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Maryland Heights, Missouri, Us

As a Microsoft Cloud Practice Engineer, I’ve been actively involved in leveraging Power BI and Power Automate to drive data insights and enhance business processes. Here are the key highlights of my role:Power BI Development:o Utilized Power BI Desktop and DAX to create robust measures, calculated columns, KPIs, visualizations, reports, and dashboards.o Developed data models with date dimensions, established relationships, and implemented aggregation tables.o Aggregated queries using Power Query, optimizing data retrieval from Snowflake and SSAS models.o Implemented Row-Level Security (RLS) for business user separation of concerns.Power BI Administration:o Managed the Power BI service for Self-Service BI, including workspace assignment and security.o Instantiated Power BI Premium for efficient Dataflow workloads and capacity management.Power BI Embedded:o Developed and maintained Power BI Embedded solutions for custom applications.o Integrated with REACT APIs to generate and view reports seamlessly.o Ensured proper licensing and SKU alignment.Client Requirements and Architectural Design:o Collaborated with clients to collect requirements, wireframe solutions, and catalog data points.o Developed data dictionaries for use case delivery, addressing regional, store, and corporate business intelligence needs.o Allowed time for data preparation and wireframing before report development.Additional Technical Contributions:o Migrated WCF services from on-premises to SharePoint Online (SPO).o Refactored .NET code using the PnP framework and CSOM.o Implemented additional logic in Power Automate and handled Word templates.

Bethesda, Md, Us

As a SharePoint / Front-End Engineer, I played a pivotal role in developing front-end applications with a SharePoint data layer. Here are the key highlights of my work:Technology Stack:o Leveraged frameworks such as SPFX, Angular, Bulma, Bootstrap, Node, SASS, CLI, NPM, Git, and PnP.o Collaborated with customers to map wireframes, designs, and cost-effective development strategies.Angular Development:o Led the effective development of Angular CLI-based applications.o Utilized component-based architectural patterns.o Managed state using RxJS and NgRx.o Enhanced user experience (UX) with CSS frameworks like Bulma, PrimeNG, and Bootstrap.o Delivered weekly development sprints for testing using Karma.Migration and Modernization:o Updated and migrated applications from AngularJS 1.5+ to component-based architectures using TypeScript in Angular 6+, 7, and 8 (CLI).Agile Collaboration:o Embraced AGILE methodologies (Azure DevOps, Jira, and AWS Bitbucket).o Organized code through sprint-based development.o Tracked effort levels and collaborated effectively.Customer Solutions:o Provided prompt solutions to Systems Engagement (SE) officers.o Aligned with customer goals on SharePoint

Carlsbad, California, Us

As a Microsoft Office 365 Architect, I played a crucial role in driving user adoption within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Here are the key highlights of my responsibilities:Guidance and Relationship Building:o Provided guidance to business users, executives, and global customers across Japan, Korea, Canada, and the United States.o Developed strong relationships with IT teams and customers to understand their business needs.Data Migration and Governance:o Successfully upgraded and migrated legacy SharePoint data to Microsoft 365.o Followed governance planning and phased-based approaches.o Collaborated with enterprise-level executives and department leads for a smooth transition.Skype for Business Optimization:o Diagnosed audio/video network bottlenecks in Skype for Business.o Improved screensharing latencies using Call Quality Dashboards.o Implemented specific IP address ranges and recommended UDP/TCP port configurations.User and Mailbox Management:o Efficiently managed users and mailboxes for global customers in multiple countries.

Boulder, Co, Us

Platforms: Microsoft Office 365 / SharePoint OnlineManaged and administered all Office 365 services including Skype for Business, Office ProPlus deployments for the Circadence enterprise network and cloud services.Communicated directly with department stakeholders to strategize and automate business processes to deliver powerful workflows for enterprise-level onboarding and outboarding systems.Delivered data insights within Office 365 tenant for enterprise reporting utilizing Power BI for all departments for awareness of what devices, location of devices, and services for all departments.Worked with the project-based cyber security teams and SharePoint Online to deliver custom solutions via SharePoint Framework and WebAPI toolchains to enhance PoA measures and data models.

San Diego, California, Us

Platforms: Microsoft Office 365 / SharePoint 2007 / OnlineMigrated National University from SharePoint 2007 to an Office 365 / SharePoint Online cloud environment, retaining metadata, consolidation of redundancy of site collections and data, delivering powerful training sessions on how to effectively utilize cloud-based environment increasing user adoption and awareness of all Office 365 features for enterprise-level university systems.Documented all aspects of legacy SharePoint architectures for content, sites, and data from redundancy and improper searching and tagging.Strategized with Academic faculty and staff of all National University departments to deliver process and information architecture refinement, increasing work efficiency and business process development on new SharePoint Online and Office 365 features training.

