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Elk Grove, CA, US

• Refactored a game software application written in MS Silverlight 5 into a.NET MAUI cross-platform application including built-in group videoconferencing with multiple Red5 servers
• Converted all networking from ASP.NET web services to a faster.NET Sockets 2-way design running within automated Windows Service applications inside the AWS cloud
• Refactored a WPF tooling application into.NET MAUI with Syncfusion controls
• Harnessed a code generator I wrote to create the SQL Server database, all stored procedures, and full ADO.NET backend for low-level increased execution speed
• Led team of 3 engineers using Azure DevOps and MS Teams
• Consistently met all deadlines

Modesto, CA, US

• Joined a team of 5 software developers working on an established enterprise telehealth web application
• Used skills including C#, JavaScript, Node.js, jQuery, and T-SQL to work through the large backlog and help migrate the solution away from the existing offshore team being phased out
• Worked within a combination of Visual Studio 2022 and JetBrains Rider IDEs as well as Chrome Developer Tools to create an improved frontend debugging pipeline for the team
• Rewrote the npm source-map script to enable working breakpoints (despite the nontraditional solution architecture) which had not worked for the prior two years
• Attended daily Scrum, architecture, design, and transition meetings with the offshore team as they communicated application complexities, including a number of integrations with each client’s proprietary APIs
• Utilized GitHub, Jira, Teams, Discord, and Slack

• Brought in to assist in maintaining a mission-critical, enterprise software application for the GMR (Global Medical Response) State Reporting department
• Dove into the software and learned to maintain and enhance the C#, Windows forms and T-SQL code while making certain not to break existing functionality
• Developed a depth and breadth of understanding of the HIE (Health Information Exchange) software solution, its related MSSQL database tables and queries, as well as various satellite software solutions related to HIE
• Fit in well with the nine-member team of State Reporting data analysts, clinical data analysts, the existing software engineer, and the department manager, ultimately becoming the Development Manager, leading a team of.
• Promoted a culture of focusing software-development effort on building solid tools to automate processes, increasing team productivity, and minimizing hardcoding
• Independently built HIE DataSource, a software tooling application containing fifteen tools designed to simplify and shave time from each team member’s routine duties, helping the department to be able to handle a.

• Invented and developed company's Silverlight 5 RIA for video conferencing, collaboration, and face-to-face Web Offices: Choice WebOffice™
• Repurposed same Silverlight 5 RIA to be used for group video chat-based online tabletop and board gaming entertainment platform at http://itabletop.com
• Architecture of entire UI and design of all user features
• Wrote DNN module to integrate Silverlight into DNN, including token-based security integration and optional Out of Browser (OOB) Silverlight experience
• Employed Agile product management methodology for team
• Integrated Silverlight 5 for the rich front-end GUI, Adobe Flash/Actionscript for face-to-face video conferencing, ASP.NET web services as well as a C# windows socket service for server communications, with all web.

• 3-month contract completed to client’s delight
• Built DNN 6.x portal for an ice cream distribution company
• Leveraged my graphic design skills to produce a clean, aesthetic website using hand-picked high-quality images from Shutterstock
• Integrated Catalook shopping cart into the portal and modified it to work well with company’s supermarket chain clients and DSD (Direct Store Delivery) clients
• Engineered back-end.NET console application to integrate DNN database with company’s MAS accounting database, providing for scheduled product flow from MAS into the DNN shopping cart module and scheduled sales order.
• Generated a Visual Studio LightSwitch (Silverlight) application for use as the administrative application

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

• Brought in to take over and improve a Silverlight 4 dashboard application integrated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Quickly familiarized with the previous developer's architecture and improved the component's C# coding and T-SQL stored procedures for improved speed and new features
• Redesigned the GUI interface in a later iteration and added an innovative “digest” view, improving the look and feel and usability of the component
• Proposed and built a WPF application designed to load products and SSO (single sales opportunity) renewal records into Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Wrote all tiers of application including front end XAML, WCF web services.
• Worked well with team of 13 including business analysts, developers, testers, data specialists, training and support team, and project manager
• Contract renewed three times

Denver, CO, US

• Brought in to take over a critical project that had become unmanageable to previous developer
• Quickly managed to understand the current framework and identified significant problem areas with the design and implementation of the software
• Worked well with stakeholders and users to come to agreement on GUI and process flow designs that would work well for processing over 20,000 invoices per month through the software
• Completed the software rewrite in a timely manner and provided considerable time improving and maintaining the system after initial deployment
• Firm respected my skills and work ethic and renewed my 3-month contract seven times for a total of two years
• Worked off site from my own office in Denver and was highly successful with a minimum of supervision or oversight

Edison, New Jersey, US

• Senior C# Software engineer/manager working with a team of approximately 15 professionals developing a large-scale ASP.NET application for the organ donation/transplant industry. Touched all aspects of development.
• Managed staff of 3 company-employed individuals, building motivation through showing respect and leading through example
• Implemented in-depth testing and quality control for code modules to meet strict FDA software regulations. Studied target FDA regulations and wrote custom software to log test results and output properly formatted.
• Applied persistence and creativity to frequently solve problems that others were unable to solve
• Successfully worked along side 15 Hitachi Development consultants during a one-year development process, gaining their trust and respect quickly
• Creatively solved a dire behind-schedule status by developing a code generator that took a short, one-page script and generated 20 pages of near-complete ASP.NET code including presentation, business and data layers..

Bainbridge Island, Washington, US

Managed department responsible for data processing of 60 extensive custom research projects annually, all company software development and IT-related client relations. Reported to Executive Vice President.Streamlined and automated all data processing procedures. Developed Stowell-Data SmartCode, a Visual C++ Windows application replacing 23 distinct.