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Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Tasked with bringing a computer science perspective to software development projects for internal and commercial clients. Established new development process blending engineering knowledge and technical expertise with commercial software development best practices at all stages of application lifecycle.Architected next generation commercial software for the design, rating and simulation of heat exchangers. Separated data management and algorithm processing modules, encapsulating them in platform-independent services and libraries.Designed and implemented new digital rights management solution which encompasses the full development lifecycle including the build process and the incorporation of vendor libraries/services, all to securely handle customer licensing & feature provisioning requirements. Team lead for new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system using SAP Business One. Extensive customization of C# client software and SQL Server database to address internal business requirements.Contributed to design and implementation for corporate web assets including public web site and employee intranet portal.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Began as a part time student and grew professionally as the company grew to role as a team lead and lead consultant reporting directly to the two Capsher owners/founders.Managed consulting engagements with teams as large as 12 developers. Gathered requirements, provided status updates and verified deliverables. Regularly interacted with client personnel at all levels of responsibility, including: division managers, product champions, development leads, business managers and technical managers. Supervised Capsher developer consultants with diverse skills and talent levels to achieve client success and maintain engagement profitability. Lead role in talent acquisition and staff development. Educated new hires in practical software development methods. Multiple projects with four separate divisions within a multinational oilfield services company. Work included reservoir modelling applications, data management solutions, and user interface. Example projects:Developed real-time control system with touch-based interface for managing multiple service units in a field installation. Included complex multi-threaded data acquisition system to handle the volume of data input sent from the field units in order to efficiently support custom visualizations. Created field-installed monitoring and management devices for automated operational controls Developed on single-board system using an embedded version of Linux.Real-time control systems for oilfield services equipment utilizing TCP/IP, OPC, Modbus, CAN and custom data protocols for distributed communication.

Richardson, Tx

Three semesters as part of university-sponsored cooperative education programMaintenance C++ work on both computational and user interface components. Hewlett Packard UNIX Gathered process details and failure rate data, creating models to simulate various process designs.