Ron Helwig

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Software Development Resume

Note (2026): I am no longer actively working as a software developer for hire, and I am not searching for employment in this field. This page is kept as a historical overview of past professional work, not as a live job-seeking resume.

I have worked as a software developer, consultant, and freelance website developer across a mix of web, database, desktop, and systems-adjacent projects.

From around 2007 into the early 2010s I did freelance website development, mostly using Drupal. Earlier work included Visual C++, COM, MFC, Delphi, Visual Basic, SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase SQL Anywhere, and curriculum-management systems.

Selected experience

Freelance Website Developer

Built and maintained websites for small clients, mostly using Drupal as the underlying framework (roughly 2007–early 2010s).

Programmer, PLATO Learning (2001–2006)

Worked on a web-based curriculum management system.

  • Ported data-tier code from Borland Paradox to MS SQL Server 2000
  • Maintained, refactored, and enhanced the data tier
  • Created and maintained test utilities
  • Converted source control from Microsoft SourceSafe to CVS
  • Added automatic metrics gathering to the development process

Contract Programmer, Digital River (2000)

Maintained and enhanced an Internet utility written in plain C and C++ with Visual C++.

Contract Programmer, Profit Solutions (2000)

Converted MTS COM server-side components from Visual Basic to Visual C++. The database was SQL Server 7.

Contract Programmer, Return, Inc. (1998–1999)

Helped port and develop a shipment and returned-goods tracking system using Visual C++, MFC, COM, and Oracle.

Co-designed and implemented an extensible database import utility that parsed client files and updated database records through cooperating ATL COM components and ODBC API calls.

Contract Programmer, Laser Data Command (1998–1999)

Co-designed and implemented an airline security kiosk for passenger check-in, baggage, and boarding. The kiosk used Visual Basic for the UI and ATL COM objects for hardware interaction, including barcode scanners, barcode printers, and video capture.

Consultant, Connect, Inc. (1997–1998)

Maintained a sales-force automation tool for a major HVAC supplier and helped maintain a ductwork analysis and design program.

Designed mainframe data-access and low-level business COM objects for an insurance sales system using Visual C++, Visual Basic, and IBM CICS.

Consultant, Analysts International Corp. (1995–1997)

Worked on reusable print-engine components, quotation modules, administration modules, and report generation tools for sales-force automation and educational software systems.

Contract Programmer, National Biosciences (1994)

Implemented printing, file I/O, and analysis functionality for a DNA analysis program using Borland C++.

Contract Tester, Ideal Learning (1993–1994)

Tested multimedia educational courseware built with Authorware Professional.

Elsewhere

Public developer work and experiments have also included Bitcoin tooling, Roll20/D&D automation, and Minecraft mods under github.com/rhelwig.