William Whiting
5518
44th Avenue NW (507) 202-1583 (home)
Rochester, MN 55901-8762 (507) 266-3520 (work)
Lead project teams for on-time and on-budget completion across numerous environments
Mentored others
Bill
has over thirty years of leadership experience in software development, project
management, administration, and support in the medical, software, retail, and
manufacturing industries.
He
has been a leader in projects utilizing DEC VAX midrange systems, Windows
Server 2003, Windows XP, 2000 and NT, IBM mainframes and AS/400 i/Series
servers. His deep technical prowess has allowed him to lead projects utilizing
Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, reporting tools from Microsoft,
Business Objects/Crystal Reports, Cognos, Macromedia, ReportSmith and others.
Bill has led projects mentoring groups in developing ETL solutions for data
warehousing business intelligence, developing web and windows forms applications
with .NET, and building database solutions with SQL and OLAP. Bill has
extensive experience at Mayo interfacing many Mayo systems with specialization
in utilizing lab results from disparate systems. He authored a SAMS Publishing Teach Yourself ODBC in 21 Days book and
was invited by Microsoft to speak at several Tech-Ed conferences in America and
Europe. He was recognized as an industry leader in bringing ODBC to market and
widening its use across disparate platforms.
Bill
is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with certifications in SQL Server
2000 and Windows 2000. Microsoft Certified Database Administrator for SQL
Server 2000.
MAYO CLINIC (CIBER, Inc.)
Numerous Consulting Engagements 9/2005 – 12/2006
n Used multiple conversion projects as examples to teach
team members how best to leverage .NET technologies to make ASP.NET intranet
applications for patient accounts. Designed group standards, developed
templates and tutored team members on how best to use them.
SQL Server Report Server Mentor 1/2005 – 9/2005
Designed new data warehouse and data mart for business
intelligence function
Designed new report repository architecture
Converted dozens of BI reports to new SQL and
reporting environment
Taught employees how to use new tools and environment
WELLS
Project Manager 2/2004 – 12/2004
n Managed team consolidating contact data into a data
warehouse
n Developed interfaces for 18 different data sources
WEST PUBLISHING
.NET
n Mentored development group on conversion to new .NET
environment
THERMO KING div. of
Ingersol-Rand
Project Architect/Manager 1/2000 – 3/2003
n Designed, developed and implemented world-wide data
warehouse for defect tracking
n Built interfaces to disparate systems on 4 continents
for data import
CONSULTING COMPANY
Independent Consultant (Between other engagements) 3/1999 – Present
n As owner of his own consulting company, Mr. Whiting
has focused his consulting on data warehouse, business intelligence and .NET
technologies. His specialties include relational database design and administration,
data access technologies and architecting .
n Recently Bill has created many ad-hoc .
n While unable to reveal specifics due to Non-Disclosure
Agreements, Bill has participated in many long-term technical beta programs for
Microsoft. He was also active with .
n Bill has developed complex GUI front-ends using 32-bit
Visual C++ with the MFC libraries. These applications have also included the
use of
n Recognized as an industry expert, Bill Whiting spoke
at Database & Client/Server World in
SHOWCASE CORPORATION div.
of SPSS
Lead Consultant 3/1993 – 3/1996
n Mr. Whiting was a leader in providing consulting
services for integration of various environments, as well as customer training
and telephone support for all AS/400 and Windows products as well as products
developed as part of their partnership with Hyperion / Arbor.
n Bill designed and developed several training programs
that he then presented in the classroom or at client sites. He also mentored
fellow consultants on teaching the programs he authored. He was in constant
demand world-wide to consult on multi-platform system integration projects. His
role in these engagements covered the entire development cycle from needs
analysis to deployment follow-up, as appropriate.
n Mr. Whiting has spoken as an industry expert in
multi-system database integration at many seminars and conferences around the
world. He has also created and presented many training classes in the corporate
training center and at client sites.
n Bill has spoken at the invitation of Microsoft at
several industry technical conferences in the
MAYO FOUNDATION
Development Team Leader 1/1987 – 3/1993
n Mr. Whiting was responsible for the operational
support of systems in four cardiac intensive care units. He conducted regular
meetings with user groups to prioritize maintenance requests and evaluate
system status; he assigned tasks to team members and verified successful
completion.
n Mr. Whiting led the team that developed a
state-of-the-art LAN gateway system to interface the cardiac monitor LAN with
the ICU system LAN. This gateway was developed on an OS/2 system using
socket-level TCP/IP calls. He trained the medical staff on system usage when he
rolled it into production.
Owner/Director 1983 - 1987
n Mr. Whiting moved the company from a family-owned
operation with four employees to regional acclamation with 30 employees. This
company is now Mayo-owned.
JOURNAL-CHRONICLE COMPANY
Executive Vice President, Director of Manufacturing
Bill
managed all areas of retail and printing production companies. He had overall
operational responsibility for the 40-person company. This company is now owned
and operated by his sister.
1989 – 1992 University of
Computer Science Graduate Studies – Institute of Technology
n Studies focused on relational database design and
administration
1985 - 1987 Mankato State University
Bachelor of Science/Computer Science
n 3.8 GPA
n Received Arthur Anderson scholarship for academic
excellence in computer science
1965-1970 University of
Business Administration Major/Systems Engineering Minor
n Earned Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
with double minors in Systems Engineering and Accounting.