As a Software Engineer, I continued all of my previous duties as a Configuration Engineer as well as doing full time developer work.I was a part of the team that fixed bugs and implemented new features to Quark XML Author, which is a globally used add-in to Microsoft Word and a component of Quark's Enterprise Solutions. As part of an agile development team I was able to work on any aspect of the product including interface, general coding, and localization/resources. My team was also tasked… Show more As a Software Engineer, I continued all of my previous duties as a Configuration Engineer as well as doing full time developer work.I was a part of the team that fixed bugs and implemented new features to Quark XML Author, which is a globally used add-in to Microsoft Word and a component of Quark's Enterprise Solutions. As part of an agile development team I was able to work on any aspect of the product including interface, general coding, and localization/resources. My team was also tasked with the creation of a new product for the company called Merlin. For Merlin we used test-driven development, so I became familiar with unit tests and Moq. I also became the backup SCRUM master and would lead scrum when he was unavailable. Show less

I was originally hired to update and manage the XML configuration files used in Quark XML Author, but quickly expanded to more. I assisted QA with backlog grooming and testing. I took over our manager's duties of merging, branching, and creating new build definitions in TFS, becoming proficient at using software such as Beyond Compare, DiffMerge, and Visual Studio's native merge application. I was tasked with improving our build process and was able to cut down both setup time and actual… Show more I was originally hired to update and manage the XML configuration files used in Quark XML Author, but quickly expanded to more. I assisted QA with backlog grooming and testing. I took over our manager's duties of merging, branching, and creating new build definitions in TFS, becoming proficient at using software such as Beyond Compare, DiffMerge, and Visual Studio's native merge application. I was tasked with improving our build process and was able to cut down both setup time and actual build time by over 50%. I made improvements to SmartPaste (a feature of the product that dealt with conversion from Microsoft's OOXML to our configuration specific XML) and continued to be in charge of modifications from then on. This required learning XSLT. Show less