Robert Bratton

Senior IT Professional

Location
monroeville, PA (US)
Work Category
Information Technology
Interests
Business partnerships, Job opportunities, References
Currently working on...
I'm working on a contract with American Eagle Outfitters through Generation Technologies.

About Me

I'm passionate about sustainable computing. By that I mean software and infrastructures that are fault-tolerant and flexible.

I don't pretend to know all the ways people will use my solutions, so I try to make them open and flexible so that they can accommodate unexpected uses as well as known use cases.

Work Experience

  • Feb 2010 - present
    warrendale, PA (US)
    Sr. Application Developer
    American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
    Enhanced and supported several ASP.Net web applications widely used in stores and at corporate. Development Environment: C# ASP.Net, Winforms, WPF and console applications using Visual Studio. Database: Oracle, MS Access
  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2010
    pittsburgh, PA (US)
    Sr. Application Developer
    Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
    Software Development: C#.Net ASP.Net applications with AJAX and WCF web services and AIX Integration with SQL Server, Oracle and DB2 databases including SQL and stored procedures; Key Accomplishments: Took over enhancement and support for several web applications widely used in 400+ stores.
  • Dec 2006 - May 2009
    pittsburgh, PA (US)
    Senior Systems Engineer
    Electronics for Imaging, Inc
    Network Administration: 300+ Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 Servers with Active Directory and Clusters, DNS, SMTP, 20+ Red Hat Linux servers, IIS and Apache web servers, Cisco Routers and PIX firewalls; F5 Big-IP Load Balancers, VMware ESX, Microsoft Virtual Server; Database Administration: Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL, Oracle 8i/9i/10g with PL/SQL; Software Development: VB.Net and C# client-server and ASP applications and Web Services, Network Management Automation
    Key Accomplishments: Developed several client/server and web applications for automating and tracking application, network and system information. Handled a wide variety of network, database and application support tasks with about 18 different customer-facing production web applications. Consulted with development to improve design and implementation of security, performance and reliability of hosted applications.
  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2006
    pittsburgh, PA (US)
    System Integrator
    PNC Bank
    System Integration: Windows with Clustering, Red Hat Linux, IIS, Oracle 10g RAC with PL/SQL, IBM Mainframe; Software Development: VB.Net and C++ Windows/Web Applications, Web Services, Database Design, Tuning and Implementation
    Key Accomplishments: Successfully implemented the first two phases of the Centralized Reconcilements cross-platform distributed application, mentored other developers
  • Jun 2002 - Sep 2005
    pittsburgh, PA (US)
    Sr. Systems Engineer
    Precision Therapeutics, Inc.
    Network Administration: Windows NT/2000/2003, SuSE Linux, IIS, MS Exchange, Voice over IP, Cisco CallManager and Unity Voicemail; Database Administration: Oracle 9i; Software Development: VB 6 and VB DotNet, Crystal Reports; Disaster Recovery with an automated tape library
    Key Accomplishments: Made significant security upgrades to the infrastructure; Balanced network administration, DBA and software development duties.
  • Nov 1998 - Jun 2002
    monroeville, PA (US)
    Independent Consultant
    Bratton Enterprises (Self Employed)
    Key Accomplishments: Supported multiple clients simultaneously on-site and remotely; Windows, Novell Netware, Citrix MetaFrame and Windows Terminal Server; Web Hosting; Software Development with PHP and MySQL on Apache and Windows IIS; DSL Internet Sales and Support
  • Dec 1997 - Nov 1998
    warrendale, PA (US)
    Sr. Electronic Services Developer
    FORE Systems, Inc.
    Web Developer with C++, Perl and Oracle on Sun Solaris with Netscape Web Server
    Key Accomplishments: switched development from C++ with Oracle ESQL to Perl with DBI/DBD, resulting in a reduction in development time
  • Apr 1995 - Dec 1997
    pittsburgh, PA (US)
    Sr. Systems Engineer
    Compucom, Inc.
    Electronic document imaging pre- and post-sales support, installation and training, Oracle, MS SQL and Gupta database, I’m still consulting with them on special projects.
    Key Accomplishments: finished development for a Computer Output to Laser Disk system running on AIX with optical storage and IBM Mainframe print emulation, Windows and 3270 terminal client access. This system may still be in use by Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel and I supported it until 4/2007.
  • Jan 1995 - Apr 1995
    monroeville, PA (US)
    Programmer/Analyst
    Stadtlander's Pharmacy
    C/C++ development with Oracle ESQL for mail-order prescription drug delivery workflow
  • Jun 1991 - Jan 1995
    pittsburgh, PA (US)
    Network Administrator, Programmer
    Alcoa Corporation
    Managed Novell Netware 3.11, HPUX, Windows, HP VAX systems on Ethernet and Token-ring, Developed C and KMan software for management of health, safety and environmental systems

Education

  • 1986 - 1991
    Bachelor's
    Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Courses & Certifications

I hold Microsoft MCSA and MCP and CompTIA iNet+, Network+ and A+ certifications

Hobbies & Interests

I'm interested in all forms of high technology, not just computers. I'm also looking into energy efficiency and alternate energy sources. I foster cats from the Animal Rescue League of W. PA to give back a little to society.