Mark Edward Jourdan
1055 Stephen Court, Aurora, Illinois 60502 | 630.853.8328 | mjourdan@markjourdan.com
Experience
Programmer Analyst
February 2006 - present | Thatcher Technology Group, LLC | Naperville, IL
- Develop enterprise level applications using ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server and Oracle in an extreme programming environment using agile development methods while following quality assurance best-practices
- Lead developer on a unique Order Entry System. As well as a developer on development of a Business Barometer, Web site Management and Compensation Management system for the direct selling sector
- Analyze, plan, design and document application modifications
- Deploy web and client side applications on customer servers, web farms and hosted servers
- Provide support to customers and assist in sales of the software to prospective clients
Webmaster
August 2004 - February 2006 | Office of Marketing and Communication, Dominican University | River Forest, IL
- Maintained the entire Dominican University Web site including over 10,000 pages
- Established the University virtual photo album, photo library and photographers
- Provide technical support for Web and office computer hardware and software issues
- Daily applications used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Visual Studio.NET, Dreamweaver and WebTrends
- Collaborate with outside vendors to meet the University photo needs and web freelance projects
- Provide support to the Office of Marketing and Communication and for other university projects
- Manage the web student worker and student web projects
Assistant Coordinator of Marketing, Internship
February 2002 - July 2004 | Department of Housing Services, DePaul University | Chicago, IL
- Redesigned DePaul University departmental Web site; created more than 100 ASP pages and launched it in a one month period
- Updated the department Web site weekly
- Created a PHP forum for nationwide schools to use
- Designed and implemented a ASP.NET phone log using C# and SQL Server
- Daily applications used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Forte and Dreamweaver
- Managed campus movie channel including: selecting movies, scheduling programming and controlling the broadcast equipment
- Regularly presented to large groups of incoming students
- Collaborated with outside vendors
Programmer
December 1999 - June 2001 | Delphi Automotive | Downers Grove, IL
- Programmed a fully functional data tracking web database in one week
- Scanned and released over 20,000 documents in a three month period
- Worked on a UNIX and Windows 2000 machine doing many small programming projects for the company
Technical Activity
Languages
C#.NET, Visual Basic.NET, ASP.NET, JAVA, C++, C, HTML, XML, PHP
Software
Visual Studio.NET, Adobe Creative Suite CS2/CS3/CS4 ( Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Visio, FrontPage, Outlook, Publisher)
Tools
LLBLGen, Infragistics, TypeMock, SVN, CVS, Red Ants Profiler, Developer Express (CodeRush, Refactor), nUnit, WebTrends
Systems
Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Windows Server 2003/2005/2008, Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X/9
Databases
Microsoft SQL (2008, 2005, 2000), ORACLE 10g, mySQL, MS Access
Activities and Honors
President
Social Events Committee, Thatcher Technology Group, LLC | 2007 – present
- Coordinate staff events
- Oversee the committee
Member
Staff Human Resource Council, Dominican University | 2005 – 2006
- Represented administrative staff
- Coordinated staff events
- Maintained organization Web site and electronic communications
President
DePaul University Residence Hall Council | 2003 - 2004
- Supervised executive board
- Oversaw planning of campus wide carnivals and activities
- Responsible for budget of $45,000
Bacchus Gamma
DePaul University | 2003 - 2004
- Served on a committee to turn a residence hall substance free
- Organized alcohol alternative campus wide programs
President
Illinois Residence Hall Association | 2002 - 2003
- Managed 20 schools and 7 board members state-wide including frequent travel and 24/7 availability
- Increased membership by getting three additional schools to join IRHA in my year long term
Marketing Director
Animal Care and Control | 2002 - 2005
- Modified City of Chicago Animal Control database to assist in tracking negligent owners
- Attended to homeless animals while on weekly visits to shelter
Marketing Director
DePaul University Residence Hall Council | 2002 - 2003
- Created all marketing and advertising materials to promote events and programs on campus
Judicial Board
DePaul University | 2002 - 2004
- Served as a regular jury member to allocate sanctions for wrongdoings
Conference Chair
Illinois Residence Hall Association | 2001 - 2002
- Coordinated statewide conference on DePaul’s campus on behalf of organization
- Supervised committees and committee leaders
- Responsible for budget of $30,000
Communications Coordinator
DePaul University Residence Hall Council | 2000 - 2002
- Handled the Association’s vendor relationships including loft and refrigerator rentals for campus
- Represented DePaul to 17 schools state wide
National Residence Hall Honorary
2000 - 2004
- Selected for national award for community and academic achievement
Education
M.S. in Management Information Systems
2004-2008 | Dominican University | River Forest, IL
- Graduated: May, 2008
B.S. in Computer Science
2000-2004 | DePaul University | Chicago, IL
- Graduated: June, 2004
References
Available Upon Request