Career Summary As a Senior Software Engineer, I have worked primarily with Microsoft Technologies using the following: C#, VB.Net, Visual Studio, SQL Server, XSLT, Visio, MS Access, ASP / VBScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBA. My experience covers the creation of applications from the ground up, to maintaining and enhancing existing applications. I have worked closely with project managers, business analysts, and stake holders to get answers, provide feedback, and complete projects. I have written Use Cases and documented processes using Visio, and I have helped write and review requirements. From my experience at multiple companies, I am comfortable working with Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers October 2011 - Present (Contract thru Premier Tech) Title - Software Engineer

Data-Tronics Corp. June 2011 – September 2011 (Contract thru Modis) Title - Software Engineer Worked on two projects, reporting and planning both in distributed environments. The code for the reporting included SQL for over 80 aggregated values loading then into properties in a class and returning an object back to the calling method which in turn displayed the results to the user. About mid way through the project I Unit Tests to verify results. The code for the planning project was TDD (test driven development) using N-Unit where the architect stubbed in some unit tests and a few helper methods which served as the requirements. Then I implemented each test by adding the appropriate code and SQL. Both projects were coded using Visual Studio 2010, .net 3.5 framework, N-Unit test framework, and the data was queried from an IBM db2 database, and my work station was a VM with Windows 7. I preformed all of my work remotely via VPN and a RSA key over the internet from my home office in the Kansas City Missouri area.

Card Compliant June 2011 – August 2011 (Contract thru Premier Tech) Title - Software Engineer Created a web application using a wizard format that allowed a user to answer various questions to verify their identity. All logic was encapsulated in an N-Tier architecture with WCF service calls made to the business logic tier. This project was a proof of concept project and the contract was for less than two weeks. Because the project went well it lasted for 3 months and at that time I had to spin off because management needed someone who could dedicate more time and I did not have that availability. This web application was created in Visual Studio 2010 using the .net 4.0 framework and written in C#.

Bank Card Central November 2009 - September 2011 - Independent Consultant Title - Software Engineer Currently developing a project to import raw credit card transaction data files and load them into a SQL Server 2005 database for reporting. This is the first phase of a three-phase project. All work is performed on PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliant servers that I access via VPN (Virtual Private Network) and RDP (Remote Desktop). After reviewing the data files and knowing that occasionally banks will rename a file or a field name, I designed a plan using OOP concepts that would provide maintainability and flexibility. By using C#.net classes and loading data files into an object, I would have the ability to scrub data as needed, inserted data into the SQL Server 2005 database, and encapsulate all functionality for each data file in its own class.

DineEquity, Inc. January 2011 – March 2011 (Contract thru Modis) Title - Software Engineer I worked on the Apple1POS system on a project that allows users to order on line and pickup up their orders at a specified time and location. This required the conversion of their Car Side To-Go VB6 screen to a .net win form. Because the application was part VB6 and part .net all of the existing functionality and menu selections would need to be preserved as the application went back and forth between the VB6 forms and .net win forms. The Apple1POS system runs on touch screen terminals.

Quest Diagnostics May 2010 – November 2010 Title - Senior Developer Working on the Blueprint for Wellness product on an Agile team doing small enhancements and maintenance. The Blueprint for Wellness product allows consumers and employees of companies to sign up for and schedule appointments for lab work, and view their results online after the results are collected and loaded into the database This product is comprised of 5 web applications, 13 window services, and was developed using ASP.net, C#, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2005, and two Object Relational Mapping frameworks nHibernate, and SubSonic.

