Rob Kraft Email & Phone Number

Lees Summit, Missouri, United States

I've worked with several companies to:- architect solutions on AWS,- add OAuth and MFA solutions to applications,- optimize SQL Server installations,- convert Access applications to SQL Server back ends,- spend time mentoring junior developers on their projects- write python scripts to identify near duplicate data using a neural network. Deployed in AWS.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• In 1998 I co-authorized "Using Microsoft SQL Server 7.0". In 1999 we made some revisions to that book and published as "Practical Microsoft SQL Server 7"
• In 2005 I wrote one chapter for the book "Hardening Network Security".
• I have served as technical editor on several IT books.
• In 2011 I wrote an article on SQL Server Security for Software Developer's Journal (a Polish magazine) at www.software.com.pl.
• I maintain a blog on C# development, SQL Server, Software Development, and running your own consulting business at http://csharpdeveloper.wordpress.com

• I greatly enjoy sharing what I have learned with others a conferences, user groups, and at private presentations.
• I presented at:- 10/28/2021 Agile KC - Kanban and Scrum Gone Bad- 09/17/2021 KCDC (kcdc.info) - Which Software Practices are Right For Your Team- 09/17/2021 KCDC (kcdc.info) - Defense in Depth - Minimizing the Risk of.

• I have written several programs and apps over the years.
• 2020 - An app I wrote as part of https://CodeForKC.org to help small restaurants sell online during the epidemic: https://sohailaskitchen.glideapp.io/
• 2020 - An app to share info about the HOA I live in: https://longviewfarmhoa.glideapp.io/
• 2020 - An app to promote urgent needs for a non-profit: https://hopehouseurgentneeds.glideapp.io/
• 2020 - An app to share local IT Tech events and Groups in the KC Metro: https://kansascityusergroups.glideapp.io/
• 2020 - An app to share local gaming events and stores: https://rpgkc.glideapp.io/

• Since 2008, I have maintained https://www.KansasCityUserGroups.com.
• In 2011, I created https://www.programmerspledge.com.
• In 2012, I create https://www.robertsrulesofcoders.com/
• From 2006 - 2011 - I have served as the webmaster for my homeowners association making changes to our site (www.longviewfarmhoa.org), and sending email announcements.
• In 2014, I created https://www.TableTopRPGPortal.com.
• In 2010, I led a team of developers using Silverlight at a Coders 4 Charity event to create a web site for a non-profit. I continue to support and maintain this web site. http://auction.hopehouse.net.

Overland Park, KS

Team lead and software architect. Clients install our web applications on premise, we also offer our solution in the cloud. Our REST API powers our Angular web app, Java Android Tablet app, Objective-C IOS Tablet App, as well as the custom integrations of third party developers. The primary tech stack I worked on was C# on the back end with a SQL Server or.

Overland Park, KS

Senior Architect, Project Manager, Technical Lead and mentor for a team of developers producing web-based applications. We created business objects and a HATEOAS REST API using C# and the CSLA.Net. We have an Angular SPA front-end that we migrated from ASP.Net and Silverlight. Our REST API serves third party developers and also our Android Tablet and iOS.

Senior Architect, Project Manager, Technical Lead and mentor for a team of developers producing web-based applications. C# with Angular, Silverlight, Csla.Net, SQL Server, and Oracle.

I installed and supported windows servers for several non-profit organizations. The physical servers were hosted remotely (in the Kansas City metro) and I applied regular OS updates and maintained the automated backups of critical application data and performed any IT troubleshooting. I enrolled volunteers for non-profit activities on a monthly basis using.

• Architected and coded desktop Point of Sale solution in Visual Basic with SQL Server database
• Introduced automated builds of Visual Basic projects
• Created software to track all our bugs and features backlog
• Created automated unit tests to run against our Visual Basic applications

• Developed client/server applications primarily in C++ that supported client’s choice of SQL Server, Oracle, or Access for the DBMS

• Developed client/server applications primarily in C++ that supported client’s choice of SQL Server, Oracle, or Access for the DBMS
• Taught classes on Java and WebSphere

• Visual Basic User Group Leader. Find speakers and locations. Schedule and promote events.
• Served on the board of Heartland User's Group - a collective comprising a dozen technical special interest groups to assist each with a newsletter, marketing, and operations.

• Helped design relational database tables for a data warehouse

• Taught week-long classes to software professionals on SQL Server, Visual Basic and a few other technologies
• Developed a Real Estate application using Visual Basic and SQL Server with other developers

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Coder and integrator of applications written in COBOL with JCL and ISAM/VSAM and DB2 that ran on 3090s
• Extensive Disaster Recovery planning and experience
• Responsible for insuring applications had 100% uptime during operating hours
• Developed applications in Visual Basic and developed patterns for future VB development

Master'S, Project Management

Bachelor'S, Computer Information Systems