.NET Core, AWS, RDS/SQL Server, Kafka, Kubernetes, CICD, Terraform, GitLab, JIRA, Project Management, Developer Mentoring

Techs: C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL Server, LINQ, Restful Web Services, WinForms, OpenXML Worked primarily on Vertafore’s flagship product, AMS360, which is used by thousands of insurance agencies across the US. Team Lead for a team of 4 developers, 2 QA Analysts, and PO. Lead responsibilities include: pair programming with junior developers, conduct code reviews, mentor developers with career development, hold one-on-one meetings with developers to discuss and resolve issues (both within the team and inter-team), brown bag training sessions, and assist QA Analysts with technical questions. Actively participated in Agile ceremonies: PI planning, sprint planning, stand up, grooming sessions (T-shirt size estimations for planning and sprint level), and retrospectives. Plan team activities outside the office. Work with other Agile teams within the same train to coordinate development efforts when there are inter-team dependencies on deliverables. Meet regularly with dev management for planning purposes and to resolve train-level issues. Work with our train’s RTE (release train engineer) to improve our Agile processes across the train. Provided technical support to Project Management team to prepare for presentations with our clients. Met with clients to answer technical questions, along with dev management and project management. Design sessions with train’s architect for various projects.

Techs: C#, WebAPI, WCF, SQL Server, Entity Framework, LINQ, iTextSharp, SSRS, SSIS, Control M, Perceptive Document Service, VBA Created middle tier system which allows applications to upload documentation into the Perceptive Document Management System. This system consists of a WCF service tier which makes WebAPI calls to the Perceptive API, SQL Server database, scheduled .NET job running on Control M and SSIS packages which is used to move data between databases. Created scheduled .NET job which queries 3rd party services to retrieve water ticket data and to retrieve documents. Created scheduled WCF service to process documents. Created scheduled task which generated NGL tickets using iTextSharp to overlay ticket data over PDF template. Created SSIS packages to process and transfer data between different databases. Created SSRS reports for business users, used by our reconciliation, AR, ticketing, AP, and credit monitoring teams. Maintained main application for the water disposal division, which is an Access front-end with SQL Server backend. Currently in the initial stages of redesigning flagship application. Held demos and training sessions for our end users. Train and mentor developers, including code reviews. Created both user and technical documentation.

Techs: ASP.NET MVC 5 (Razor), C#, HTML, CSS3, jQuery, JavaScript, SQL Server, Entity FrameworkDevelop new features and functionality for the company's flagship web application.Worked with others to improve processes within the development organization.Worked with minimal requirements and direction from management.

Techs: MVC, ServiceStack 3-4, C#, LINQ, SQL Server 2012, .NET Framework 4.5, TFS 2012, Entity Framework 6, Agile Maintenance of PowerBuilder applications  Created POC to generate PDFs using SyncFusion, ServiceStack 4 and EF6. Maintenance work on legacy systems written in ASP.NET. Completed 3 day Agile training course Assisted developers with technical questions and debugging. Worked with others to improve processes within the development organization. Participated in all of the Agile ceremonies.

Tech: MVC, jQuery/JavaScript, WCF, C#, LINQ, SQL Server 2012, CSS, HTML, .NET Frameworks 4.0/4.5, TFS 2012, Entity Framework 5, Agile Worked with the team to develop the WMA site (all tiers), which will be used to manage mortgage wires. Application is currently in Pilot. Worked with other teams to consume their WCF services and published WCF services for outside consumption. Created technical documentation and presented to both technical and non-technical audiences. Worked with testing team to develop test strategies, documentation and answer general questions related to the sprint’s user stories/product backlog items. Assisted BA with questions and troubleshooting. Assisted developers with technical questions and debugging. Worked with others to improve processes within the team. Participated in the team’s daily stand up meeting and daily with development team.

Updated modules (Invoice Management, REO, PM) within the company's flagship product, Desktop. Our team worked on enhancements requested by Chase. Participated in multiple team SCRUM meetings, actively worked with the core module teams on the enhancements and created technical documentation for the core teams.

Rolled perm with MDI after a year of contracting. Led a team of up to 4 developers on an extremely challenging project to upgrade the EDI system to support the new EDI version, 5010. Pair programmed with developers when debugging. Coordinated efforts between various groups within the company. Advocated for the QA team to assume testing responsibilities from the operational groups. Served as the project manager during the last leg of the project, coordinating testing efforts and tracking task completion for production release. Successfully launched the new system into production. Collaboratively define the company’s SDLC with the company’s other tech leads. Help the newly formed Project Management Office to define their processes. Identify tools and templates for the PMO, which would affect the entire company. Submit new development projects to the PMO and eventually lead these projects, which are aimed at smoothing out internal processes and reducing inefficiencies within the systems. Interview candidates.

Contract was originally for 3 months and was continually extended for a 1 year period. ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, CSS, SQL Server 2008, .NET Framework 3.5, Team Foundation Server 2008, Team Foundation Build, MSBuild, Visual Studio Power Tools.  Created models, views and controllers using ASP.NET MVC for both the client facing and administrative sections of the website, which allowed the firefighters employed by the Department of the Interior to schedule appointments for required medical examinations.  Created ETL feeds using SSIS packages, utilizing expressions, variables, configurations files and other features to import provider data from our provider networks and outputting appointment feeds used for claim collection. Developed WCF services hosted in Windows Services: DocumentImportService leveraged the FileWatcher class to import documents; BarCodeService to read and generate barcodes on official documents; FileRepositoryService to store uploaded documents on the file server, leveraging TxF and KTM for file transaction. Created stored procedures and functions in MS SQL Server 2008. Developed scheduled SQL jobs. Created the company’s first build process using MSBuild, Team Foundation Server, Team Build and TFS Power Tools. Created documentation used by other teams within the company, which was used as a roadmap to create their build processes. Researched 3rd party tools and developed working proof-of-concepts. Created documentation for knowledge transfer purposes. Worked with the project business analyst to refine business requirements and resolve defects. Assisted developers as needed.

