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Developer and Partner Services, Portals and ExperiencesPortals “FrontDoor” and shell team – developer.microsoft.com

Working on great software to enable Data Driven conversations for the organization.--Skills DevelopedFront End* MVC development and unit testing* Plugin for collecting data using WCF extensibility pointsDevelopment & Practices* Developing with TDD and showing others how to do it* Refactoring legacy code* git and git/tfs integration* MVP/MVC/MVVM* Refining build infrastructure

2 Year Rotational Program consisting of rotations in various roles at Microsoft

On this team, I developed modern Windows Phone 8 (WP8) and Windows Store LOB apps on an incubation team. Our team was small (3-6 developers on any given project) and focused around delivering great user experiences for enterprise productivity scenarios.--Skills developedFront end * XAML/C# development for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Store Apps* UX/UI design for modern appsMiddle tier* Built a wrapper API around Exchange Web Services to enable employee search functionality* RESTful Web API service secured with OAuth 2.0 using Azure Active Directory (AAD)Back end * Entity Framework Code First database development* WCF service development and operation (upgrading services without breaking existing clients)Development & Practices* NuGet package development* TDD* SOLID* MVVM

During this rotation, I implemented a BI project on the Microsoft stack using SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2013. During this time, I researched various BI technologies and the competitive landscape. As side project, I also got certified in Microsoft Volume Licensing.--Skills DevelopedBusiness Intelligence* Microsoft SQL Server (Integration Services, Analysis Services, Reporting Services, DB engine)* Microsoft Power BI tools (Tabular Models, Power View, PowerBI for SharePoint)* Data Warehousing Concepts and Techniques* Competitive BI LandscapeDomain Knowledge* Volume Licensing Certifications

During my internship, I worked with a Senior Test Lead to develop an internal tool to reduce manual efforts in building test data for UI Automation. I also worked with our internal testing automation frameworks to automate test cases for internal applications--Skills DevelopedDevelopment* C#Web* Overview of Web Standards, Web Technologies, and RFCs

Worked as a Systems Analyst for Legacy Application and DBMSEmployed Static Code Analysis and interactive SQL to diagnose program defects and solutionsProvided Remote End-User Support and Troubleshooting for Legacy ApplicationAssisted in day-to-day operations and documentation

Met with Course Instructors and discussed material covered in order to customize practice worksheets for Calculus studentsConducted semi-weekly workshops with a partner to assist 10-15 students in understanding Calculus courseworkServed as a tutor in Calculus