SUMMARY

IT Professional with an aptitude for problem solving and implementation of innovative solutions facilitating business processes. Experience in IT solutions for the pharmaceutical industry from Research and Development to Manufacturing Quality Assurance. Expert in translating customer needs to real world software solutions.

Managerial Skills:

Project Management Certified Professional.
Experience in small scale to large global systems projects.

Technical Skills:

21 Years of experience in SAS applications development with a high level of proficiency in SAS/Macro and SAS/AF.
Experience with Windows XP , OS/2, MVS, VM/CMS, Open/VMS, UNIX
Development with SAS, Visual Basic, Java, SQL, C , Oracle, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports
Client Server and Web Deployment strategies.

Business Background Areas:

Statistical and programming support in pharmaceutical NDAs.
Programming support for manufacturing Quality Assurance.
Clinical Data Validation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COMSYS

Kalamazoo, MI March 2006 – present

SAS Developer

Roche – Validation of clinical data ETL process.

· Creating specifications for data transformation.

· Validation of data translation.

Blue Valley Schools – Data modeling and ETL for data warehouse using SAS/ DI Studio. Integrated tables from two databases into dimension and fact tables for an integrated data warehouse.
UHC - Developed SAS programs to validate software migration. Quickly identified problems with program specifications, improving time lines by saving rework.

Chain-O-Lakes Campground, LLC

Bellaire, MI

Owner

Campground owner. 2004 - present

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION 1991 – 2003

East Hanover, NJ

Senior Technologist Systems Development (1998 – 2003)

Developed and maintained validated client server applications for QA/Compliance.
Led migration of Database and Client/Server applications from Compaq ALPHA to Windows 2000 servers.
Served as lead liaison with Data Center team.
Managed the development of a Validation Tracking database application (Web based) through Requirements Acquisition, Design and Programming, and Testing phases.
Installed and configured Oracle 9i/AS in a three tier application architecture moving departmental database access from a client server to web based delivery.
Designed and developed an Oracle application integrating equipment inventory, validation status and documentation for manufacturing.
Designed and developed Oracle Forms database applications implementing electronic signatures and audit trail to comply with CFR 21 Part 11.
Designed and developed a Client/Server Data Warehouse and ETL processes integrating LIMS data from multiple legacy data sources with current systems using SAS/AF and SAS Data Warehouse Administrator.
Designed and developed ARCOS reporting system for controlled substances in SAS/AF.
Client / Server development with NT 4.0 client and Open VMS/Alpha server.
Implemented Requirement Management and Configuration Management systems in support of Software Development Lifecycle..

Senior Scientific Applications Developer (1995-1998)

Developed Visual Basic program to reformat SAS output from multiple platforms into RTF format for automatic inclusion in MS Word and WordPerfect regulatory documents.
Led migration team converting programs and data from Open VMS to UNIX.
Contributed extensively to the design of global applications for Production programming within BMO.
Developed interfaces using SAS/AF under Windows. Proposed and developed client server SAS batch interface between Windows and Open/VMS using Visual Basic.
Served on pilot for Novell and Documentum and as the coordinator for the WordPerfect Core Competence Team.
Lead member of the Standard Tables Team and the CRD-M Standard Tables Process Improvement Team in 14 month project to standardize clinical reports globally.

Scientific Applications Developer (1994 - 1995)

Developed SAS applications standardizing the global Clinical Research programming environment.
Served as an active participant and project manager in the Global Clinical Systems Project standardizing computing systems in multiple countries.
Outstanding Performer of the Year Award 1994.

Statistician III (1992 – 1994)

Provided statistical and SAS programming support for drug development.
Developed applications providing listings, tables and graphics in standard formats standardizing the corporate methodology for producing statistical tables.
Worked extensively with SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, and SAS/MACRO to streamline production.
Served a three month rotation to Basel, Switzerland and Frimley, UK to aid in enhancing their productivity. Developed standardized facility for incorporating SAS output into WordPerfect for incorporation into NDAs.

Statistician II (1991 - 1992)

Provided statistical and SAS programming support for Phase II and III drug.
Developed applications to improve department’s efficiency.
Received the "Sandollar" award for Proactivity.

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY – Department of Zoology and Physiology

Research Associate III (1988 – 1991)

Statistical and computer consultant. Duties including: Design and statistical analysis of experiments in various zoological disciplines. Programming (SAS, C, Clist), software and hardware troubleshooting and repair, network installation and support. Training of faculty, staff and graduate students.

EDUCATION

M.Ap. Stat , Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University

LUMCON Foundation Research Grant

Ph.D. (all but Dissertation), Department of Zoology, Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University Alumni Federation Fellow

M.S., Biology, McNeese State University

Thesis: “Temporal variation in soft-bottom benthic recolonization off Cameron,

Louisiana: effects of brine discharge and hypoxia”

B.S., Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State Univeristy

PUBLICATIONS:

Gaston, G.R., P.A. Rutledge and M.L. Walther. 1985. The effects of hypoxia and brine on recolonization by macrobenthos off Cameron, Louisiana (USA). Contrib. Mar. Sci. 28:79-93.

Rutledge, P.A. and J.W. Fleeger. 1988. Laboratory studies on core sampling with application to subtidal meiobenthos collection. Limnol. Oceanogr. 33(2):274-280.

Rutledge, P.A. and J.W. Fleeger. 1989. Reply to comment by Barnet and Watson. Limnol. Oceaogr. 34(6):1143-1144.

F. Fiers and Ph. Rutledge. 1990. Harpactocoid copepods associated with Spartina alterniflora culms from the marshes of Cocodrie, Louisiana (Crustacea, Copepoda).

de Sousa, C.H., P.A. Rutledge, A.H. Meier, and I Atwater. 1993. Effects of Pulsatile Glucose Stimuli on Long-Term Insulin Secretory Patterns in Islets of Langerhans Microdissected from Syrian Hamsters. Pancreas 8(6):726-731.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Learning Tree “Project Management Certified Professional” certification 2003

Over 20 courses in programming and software development.