Rob Gamble

Soft Skills

• Self-Starter: Highly motivated to drive projects to completion, ensuring customer satisfaction at every stage.
• Quick Learner: Capable of rapidly assimilating new information across various domains, enabling immediate contributions to projects.
• Collaborative Team Player: Fosters strong partnerships and collaboration with teammates, vendors, and customers to achieve common goals.
• Effective Leader: Calmly leads teams by leveraging individual strengths and prioritizing critical tasks to maintain focus and productivity.
• Analytical Troubleshooter: Skilled in deconstructing complex problems into manageable components and effectively communicating solutions to teammates and stakeholders.
• Empowering Mentor: Strengthens teams by empowering individuals and groups through targeted teaching and support, fostering a culture of success.
• Exceptional Communicator: Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills, adept at conveying technical and non-technical information to diverse audiences.

Technical Skills

• Desktop Application Development: Rich experience in the design and development of robust desktop applications tailored to user needs.
• Web Development: Equally extensive experience in building web-based solutions, addressing both technical and user experience considerations.
• Database Development: Extensive experience as an SQL Server developer, specializing in the design, development, tuning, and support of MS SQL Server solutions.
• DevOps Expertise: Experienced in automating builds and releases, managing work backlogs, and tracking issues to streamline development processes.
• Infrastructure Management: Proficient in Windows environments with some experience in Linux, providing support for Active Directory, IIS, DNS, and various services.
• Documentation Skills: Proficient in collecting, digesting, and communicating complex information clearly to a wide range of audiences.

Chief Technology Officer

2002 - Present

ComCept Solutions, Seminole, FL

• I built a development organization within ComCept, to take over the design and development of ComCept.Net, an ERP for the automotive paint distribution industry. I now manage the design and development of all technology products and services, as well as all technology relationships with vendors, and customers and technology partners. In 2003 I architected and built the 4th generation of ComCept.Net. In 2020 we modernized all ComCept software solutions and practices for the 5th and current iteration of ComCept.Net. We transitioned from waterfall to Scrum methodology, implemented build and release automation, application containerization, automated patching, observability and many other staples of modern software development.

Software Development Consultant

Intelligent Design Corporation, Atlanta, GA

1996 - 2002

SIMCOM International Holdings (1y)

• I managing the entire technology department. I hired and managed a development team of five, then designed the architecture and built their supplier relationship management online application, on SQL Server, VB Enterprise, XML, ASP and IIS 5. I managed all aspects of technology-related issues for SIMCOM, including web hosting, Internet connectivity, hardware specifications and purchases, networking and all third-party technology vendor relationships.

GA Communications (6mo)

• As a consultant to GA Communications, I maintained and redesigned ADsembly, their web-based advertisement editing and previewing tool. I designed the new version ADsembly using UML, C#, ADO.NET, SQL Server, and XML. I also automated several critical data processes for GA using DTS, and streamlined a custom search engine for one of GA's clients in a storefront app.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (1.5y)

• I was Consultant to PwC in the development of a client/server ERP Documentation and Review tools, using VB Enterprise and SQL Server. I played a key role in the design, development, testing and documenting of the entire system.

Travel, Inc (1y)

• I served as lead developer and internal consultant at Travel Incorporated, primarily in the development of their internal business tracking applications. I mentored three developers in component-based development techniques using VB Enterprise and SQL Server, converting a monolithic codebase to a multi-tiered application. I implemented modern software development practices including source control and defect tracking, and consulted with executive management on business requirements for software development.

Independent projects (2y)

• I built an online nutrition search engine using ASP and Microsoft Access. I also enhanced a data-entry and reporting system for Cox Communications using ASP and Microsoft Access. Additionally, I authored a discussion forum application not unlike O'Reilly WebBoard using ASP and SQL Server, and created COM objects in Visual Basic as data providers for ASP pages for Business Host, Inc. Furthermore, I implemented a full shopping cart in ASP and Access, on a site I created, hosted and maintained.

Software Developer

1993 - 1996

Peachtree Software, Atlanta, GA

• Full-stack software developer on Peachtree Complete Accounting, solely responsible for AP, AR and Invoicing
• Requirements gathering and design documenation for new features and fixes
• Microsoft Visual Basic, Faircom CTree database, PVCS tracker, Visual SourceSafe
• Frequently involved with Technical Support, QA and Usability efforts within Peachtree