FreightQuote.com January 2010 – May 2010 - Contract Position (thru Comsys) Title - Software Engineer Worked on the User Experience team to help them make their public website www.freightquote.com more SEO friendly (search engine optimization). Completely reworked the file and folder structure of www.freightquote.com by renaming files and folders and moving them into a more logical order. Updated links in code and in resources files for the European pages. Created a dynamic section on the website to display shipping and rate information for individual states and shipping between states. This added 4951 virtual pages to the website that appeared to be physical page to the search engines, and was accomplished with code and markup in one page that already existed on the website. Converted a classic asp website to a .net 3.5 web application, using asp.net, C#, AJAX, and WCF. This application allows registered freight quote users to add a snippet of code to their website so that they can supply their customers a quote for shipping their products.

Mersoft November 2009 to January 2010 - Contract Position Title - Software Engineer My first project at Mersoft was to finish up an MS Access 2007 database project for Kansas City Southern Railroad, which tracks maintenance information for their locomotives. Changes consisted of fine - tuning screens and reports. The customer wanted a way to add historical data to a view that resembled a table. I created a wizard - like user interface to add, edit, and view this data. I also wrote some documentation for future enhancements. My second project at Mersoft is working on site at Epiq Systems working on a large team building a web application for Corporate Restructuring. This application is being developed using Visual Studio 2008 Team System using C#.net 3.5. The source code and work items (developer tasks) are integrated into Visual Studio 2008 and the project is managed using the agile methodology.

CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) November 2008 to November 2009 Title - Software Engineer Part of a large team that supports a web application used by insurance companies to manage their flood insurance policies. FEMA, which is now part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, regulates applications of this type, so a good portion of the work was incorporating all regulatory changes into the application as needed. Customer requests for enhancements and bug - fixes were also a part of the job. This application is written in VB.net 1.1, VB.net 3.5, Java Script, and VB6. The data is in an Oracle 10g database and Toad is used for developer access to the database. The look and feel for all the pages are controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and Subversion is used for source control. In addition to working on my day-to-day tasks, I documented the certain aspects of the complex nature of this application, such as debugging VB6 code in VB.net 1.1. I also spent time working with new team members getting their development environments up and running in a day, unlike the week it took me due to the lack of updated documentation. For most changes, the developer had a set of requirements from which to work. Once complete, the developer would also fill out a unit test check list, and have another developer on the team do a code review for those changes. An estimate of my time in each technology is as follows: 35% VB.Net 1.1 using Visual Studio 2003 20%, database analysis using Toad, 25%, JavaScript, and VB6, 20%.

Midland Loan Services, INC. March 2008 to November 2008 - (Contract thru Modis) Title - Software Engineer Worked on a project to develop a VB.net 2.0 application that extracts documents from an IBM Filenet Content Manager. The team met with the business several times to gather requirements. Developed Use Cases for the project using Microsoft Word and Visio to present to the business for their approval. Also developed four UI prototypes to flush out the final design. The UI (VB.net) provides a way for the user to build, manage, and save queries that will be used to generate lists of documents to be extracted. The user than can queue up and/or schedule queries to pull documents as needed. The look and feel of this application is controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Because we were pulling data from various servers and the user may make multiple requests, we loaded the result sets into data tables. The users were then able to pick and choose what to save and view before committing data back to the database. That greatly minimized network traffic and gave the users a very responsive UI.

Datacore Marketing October 2007 to March 2008 Title - Client Developer Tasks included pulling specific lists of data for clients by writing SQL Scripts to query SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 databases. Did some production support by doing analysis and troubleshooting of stored procedures and SSIS packages in various SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 databases when a scheduled SSIS jobs failed.

SAIC June 2007 to October 2007 Title - Software Application Engineer Worked as part of a large development team that was developing a crop insurance system for the Risk Management Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. Completed each project by coding from Use Cases and working with various subject matter experts. The project was web application being developed in C#.net using Visual Studio 2005 Team System, Enterprise Library 3.0, C#.net, Team Foundation Server, and the Model-View-Control (MVC) pattern. The look and feel of this application is controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).

