Dennis S. Hall hall.dennis.s@gamil.com
http://prokras.bizhat.com
Objective To gain experience with a company focused on new technologies. Experienced in engineering, income tax and sales. Willing to do frequent travel and/or relocate.

Experience SmarTax LLC       Parsippany, NJ
Tax Consultant and IT Manager (April 08 - Present)
  • Corporate and Individual tax returns. Fast and courteous service.
  • Resolved dozens of tax notices from federal and state agencies (Income, Payroll, Sales, etc.)
  • Performed hundreds of hours of tax research using BNA, CCH, and state information, saving clients hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  • Built office data network and wired 4-line telephones
  • Configured file server, network printers, and VPN
  • Implemented data backup procedures and network security
  • Built database for tracking status of client's tax returns, extensions, and tax payments.

    • Cablevision of Morris       Randolph, NJ
    Residential Account Executive (Feb 07 - Feb 08)
    Outside Sales. Responsible for individual residential accounts. Provide support post-sale and post-installation as needed. Over 65 new accounts, average yearly revenue of over $1600 each.

    TAX$IMPLE, Inc.           Randolph, NJ
    VB Programmer, Director of External Technical Support (Aug 05 – April 06 and Aug 98 – Aug 99)
  • Orders Database – built with MS Access for internal use to track customer orders
        - Designed and developed intuitive UI for data entry, retrieval, queries and reports. (VB, SQL)
        - Designed and developed reports. Created letters for mass mailings (CrystalReports)
        - Built framework for future CRM features
  • Software Development:
        - Updated state tax software product from prior year
        - Ported the product from DOS (GWBASIC) to Windows (VB)
  • Coordinated operations with overseas offices, especially in regulatory compliance
  • Sales, Customer Service, and Technical Support: Various duties, especially critical telephone work during the busy tax season.
  • Also assisted in QA, web design, etc.

    • Genelabs Technologies, Inc.       Redwood City, CA
    Database Programmer – Bioinformatics (June 2000 - Aug 2000)
  • Implemented a simple front-end interface for RS3 (an Oracle database containing molecular data)
        - Utilized ODBC to run queries and generate reports with MS Access
        - Designed simple GUI and created reports for chemists and biologists
        - Project completed ahead of schedule and under budget
  • Created Excel macros in VBA and programs in C for automation of various computations

    • Technical Skills
  • Operating Systems: DOS, Windows 3.X/9X/ME/NT/2000/XP, UNIX (HPUX, Solaris, Linux, etc.)
  • Programming Languages: Java, VB, C/C++, Scheme, MIPS assembly, etc.
  • Some working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, etc.
  • Database: MS Access, CrystalReports, HSQLDB, Oracle, ODBC, SQL.
  • Graphics: Photoshop, GIMP, OpenGL
  • Specialty Software: ArcGIS, RS3

    • Education University of California, Berkeley          1999-2003
    Major in American Studies. Concentration: ”Technology in American Business”
    Minor in Computer Science.
    Curriculum included computer science, mathematics, statistics, business, and economics.

    References available upon request.