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As a consultant for VividCloud I deeply embed with client teams to assist them in development and to promote best practices.

As a consultant for VividCloud I deeply embed with client teams to assist them in development and to promote best practices. Large Insurance CompanyNov 2020 - Feb 2022Enterprise level software development utilizing .NET (C#) and MSSQL for application and services development and Java (Maven / Springboot) and MySQL for Microservice development.Large Inventory Control CompanyFebruary 2022 - PresentEnterprise development utilizing Quarkus and Maven in a Java environment for the backend REST API. Python for the front end and Postgresql for data storage.

As a solutions architect my role is to integrate various disparate systems into a cohesive unit to allow for data visibility and automated processes throughout the various campuses of the company.Designed and implemented a system to support a new corporate website, creating APIs for multiple types of data transfer between the website, back end ERP(s), artwork generation, and artwork flow systems, allowing significant automation of customer service and design.Created front end web functionality for image rendering using Javascript and custom API endpoints written in .NET to access a Pageflex server.Designed and developed a .NET based library to convert English to grade 2 condensed braille to allow product design to be completely automated.

As a Senior Developer I worked closely with a team in Tennessee developing WinForms applications as front ends to their existing Progress OpenEdge telnet based system.Visual Studio / .NET guru for a team based in Tennessee.Primary projects include a WinForms based estimating system with data storage in Progress OpenEdge, multiple small websites in .NET, multiple API connectors written primarily in VB.net, also including rebuilds of existing APIs handling thousands of transactions per day in C#.Designed and implemented a BI system to harmonize data from multiple sources and place it into AWS Redshift for analysis.Significant oversight of junior developers with a mandated requirement to increase their knowledge and experience.

Formerly Allen.As the only developer for this smaller company I primarily made tools and macros to interface with their existing system allowing for overall increases in throughput for various processes.Created numerous Excel Macros for combining multiple spreadsheets supplied by clients to a master sheet for collation purposes as well as automate billing procedures for multiple client credit card transactionsExtensive Java and VB.NET Development to include interfaces with our current MIS and outside applications.Extensive Crystal Reports creation, modification, and MSSQL data miningCreation of multiple applications connecting to existing MIS system, including remote site raw materials ordering, a complete inventory control system with barcode support, automatic emailing of reports (both internal and direct to clients, ) as well as Worldship integration, various shipping applications, and rapid order entry applications utilizing PDF scraping. These were primarily created in Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET with Crystal Reports reporting functionality.