Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline

John Lockwood

Beaverdam

Summary

Skilled senior systems engineer with deep understanding of software development processes and track record of leading successful projects. Proven expertise in designing and implementing robust software solutions that meet client needs. Demonstrated proficiency in team collaboration and problem-solving.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
02.2001 - 04.2025
  • Company Overview: UNOS is responsible for running the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) system for matching organs to recipients
  • OPTN is the only national waiting list of patients waiting for an organ transplant
  • Responsible for maintenance and development of the organ match system which matches donors to candidates sorted according to OPTN policy
  • Responsible for monitoring incoming requests from users to determine the urgency of the request and estimate the effort to correct the issue
  • Created functional and technical design documents for both maintenance defects and large scale new development projects
  • Designed, coded, tested, and maintained web pages, web controls, user controls, DLLs, and assemblies using VB.Net and C#
  • Designed coded, tested and maintained stored procedures, view, triggers, and data scripts written in SQL Server T-SQL
  • Used Visual Source Safe, Visual Studio TFS, GIT, and ADO for source control
  • Developed scalable applications using agile methodologies for timely project delivery

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Elliptus Technologies
04.2000 - 02.2001
  • Company Overview: Developer for the Title Quest 2000 (TQ2K) product
  • TQ2K is a web based application that is used by the title insurance agency to track the process of issuing title insurance
  • Designed, coded, tested, and maintained Active Server Pages, ActiveX COM controls (OCXs, DLLs and EXEs) created in Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual InterDev 6.0
  • Designed coded, tested and maintained stored procedures written in SQL Server 7.0
  • Used Visual Source Safe for source control
  • Developer for the Title Quest 2000 (TQ2K) product

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Broughton Systems
01.2000 - 03.2000
  • Company Overview: Contract programmer supporting McKesson HBOC
  • McKesson was converting to a new imaging system and I was brought in to support the conversion
  • Designed, coded, and tested a Visual Basic 6.0 program to convert existing image files to a format that could be imported into the new imaging system
  • Contract programmer supporting McKesson HBOC

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Quantum Resources, Inc.
10.1997 - 01.2000
  • Company Overview: Contract programmer supporting Datatrace, Inc
  • A subsidiary of Land America Corp
  • Datatrace converted from a mainframe-based title search system to an AS/400 package
  • The new package did not include a billing system so it needed to be written in-house
  • I designed, coded, tested, implemented, and maintained a billing system for Datatrace to augment the new AS/400 system
  • Working alone on the project I completed it on time and within budget
  • Designed, coded, and tested AS/400 programs to create customer invoices and reports
  • Programs were written in COBOL ILE, CL, DB2, and SQL
  • Designed, coded, and tested a MS Access application to create invoices and other reports
  • Connected Access to AS/400 DB2 database using ODBC
  • Supported the conversion from the mainframe to the AS/400
  • Supported an application written in Visual Basic 4.0
  • While at Datatrace I also used my MS Access skills to automate and simplify some of the duties performed by the administrative staff
  • Contract programmer supporting Datatrace, Inc
  • A subsidiary of Land America Corp

Programmer/Analyst

Circuit City Stores, Inc.
04.1996 - 10.1997
  • Company Overview: Member of the Order Management Support team
  • I supported systems the merchandising department used to manage inventory
  • These systems have helped Circuit City trim their inventory by $15.3 million dollars a year while having less out of stock issues
  • Provided 24 hour on-call support for AS/400 and UNIX/Oracle batch cycles
  • Batch cycles were managed by ROBOT on the AS/400 and TIVOLI on the UNIX boxes
  • Designed, coded, tested, and implemented COBOL programs
  • Designed, coded, tested, and implemented MS Access Applications used to by merchandising to analyze sales and forecast data
  • Developed an Access front end to send vendor forecasts via EDI
  • Project leader on a major enhancement to the Demand Planning package
  • Responsible for overseeing two contractors assigned to work on the project
  • Wrote, tested, and implemented UNIX scripts and Oracle PL
  • SQL scripts to extract data from the old system and import it into the new system
  • Member of the Order Management Support team

Education

BBA - Management Information Systems

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Skills

  • Skilled in multiple programming languages including Net frameworks (VBNet, C#)
  • Proficient in jQuery and Bootstrap for frontend development
  • Proficient in SQL Server T-SQL development
  • Technical project leadership

Accomplishments

    United States Air Force 1985-1990

    Medical Service Specialist

    Emergency Medical Training - Honor Graduate

    Non-Commissioned Officer school

    Served in Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield

Certification

Microsoft Certified Professional Solution Developer

  • Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0
  • Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0
  • Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft® SQL Server 7.0
  • Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures
  • Developing and Implementing Windows®-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer - United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
02.2001 - 04.2025
Senior Programmer/Analyst - Elliptus Technologies
04.2000 - 02.2001
Senior Programmer/Analyst - Broughton Systems
01.2000 - 03.2000
Senior Programmer/Analyst - Quantum Resources, Inc.
10.1997 - 01.2000
Programmer/Analyst - Circuit City Stores, Inc.
04.1996 - 10.1997
University of Oklahoma - BBA, Management Information Systems
John Lockwood