Mark Bonner

Experience

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  CyberOptics

  Jun 1995 - Oct 1996

  Software Developer

  • Developed and maintained applications that tested non-contact laser sensors and reduced the failure rate after shipping by over 70%.

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  Fiserv

  Oct 1996 - Mar 1998

  Software Engineer

  • Developed and maintained the printing aspect of “The Complete Banking Solution” application using Gupta/Centura, a visual 4GL, and SQL. In addition to generating receipts, this allowed the banks to print, pre-filled forms for their customers.• Designed and maintained the portion of the Oracle database related to printing.

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  CenturyLink (Formerly Qwest and US West)

  Mar 1998 - Apr 2000

  Senior Software Engineer

  •Used Portal’s Infranet structure to implement a service to process orders for the DSL and ISP services. This automation drastically reduced errors and customer complaints.•Developed a web based registration server for U S WEST.net internet service.

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  Cheetah Consulting, Inc.

  Apr 2000 - now

  President

  Working as an independent contractor providing software solutions to business problems for multiple companies across a wide range of industries.

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  Provell/Damark

  Apr 2000 - Oct 2000

  Senior Software Engineer

  Developed, tested and implemented an OO system in C++ to process credit card account charge-backs. This saved the company money by reducing man hours and delays in processing chargebacks, leading to lower service fee percentages from credit card companies.Converted multiple applications from non-ANSI standard to ANSI standard C++.Built multiple scripts in Bash and Perl to automate builds and miscellaneous tasks.

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers - Service Delivery Center (PwC SDC)

  Nov 2000 - Feb 2001

  Senior Software Engineer

  Designed, developed, and tested several C extensions on a Solaris platform for the Infranet framework.Used Bash shell and Perl scripts and SQL with an Oracle database.Provided an immediate impact upon arrival; moving the project from late to on-time, by resolving multiple existing bugs in the software.

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  US Army

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Deputy G-6

  • Provided help desk services to the 1400 members of a multi-echelon, multi-nation Task Force and multiple Non-Government Organizations.• Planned and monitored signal operations to ensure proper execution.• Maintained status on all TF equipment and made recommendations regarding its deployment on missions. Managed a life-cycle replacement of over 400 workstations and the removal of 12 shipping containers full of unused IT equipment.• Served as the Task Force Information Technology Assurance Officer. Show less

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  Northwest Airlines

  Sept 2004 - Feb 2005

  Senior Software Engineer

  Engineered and coded an OO system in C++ to condense 6+ million sales and forecasting records down to ~30k; resulting in a reduction of modeling of airplane to flight assignment time from four months to eight hours.Reverse engineered software from SAS on a mainframe and Python to C++ on a Solaris server. Used Python and Bash shell scripts for automation and miscellaneous processing.

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  Target

  Sept 2006 - May 2008

  Senior Software Engineer

  Conceptualized and implemented software using C++/.NET and Visual Studio for WindowsCE on multiple mobile platforms, primarily Symbol hand-held scanners.The applications executed on over 30k devices, reduced their boot time by over 50% and eliminated several possible points for human error.

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  US Army

  May 2008 - Feb 2011

  S-6

  Lead a team of 15 Soldiers from pre-mobilization to demobilization, including some soldiers into back-to-back deployments.Ensure every person and helicopter in the 2300+ soldier Task Force had communications for every mission across the entire theater of war.Managed a life-cycle replacement of 800 laptops, the rewiring of the headquarters, and miles of fiber optic runs to and from the airfield.Provided technical leadership and know-how to ensure a $21M MEDEVAC compound opened on time along with upgrades to the Chapel, wireless infrastructure and redundancy all across the area of operations. Show less

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  Minnesota National Guard

  Feb 2011 - Aug 2013

  Project Officer

  Primary IT leader coordinating for exercises of 100+ soldiers in Germany, Japan and Australia.Performed complex on-site analysis of the battle space to determine the equipment, personnel, and training required for the entire exercise to be successful.Developed multiple databases for tracking project statuses, completion, and results.Led a team of 30 Soldiers across six departments handling the day-to-day operations for 10,000 Soldiers in Minnesota National Guard and briefed leaders at the State level. Show less

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  CenturyLink

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2016

  Senior Software Engineer

  Senior Software Engineer and Scrum Master for team of 15 people working on major initiatives to drastically reduce complexity and time required to deliver new products to market.Successfully implemented Agile development practices and policies to a team that had almost no previous Agile experience.Reduced development time from months to weeks with Agile processes and peer code reviews.Coded custom scripts using Velocity to automate the generation of router configurations for several brands of routers and customer services.Automated router configurations lead to less time on-site for the technicians and fewer on-site trips; both resulted in cost savings and increased customer satisfaction. Show less

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  Polaris Industries

  Nov 2016 - Feb 2022

  Senior Software Engineer

  Architected applications in Python, Selenium (C#) and Eggplant for automated testing of mobile apps (Android and iOS), websites (multiple form factors and browsers) and custom built In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems. The IVI automation involved writing Robot scripts and Python libraries to generate CAN inputs for the IVIs. These automated systems save over 60 hours/week of manual work and provide more consistency and accuracy.Wrote several Python programs to automate the handling of power switching, VNC connections, remote downloads, software installation on remote systems, and information processing across multiple remote hardware systems.Developed two apps, one in Python and another in C#, to load test results from an XML file into TestRail using the TestRail APIs.On boarded multiple developers, locally, remote, and offshore. Provided training in Python, Git, Eggplant, process flows, and good development practices.Took on the responsibility to verify new versions of software tools and operating systems didn’t break any of our processes or builds. Show less

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  NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

  Feb 2022 - now

  Senior Software Engineer

  Front End development for the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA).