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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Continuing development on a reactive website. Used .NetCore to create WebAPI micro-services that run in Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift. Was responsible for major refactor of C# code. Used Bitbucket, Bamboo, Octopus to create builds and deploy software to docker containers managed by OpenShift. Provided product advice to business partners as well as mentoring to junior level staff.

Traverse City, Mi

AWS - Help create Redshift data warehouse. Verified the importing of data into database. Debugged problems with crawler..Net - Provided enhancements to company legacy software products. Involved creating REST web services using WebAPI, SQL stored procedure creation and modification.Provided mentoring and advice for junior level staff.The team used SCRUM, TDD, CI.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provide .Net Windows service for company robotics project. Provide ongoing advice for junior developers.

St Louis Park, Mn

Architected, designed and implemented a .Net replacement for major system. Used C# (.net 4.6.1), SQL Server 2016, Entity Framework 6.1, TopShelf, SSIS, PowerShell. Designed and implemented database for the project (Visual Studio 2015 database project). Designed and implemented .Net Windows Services which replaced a much more complex system. Design goals were simplicity, performance and operational soundness.Created TFS builds for all of the team's solutions. Provided SCRUM advise to the team. Provided mentoring and advice to junior team members. Provided guidance to the team regarding source control, approaches to solutions as well as SDLC advices (SCRUM, TDD, continuous integration).Upgraded a BizTalk environment from BizTalk 2006R2 to BizTalk 2010.Debugged several problems in production web services, BizTalk applications, Windows services. Made changes to these systems to increase visibility for error detection and problem fixing.

Development of .Net Windows services, web services, web application enhancements using JQGrid, SSIS packages and BizTalk applications. Provided advice on development and source control practices.

Provide architectural, design and development guidance for the company’s ICD-10 program. Lead BizTalk developer for all BizTalk work for ICD-10 program. Provided design and implementation for ICD-10 changes to several BizTalk applications. Installed and configured BizTalk 2010 on several virtual machines used in the project. Lead BizTalk developer for major compliance initiative with the State of Minnesota. Provided innovative solutions for project that had an extremely aggressive time line. The solution involved creation of new BizTalk pipeline components and complex additions to BizTalk maps. Lead weekly BizTalk team meetings to disseminate new ideas for solutions to various problems the team faced. Provided TFS guidance to multiple teams at UCare. Some teams had little or no experience with TFS. Some teams needed help in understanding the different strategies for branching using TFS.

Created Windows Azure worker role to process high volume data to a SQL Azure database. Used blobs, topics and SQL Azure.Provided BizTalk performance improvements to BizTalk 2009 and BizTalk 2010 environments. Improved the deployments of the company BizTalk applications to be repeatable and reliable.Provided architecture and design guidance for new company initiatives.

Providing senior development services for BizTalk and .Net- HIPAA EDI transactions (837,835,820,277CA,others) for health insurance.- nHibernate based data access layer for SQL Server database.- Technical lead for migration to HIPAA 5010.- Lead for migration from BizTalk 2006 to BizTalk 2010.- Team Foundation Server installation and mentoring.- TFS Build creation for BizTalk 2010 solutions.- Architectural guidance for integration platform.- Process improvement guidance.- Operational guidance.- Provide mentoring to other members of the team.- Performance tuned the BizTalk 2010 and 2006 platforms.- Recommended the use of SCOM for server monitoring.- Initiated improvements (x12 999 and 277ca transactions) to the BizTalk 2010 platform. Microsoft implemented these transactions.- Used Message Box Viewer, Best Practices Analyzer to ensure proper deployment and deal with any issues.

Using SCRUM to deliver several releases of a BizTalk and .Net application. Was involved in the initial role out of BizTalk to the organization. Used TDD to provide high quality solutions to the organization. Wrote several .Net applications to assist in moving information around the company. Provided leadership in plotting the application integration strategy for the company. Helped integrated TFS into the organization. Created a custom WCF based adapter for BizTalk to connect to a backend database. Provided architecture advice to senior management.

Started as a contract Senior Software Engineer in 2001. Was one of the lead developers in a large underwriting engine re-engineering project. Then moved to another large re-engineering project which involved ASP.Net, C#, Biztalk. Implemented interfaces to many credit vendors. Became a full-time employee in 2004. I was hired to be an Application Architect. Involved in the architecture, design and implementation of many releases of the company's AssetWise Direct web application where my focus was the middle tier of the application. Also designed and implemented several Biztalk solutions involving external systems such as credit, underwriting and pricing.Heavily involved in piloting the company's use of TFS. Designed tests and migration plans to move the company's software assets off of Visual Source Safe onto Team Foundation Server.Technologies I used extensively during this time are: Biztalk 2004/2006, C#, ASP.NET, Team Foundation Server.

Designed and implemented several solutions in C++ for the team I was working with.

Designed and implemented the middle tier of the company’s successful asset management system (AMS). This involve working on the company’s HART communications stack, designing and implementing an expandable interface for AMS to connect to other HART and FieldBus networks. Technology used is: Visual C++ 6.0, VSS, HART, FieldBus, interface to many HART and FieldBus devices.

Designed and implemented the software for a data acquisition system. This involved use of LabView by National Instruments. The solution involved manipulation of switches, amplifiers, tape machines, volt meters on a GPIB bus.

This was my first job out of college. Used FORTRAN to implement the company’s successful CAD/CAM/ECAM graphical software system (IGI2100). Made many sales calls to customer locations to provide technical guidance. Became department manager.

.Net 2.0 Training, Windows Vista

WCF,WWF,Security,Biztalk 2006

.Net 2.0 Security

Ms Team System And Team Foundation Server

Biztalk 2006

Biztalk 2004 Training

Com Training

Bs, Computer Science