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Nashville, TN, US

Nashville, TN, US

• Worked on RCRMS and COE, web applications for risk analysis and incident reporting when transporting hazardous cargo via railway.
• Used C#.Net async/await pattern when accessing the database to improve performance and responsiveness of the system.
• Created a Windows service in C# to monitor the database and automatically kick of batch processing.
• Maintained GIS enabled website written in Silverlight and C# using Entity Framework for data access.Worked on Hazus project for FEMA as a sub contractor to IBM. Work was done in C++, C#, VB, and Transact-SQL.
• Fixed issues with Core of Hydraulics, a C# process that analyzed raster elevation data to determine river locations and floodplains.
• Maintained legacy user interface written in C++ and VB.

Nashville, Tennessee, US

PlacardPass is a cloud-based solution that replaces manual processes in the supply chain to assess regulatory compliance (i.e., hazmat placards, shipping papers). It is designed to operate in many operational environments including facility, port, and rail in-gates. PlacardPass validates shipping papers and placards, in-real time, and makes recommendations.

Kista, Stockholm, SE

• Worked on Network Engineer, a telecommunication facility mapping and management programbased on ESRI’s ArcGIS platform.
• Designed a subsystem to create and manage work prints used by telecommunicationengineers to manage work done by field crews. Led a team of 4 developers to implementthe subsystem in C#.
• Reimplemented a custom renderer in C# to display map data using telecommunicationindustry standards. Performance of the new renderer was improved by 15%.
• Worked with 4 other developers to make Network Engineer functionality available on theweb. Rewrote core pieces of the product using C# to be context independent so thesame code could run on the desktop and the server..
• Worked with one other developer to define the public API used to customize and extendfunctionality for Network Engineer on both the desktop and the server.
• Worked on a team that implemented software development process improvement usingtools such as: Resharper, FxCop, unit tests with Rhino Mocks, self-documenting codewith SandCastle, and integration tests.

US

• Worked on HUD contract to provide a web application used to manage non-profit properties andorganizations.
• Worked on a team of three developers to create a secure web application in ASP.Net.Web site performance and responsiveness was achieved using AJAX.; Worked with AMDWS group (Mission Systems) to provide threat detection.
• Maintained legacy C code on Unix to fix bugs in the existing software identified by thecustomer.
• Took the initiative to evaluate mapping tool kits for the replacement of legacy software.Prototyped a new system using C++. Threaded the prototype application to achievemaximum performance in integrating inputs from.

Falls Church, VA, US

• Worked with AMDWS group (Mission Systems) to provide threat detection and analysis (near real-time) to troops integrating data from multiple systems.
• Maintained legacy C code on Unix to fix bugs in the existing software identified by the customer.
• Took the initiative to evaluate mapping tool kits for the replacement of legacy software. Prototyped a new system using C++. Threaded the prototype application to achieve maximum performance in integrating inputs from.

Madison, AL, US

• Founding developer for G/Technology, a utility mapping application.
• Responsible for maintaining the database interface used by the entire application to fetch and store data. Work was in C++ and interfaced with an Oracle database via OCI.
• Designed subsystem to graphically present facility data relationships and attribution to the user, including hooks for customization. Led a team of one other developer to implement the subsystem in C++ and Visual Basic.
• Designed and implemented technology used for all feature data moving through the system. Work was in C++, and included message management for keeping data up to date.Worked on GeoMedia, a GIS package.
• Independently wrote the prototype framework to provide proof of concept for using COM and C++ to create a modular system.
• Designed and wrote the feature placement system in C++ used to capture user input to create new map features.