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Technologies used: C#, SVN, GIT, Bamboo, Powershell, SQL- Designed and consumed a web service used to backup Hyper-V hosts and virtual machines- Deployed Hyper-V clustered environments for development and testing- Maintained and extended the core backup and restore engines - Created SQL scripts which populate the vRanger databases to aid QA in stress testing- Created and extended powershell scripts to expose api methods for user scripting- Led a team and contributed to developing an agent service to back up physical machines- Performed extensive refactoring to decouple the core backup engine from its consumers- Created a wizard template project used throughout vRanger- Improved performance by analyzing code to identifying memory leaks and inefficent methods- Designed user interfaces using mock ups and utilizing customer feedback- Used C++/CLI to enable C# to use existing C++ code- Maintained and extended build and deployment environments- Implemented watchdog service to monitor VMware environments to prevent data corruption

Technologies used: Delphi, C#, InstallShield, Ant, StarTeam, Java, SQL- Created GCC Client application using C#- Implemented proof of concept merging GCC functionality into a legacy project (C# and Delphi)- Responsible for mentoring new developers in Delphi, Java and C#- Created NTSSO login handshake verification tool in C# - Maintained the build machine, Ant build scripts, and StarTeam source code archive- Implemented build and deployment procedures company-wide - Created and performed onsite training program for client’s users and technicians- Created detailed documentation of development environments and tools- Provided client services support on SEV1 customer issues

Technologies used: Delphi, C#, InstallShield, Ant, StarTeam, AQTime, Java, SQL- Converted LCS presence model from subscription based presence to polling- Refactored Group Synchronizer component to increase reliability and performance (C#)- Implemented Block/Allow functionality for MindAlign LCS (Delphi)- Created user data migration tool for use in environment conversions using C#- Decreased memory consumption/increased performance of MindAlign using AQTime- Updated MindAlign to properly handle Unicode characters in chat (Delphi)- Designed and implemented MSI deployment projects using InstallShield- Incorporated LiveMeeting and WebEx meeting capabilities into MindAlign (C# and Delphi)- Streamlined the release build process to improve its efficiency using Java and Ant- Updated MindAlign to properly handle the input and display of Kanji characters (Delphi)

Technologies used: Delphi, C#, InstallShield, DemoShield, SourceSafe, StarTeam, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, Visual Build, TestComplete, SQL-Created a universal automated build solution using Visual Build-Created a suite of custom drawn user interface components using C# and GDI+-Designed and implemented an application for the design of custom labels using C#-Implemented unit testing of components -Responsible for the design and implementation of user interfaces and controls-Developed user controls using a combination of JavaScript, XML, XSLT, and VML -Designed and implemented a multi-lingual help system using XML and XSLT-Designed and implemented reporting tools using XML and XSLT-Created globalized deployment solutions for retail release using InstallShield-Created an automated software release build tool for the QA group-Implemented the deployment of Internet Explorer, .Net, and MSDE 2000-Created a CD browser application to conditionally launch setup components