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● Lead a team of Software Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers using agile project management with Scrum in Team Foundation Server (TFS)● Responsible for the hiring and management of the team including yearly performance reviews● Responsible for research, design, and planning of new features such as the implementation of OpenID Connect with Azure● Lead code reviews to increase overall code quality and to provide learning opportunities to junior members of the team● Regularly give guidance and assistance to team members● Significantly improved the performance and reliability of our customer facing WCF SOAP based API for mobile clients● Enhanced an Angular 12 application to interact with USB scanners using SignalR● Improved the storage of images to use SQL Server partitioning to improve performance and provide easier management of the image storage

Carlsbad, California, United States

● Major participant in the estimation, design and planning of new features● Significantly improved the performance and reliability of our customer facing WCF SOAP based API for mobile clients● Enhanced the Angular 12 application to interact with USB scanners using SignalR● Enhanced the storage of images to use SQL Server partitioning to improve performance and provide easier management of the image storage● Major participant in code reviews to increase overall code quality and to provide learning opportunities to junior members of the team

Carlsbad, California

● Acted as Principal Architect to design new features and applications● Built an Angular application that enabled merchants to deposit checks● Created a RESTful API using WebAPI to support a rewrite of our flagship check processing application● Refactored the data access layer from ADO.NET to Entity Framework 6.0 with a focus on testability and performance● Used NServiceBus to handle asynchronous high-volume transactions● Converted legacy code to modern object-oriented code backed by unit testing● Used Scrum for Agile software development

Valencia, California

• Chief system architect for custom built distributed fleet systems using SQL Server replication and integrating corporate systems with cloud based solutions• Supervise a team of three programmers and one BA including hiring and evaluation• Primary contributor for data cataloging system in the Fleet HR system which is used as a foundation for management and dashboard reporting company wide • Analyze business requirements and work with stakeholders and subject matter experts to create and implement robust and failure tolerant custom solutions• Review program design, code, train and provide guidance to junior colleagues• Participated in developer committee to identify problems, discuss solutions and implement changes to our SDLC process• Work with cross functional teams to define and implement migration strategies from legacy systems to new architecture and custom technologies• Project/Technical lead for project scoping and design meetings with business partners• Used SQL Server's database and column encryption to protect confidential data

Valencia, California

• Design and develop complex custom applications, databases and services in .NET and SQL Server for global HR and payroll systems that improved the efficiency of ship scheduling operations, multicounty payroll calculations and tip allocations• Main contributor for shipboard component of the Fleet Payroll system in .NET and SQL Server that handled distributed transactions • Utilized business intelligence reporting to create key operational, financial, and analytic reporting for hotel operations and fleet recruiting• Key programmer for the custom fleet-wide gratuity and database system• Major contributor for the company’s conversion to SOX compliance for our fleet HR, Payroll and Payment card systems• Created high volume SOAP Web services using WCF for booking and ticketing• Built corporate security architecture using Active Directory, application security models, complex interactions between systems and processes.• Troubleshot, debugged and profiled code (Visual Studio + Tools) and database (SQL Server Management Studio\SQL Profiler)• Worked on diagnosing complex issues with applications in live environments• Participated in project scoping and design meetings with business partners

Valencia, California

• Primary support for the distributed Fleet HR system • Engineered a .NET API for the vendor created HR system• Re-wrote a number of custom built VBA and VB6 solutions in .NET• Deconstructed and analyzed vendor based Fleet HR system to troubleshoot and diagnose long standing issues that were unresolved by the team and the vendor• Primary programmer for the PCI compliant Pay Card system which utilized payment terminals and interfaced with payment processing providers • Assistant programmer to the Onboard version of the gratuity system converted from the existing Excel template based process• Created the .NET based administration application for the Onboard gratuity system

Moorpark, California

• Developed custom applications for medical industry clients in Visual Basic 6.0 and .NET.• Developed custom Transact-SQL scripts• Provided consulting services on the use of custom applications and scripts• Participated in project scoping and design meetings with clients• Developed several custom applications that were sold commercially to several clients• Resolved client database problems• Provided database/data conversion services

Woodland Hills, Ca

• Assisted with build and release management in Rational Clear Case• Documented processes to support SOX implementation