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Woodbury, Minnesota, US

• Created the Formi mobile application from greenfield, helping to connect convenience stores with customer loyalty programs, targeted coupons, corporate incentives, and analytics. Used MAUI.NET, C#, and.NET Core 7 to.

Menlo Park, CA, US

• 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 Japs-Olson Company, 9/22 - 11/22
• Created middleware RESTful API gateway to sit between existing sales systems and a new microservice implementation.
• Implemented windows service to handle hundreds of concurrent threads to process microservice transactions.𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, 2/22 - 8/22
• Served as principal architect and lead developer for migrating multiple ColdFusion applications into.NET.
• Provided technical documentation and mentorship for other senior-level developers in order to familiarize them with MVC and.NET concepts.𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬, 9/21 - 01/22
• Responsible for maintaining the existing code base for an internal MVC application, while creating additional pages and functionality.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Core team-member responsible for adapting and rebuilding a VB.NET enterprise-level web application from the ground up, with primary focus on back-end microservice and API development.
• Initiated an Angular 2.0 front-end with Bootstrap and Typescript, utilizing RESTful APIs in an MVC.NET Core Service Fabric environment, and SQL 2017 databases via EF Core and stored procedures (for batch operations).
• Designed and built timekeeping software to stringent federal OPM and FedRAMP specifications, incorporating complex business logic to satisfy the technical requirements of a host of federal agencies (DEA, IRS, and USPTO).

St. Louis, MO, US

• Developed a robust.NET module to incorporate the MIR Spirotel II spirometry device into our existing data warehouse platform. The application parsed through the device's FRAM and mapped its binary data array into.
• Developed an internal stand-alone WinForms application in.NET 4.5 to aid SQM in verifying all configurable aspects of CPS. The application parsed through hundreds of lines of SQL script statements, returning a.
• Added new spirometry, ECG, and FeNO devices to the Cardio-Pulmonary Suite's application workflow, increasing our versatility and reach to clinical study managers and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Maintained and updated the Cardio-Pulmonary Suite (CPS) application, spanning all iterations of Visual Studio. This included working with legacy VB code, WPF applications, WinForms projects, web apps, and SQL.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Integrated with ValueLink to upgrade our gift card services from.NET 1.0 to 4.0. Established TCP/IP connections and implemented Diffie-Helman and SHA-1 encryption in C# to register and proctor gift card transactions.
• Integrated with Vibes Mobile services to manage text alerts for our Stuff-fur-Stuff club customers. Created a C# wrapper class and Web UI to handle subscribe, unsubscribe, and update requests for our guests.
• Finished complete modernization of the existing Build-a-Bear Careers site, including new CSS formatting, enhanced job finder tools, and converting our data layer from simple stored procedures to ADO.NET and Entity.
• Wrote new administrative tools to allow HR to effectively parse through thousands of international job applications and internship requests, prioritizing and queuing applications as needed. Created additional reporting.
• Upgraded and maintained the Build-a-Bear RSVP site, where guests could reserve products or sign up for events across the United States, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. The site featured bilingual support, smart inventory.

US

• Worked closely with lead programmer, content/web designers and QA to provide optimal client solutions, developing.NET content and tools for a variety of new and existing web-based applications, including Complete Plus.
• Utilized WCF, MVC, workflows, activities, the entity framework, and RESTful services, keeping up-to-date with current programming trends and best practices.
• Developed a custom, stand-alone interface for calling MailChimp web services, utilizing the existing API to efficiently create and send transactional web campaigns and manage list data.

New York, New York, US

• Performed outbound and inbound customer service calls to assist and provide options to customers with delinquent loans.
• Exceeded bank objectives by using problem-solving, empathy, and interpersonal skills to prevent over 70% of my contacts from defaulting on their loans.

• Graduated from a 14-week intensive training program specializing in sought after.NET technologies.
• Constructed a 3-tiered public library program from the ground up, including the GUI, business layer, data access layer, and stored procedures in SQL Server 2008.

US

• Developed front-end code for a military simulation program utilizing motion-capture technology and the America's Army game engine.
• Refactored existing C# code for our Engine Agnostic Interface (EAI) to improve code coverage and functionality.
• Designed and implemented a prototype to update our Mission Control GUI.

New York, New York, US

• Analyzed customer credit history and extended new lines of personal credit based on risk factors and previous payment history.
• Exceeded productivity by 250% while also maintaining 100% quality over 3 years.
• Was ranked #1 across both SD and MD sites in the New Business department.

Software Engineering, Game Programming / Design

Certification, Software Engineering