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Chris Hammons Community Choice, LLC |
November 18, 2007
To: Hiring Manger
Re: My Configuration Management
Experience
My career as a
software developer is long. Although
seldom officially ordained with “build master” or other configuration
management (CM) title I normally gravitate towards that role. I have always been an advocate for automating
build, testing and change request procedures even in the face of strong
resistance to change. As a developer I
simply was more productive when clear processes were in place. Since I was the strongest proponent I ended
up in the role of implementing process and automation and acted as “source code
control cop”. A thankless job to say the
least. My CM experience from my resume
is summarized below:
At Masys Positron 911:
·
Improved the development processes by
implementing SCRUM, Cruise Control, Perforce, nUnit driven development, FIT and
Fitness automated testing on Virtual PC environments, continuous builds,
continuously releasable source code mainline, and pair programming.
While Project Lead at Best Buy
· Responsible for implementation of CCC / Harvest version 5, an advanced configuration management and workflow modeling tool.
· Coordinated and documented change process flows of many groups including Release Management, Build and Deployment, Quality Assurance, ePublishing, Development and the business teams.
· Created training program and presented to developers and other users.
While at BORN Information
Services:
· Acted as a version control and process management consultant for a health insurance company. Wrote a “white paper” titled “Visual Source Safe Procedures” and was recognized as a key resource in version control management.
· Evaluated Configuration Builder, a system build utility that integrates with Intersolv's version control software, PVCS. Prepared and presented persuasive demonstrations and training which resulted in Deluxe adopting the utility on a company wide basis.
· Developed and maintained build scripts using Configuration Builder and PVCS.
I would like to learn more about your organizations challenges and tools of choice. I am certain I would be a valuable asset on your team!
Sincerely,
Chris Hammons
952.201.7096