Edward May Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Spearheaded the modernization of legacy WinForms applications to contemporary .NET 6/7 API.Collaborated with a team to replace SQL-based search mechanisms with Elastic Search, leading to more efficient and scalable search operations.Innovated and implemented a proprietary search language which dynamically translates to Elastic Search queries.Pioneered the transition to Postman-based API testing, ensuring rigorous validation post-deployments.Addressed and resolved intricate technical challenges, especially involving the refactoring of complex code sections.Championed a shift towards a Domain-Driven Design (DDD) paradigm, phasing out the older N-Tier approach and aiding the migration away from legacy WinForms and WebForms.A vocal advocate for "clean code" principles, consistently emphasizing the importance of maintainable and clear coding practices within the team.Delivered multiple impactful presentations on coding best practices, sharing knowledge and promoting a culture of continuous improvement in software development.

Chicago, Il, Us

Develop backend APIs in .NET Core for logistics tracking board website. Wrote AWS Lambdas in Node.js to expose 3rd party API. Stored results in DynamoDb. API accessed through AWS API Gateway.

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· Architect of ETL process using dependency injection and SOLID design. Originally designed for a specific, complex extract. Code proved flexible enough that it was repurposed as framework for all outbound extracts for entire department to replace SSIS packages. Now building entire team around implementations using framework, including offshore in India.· Leader in developing, managing and deploying code components to departmental NuGet server.· Member of team developing Care Management multi-tenant web site. Rich, responsive interface using jQuery, RequireJS and Knockout.js calling MVC web controllers via Ajax. Use of dependency injection using Unity to structure N-Tier architecture using presentation, service and repository layers calling code-first Entity Framework 6.0 for data access. SSDT SQL projects used for automated deployment to any environment.· Helped Care Management team bring unit test code coverage from 5% to over 50%. Lead effort to develop automated builds using Jenkins. Developed sophisticated acceptance testing with Jenkins deploying web site, API and seeded database prior to running battery of automated tests through MVC controllers.

Reston, Va, Us

• Member of mature development organization that achieves 85%+ unit test coverage on all mainline products, very loosely coupled code and use of continuous integration from development to UAT.• Responsible for high traffic, client-facing web site managing auto loan and lease accounts. Use of SOA architecture via WCF to connect to a wide variety of systems both internal and external to the organization. Developed views for mobile phones.• Loosely coupled architecture allowed team to smoothly migrate away from Oracle database implementation to a service oriented architecture as part of a multi-million dollar, IT-wide systems upgrade. Ability to “switch” from old architecture to new by changing a single config value that allows both to be developed simultaneously and deployed separately.• Leader in IT department for development of advanced unit testing techniques combining various third party tools to create an extensible framework to increase productivity by automating repetitive unit testing code. Leader in advocating and implementing the use of BDD techniques for the automation of acceptance criteria.

Rolling Meadows, Il, Us

Serving as a senior consultant for publishing company specializing in education software. • Transitioning WaitN automation code to Selenium to better support modern browsers.• Developed and ran training for automation framework and design patterns for new developers, including offshore resources.• Identified structural issues with existing automation scripting code and developed lightweight framework to facilitate development of test scripts. Framework now leveraged and extended by entire team for increased productivity.• Collaborated with QA personnel to develop and implement automated "smoke test" scripts. Scripts developed utilizing WatiN to manipulate FireFox and IE browsers and MbUnit/Gallio for test fixtures.• Maintain and administer subversion repository for automation framework and related automation projects.

• Online professional poker player specializing in tournament play.• Ranked in top 500 in 2010 for tournament play by pocketfives.com.• PokerStars Sunday Million Final Table, Jan 2010.

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

Served as a software architect in the research and development department for the benefits administration division. Conceptualized, designed, developed and led development of several implementations of web based, benefits administration systems.• Created framework to enable multiple clients to access common code base while being designed for independent client customizations. Increased productivity by eliminating need for multiple ASP code bases that were previously customized for each client.• Developed resource manager to enable easy development of multi-language support, replacing hardcoded conditionals in previous ASP.• Utilized Microsoft MVC for .NET to ensure separation of model, view and controller. Model classes used as thin layer over previously developed business objects.• Developed end user interface for large J2EE project for multi-million dollar benefits administration system. Utilized Struts 1.1 as UI framework. Acted as liaison between UI team with large 30+ programmer team.• Created class and sequence diagrams for J2EE project and participated in code and design reviews utilizing RUP as project’s methodology.• Developed client tracking web site using .NET with NHibernate for accessing MS SQL Server database. Work included all architecture from web interface, business tier, data tier and DB table schema design. Tested using NUnit throughout development process.

Collaborated with client on conceptualization and design of Visual Basic 5 based Benefits Enrollment system to be leveraged between benefits administration clients that substantially reduced the time and cost of delivering product to clients.• Involved in all facets of development including requirements gathering, analysis and conceptual design through architecture and implementation.• Applied test-driven development techniques to develop Visual Basic business objects that were leveraged as middle tier by both ASP web interface and interactive voice recognition front ends. • Contributed to design and implementation of SQL Server database schema.• Completed many implementations of system to clients. Worked directly with firm’s clients to determine customizations to be made.

Demonstrated versatility in a number of business fields and technologies for clients of a small consulting firm.• Contributed to the development of risk management Visual Basic 3 application for major insurance company to be used by field agents.• Developed sophisticated accounting model in Microsoft Excel for a major bank. Used rapid prototyping to elicit client feedback to facilitate the understanding of requirements.• Consulted state government agency on large Visual Basic 3 application on proper use of event driven, object based development. Evaluated their development effort and authored report with recommendations.

Developed financial applications for Big Six accounting firm utilizing Microsoft Access and Microsoft Office products. • Developed accounting applications in Microsoft Access to be used internally working extensively with end users on requirements gathering and analysis.• Led development of standards for MS Access programming for entire programming team.