Patrick S. Chen

patrick@pschen.org

Employment History:

The Macabe Associates Seattle, WA
2006 to Present
Software Engineer: Responsible for designing, developing, and testing custom software modules for the Sage MAS 500 ERP system (VB/SQLServer platform). Webmaster for the Macabe company website and intranet.
  • Developed Paperless Office ® software designed to automatically convert to PDF and organize MAS 500 documents. Also created website designed to direct market Paperless Office.
  • Created internal data driven development site that tracked custom programming modules.
  • Developed Macabe Dealer website.
  • Responsible for software upgrades, testing, and customer support.
Certifications
  • MAS 500 Core Applications.
  • MAS 500 Distribution.
  • MAS 500 Manufacturing.
Freelance Web Design
Present
Design, develop, and maintain websites for various clients. (more projects available at http://www.pschen.org).
Examples:

Ipas Chapel Hill, NC
2003 to 2006
IT Associate: Responsible for web development, application development, network administration, database administration, and user support and training.
  • Project managed and developed the new Ipas website initiative.
  • Retooled an existing but non-functional PHP/MYSQL e-learning project.
  • Designed, developed, and implemented a web based contact management system.
  • Developed an online capital asset tracking system.
  • Developed projects and provided training for Microsoft Sharepoint.

Investors Title Company Chapel Hill, NC Aug 2002 - July 2003
Help Desk Technician: Supported users with hardware, software, and network connectivity Issues

Weyerhaeuser Corporation Federal Way, WA Summer 2001
IT Support Technician: Developed a VBA and MS Access application for tracking Accounts Payable receipts. Supported users with hardware and software support.

Hathaway Corporation Auburn, WA Summer 2000
IT Support Staff: IT Support Staff: Utilizing VBA / MS Access, designed (1) a Failure Report Database to create and track reports, and (2) an RMA Database to create entries and generate part-specific statistics


Education:

MS 2004 Information Science - University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Master thesis: “Closing the Information Gap: PIRE, a portable, open source information retrieval tool”
BS 2002 Economics – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Honor’s thesis: “French Wine, an Exception to the Substitution Effect”

Computer Engineering – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Transferred Junior year to University of Washington)


Skills/Technology:

Languages: VB.NET, SQL, Javascript, DHTML, PHP, XML, DOM, CSS, XML, PHP, and HTML Technologies: ASP.NET, ASP, MAS 500 ERP, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, AJAX, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, and MS Office applications.