SOA environment, windows form development (C#, Click-Once and SQL Server 2005). Agile development methodology. Created unit tests with NUnit. .NET 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 frameworks. Lead developer on the GMS project. Duties include leading training for developers and BAs, designing new and redesigning existing systems, working with team managers and developers to ensure that the projects are on-time, holding code-review sessions with developers, and updating best-practices standards. Led the initiative to convert the ASMX web services to WCF services hosted on IIS. Developed the standards and documentation used by the rest of the team during the conversion process. Designed and implemented a scalable web-service based logging system for the GCF team. The system leverages the Logging Application Blocks from the Enterprise Library. This service is now utilized by multiple teams with more teams planned to use the system. Redesigned and implemented a notification system between two loosely tied systems, increasing performance. Work with BAs to resolve defects, using IBM’s Rational ClearQuest to track defects. Participate in team meetings and interviewed potential candidates.

Worked on a team of 10 developers to rewrite a multi-billion dollar mortgage web portal (ASP.NET, C# and Oracle 9i). Agile development methodology. Created unit tests with NUnit. .NET 2.0 framework. Implement redesign of document generation service using XML, XSL and XSLT.  Work with BAs to define business requirements, DBAs to refine db design and QAs to resolve defects. Work with Architect team to add new functionality into framework. Provide management with task updates and progress. Created WinForm to allow end user to upload documents and images into the database. Assist developers with technical issues. Participate in daily SCRUMs.

Created new functionality for and maintained existing applications written in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET (1.1 and 2.0 frameworks) and SQL Server (2000/2005).  Rewrote large sections of OASIS website, used by adjusters to approve/reject prescription claims. Redesigned and updated existing applications to improve stability and performance. Worked with team lead and architect to add new functionality to framework using C# (2.0 framework). Created WinForms for non-technical end users in Sales and Pharmacy departments. Created unit tests. Assist other developers with technical issues. Worked with BA to gather and refine requirements. Created technical documentation for existing applications. http://www.medservco.com/MSCWeb

Designed and implemented technical solutions based on requirements gathered from VPs, managers and end users within Customer Service, Marketing, Product and Finance departments. Redesigned and developed ASP.NET/C# applications (1.1 and 2.0 frameworks), originally coded in VB, ASP 3.0 and VBScript. Optimized stored procedures and views. Regularly met with managers to discuss upcoming projects and provide technical input. Mentored junior developers. Designed and developed order management web application, cutting CS call times. Led a team of four developers in StarbucksStore.com coffee subscription project, allowing customers to receive coffees at regular intervals. Created automated process as a C# console application. Gathered requirements from business unit, created deadlines and deliverables for developers and wrote test cases for unit testers. Created web service to send orders to and receive confirmations from clients. Modified ASPDotNetStoreFront, a pre-packaged e-commerce site (2.0 framework with C# backend). Designed and optimized internal web applications in ASP.NET and C#. Maintained and debugged older applications written in ASP 3.0, VBScript and VB. http://www.starbucksstore.com, http://www.cooking.com

Designed and implemented technical solutions based on requirements gathered from business owners within Secondary Marketing. Optimized and re-factored C# and VB.NET web and console applications, stored procedures, and ASP.NET web pages (1.1 Framework). Configured Windows Server 2003 to run applications originally designed to run on older OS. Successfully designed, developed and launched Phase I of Secondary Marketing Automation project, which required coordination with upper management, senior members of the Hedging team, DB team, and developers from multiple departments. Lead developer in redesigning new bond investor website. Designed and developed web applications and custom web controls utilized by Hedging, Bond Investor Relations and Pricing teams within Sec. Marketing Department. http://bondir.indymacbank.com

Design and implement technical solutions based on requirements gathered by requestor. Optimized and re-factored VB.NET web and console applications, stored procedures and classic ASP and ASP.NET web pages. Developed the web service to authenticate users on login page of interest rate web site. Developed the main automated testing tool used to test company websites, including intranet. Developed a web service to detect false mortgage leads generated through public sites. Designed and developed .NET custom controls. Led research to utilize .NET features to create cross-browser compatible public websites. Recoded classic ASP web pages on public sites for browser-compatibility. Mentor QA Analysts and developed testing plans and testing environments. www.rates.loanweb.com, www.loanweb.com

Sub-contracted to handle their web development needs. Coding has primarily consisted of classic ASP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. UNOCAL – Developed the Identity Logo section of their Intranet, which is their centralized location for approved company letterheads and art. American Funds (The Capital Group) – Developed several Annual Report sites. Wellpoint – Developed several Annual Report sites.

Design and implement technical solutions based on technical requirements. Design, develop and debug cross-browser compatible websites written in Cold Fusion, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and DHTML.  Designed and developed front-end templates for an interactive website utilizing a content management system (Communiqué).  Mentored junior front-end web developers. Met with clients to define and gather user requirements.  Worked with technical leads to develop technical documentation.  Worked with design teams to enhance User Experience and User Interface. Defined requirements for new testing lab. www.nflshop.com, www.footlocker.com, www.ladyfootlocker.com, www.jimrome.com