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Redmond, Washington, Us

In this high-profile role, I partner across business and IT stakeholders to drive standards and practices, enabling IT to meet business demands for velocity, and protecting shareholder value while delivering on Microsoft business objectives. I also strategize with business and service lines to develop solutions based on a variety of criteria including a clear description of services, functionality, scalability, future-proofing, and costs. Code proof of concept applications to validate the suitability of various Azure components within customer solutions and increase AI technical intensity through upskilling, sharing best practices, and scaling repeatable processes.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Cloud technologies reward deliberate design and good practices. My job at Microsoft in the Customer Success Unit is part of a significant investment being made to help our customers make their implementation of workloads in the Azure cloud produce the most business value possible. This can range from gathering requirements and mapping them to appropriate technologies to educating both business and technology stakeholders.

Arlington, Va, Us

As the Regional Director for Region 09-5, I have the honor of overseeing Sea Cadet units within the state of Indiana for the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC). In this role, I am committed to fostering a supportive and enriching environment for our cadets and volunteers. My responsibilities include:- Providing Leadership: Offering guidance and mentorship to unit commanding officers and cadets, ensuring the highest standards of leadership and personal development.- Ensuring Compliance: Overseeing unit operations to guarantee adherence to USNSCC regulations, policies, and safety standards.- Facilitating Communication: Acting as a liaison between National Headquarters and local units, ensuring clear and effective communication of initiatives and directives.- Supporting Units: Assisting units with resources and support needed to operate efficiently and effectively.I am passionate about the mission of the USNSCC and dedicated to providing a program that shapes the future leaders of our nation. With a focus on teamwork, discipline, and community service, I aim to inspire our cadets to achieve their fullest potential.

Arlington, Va, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

The U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps is a non-profit youth program. We provide compelling, life-changing programs for America's youth that instill the values of teamwork, discipline, camaraderie, and service through our passionate all-volunteer force and our partnerships with the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. As the local unit commander, it is my honor to lead an adult volunteer team that helps guide young adults preparing to be a new generation of leaders in America both in the military and civilian pursuits.

Mclean, Va, Us

I authored and delivered solution designs, scope of work (SOWs), and technical project plans incorporating service and program management activities. I also provided global technical leadership within Microsoft-focused Application Development practice working globally, upskilled staff facilitated performance improvement opportunities, and periodic architectural reviews. Continuously improved efficiency and effectiveness of the architecture and established and boosted technical and business capabilities in the Mixed Reality solution space.

Louisville, Kentucky, Us

I analyzed application performance data to identify trends and areas for improvement and developed best practices and standards for application performance management. I also defined, revised, and spearheaded business and IT stakeholders’ practices utilizing Application Performance Management (APM) tools and disciplines, improving the performance and resilience of production applications across the enterprise. Supervised development teams, architects, and Scrum Masters in development practices supporting performant and resilient systems.

Louisville, Kentucky, Us

Contracted through Perficient, served as developer, architect, and tech lead for migration of Humana's public facing web presence to Sitecore. This involved development of front end and back end frameworks with reusable components to be used across organizations to ensure a secure and consistent experience.Reporting through the marketing organization, this was my first true exposure to the need for accessibility in software and it forever changed my view of trying to truly understand the users of software and their unique needs.

Redmond, Washington, Us

The Microsoft Virtual Technology Specialist Program (VTSP) is a select group chosen from the elite in Microsoft’s partner community, whose focus is to augment Microsoft’s internal Technology Specialist team. Their primary role is to communicate the value of Microsoft Solutions to customers and to provide architectural guidance for Enterprise Integration solutions. The Microsoft VTSP program was designed to create a deeper relationship with Microsoft Partners, the Product Teams at Microsoft Corporate, and Regional Microsoft Offices, in order to provide highly skilled solution specialists to Microsoft customers. It is designed to enable a high performance team of partner-based resources to deliver pre-sale activities and resources to empower customers and help them meet their solution and integration needs.

St Louis, Mo 63141, Mo, Us

I designed functional technology solutions, oversaw the development and implementation of programs, and provided technical leadership and support to software development teams. I also contributed to the execution of complex projects (sole resource doing design, architecture, and development, primary architect) by managing the technical work product of 100 front-end developers. Operated architecture discussions for 300 individual developers at semi-weekly meetings, driving the architecture of multi-application programs.

New York, Ny, Us

Authored "Beginning Windows 8 Application Development – XAML Edition" to help developers get started developing applications for Windows 8.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Developed unique Sitecore implementation including custom authentication and the ability to create branded versions of custom site templates.

Carmel, Indiana, Us

Completed design and implementation of custom ETL system integrating heterogeneous systems using SQL Server 2008R2, Windows Communication Foundation and IBM WebSphere MQ

Indianapolis, In, Us

Brought a passion to solve problems to the classroom to teach students in a variety of classes covering programming languages and database solutions. Consistently received feedback that students not only felt that they had a grasp for what was in the book when my class was completed, but also how that information would be applied in their future career.

