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Tampa, Florida, United States

Arlington, Tx

Ran the company’s mobile software development efforts. Participated in all aspects of development including project management, business analysis, design, coding and quality assurance. Applications were developed for iOS, Android, and UWP using Xamarin, MVVMCross, and Entity Framework Core.• Designed the user interface for the application on all platforms.• Designed and implanted all the ViewModels, Models and Views for the application. The ViewModels are used in both UWP and Xamarin iOS\Android projects.• Integrated the application with App Center for analytics and diagnostics. • Did research to determine what features should be added to the product.• Created the store listings and deployed the application to the iOS and Windows stores.• Spent time with the iOS, Android and .NET communities and kept up with best practices.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Developed iOS and Android applications for American Airlines pilots and union staff. Supported over 15,000 end users. Applications were developed with c# and Xamarin Forms. The backend was WebAPI with SQL Server.• Implemented enhancements and bug fixes for the associations' APA Mobile and APA Expense apps.• Worked with iOS 13 and Android 10 betas to identify needed app changes. Updated APA Mobile to support dark mode using Xamarin Forms themes.• Enhanced backend RESTful services.• Enhanced the handling of push notifications to both iOS and Android devices. • Was responsible for deploying updates to the iOS App Store and Google Play Store.

Irving, Tx

Developed point of sale applications for this nation-wide check cashing leader. Supported 1,000s of registers in many states. Applications coded in c# with SQL Server and IBM DB2 backend.• Developed new WCF check cashing fees service that allowed the business to centrally manage fees. Improved cash flow by over $300,000. • Designed tools to allow automated unit testing of legacy code. Trained team on unit testing and using the new tools.• Upgraded existing PIN pad interface to work with the Verifone MX915 PIN pads. Provided developer support for MX915 rollout.• Participated in upgrading the POS to work with a newer Windows version. This included upgrading C++ COM DLLs to work with updated 3rd party libraries. Provided developer support for Windows upgrade.

Austin, Texas Area

Worked on 3M’s motor vehicle registration system, gained domain knowledge related to titles, registrations and security interests. Applications developed with c# and SQL Server.• Took ownership of the Kentucky conversion project. Brought needed stability to that project.• Worked with business analysts and identified holes in specifications.• After learning the structure of 3M's architecture, trained other developers on that architecture.

South Florida

Developed web based line of business applications. ASP.NET Web Forms, c# and SQL Server were used.Worked with the support department to troubleshoot and fix defects found on the production server.Met with customers to discuss product satisfaction and gather feature requests.Took ownership of the SSRS billing reports. Cleaned up the reports and became the on site SSRS expert.

Deerfield, Fl

Ran the company’s Windows software development department. Participated in all aspects of development including project management, business analysis, design, coding and quality assurance. Technology was initially FoxPro then later c# and .NET.Managed 2 other developers and 2 testers.Spent time talking to users and found non-obvious issues with the application’s aesthetics that caused the users to perceive the application as old. Fixed the appearance issues, which doubled the sales. Managed the long-term development, maintenance and upgrades of the company’s main Windows practice management software. This included the following major steps in the products life:-Upgraded the system from 16bit to 32bit Visual FoxPro.-Migrated the system from an older unsupported framework to a modern framework. This involved developing an adaption layer to allow the older code to work with the newer framework with significantly less change.-Migrated the system to C#. Designed and implemented classes to allow .NET User Controls to be embedded in the legacy system. This allowed users to get new functionality, as modules were finished, without having to wait for a complete .NET system.-Began migrating the system from WinForms to WPF using MVVM design pattern.Oversaw development of numerous HL7 and ANSI X12 4010 interfaces.Introduced automated unit testing to the project.Met with customers to discuss product satisfaction. Gathered feature requests.Created a knowledge base for the support department containing over 100 articles.Planned the roll out of each new version. This involved updating as many as 400 client sites. It also involved designing and implementing a workstation update method where each workstation updated its self from the server. No IT specialist ever had to go from workstation to workstation to update them.

Computer Science

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa