MURPHY SOFTWARE, INC.

Kenneth S. Murphy

3 Fairfax St.

Burlington, MA 01803

(781) 710-8419 – Ken@MurphySoftware.net

 

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:

 

Dos, Windows, Novell, FoxPro all versions (2.6 Dos through Visual FoxPro 9.0), West-Wind Web
Connection, Codebook, Visual Basic, VB Script, JavaScript, Html, $ In Bank, Account Mate,
SQL Server, Satellite Forms, Word, Excel, Object-Oriented Design, xCase, XML, XSLT, Adobe

 

HIGHLIGHTS / FAVORITE TOOLS:

 

XCase                      - data modeling

Visual Foxpro 9      - database programming

Web Connection   - dynamic websites

Dreamweaver         - web page design

SQL Server             - database backend

Adobe Element      - graphics

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

(2006 - 2007)  Boston’s Preferred Properties - Boston, MA

                       CONSULTANT

 

 (2006 - 2007)  Rhytec - Woburn, MA

                       CONSULTANT

 

(2006 - 2007)  Public Broadcasting One - Beverly, MA

                       CONSULTANT

 

(2005 - 2007)  Center for Business Intelligence - Woburn, MA

                       CONSULTANT

 

 (1995 - 2006)  GWV International  - Needham, MA

                       SENIOR PROGRAMMER / ANALYST - CONTRACT PROGRAMMER

 

·         Create an upgrade plan to move the back-end data from Foxpro to SQL Server.

 

·         Designed and maintain a Web Server application using Visual FoxPro and West-Wind Web Connections CGI Server.   This app uses server and process objects to generate dynamic HTML documents.  Travel agents use this site to query and book tours to the Caribbean and Mexico.

I created the www.GwvVacations.com (has since been sold to Apple Vacations) website and the entire tour operator system that supports the data on the site and the in-house reservations and accounting system behind it.

 

·         Redesigned sales, operations, marketing, pricing, costing, advertising, and reporting systems after migrating them from FoxPro Dos 2.6 to Visual FoxPro 6.0.

 

·         Involve users from upper management to create financial analysis reports and income projections. 

 

·         Work with market analysts to develop a FoxPro interface that allows price manipulation in Excel and real time price updates to reservation agents and external travel agencies.

 

·         Create a hotel and vendor accounts payable system that guarantees that the lowest negotiated costs are paid for each night and reservation.  This system handles tens of thousands of bookings each year.

 

 

(2002 - 2006) The Countertop Shoppe – Leominster, MA

                      SENIOR PROGRAMMER / ANALYST – BUSINESS CONSULTANT

 

·         Created a custom Visual FoxPro 8 data entry application to keep track or products, jobs, customers and payroll for this Corian countertop installation company.  The Countertop Shoppe’s Leominster location is Dupont’s top producing showroom in the country.

 

·         Email invoices and quotes directly from the job screen, output customer data to word for mail merge.

 

·         Import existing data, create reports and work with users to create a customized application.

 

 

(2000 - 2003)   Sodexho USA  - Newark, DE
                       SENIOR PROGRAMMER / ANALYST – BUSINESS CONSULTANT

 

·         Created a Visual FoxPro 6.0 utility that allowed managing room and asset inventory datasets.  The data was read from palm pilots, error checked, and displayed in a Foxpro form.  After generating Sybase SQL commands, the data was uploaded to Sybase in an iterative process.

·         Used Visual Foxpro and Excel automation to read asset and inventory data from existing excel spreadsheets and upload it to Sybase.

·         Created Visual Foxpro expense reporter that takes expense data from the default palm pilot expense app and fills a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet.  Worked with sub-contractors to create a Satellite Forms data collection program for the palm pilot.

 

(1999 - 2000) ZD Events  - Needham, MA

                          BUSINESS CONSULTANT

 

·         Worked with subcontractors to provide supervised programming support.

 

(1997 - 2000)   Sodexho-Marriott  - Waltham, MA

                          DATABASE CONSULTANT

 

·         Created a Y2k compliance and computer equipment survey disk sent to 20,000 units for computer hardware and software inventory.  This data was fed into a Visual FoxPro Database for needs analysis.

 

·         Managed the consolidation of 26,000 employee payroll records from Sodexho and Marriott into an existing third system.  Involving several months of data validation, the result was a 100% success.

 

·         Worked on a three-person team to develop a Field Services System for Sodexho U.S.A.

 

 

 (1993 - 1995)   New England Circuit Exchange (NECX)  -Peabody, MA

                         PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

 

·         Managed a team of programmers to support 100’s of commodity traders on a Novell network.

 

·         Designed a data entry system that is used for the NECX Internet shopping service. 

 

·         Worked with the EDI, $ In Bank, and other back room processes which allow the complete automation of order processing from credit checking to product shipping and billing.

 

 (1991 - 1993)   Time Trend Software  - Billerica, MA

                          PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

 

·         Designed a mutual fund analysis system that produces buy/sell indications and fund recommendations. 

 

·         Designed an oral surgery practices management application written in FoxPro 2.6.

 

 

OTHER CONTRACT WORK:

 

·         New England Flyers  - Created a Fixed-Base Operation management system using FoxPro Dos.

 

·         Pro~teck - Worked on Foxpro Windows 2.6 real estate appraisal processing systems.

 

·         Technology Solutions Corporation – provided Foxpro application support.

 

·         JDM, Inc. – provided Foxpro application support.

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts

B.Sc. in Business Administration, February 1990

Concentration: Financial Management / Computer Science

St. John’s Preparatory School 4-year scholarship