Marc Bednar Email & Phone Number

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

• Responsible for the complete architecture design and development of the new Commerce Server 2009 API and backend server. This application made use of the latest Microsoft .Net 3.5 and WCF 3.5 technologies and iterative software development methodologies.• Responsible for the delivery of the next generation web 2.0 Multi-Channel eCommerce Alpine Ski House demonstration application showcased at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference. Integrated Kiosk, Point-of-Sales, Mobile shopping and web storefronts into a single unified Commerce Server 2007 driven environment.• Development lead for a commercial product used to synchronize supply and retail products via data pools (UCCnet & WWRE), GS1 and trading partners.• Responsible for the production of various Live demo applications used to showcase the integration of RFID technology in the retail space. Interfaced and integrated various RFID technologies (readers & printers), POS and e-Commerce web applications.• Participated in various Microsoft lead projects and demos showcasing Commerce Server 2007 and WFC.• B2B experience using cXML 1.0/1.1 and OCI 2.0B.• Provided Microsoft with a tool that integrates some Office application suite (Excel and Visio) with Commerce Server 2000 and 2002 for catalog management. This COM based SDK was written in C++ with the use of ATL 2.0 and VBA for Office product integration.Technologies / Methodologies Used: .Net 3.5, ASP.Net, C#, C++, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF 3.5), Commerce Server 2007 & 2009, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Visual Studio 2008, Silverlight, WPF, WinForm, ATL, MFC, SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008, Microsoft RFID Server, COM, Windows Server 2003 & 2008, Biztalk Server 2004.

• Key member in the design & implementation if Web oriented (ASP) applications (myTASKE) maximizing use of the existing application architecture.• Responsible for the design and implementation of a networking environment (Winsock 2.0 – I/O completion ports), which serves as a bridge to legacy implementations and defines the new development architecture for their migration.• Extensive use of multi-threaded development practices. All core components are required to be thread-safe.• Extensive exposure and use of: MSDEV 6.0, IIS/ASP, COM, MFC/ATL, NT Services, Winsock 1.1 & 2.0, XML & XSL.• Participated in the maintenance of the code for the ACD toolbox suite.• Provided direction and technical knowledge to other members of the software development team.

• Key member in the continued development of their flagship product assetOutlook. All code was written in MSDEV 5.0/C++ and MFC.• Extensive exposure to the RogueWave database access tool providing a unified coding API for accessing all major database engines.

• Key member of the design and development of a 32-bit, 3-tier client/server Service Information System for Windows NT and Windows 95/98.• Role encompasses documenting requirements, project planning, management of project development schedules and development teams.• Provided direction and technical knowledge to more junior members of the software development team.• Extensive exposure to: C++, MFC, ActiveX, COM/OLE, ODBC

Work at various other companies as a full time employee and as an independent consultant.