Herb Ray

Herb Ray

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Database System Design / Data Modeling

  • Education

    • Ulster County Community College

      1976 - 1980
      A.A. Engineering Science

      Organized and led jazz quintet under the aegis of the music department, with Monday-night rehearsals open to local musicians to sit in.

    • Hofstra University

      1980 - 1983
      B.A. Engineering Science

      Activities and Societies: President, Asian Studies Club Minors in Mathematics and Chinese Language

  • Experience

    • General Instrument Corporation

      Mar 1984 - Apr 1988
      Program Leader

      Responsibilities - programming and support for both office automation and engineering/manufacturing with software and hardware needs analysis, hotline support, configuration, and training; seminar leadership in Taiwan, Mexico, and the United States; design of syllabi; in-house video production.Required strong knowledge of STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL, including control charting, process capability, and spatial yield analyses.

    • Time Inc.

      May 1988 - May 1989
      Programmer/Analyst

      Design and programming of magazine photo tracking database system (Paradox); technical support of e-mail user community; training and hotline support in DOS, word processing, e-mail, Lotus 1-2-3; general office automation.

    • SIAC

      May 1989 - Aug 1989
      Senior Programmer

      Basket Portfolio Composition System: written in compiled BASIC 6.0

    • Deloitte, Haskins & Sells

      Sept 1989 - Dec 1989
      Consultant

      Engagement Management SystemIntegration of project management (Project Workbench) with accounting and reporting system written chiefly in Paradox PAL, with minor portions written in compiled MS-BASIC 6.0.

    • Home Insurance Company

      Mar 1990 - Dec 1990
      Consultant

      Risk Manager WorkstationParadox system served as a risk analysis workstation, used chiefly by risk managers whose job it was to optimize insurance plans in terms of risk versus insurance premiums. Interfaced with IMS over 3270 network.

    • Citibank

      Jun 1991 - Mar 1992
      Consultant

      Banker Performance Reporting SystemParadox system interfaced to mainframe tape hand-offs.

    • Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

      Apr 1992 - Sept 1992
      Consultant

      Workers' Compensation Wrap-Up SystemWorkers' Compensation wrap-ups involve the covering of all contractors and subcontractors on a given large construction project under a single unified insurance policy. Although designed chiefly for stand-alone PCs, this Paradox system incorporated full record and table locking intelligence, and error recovery for complete compatibility with multi-user environments.

    • CIBC

      Sept 1992 - Jan 1993
      Consultant

      Loan Syndication SystemResponsibilities included the debugging and repair of this large multi-user Paradox system. The Loan Syndication System managed participations in CIBC syndicated loans by other commercial banks.

    • Morgan Stanley

      Feb 1993 - May 1993
      Consultant

      LAN Billing SystemAutomation of the processing of interdepartmental billing for LAN logins across the WAN. Written in Paradox PAL with some "C" code, integrated with remote UNIX system.

    • Bankers Trust

      Jun 1993 - Feb 2000
      Consultant

      Responsible For:Development of Database Schema and DDLs; Sybase Stored Procedures; Version Control (PVCS); Paradox ObjectPAL Code Library; Excel VBA Code Library, Workstation Configuration; Design of Reporting Applications

    • Navint Consulting, L.L.C.

      Feb 2000 - Jul 2005
      Database Developer

      Responsible For:Development of Database Schema and DDLs (ERwin); Stored Procedures; Triggers; Database Connectivity Middleware (ADO); Version Control (SourceSafe); Data Migration; Release Procedures and Automation (SourceSafe-COM, Perl)Proprietary equities research systems facilitating efficient and seamless business processes for research authoring, workflow and distribution across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Centralization of fundamental, earnings and research publications data. Integration of Microsoft Office (VB-COM/Excel), SQL Server, web-based administration tools, and proprietary back-end Internet transmitters.(Originally a division of Nextera Interactive, then spun off into Navint Consulting) Show less

    • Andrew Davidson & Company, Inc.

      Sept 2005 - now
      DBA

      Data ModelingDatabase AdministrationDatabase ProgrammingTelephony

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Quality Control Engineer

      ASQC
      Jan 1988
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Tài Jí Qüán Instructor

      Issued by The Chinese Center on Long Island (長島中華協會) on Jun 1981
      The Chinese Center on Long Island (長島中華協會)Associated with Herb Ray