Dennis S. Hall                hall.dennis.s@gmail.com
                              http://prokras.bizhat.com
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Objective

To gain experience with a company focused on new technologies. Experience in
engineering, income tax and sales. Willing to do frequent travel or relocate.

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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 & Use, 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
    - 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, esp. 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 (6/00 - 8/00)
  * 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

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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

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Education

University of California, Berkeley      1999-2003
Major in American Studies.  Concentration: "Technology in American Business"  
Minor in Computer Science.  
Curriculum included CS, mathematics, statistics, business, and economics.

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References available upon request.