 95, and Windows 3.11 clients.
07/95-09/95 MAMMOTH MICRO PRODUCTIONS. Golden, Colorado.
Software and hardware compatibility testing.
08/91-12/94 EMPIRE EMISSIONS. Englewood, Colorado.
Manager Perform vehicle emissions tests, supervise employees, maintain equipment and property, and deposit company funds.