JOSEPH PULSIFER
20123 Echo Falls Drive
Katy, Texas 77450-4365
Telephone (281) 579-6831
e-mail resume22@jpulsifer.com


Computing Skills

University of Houston, Houston Texas 2007 to present.
Application Developer 4

Design, develop, test and implement modifications and new applications to PeopleSoft Student Administration package. Create new custom applications as per customer requests and and support existing applications. Recent development includes developing multipledata feeds to/from several external systems, implementing trigger level auditing on multiple tables, developing application to import images from the campus ID system into the Peoplesoft application, and other tasks as assigned. Work requires knowledge of Oracle, Unix OS, Perl, SQL, and multiple proprietary PeopleSoft applications such as PeopleTools, Application designer, Application Engine, SQR, and PeopleCode.

University of Houston, Houston Texas 2003 to 2007
Application Developer 3

Develop, test and implement modifications and new applications to PeopleSoft Student Administration package. Modify existing custom applications as per customer requests and as affected by PeopleSoft patch sets. Recent development includes student optional fee selection and data feeds to/from several external systems. Work requires knowledge of Oracle, SQL, and multiple proprietary PeopleSoft applications such as PeopleTools, Application designer, Application Engine, SQR, and PeopleCode.

University of Houston, Houston Texas 1999 to 2003.
System Analyst 2

Automate processes using a combination of shell scripts, Perl scripts, Remedy workflow, and Oracle scripts. Develop/update Remedy workflow to add new features to the Remedy Helpdesk product. Trouble shoot problems in the data feeds to the Remedy system from external sources.

Provide support for Solaris and Linux workstations. Support consists of OS upgrade, installation and resolving system configuration issues. Provide support for the University's Help desk personnel. Worked with other departments in identifying and locating computers engaged in disruptive, illegal or other unauthorized activity.

Implemented firewall to protect Unix and Windows computers. Firewall logs are automatically loaded into an Oracle database for daily and monthly analysis.

Set up a new NT domain consisting of NT 4.0 primary and backup domain controllers, several Windows 2000 Professional workstations for the department staff and a computer lab running Windows 98. Set up the procedure to use Norton Ghost to maintain the student computer lab. Performed other support functions as required. Set up file servers and computers for the Cinco Ranch and the North campues .

University of Houston, Houston Texas 1996 to 1999.
System Administrator/Teaching Assistant

Employed two years as a system administrator for the Computer Science Department. Helped to maintain a dozen servers and over 100 workstations. Had total responsibility for the installation, administration and maintenance of the Windows NT 4.0 servers and workstations and a computer lab running Windows 95. Installed and maintained Oracle8 on a Windows NT server in addition to developing and implementing a departmental database.

Performed network and system administration duties on the UNIX (SunOS and Ultrix) servers and workstations in addition to hardware and software troubleshooting for the department's computers and network. Administrative duties consisted of creating and maintaining over a thousand faculty, staff and student accounts, DNS maintenance, and identifying and correcting network problems.

Employed as a FORTRAN lecturer for one year. Had complete responsibility for developing and conducting lectures, developing and grading assignments and tests, and issuing final grades.

University of Houston 1994 to 1999
Graduate Student

ABB Simcon Inc., Houston Texas 1989 to 1994
Senior Application Engineer

Member of the Olefins Plant Simulator/Optimizer (OPSO) project team which implemented OPSO projects. Duties consisted of furnace model configuration and testing, implementing the optimization code and customer training. Also responsible for design, implementing and testing of project specific code for the furnace feed preparation section. All software was written in FORTRAN for a DEC VAX 4000 computer.

Part of a two person team which developed, implemented and tested automated testing software for the ABB furnace model. The testing software used a script language to define the test conditions and provided the ability to save the results for future review.

Johnson Controls, Inc., Carrollton Texas 1984 to 1989
Control Engineer II

Developed and implemented a Distributed Control System (DCS) control module in C to move check gates and turnout gates in the Central Arizona aqueduct system. All DCS software resides in EPROMS.

Led the team responsible for the design, development and implementation of a pump scheduling system for a large metropolitan area water supply system to take advantage of time of day electric rates. The scheduling software was developed and tested using Microsoft FORTRAN. The code was ported to a ModComp Classic computer control system for installation at the customer's facilities. Developed and implemented pumping plant control software for a small water distribution system. The software was written in Basic for a Texas Instruments PLC. Designed, implemented and tested an operator interface to a ModComp computer control system on an IBM PC using Lotus and a custom operator interface. The interface software was written in Microsoft FORTRAN.

Process Computers Inc., Houston, Texas 1977 to 1984
Lead Engineer

Lead engineer on a project to provide a distributed computer control system for a 1.1 billion lb. per year ethylene plant in Ontario, Canada. Duties included writing functional specifications for application software requested by the customer, assisting in the overall software design, and implementing the furnace control portion of the application software. Successfully designed and implemented cracking furnace control software to ramp feed and steam flows to/from minimal operating rates from/to normal operating rates for automated furnace startup and shutdown control. All software was written on FORTRAN for a ModComp Classic computer.

Worked on a software team to implement batch control software on peanut roasters at two plants. My responsibilities included implementing the batch control software, designing and implementing automatic fail over, and field service of software portion of the project. The software was written in basic for a Data General Nova 2.


Education, Certifications, and Registrations:

B.S. Chemical Engineering Purdue University
M.S. Computer Science, University of Houston
Thesis: Design and Implementation of A Departmental Database for the University of Houston Department of Computer Science
Areas of specialization: software engineering and database

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas #64939

Certified NetWare 3 Administrator #969DTT0696

References furnished upon request.

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