Everett Taylor Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Architected and maintained multiple fully distributed enterprise grade TFS/Azure DevOps Server instances. TFS 2010-ADO 2022.Consolidated multiple TFS instances by either TPC migration/upgrade, TFS Integration Tools, or homegrown tools.Provided support and guidance for development teams using Visual Studio ALM tools.Migrated Azure DevOps Server collections to SaaS service using both standard and custom migration routes.Assisted with implementation of multiple GitHub Enterprise Server and Enterprise Cloud instances.Consolidated/converted/migrated version control repositories to GitHub Enterprise Server for 150+ development teams from multiple platforms, including TFS/ADO, GitLab, AWS CodeCommit, Subversion, SourceGear Vault Pro.Managed Docker Desktop corporate development environment, including Docker Hub and private container repositories.

Las Colinas, Tx

Commercial Technical Support: Top-tier escalation, customer facing advisory and reactive support services for .NET Framework, with a specialization in TFS, Pipelines, and Test Plans.Provided mid-tier support for Azure solutions, primarily web apps.Coordinated with product group on the release of hot fixes and service packs for multiple products/services.Authored knowledge base articles for common customer issues and hot fix releases.Developed internal readiness training for both current and upcoming releases.Member of Visual Studio ALM Rangers

Las Colinas, Tx

Provided on-site customer-facing reactive and proactive support services for Visual Studio ALM tool set and the .NET Framework.Emergency response on-site engineering for production .NET systems.Premier Field Engineering global lead on Visual Studio ALM tools with specialization in Team Foundation Server.Assisted customers with application performance testing at both Microsoft and customer test labs.Author and master trainer for multiple TFS/Visual Studio ALM offerings, including TFS Health Check, VS 2005-2010 ALM workshops for Boards, Pipelines, and Test Plans.Provided mentoring and on-boarding for other .NET field engineers into the Visual Studio ALM tools space.Coordinated global expansion of VS ALM support into other regions, e.g., Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia.Assisted Technical Account Managers with preparation of long-range Service Delivery Plans for adoption of Visual Studio ALM tools with Premier customers.Member of Visual Studio ALM Rangers

Longview, Texas Area

Solutions architecture and project management using classic .NET web application development for K-12 public school administration software.