Jason A. Carter

Home: (858) 581–6094

Cell: (619) 757–9249

Work Experience

Ketera Technologies, Santa Clara, CA

Consulting Services Manager, March 2003 – Present

Tigris Consulting, New York, NY

Senior Consultant, March 2000 – December 2002

Tigris Consulting was an IT consulting firm focused on web application development, strategic sourcing, and supply chain management. The company was aquired by Verticalnet in January 2004.

For a Fortune 1000 Educational Publishing Company:

• Participated in the full–lifecycle development of a web application used to monitor reading skills development.
• Designed and maintained system backend using ERwin Data Modeler and Oracle 8.
• Principle architect of front–end functionality through use of ATG Dynamo JHTML, JavaScript, and Java.
• Integrated functional components with third party HTML templates.

For an E–procurement Service Provider:

• Created an Internet–based purchasing assessment application that rapidly normalizes and categorizes suppliers.
• Used ASP / VBScript and Oracle to process complex data transformations while maintaining integrity.
• Trained end–users on usage and maintenance of the application.

For a Global Food and Beverage Corporation:

• Coordinated the extraction and analysis of purchasing data from over 25 global ERP systems, totaling $3.9 billion.
• Supported the technical and analytical needs of six strategic sourcing packaging teams.
• Project tasks included baseline preparation, collection of item specifications, coordination of eRFI / eRFP development, and savings reporting.

For a Fortune 1000 Metal Tooling Solutions Provider:

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• Developed a custom reporting application in Access to provide detailed insight into corporate expenditures to senior management.
• Integrated categorized purchasing data with S&P pricing indices to create a separate application that forecasts yearly and quarterly price changes per purchasing category.

Northwestern University – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Evanston, IL

Research Assistant, Jan. 1999 – Oct. 1999

• Quantified the effects of hard tissue ablation by a dental laser drill on composite–tooth bond strength as part of a FDA approval process.
• Performed ablation rate and temperature rise experiments to establish equivalence between two competing laser systems.

Bristol–Myers Squibb, Skillman, NJ

Product and Process Engineer, June 1997 – Aug. 1997

CAD Engineer, Sept. 1996 – Jan. 1997

• Designed a new urostomy drainage system based on patient requests.
• Designed components for an adhesive assembly line and created concept drawings of medical products using AutoCAD.

Computer Skills

• Proficient at hand–coding standards compliant HTML, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Significant project experience using ATG Dynamo 5.0, JavaScript, in–line Java, ASP, and VBScript
• Excellent knowledge of theoretical and practical database design using Oracle, Access, and SQL Server
• Experience using Microsoft Visio, ERwin Data Modeler, and Visual SourceSafe
• Currently learning PHP, MySQL, and page layout techniques based solely on XHTML and CSS

Education

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Master of Science – Biomedical Engineering, 1999

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Bachelor of Science – Biological Engineering, 1998

References

Professional references available upon request

Screenshots of developed applications available upon request