Indianapolis, In, Us

Blue Pillar, Inc. provides digital energy asset management products and services that enable sophisticated management of complicated, large-footprint energy assets - including Smart Grid energy initiatives for hospitals, industrial, commercial, and data center customers.• Served as Architect and primary development resource for ISV building a combined hardware/software solution for SmartGrid energy management• Migrated ASP.Net WebForms solution to rich application using Silverlight 4• Migrated .NET Remoting services to WCF• Established continuous integration with Microsoft Team Foundation Server to help ensure software quality• Defined standards and architecture to provide framework to allow for scalability in the development organization

Bannockburn, Illinois, Us

• Served as lead member of Enterprise Architecture team working with executive leadership to align applications and processes with the goals of the management team• Led cross-functional team comprised of leaders at the Director level in addressing systems and processes to turn a “loss leader” product offering profitable• As a “working leader”, provided technical supervision to development staff while serving as a development resource on projects• Teamed with project manager to size projects and allocate resources in a way that balances leveraging existing skills with providing training opportunities• Assisted business analyst in translating user requirements to actionable changes to either systems or processes• Developed pilot projects transitioning the organization to Visual Studio 2008 and again to Visual Studio 2010• Provided ongoing technical training to development resources in the form of informal mentoring and weekly “lunch and learn” training sessions

Indianapolis, In, Us

• Served as member of team development core transactional application to manage pharmaceutical returns• Coded in all tiers of the application and provided guidance to other team members as needed in design and implementation to accomplish their tasks• Provided architectural guidance to permanent staff• System was delivered as an Internet Explorer hosted web application and tasks involved the following tools/languages: o Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 o C# (2.0) o ASP.Net o JavaScripto Microsoft AJAX Extensionso Microsoft Component Serviceso Microsoft GDI librarieso Microsoft Unmanaged Win32 APIo EPL (printer job control for labels)o Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Louisville, Kentucky, Us

• Member of team responsible for oversight of application architecture across the Enterprise• Led pilot program to enable mainframe web service support using CICS Web Services• Function as project lead for multiple concurrent projects• Work closely with business partners to identify needs and design solutions both from a technology and process view• Provide mentoring for development staff and formal training to familiarize Director-level management staff with current development technologies and practices• Functioned as architect and team lead in application used to track requests to add new providers to Humana’s Provider networks. Application was developed using ASP.Net (C#), and SQL Server 2000 and utilized the User Interface Process, Data Access, and Exception Management Microsoft Application Blocks.• Functioned as architect and team lead in application used to compare lists of providers against Humana’s Provider networks using Visual Basic 6.0, COM+, ASP, ActiveX controls, XML, and XSLT• Designed, developed, and provided ongoing support for Competitive Intelligence processes used to collect and analyze data that is used to make strategic decisions at the Senior VP level• Installed, configured, and administered servers used for Competitive Intelligence processes• Work as team member developing Enterprise level application integrating heterogeneous mainframe applications using Visual Basic 6.0, MTS, ASP, SQL Server 2000, XML, and XSLT• Gather and analyze business requirements to determine appropriate solutions and produce functional specifications• Design new application subsystems to reflect the evolving needs of the business• Perform unit and system integration testing to validate design and implementation

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

In this role I transitioned from being very much an IT generalist to focus more on software development. I accepted the position intended to be a "temp to hire" situation with Humana. I quickly learned the team, organization, and technologies involved with the multi-year project and was hired into a leadership role on the team.

Columbus, In, Us

• Managed department responsible for evaluating and implementing new technologies as well as supporting existing technologies• Designed and developed award winning public web sites for Credit Union using Active Server Pages and Microsoft SQL Server 2000• Developed portal web site for Board of Directors using ASP.NET, VB.NET, and SQL Server 2000• Oversaw development of messaging and database applications and stores using Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and Microsoft SQL Server 7.0/2000• In capacity of Information Security Officer, developed and implemented security policies in accordance with Federal legislation• Conducted internal audits to ensure compliance with software licensing agreements and copywrite law• Performed as technical lead for internal software application development projects using Microsoft Visual Basic, COM, and Active Server Pages for n-tier applications• Supervised corporate Helpdesk• Performed duties of Database Administrator and Webmaster• Functioned in capacity of Director of Information Technology in the Director’s absence• Responsible for the maintenance and development of institution’s web presence on Internet Information Server 4/5 platforms• Analyzed work flow and design/recommend software that increases efficiency within the organization• Evaluated emerging technologies to determine whether they met the existing or anticipated needs of the Credit Union• Developed database applications to provide critical information used in making decisions by management

• Primary duties included converting dBase type databases to Microsoft Access and supporting Microsoft Office solutions• Developed solutions using Visual Basic for Applications and Microsoft Office• Developed and supported Microsoft Access application to maintain accountability for over 6000 soldiers during Year 2000 training rotation

Indianapolis, In, Us

Completed project work for multiple clients including:- Cummins Distribution Business Unit - BP2000 helpdesk- Cummins Automotive Business Unit - Cummins Power Store web development- Centra Credit Union - Member website web development

This was my first experience where taking care of technology needs was my full time job. I served as the entire IT department for a 50 person commercial trucking insurance company, managing servers (Windows NT, Novell Netware, IBM AS/400, IBM RS/6000), networking, and developing software applications both for our public website and for internal use. A highlight of this experience was the development of a system that allowed our insureds to generate PDF certificates of insurance, saving our customers time and reducing the cost of paper, postage, and manual effort previously spent having Customer Service Reps print and mail these certificates.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Counter and Inside Sales for electrical supplier and Allen Bradley automation products distributor. In addition to providing customers with superb service at the sales counter and on the phone, I leveraged application development skills and an understanding of the "art of the possible" to produce what at the time was a cutting edge tool for contractors to load data files containing their pricing for the products we sold and conduct estimation. After building their estimate, they were able to electronically submit orders without leaving the application.I also functioned as our location's Rockwell Automation Software Specialist, helping customers configure and customize SCADA solutions integrating with Allen Bradley industrial automation products. These solutions gave real-time insight into the operating environment on the plant floor and the ability to respond to changing conditions. The SCADA systems of the 1990's gave way to what would eventually come to cloud computing as Internet of Things (IoT).

Washington, Dc, Us

Served as a musician in the 3D Marine Aircraft Wing band, playing tuba and euphonium.In addition to my primary duties, I provided technical support to unit administrative staff integrating PC computers and office productivity software into our operations.

Bachelor Of Science, Business Information Systems

Diploma, General Secondary Education