National Harbor, Md, Us

Platforms: SharePoint 2007 / SharePoint 2010 / SharePoint 2013Developed and upgraded on Department of Commerce and the International Trade Administration projects, customizing existing SharePoint infrastructures on AWS EC2 cloud instances for solving business challenges and requirements using SharePoint artifacts.Transformed internal information worker SharePoint data into simple, lightweight objects for merging external web applications for global business customers for the International Trade Administration using existing APIs and AWS SDKs and S3 cloud storage.Customized software UI layers to enhance enterprise-level applications including increasing performance, user experience and high-visibility applications on Microsoft and AWS infrastructures.Tracked all customizations and development using Scrum / Agile SDLC methodologies to analyze time of effort to deliver fast, re-usable and modularized components for defining bugs, tasks, man-hours for enhancement of existing and new features.Enhanced mobile applications and front-end web applications (SPA) with modern, open sourced components for authentication and payment processing with COTS APIS (Google, Facebook, Braintree).Executed project management strategies for upgrading existing legacy SharePoint farms, including strategizing with executive-level management, business and information workers on the new platform features to enhance productivity and collaboration.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Platforms: SharePoint 2007 / SharePoint 2010 / Project Server 2010Installed and administered SharePoint and Project Server for the USMC Manpower - Marine Corps Enterprise IT Services (MCEITS) to incorporate collaboration of schedules into enterprise-level master schedules, working and training business users and project managers.Developed reporting mechanisms with for exposing SharePoint data via robust and interactive reports for senior-level executives and staff.Redefined governance procedures for the Marine Corps Systems Command including Service Level Agreements, Charters and other documentation capturing historical relevance for existing and new features.Developed custom .NET interfaces for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for processing HTTP requests to exposing Oracle Line-of-Business data within SharePoint using Business Connectivity Services and SharePoint as a presentation and authentication layer for handling external user authentication.Configured and redefined Oracle technologies to control access to highly sensitive data for Navy Sea Systems Command.Trained non-Microsoft technical developers and administrators on Microsoft products and technologies, in ranges from development to administration platform.

Reston, Va, Us

Platforms: SharePoint 2007Designed and developed SharePoint client-side customizations for International Joint Command (IJC) NATO, USCENTCOM.Documented and demonstrated continuity efforts for various military commands while providing regional support throughout the Afghanistan area of operations including multilingual implementations, configurations and upgrading of existing SharePoint infrastructures.Defined requirements for performing migration of existing non-SharePoint development into SharePoint features and solutions for NATO regional reporting.Provided key data-visualization via SharePoint services and objects for IJC NATO to determine operational support and readiness within Afghanistan National Army (ANA) and Afghanistan National Police (ANP) including geolocation routes, connections and networks of existing terrorist activity.Upgraded and migrated USFOR-A command SharePoint infrastructure to new hardware performing database and site collection upgrades with only 99.9% downtime for enterprise-level users.

Global, Us

Platforms: SharePoint 2007 / SharePoint 2010 / SilverlightCreated wireframes, screen-flow diagrams, and components using Silverlight and SharePoint for the Virtual Interactive Processing System (USMEPCOM) with WCF services for UI enhancement integration and branding.Developed and iterated product and graphic design feature and contributed to style guides and other design documentation.Designed 3rd party applications (CorasWorks) SharePoint integration training material for the National Capital Region (VA, MD, DC) SharePoint Training Initiative for OACSIM and IMCOM government officials and personnel.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Platforms: SharePoint 2003 / SharePoint 2007 / SharePoint 2010Developed USMC Training and Education Command (C2TECOE) SharePoint curriculum for training service members on deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan that included end-user, power-user, site administration, business intelligence lesson plans, student hand-outs, and presentations for hands-on key concept incorporation.Led SharePoint instructors for developed curriculum by incorporating training and education concepts utilizing conferences and symposiums, Q&A session participation and setup and configured virtualized SharePoint instances for hands-on support of training materials presented for daily classes of 35+ Staff and Command users.Designed and developed the Requirements Management System application to gather Afghanistan National Army/Police requirements for procurement of resources of multi-million-dollar commitments, obligations and execution of funds for distribution to help support Operation Enduring Freedom and supporting coalition forces.Conducted and lead high-level meetings with NATO officials from both Iraq and Afghanistan for possible incorporation of the RMS to OIF commands for increasing accuracy and accountability of requirements gathering, reporting for the Security Assistance Office and USASAC.

Washington, Dc, Us

1st MARDIV, 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC)