Pete Rodriguez Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Md, Us

Member of the Program Performance Management Community of ExcellenceEngagement with customers, Project leaders and architectsBuild and support applications on premise and in the cloud got internal customers to help conceptualize means to apply digital technology as a strategic assetWork with the business transformation, developer advocacy, and functional leadership teams to identify opportunities to create the desired customer experiences

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Created a RESTful NET 7 Web API wrapper around the Rocket Chat API and its chat widget for use by an MCW internal WPF programs to facilitate chat support for clients of their products.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Maintain and augment Triplestich and JE Kelleher websites and database objects.Key achievements include refactoring, compartmentalizing and porting the Triplestich legacy VS2010 website to a .NET 4.8 responsive website based on bootstrap and employing dynamic shipping calculation using the DotNetShipping DLL.

West Haven, Connecticut, Us

Offering custom software development, developer staffing and writing services

Salisbury, Md, Us

Solo developer brought in to troubleshoot, enhance and maintain existing ASP.NET MVC 5, C# application used to track daily delivery of chicken feed ingredients and the management and stocking of the bins containing the feed, at over 13 feed mills. Enhancements included refactoring of C# and JavaScript code to separate concerns, optimize EF querying, centralize error handling and logging, add browser session usage for caching, versioning and unit testsWorked daily with management, feed mill superintendents and corporate nutritionist to ensure enhancements fulfill user requests and provide functionality needed to supplant legacy system of tracking through de-centralized Excel spreadsheets. Working with management to convey status of the project and establish code protocols for continued and effective maintenance.

Lead back and front-end architect and developer of the new referral module for key affiliation programs on the BAHN website. Cleaned, refactored, compartmentalized website and webservice code for maintainability and better reuse and ported to VS 2019. Mentored other developers. Created a software developer's guide for the Referral Module. Established coding and source repo branching and tagging standards for easier and more organized production releases. Evangelist for use of NUGET, upgrade of software development standards, Azure Devops processes such as CI/CD and better enhancement and bug tracking.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Served as lead feature developer (team of 3 developers) on the Client Data Platform (CDP)Retirement Plans (RP) API team providing a suite of domain web-based microservices (20+) exposing RP related methods used by internal Capital Group clients.Vetted, troubleshot, documented and integrated 3rd party REST services (DST SS&C) and technologies which provided RP data exposed by CDP microservices. Provided L3 production support for RAMS REST service endpoints and CDP Accounts and Plans microservices which also included prepping for sprint code releases to development and higher environments. Key achievements included:1. Developing and providing sole support of the strategic RP Distribution micro-service, 2. Augmenting the CDP Cloud Library to support paging API results and architecting effort to share PII data securely with our API partners for purposes of troubleshooting3. Documenting procedures and providing KT to CDP feature teams4. Designing, developing, documenting, auto and manual testing, and supporting new micro service methods related to plans, retail accounts, employer sponsored accounts, profiles and their transactions5. Working closely with architects and business team regarding retirement plan workflows and serving CDP team as SME for that effort.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Worked with Field Nation tech team and created scalable and extensible .NET library around their new REST and WebHooks API. Replaced existing implementation of Field Nation SOAP API with the new library leveraging WebHooks and used existing unit tests to ensure results were the same. NGrok used to test WebHook functionality during development and unit tetsing.

Danbury, Connecticut, Us

Maintained and enhanced our web-based desktop solution, WATCH which consisted of a highly responsive SPA employing MVC views, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5 and CCS3. Back-end business logic was comprised of static C# classes interfacing with home-grown Window services and SQL Server and exposed to the client through an MVC controller. Multi-threading, HTML5 localstorage, sessionStorage, workerThreads and web sockets were also highly leveraged. A key achievement was augmenting client and server-side code to support multiple users in a multi-lane, parcel environment.Maintained and enhanced our desktop sorter solution, Mercury using WPF, C# and SQL Server. Key achievements were augmenting code to support multiple users and adding a wrapper class to support concurrent pairing, connecting and tracking of multiple Bluetooth Zebra Ring Scanners. Employed open source 32feet .NET library and .Net serial port development. In addition, added support of ATOP put-to-light assignment and tracking.Conducted full SDLC activities related to web-based and desktop sorter software solutions. All activities were performed in an agile environment with little supervision, minimal specifications, peer code reviews, high coding standards, alone and with team members. Daily SCRUM meetings and Azure DevOps were used to track status, time and progress.

Farmington, Ct, Us

Assisted in PPACA Risk and Reinsurance initiative to import and export enrollment, claim, pharmaceutical and supplemental data into and out of our SQL database in XML format. Used .NET XSD.EXE tool to build object model from federal government provided XSDs. Built suite of inheritable .NET console applications using the object model, Entity Framework, LINQ and SQL Server to provide necessary XML import/export functionality for data team.Worked on phase 2, 3, 4 and 8 UI, logic and reporting enhancements to the SOLO enrollment ASP.NET health insurance website and supporting the data and business rules WCF web services in regards to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or "Obamacare". Researched, documented and implemented front-end jQuery/javascript solution to accept initial premium payments by credit card using the Cybersource API. Augmented and created several SQL 2008 data tables and objects used by the WCF web services. Worked directly with Business Analysts/QA to deploy, test and troubleshoot changes in development, test and staging environments. Worked on various bug fixes and enhancements related to the Producer, Provider, SOLO Quoting, Enrollment, GroupAdmin and Membership ASP.NET health insurance websites and WCF web services.Provided first-level technical support to the Intake department regarding the SOLO Quoting, Enrollment, GroupAdmin and Membership web sites.Trained two new f/t developers in using/maintaining SOLO related websites.Worked on creating/fixing multiple SSRS Reports in regards to PPACA Phase 8 requirements. Worked with Emblem and adding ability to SQL DTS jobs, responsible for cleansing and loading Medicare Hospital and Medical claim data, to provide new claim and service line data for Medicare Hospital claims. Altering provider website ASP.NET C# code to show some of these new fields and all detail data.

Southborough, Ma, Us

Provided AMS project and application release management for several .NET and Sharepoint web applications belonging to key Aerospace and defense industry clients. Created Detailed Technical Software Documents for requested enhancements. Oversaw deliverables for a team of 3 developers and served as liaison between client and offshore development team. Conducted bi-weekly SCRUM meetings to assign and draw-down incidents, maintain status of projects and provide status to AMS management. Provided AMS programming support for 2 key web applications using ASP.NET, MVC, C#, SQL Server, Entity Framework, jQuery/JavaScript, AJAX and Web API. Interviewed prospective developers, documented client on-boarding and application release procedures and trained developers.

New Haven, Connecticut, Us

Worked directly with ownership and IT management to gather specifications for backlog development related to existing website and suite of housekeeping batch console applications. Implemented changes to application architecture and refactored code into separate binary libraries (DLLs) in order to centralize, compartmentalize and share common logic (i.e. event logging, email notification, reporting, email correspondence). Converted payroll processing console programs into Windows Services using thread pool and file system watcher.Coordinated fixes, new development and releases with outsourced vendor, IT director, Project Manager and f/t developer. Started building common reporting portal into the existing website to support dynamic report generation for clients.Refactored all email correspondence into a home-grown API allowing for decoupling of markup and logic from data to allow for easy creation and modification of correspondence.Augmented JIRA stories, tasks and specifications with technical details not provided by business or Project manager, to serve as a KB for future developers.Implemented many architectural, coding changes and JIRA enhancement stories (using poor specifications) into website in order to support enhanced payroll processing and special handling for new carrier and finance companies.Devised and setup payroll import/export test circle on QA server to provide payroll testing functionality in-house and to our preferred carriers.

New York, Ny, Us

Worked closely with company partners to provide a functional specification based on an RFP. Used the functional specification to create a classified Windows desktop application used to support data on explosive weight equivalence.

Westbrook, Ct, Us

Provided development support to the Policy Management System using C#, ASP.NET 4.0, WinForms, Infragistics, ASPOSE, Entity Framework, ADO.NET, Javascript, jQuery and SQL Server 2012. Used AxoSoft's agile product, OnTime, to track defect and product backlog changes. Leveraged Vault as a code repository.

Served as one of several senior developers on a small team dedicated to enhancing, troubleshooting and maintaining Landauer's durable equipment web order entry system. Worked on admin functions specifically implemented using VS 2012, ASP.NET, MVC, C# with heavy front-end JavaScript/jQuery.

Assisted in new development and maintenance of SQL Server stored procedures and SSRS reports needed by management in order to track equipment service requests.

Served as sole developer and participated in all specification meetings for a private NYC-based client of Concept Management Partners. Augmented existing database schema to employ features related mobile site, but leverage existing database entities. Wrapped existing and new DB entities into an Entity Framework repository and exposed through domain object class library written with LINQ C#. The DB and domain objects are exposed to mobile and desktop web application via a RESTFUL .NET web service written in C#.Added new CRUD screens to the existing desktop web application's administration section using ASP.NET VB and changed it to use the RESTFUL web service. Created new mobile web application using VS 2010 ASP.NET C# web forms and jQuery Mobile. The application is structured as a front-end application using jQuery ajax calls to methods in the RESTFUL web service and CSS to implement a responsive UI.

Uncasville, Ct, Us

Served as lead developer of the Mohegan Sun Mixed Martial Arts website and reported directly to the Applications Manager. Created back-end data repository and domain objects using SQL Server 2008, Entity Framework and LINQ using VS2010 C#. With assistance from business analyst, created responsive UX using HTML and CSS. Implemented website using VS 2010 Visual Basic, ASP.NET Web Forms and classic ASMX web service, AJAX, Telerik RAD AJAX Controls, Javascript, jQuery and jQuery plugin Galleria. Leveraged code reuse through base class inheritance and Master Pages. Attended and led several face-to-face and Skype meetings to discuss specifications, demo the product and finalize deliverables.

Served as lead developer reporting directly to executive staff. Hired to assess condition of enterprise web application and apply various fixes and enhancements to improve employee workflow. Application was written using VS 2010 C# ASP.NET and AJAX using the MVP design pattern and relies on an Entity Framework model built on top of a SQL Server 2008 database. Analyzed reporting needs with report specialist and project manager and looked to leverage SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to design a reporting kiosk for internal users and ultimately for customers.

Served as lead developer and reported directly to the VP of IT. Converted and refactored COM components written in VB6 into .NET class libraries. Decoupled all Oracle database calls from components and centralized them in a data repository class library implemented with ADO.NET typed datasets. Converted classic ASP pages and legacy SOAP calls to web services into ASP.NET pages and WCF web services, respectively. Simplified code and leveraged code sharing and reuse through base class inheritance and Master Pages. Implemented mandated UI enhancements and changes using HTML and CSS.Assisted project manager and troubleshot Oracle connection and User delete issues with the Infinity Windows application. Re-factored several data access classes to leverage inheritance instead of containment and ADO.NET best practice techniques to dispose of data commands and connections. Added delete query into ADO.NET typed dataset to facilitate proper user deletion with cascading and updated the UI to properly refresh user data.

Branchville, Nj, Us

Served as lead developer, architect and main point of contact on the Bonds platform, providing 1st level technical support to the user community and training to the new Bonds team. Trained with one of four original developers onsite for two weeks and gathered, organized and augmented existing documentation about the Bonds system in order to train new team members and help them set up their development environment (VB6, .NET 1.1 through 4.0).Created the Bonds dashboard program, a harness for custom and common plug-in utilities and programs created by the Bonds team. Pluggable programs inherit from a common console application framework and are activated using Reflection at runtime.Performed daily hot hits (SQL 2008 update queries) to fix issues with data integrity and processing. Collected and compiled several useful code snippets into a library to assist in the development of new Bonds applications and utilities. Performed several code reviews with rest of team to present what is available and to explain certain concepts and programming techniques (i.e. typed datasets, interfaces, partial classes, singleton design pattern, etc.) Re-engineered the Nightly Data Feed Error Utility using .NET 4.0, SQL Server 2008 and the company's custom SIGI data service library. The application is instrumental in collecting nightly Bond data feed errors from several sources into one database and reporting results via email to all team members.Designed and created a reusable, data driven framework using .NET 4.0, SQL Server 2008 and XSLT to allow Selective personnel to perform external and internal balancing of Bond transactions against other Selective systems. The application takes a snapshot of the data after every major processing step, retrieving the SQL data in XML format, transforming it into HTML using XSL transforms and emailing to all those involved.

Consulted and developed a web portal in concert with Director of Technology and several business and sales people to interface with backend ERP system and allow clothing buyers for various licenses to enter clothing orders. The site is written in VS 2008, ASP.NET using VB, AJAX, AJAX Toolkit, Javascript, SQL Server 2005. Web Portal-only data as well as read-only ERP data is stored in a SQL 2005 database instance which the web portal accesses. A scheduled console app (written as a VB console application) is called twice a day to import and export data between the web portal SQL database and the ERP system.

Hired to guide client expectations, weekly status meetings, gather requirements, lead a team of front-end developers and re-design/re-factor the code for a major insurance broker’s web site. The site was initially written in C# using VS2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. To facilitate my development effort and to protect their data, the client has re-factored and compartmentalized its data model behind a WCF service which the application calls to interact with the company’s internal legacy systems. Currently I am working with CSS, HTML templates and images provided by the front-end team and re-skinning the website. In addition, I am leveraging the MVC design pattern to compartmentalize the front-end and data model for easy unit testing. I am using some of the original code, but for the most part writing new logic in VB using VS2010 web developer studio. The client provided its custom membership Oracle DB scripts in order for me to re-create, code and test against the actual data structures using mock data. Oracle 10G Express and TOAD were used to facilitate this endeavor.

Compartmentalized and re-factored core framework business logic into re-usable class libraries that could be instantiated and used as SaaS. In addition, provided business analysis support and knowledgebase service to new framework development team. Served as lead developer and working closely with the CEO, Vice President of Information Technology and Director of Technology to re-skin and re-engineer Personalized URL (PURL) micro sites for clients such as Gartner, SAS and Cognizant Technology. The application was re-written from the ground up to be re-usable, scalable and dynamically skin-able using ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. AJAX, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Flash are used to enhance the web front-end. Designed and implemented a shared security model built on .NET’s membership provider for SQL Server. The security components can be turned on/off at client’s request and/or per email campaign source.Designed and programmed a prototype for the Q-Central Admin site, using ASP.NET, as a way to allow administrators to add and maintain data related to each PURL client. The application was designed around the Model-View-Controller Pattern (MVC) and incorporated the use of reflection and extendable business objects in order to use one code-base with multiple clients. Portions of code were translated and subsequently converted from C# to VB.Created Data Exchange components, using .NET web services and WCF to allow several clients to exchange real-time user registration information with the QBridge database. The web services cleans, validates and normalizes the XML data and map to our existing organic data values. These applications facilitate data sharing between all companies and ensures a constant infusion of Unqualified leads for QBridge email blasts and real-time feedback to each company’s CRM implementations.

Consulted to develop and maintain the company web site using ASP.NET 2.0, AJAX and Javascript. Site allows interaction with potential customers via email and feedback form as well as allowing customers to download required business documents. Tangentially implemented a simple CMS based on a series of XML files that allows client to change content or add pages dynamically without getting mired in web technology details.

Converted the MedMaintPump VB6 legacy application using VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. Refactored and reorganized code into native .NET re-useable and maintainable static and dynamic classes. In the process, fixed several outstanding bugs and rewrote key modules instrumental in printing labels, reporting and dispensing medication. In addition, reworked the UI to improve the look-and-feel using Win Forms and Infragistics NetAdvantage 2010. Installed on several PCs and instructed IT Director and nursing staff on usage.Reported directly to IT Director for MedMaintPump VB6 legacy application maintenance and enhancement requests. The application is used by nurses in four locations to manage, record and dispense methadone to recovering heroin addicts. Fixed issue introduced by another consulting firm that prevented prescription labels from being printed while dispensing the medication. In addition, added a feature to allow patient pictures to be entered into the system in order for nurses to track patients. Addressed bookmark run-time error when selecting patients to process from an MS-Datagrid.

 Served as sole analyst, architect and developer of the Timesheet Management System (TSMS) 2-tier client/server VB6 application used to collect, manage and report on hours expended and budgeted on various not-for-profit projects. Responsibilities included gathering business and user requirements through interviews with personnel staff, writing business, procedural and status report documents, designing the application data model, schema and object model, programming the system, performing unit testing, overseeing user acceptance testing, conducting training on system features and documenting manual procedures. Currently interfacing 2-tiered ActiveX DLL functionality (data and business objects) to Direct Budget Expense Excel template. 2-tier design allowed for recent easy implementation of new reports using ActiveReports and Excel as well as port to SQL Server from Access.

Served as lead back-end developer, architect and interim director for the entire DOVE product website line. Included correspondence, interaction and coordination with various Unilever, MSN and internal account representatives.Served as chief designer, architect and back-end developer for the MeadPoints API used in the live MeadMoneyOnline.com campaign. In addition coded various custom controls to capture and validate user input and to facilitate admin filtering and reporting.

Burbank, California, Us

 Provided management with a project time line to upgrade and improve the ITRS Table Maintenance application to .NET Framework 2.0. The new application will be built on SQL 2005 and implement Master pages, AJAX and the latest Infragistics third-party Web controls. Designated to assist management with Proof-of-concept designs for needed utility and UI changes required by the ABC Research department. This resulted in the creation of the custom messaging application, ABC Marquee Messenger which allows the research department to “chat” via a marquee-like interface. In addition, the Visualcue Slide-out custom control was created to assist in helping users navigate and validate required data entry fields while using the Research Portal desktop application. Designed, developed and actively maintain four key applications pertinent to ABC/Nielsen Ratings Data warehouse initiative using an array of Microsoft technologies; ITRS Table Maintenance (ASP.NET/Javascript), ITRSTableMonitor (.NET Windows Service), InformaticaFileMonitor (.NET Windows Service) and the Data Warehouse Excel Report template (Office 2003 VBA). Translated ETL Nielsen Data Load Perl script into VB Script to make it easier to maintain and to allow faster addition of needed enhancements such as fast file merge and character padding using memory mapped files. Currently, in the process of further improving. Actively provide application development, maintenance and client support for a number of VB.NET and legacy VB6 applications such as Data Warehouse Excel Report template, ITRS Table Maintenance, BS&P, Station Compensation Shared Services, BS&P to NCS Data Transfer. Served as lead developer and architect in creating an enterprise-wide Fax Server solution, ABC Fax Manager. Instrumental in re-designing and migrating several applications from VB3 to VB6 and VB6 to VB.NET such as Broad Cast Standard and Practices (BS&P).

Primarily developed the entire Claim subsystem of the IS4W (Insurance Solutions for Windows) product as an ActiveX Server in VB 5.0. Subsequent to working with the Claim subsystem, provided programming and debugging support on other subsystems such as Policy, Code and Refer.Working one-on-one with management, designed, coded, maintained and documented key data entry ActiveX controls used in IS4W: JPSScratchpad, JPSQBang and the JPSTime control.Volunteered and successfully translated fast string manipulation functions from MS-Visual C++ to a VB ActiveX DLL.

Responsibilities included enhancing, maintaining and documenting 50K lines of Pascal code which comprised the California Blue Cross DOS medical billing product, QUBE (Quick Uniform Billing and Entry).Provided first line technical support to business analysts at Blue Cross responsible for the support and installation of QUBE. Analyzed, designed and coded Design Change Requests for the QUBE database and its form data files. Design Change Requests ranged from re designing menu screens to converting medical claim forms from one format to another (i.e. UB92 to UB92/UCC claim format).Produced numerous utility programs in Pascal to filter and manipulate medical claim data for use with other product lines such as ACUCLAIM.Developed several DOS executable and batch file utilities designed to assist business analysts in installing, converting, and maintaining QUBE.Familiarized I.S. management with the strategic potential presented by Borland's OO Pascal R.A.D. tool, DELPHI as well as Visual Basic 3. As a result, the company purchased DELPHI for usage in the development of Windows utilities and tools.Assisted Host Based Systems with EDI translations, using the MediAtor translator product for OS/2.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science/Minor In Math

General Diploma, Science