Doug Hardt
1408 North Frederick Street
Arlington, Virginia 22205
dhardt@msn.com       (703) 243-8493

Objectives:

The ideal position would combine software development and management and provide an opportunity to make a difference.  Would consider any position that leverages my experience in one or more of the following: programming, software/systems design and development and product and people management. 

Experience Summary:

Over twenty years of experience in the computer industry from teaching programming to managing the design, development and support of software shipped to two thousand users world-wide.

	Software product development experience including all facets from conception through post-completion.  Managed the design and development of software, marketing and support (including toll-free phone support and guaranteed response times).  Several large-scale, organization-critical products.
	Managerial experience including multi-tier management. Managed all aspects of product development and support. Designed an organizational structure, trained and recruited to fill it and implemented policies and procedures. Improved human and software capital. Emphasis on improving efficiency and team building.
	Programming and software engineering experience.  Expert level programmer in a variety of languages and environments.  Taught programming and gave seminars on technology.  Maintain website for a non-profit organization.  Extensive experience programming for the Web, personal computers and mainframes.

Experience:

1994 - present	International Monetary Fund / World Bank
	Senior Software Developer

	Determine how new technologies could be applied to IMF / WB needs.
	Projects ranged from one month research efforts to multi-year product development.

 

	·	Large-scale: Accessing Time Series Data from Legacy Databases: developed software that allowed the retrieval of data from legacy databases (mainframe, Excel, Aremos) in a variety of formats (Excel, VB, C, text).
	·	Medium-scale: Using SQL Server 7 to Store Time Series: demonstrated the suitability of SQL Server 7 for large time series databases.  IFS Country Pages over the Internet: reproducing production-quality reports over the Internet.  Internet Updating: demonstrated ability to download data, modify it offline and post over the Internet.  Time Series Equations: implemented the ability to parse, store and calculate a collection of time series equations.
	·	Research: Work At Home: feasibility study demonstrating a work-at-home environment, Workflow: moving from paper to paperless, Document Management, XML for Database Applications, and OLAP.  Research typically involved building a prototype application and giving a seminar demonstrating the results.

1991 - 1993	Corporate Cost Management
	Director, Technology and Product Development

	Responsible for creating and managing the Technology and Product Development Group.
	Managed the design and development of all CCM software products - slashed development and maintenance costs.
	Designed and programmed critical functionality.

1978 - 1990	Data Resources Inc. / McGraw-Hill Inc.
	General Manager - Software / Senior Programmer / Team Leader / Consultant

	Responsible for the design, development, maintenance and support of DRI's primary data delivery software.
	Managed product development, people and sales.
	Programming, consulting, sales, designing / teaching seminars.

Computer Experience

Education: