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Nicolaus R.J. Rettberg

303-475-9256 · i@nrjr.us

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Objective | Personal Qualities | Professional Profile | Advanced Computer & Technology Skills
Program Expertise | Work History | Education | Letters of Recommendation | Portfolio

Objective:

I am looking for a position as a Software Engineer or System Administrator. I am willing to relocate.

Personal Qualities

Because of the wide variety of skills I offer, I combine the four different positions of System Administrator, Developer, SQL Database Administrator and Graphic Designer in the Software Engineer position. This combination of skills allows me to make a solid contribution to a small or mid-sized company. I enjoy the variety of challenges that arise with those qualifications. I am a detail –oriented and organized person and I enjoy streamlining team productivity. I adapt quickly to changing demands. I follow newly developing technologies closely and enjoy adding advanced knowledge to my repertoire.

Professional Profile

Planning, deployment and administration of computer networks and computer systems. Fundamental understanding of computer hardware and experience with a wide variety of computer systems and software.

Twelve years of experience as a Software Engineer with specialized knowledge in:

Advanced Computer & Technology Skills

Program Expertise

My expertise covers a wide variety of Programs. Not all of them are explicitly listed here.
Below you will find the major programs I have used over the last 11 years sorted by category.

Work History

2009 – Present, Microsoft SQL Database Administrator for Navigant Consulting, Inc., a specialized, global expert services firm dedicated to assisting clients in creating and protecting value in the face of critical business risks and opportunities.

2007 – 2009, Software Engineer and System/Network Administrator for Quality Education Data (QED), Inc. (A Scholastic Company).
QED is a marketing services firm focused solely on the education market. QED provides mailing lists, market research, and marketing planning, execution and analysis. 05/2006 – 01/2007, Software Engineer for Sopheon Corporation.
Sopheon (LSE:SPE) is an international provider of software and services that help organizations improve the business impact of product development.

05/2004 – 05/2006, Software Engineer and System Administrator for DMX-direct, Inc. Direct Marketing Excellence, Inc. dba DMX-direct (DMX), is a single accountable source for a wide range of direct marketing, fulfillment and production services. Based in Denver, Colorado, DMX has built a reputation, since 1991, servicing both national and regional clients.

2002 – 2004, Software Engineer and Database Administrator for Benefit Management Systems, Inc.  Development of an Online Benefit Enrollment Solution and database backend for Graphic Packaging International. Due to the ease of use and the integration of the complex benefit regulations Graphic Packaging International was able to save over $10,000 dollars during the enrollment process of more than 5,000 employees in the entire US.

2000 – 2002, Network System Administrator / Webmaster for the Architecture Department of the University of Wuppertal, Germany. Support of several small Companies as a System Administrator and Webmaster.

1997 – 2000, Assistant Network Administrator. Development of an interactive course for the Civil Engineer Department of the University of Wuppertal, Germany using PHP, HTML and JavaScript.

Education

Letters of Recommendation

Portfolio

School Guides Online (SGO) • School Guides Online (SGO)

Technologies Used:
• VB.NET, MS SQL Server 2005.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator.

Description:
Powerful K-12 and college information is at your fingertips with SGO's easy-to-use, easy-to-search interface and navigation. SGO can help boost your sales with:

  • Rich demographics at the institution, contact, funding, bid, and construction levels
  • Customized email alerts to keep you abreast of important changes in the industry
  • Advanced searches that you can build from SGO's continuously updated information and save for future use
  • List export features for direct marketing, telesales, or mailing labels
  • Instant email connection to reach key decision makers with Direct Connect, our newest SGO feature
Quality Education Data (QED) - Market Data Retrieval (MDR) Quality Education Data (QED) - Market Data Retrieval (MDR)

Technologies Used:
• VB.NET, MS SQL Server 2005.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator.

Description:
QED is a marketing services firm focused located in Denver solely on the education market. QED provides mailing lists, market research, and marketing planning, execution and analysis.

United Computer Professionals United Computer Professionals, LLC

Technologies Used:
• ASP, MS SQL Server 2005.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator.

Description:
This web site is the home page of United Computer Professionals. A denver based Software and Hardware repair service company.

Monarch Mountain Ski Monarch - Monarch Mountain

Technologies Used:
• ASP, MS SQL Server 2000.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator.

Description:
This website is the portal for Monarch a Ski Resort located in southwestern Colorado.
The site features a variety of items all around Monarch Mountain including an extended database driven Snow Report, many articles about Monarch and picture galleries. The administration part which is used by the Ski Monarch Employees offers detailed editing capabilities to all the features mentioned above, including postings of new articles, image uploads directly to the database and edit capabilities for all reports. The backend is a Microsoft SQL Server Database containing a professional shopping cart besides other features.
Colorado AvidGolfer Magazine Colorado AvidGolfer

Technologies Used:
• ASP, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server 2000.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator.

Description:
This website is the portal for the Colorado AvidGolfer Magazine.
The site shows the top 5 articles. Colorado Avid Golfer offers an online magazine order page and a seasonal Golf Passport order page. The backend is a Microsoft SQL Server Database containing an professional shopping cart and a subscriber database.
Mary Knline Photography

• Mary Kline Photography

Technologies Used:
• ASP, JavaScript, HTML, ImageGlue 5.3.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Description:
Mary Kline is a professional photographer from Colorado, USA. She has a wide collection of beautiful pictures of the southwest of the United States. She needed an easy to maintain website since she is not familiar with web design. All that this site requires is for her to upload her pictures to one FTP directory and name them in a specific way. All previews and thumbnails are generated automatically on the
fly using ImageGlue 5.3. To protect her copyrighted material, a watermark is embedded into every picture.

System Requirements:

• FireFox 1.0
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (Mac and PC)
• Netscape 6.1 or later (Mac and PC)
• Safari (Mac only)

The Denver Forum The Denver Forum and The City Club of San Diego

Technologies Used:
• ASP, MS SQL Server 2000.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator.

Description:
This website is the portal for the The Denver Forum. It features current events, news letter subscription, event subscription, bulk mail system integration and historic information about The Denver Forum and its members.
DMX-direct, Inc. DMX-direct, Inc.

Technologies Used:
• ASP, MS SQL Server 2000.
• Graphic Design in Photoshop, ImageReady and Illustrator, Flash.

Description:
Direct Marketing Excellence, Inc. dba DMX-direct (DMX), is a single accountable source for a wide range of direct marketing, fulfillment and production services. Based in Denver, Colorado, DMX has built a reputation, since 1991, servicing both national and regional clients.
Visual Media Rettberg • Homepage of VisualMedia Rettberg (Art Shop)

Demo (English)

Technologies Used:
• Primary: Graphic Design, 3D Modeling.
• Secondary: Programming in ASP, PHP, Transaction SQL, MySQL, JavaScript HTML.

Description:
E-Shop solution for my 3D Graphic Design work. This is a site i developed for myself in 2001 in order to sell some of my work as a 3D Graphics Artist.

System Requirements:
• Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (Mac and PC)
• Netscape 4.78 or later (Mac and PC)
• Safari (Mac only)
Benefit Management Systems Online Enrollment Online Benefit Enrollment.


Technologies Used:
• Primary:
Programming in ASP, Transaction SQL, JavaScript, HTML,
3rd party tools integration: ActivePDF WebGrabber™.
• Secondary:
Graphic Design in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Description:
The demo shows the flow of the online enrollment process. The code is property of Benefit Management Systems, Inc. therefore only a slide show is presented. For technical details such as coding or database integration, other questions or to schedule an appointment with Benefit Management Systems, Inc. for a live demonstration, please contact Nicolaus Rettberg at (719) 310-2620. Benefit Management Systems, Inc. will be glad to answer all your questions.

This site was designed to simplify the process of "Open Enrollment" for 8,000 employees in 64 locations in the entire United States. The web site was used by 4,536 users, saving Benefit Management Systems, Inc. from manually entering and processing more then 4,000 paper enrollment forms. The employees benefit elections were stored immediately into the Microsoft SQL Database and instantly available for further processing.

The web site is highly dynamic. It generates the same look and feel for every user no matter how many dependents or how many benefits the employee has.

System Requirements:
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (PC only)
• Netscape 6.1 or later (Mac and PC)
• Safari (Mac only)
• JavaScript enabled
Benefit Managemnt Systems, Inc. • Human Resources Information Web site.


Technologies Used:
• Primary:
Programming in ASP, Transaction SQL, JavaScript, HTML,
3rd party tools integration: SoftArisans FileUp™,
SoftArtisans ExcelWriter™.
• Secondary:
Graphic Design in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Description:
The demo shows the basic functionality of the HR and File Transfer web site. The code is property of Benefit Management Systems, Inc. therefore only a basic demonstration is presented. For technical details such as coding or database integration, other questions or to schedule an appointment with Benefit Management Systems, Inc. for a live demonstration, please contact Nicolaus Rettberg at (719) 310-2620. Benefit Management Systems, Inc. will be glad to answer all your questions.

Through this web site, Benefit Management Systems, Inc. offers Employees, Clients and Carriers easy access to benefit related data and other services provided by Benefit Management Systems, Inc. HR representatives are able to lookup any benefit related data by entering an employees Social Security Number or name. This web site also offers a file transfer section to exchange files with Benefit Management Systems, Inc. using Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

System Requirements:
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (PC only)
• Netscape 6.1 or later (Mac and PC)
• Safari (Mac only)
• JavaScript enabled
3d-people Homepage of 3d-people.

Demo (German)

Description:
Architecture Office web site located in Duesseldorf, Germany.

System Requirements:
• Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (Mac and PC)
• Netscape 4.78 or later (Mac and PC)
• Safari (Mac only)
SoWieDu • Homepage of "sowiedu".


Description:
A web site that individualizes all kinds of gifts. Such as individualized license plates, street signs, lighters, watches, cups, etc...
Located in Wuppertal, Germany.

System Requirements:
• Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (Mac and PC)
• Netscape 4.78 or later (Mac and PC)
• Safari (Mac only)
Weinkeller • Homepage of "Weinkeller".

Description:
Advertisement web site of a historic german vine-cellar.
Located in Adelsburg, Germany.

System Requirements:
• Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (Mac and PC)
• Netscape 4.78 or later (Mac and PC)
• Safari (Mac only)
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