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* Designed and build a collaborative artwork website – implemented on Linux in Ruby On Rails* Contracted to State school system to migrate accounting/payroll system from FoxPro to ASP.NET- Implemented screens using Microsoft’s implementation of the MVC pattern – C# / Razor- Developed Perl scripts to generate and populate test data* Contracted to the York County Republican Committee- Implemented a cross-platform informational mobile app using the PhoneGap framework- Implemented a streamlined JQueryMobile derivative for increased browser performance

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

* Short-term contract with the PA State Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations.* Designed and implemented and implemented a suite of ASP.NET Web Forms as well as an account management system in C#and VB.NET to replace the current paper forms used to register a business with the State.* Developed Web Services to integrate the legacy database with a Microsoft Dynamics CRM solution.* Utilized Bootstrap to design responsive pages for cross-device browser support.

York, Pennsylvania Area

* Developed custom kiosk applications on an ASP.NET platform for ticketing solutions, hotel management and concierge services. These projects included a wide variety of hardware integration as well as front-end user interface design and implementation.* Developed mobile applications using bridging frameworks (Intel XDK, Rhomobile), allowing the apps to be written as web applications and then deployed as native applications on both Android and Apple mobile platforms.* Developed and deployed Apple mobile applications in Objective-C* Designed, developed and deployed a way-finding / local business search kiosk for the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center. Solution was developed using Kioware, HTML/Javascript, and .NET custom plugin libraries.* Developed a mobile application framework that allowed users to design and deploy their own mobile applications from a template-builder interface. Solution was developed in Javascript following the MVC paradigm.

Functioned in a dual capacity, primarily responsible for the development and management of the online advertising and promotional website segment of the business. Oversaw daily production and content deployment as well as new product development. Secondarily responsible for business intelligence, providing comprehensive reporting, analysis, and management tools across all business segments.* Designed, developed and maintained an in-house website content management and deployment system hosted on a Linux platform using Apache, MySQL, and Perl.* Developed a customizable, scalable reporting framework providing access to crucial real-time business metrics and statistics rendered in both Web and Excel formats.* Implemented an Intranet operations interface hosting of a suite of management tools, a solution which streamlined day to day processes and improved employee efficiency.

Camp Hill, Pa

Worked in data processing for the Provider segment of the PA State Medical Assistance contract. Duties included development of custom and batch processes for the import and export of sensitive medical information. All development was done in C on Sun servers running Solaris 9 and PL/SQL supporting an Oracle 9i database.Gained proficiency in formal design life-cycles and documentation procedures prompted by strict government and HIPAA regulations.

Carlise, Pa

Worked as a developer on the company’s Forecaster product, an engineering tool for modeling fluid flow in industrial systems. All development was done in Visual Studio 6 using C++ to generate desktop applications via the Win32 API.Strong peer review processes provided an invaluable source of good practices and techniques gained from more experienced professional developers

Blacksburg, Va

Functioned as one of two engineers providing a wide variety of Telecom solutions to businesses ranging from political campaign organizations to pharmaceutical companies. Enterprise level solutions included a combination of Interactive Voice Response, speech recognition and speech synthesis on platforms including Windows Server/SQL Server and HP Unix / Oracle. Development environment and tools included C++ and VB 6.0, Intel’s Voice Operation System and Intel’s Dialogic hardware API.* Developed an IVR survey system that was a crucial component in the pharmaceutical company Celgene’s re-introduction of the drug Thalidomide, acting as screening mechanism for patients, providers and pharmacies.* Designed an asynchronous, multi-threaded database client library to supplement Intel’s VOS and increase the performance of our systems in a high-volume environment.* Designed and implemented an outbound notification system for political consulting organizations with a volume capacity of 1 million-plus call per week.