Bank Card Central April 2006 - June 2007 Title - Senior Developer Provided project coordination for a reporting system that was leased by Bank Card Central, as well as coordinated all of the efforts from inception to deployment to production. Efforts included prototyping the UI in Visio, writing a QA test plan and training the testers. The application needed to be PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliant, and needed to be a three-tiered application. The data stored in an ISAM file, and logic-developed (middle tier) in Micro Focus Cobol. The public-facing side was a C#.Net 2.0 web application. The look and feel of this application is controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Developed using C#.net and Visual Studio 2005, Phase One of the ISO back-office portal, which is used by sales agents and merchants to view their daily credit card transactions and activities. This includes SQL Server 2005 for the database, Web Services for the business logic (middle tier) written in C#.net 2.0, and a Web front end using C#.Net 2.0. I implemented Microsoft roles and membership for managing authentication (Forms Authentication), and enabled Security Trimming for the menu system. Test data was added to verify that roles worked correctly, and that the menus were displaying access as planned. The look and feel of this application is controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Created a new user interface using Visual Studio 2005 and C#.net 2.0 for the payment gateway which eliminated two XML files that controlled the menus. When a menu item needed to be added or updated, it required updating the same XML code 21 times. This was replaced by adding menu data into a SQL Server 2005 database table also added functionality to ADD, EDIT, and DELETE menu items. A help system was also integrated into the new user interface using Visual Studio 2005 and C#.net 2.0. The look and feel of this application is controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Analyzed the C#.net 2.0 web application in Visual Studio 2005 and setup a payment gateway to run on the localhost (development environment on a developer’s local computer). The gateway consists of 101 projects in one Visual Studio 2005 .Net solution and is a three-tiered application. SQL Server 2005 Database, Web front end using C#.net and Visual Studio 2005, and Windows Services developed using C#.net and Visual Studio 2005 for the middle tier which contained the business logic. The cost savings to run applications on a localhost, was estimated at two hours per day per developer and there are three developers. Created step by step instructions for a developer to set up their localhost environment by recording them to .mp3 audio files. ROI: It took me five weeks (200 hours) to set up the localhost environment. My boss estimated the savings was two hours per day, per developer. For three developers that is 30 hours per week. The ROI would take seven weeks.

H&R Block May 1997 - April 2006 Title - Web Developer Developed an application for use by tax office managers to forecast their revenue targets, office labor, and employee verification. This application included reports which allowed the managers to track current status of revenue targets. It was written in C#.net using the .Net framework 1.1 and Visual Studio 2003. Development of this application was a time-sensitive project and required working closely with the stakeholders, business analyst, and the QA team to meet the deadline. Facilitated efforts of an Excel developer, DBA’s, and various managers who were users of a Budget Forecasting tool (in house tool) . Development of this tool included data entry into an MS Excel 97 workbook, and pulling data from the Hyperion and PeopleSoft systems. Calculations were performed on the data in the MS Excel 97 spreadsheet; then data was summarized and inserted into SQL Server 2000 database. Worked on the Company’s Intranet where the majority of the projects were static HTML pages. There were also a few dynamic pages using MS Access 97 databases. I created a tool to generate all of the static pages from an MS Access 97 database, and within 18 months, all departments could manage their own Intranet sites. The look and feel of this application is controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Within another year, funding came in to build a dynamic tool (consulting company) that would allow users to input their data online and have XSLT style sheets to transform that data. I also created 90 percent of the XSLT style sheets and trained users how to enter and manager their data in the new system. The look and feel of this application is controlled using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).

Midland Brake August 1995 to May 1997 Title - Senior Developer Developed client applications using Borland Delphi 2.0 and Microsoft Access 2.0, which updated data in various databases SQL Server 6.5, and RMS files on a VAX. I updated reports on the VAX using VAX Basic and embedded SQL. Then I developed two Microsoft Access 2.0 applications, a CRM system for the Customer Service department, and a parts-inventory system that would be sent out to customers as an electronic catalog, using the Microsoft Access 2.0 developer’s tool kit.

Sprint for Kelly Services June 1993 to June 1994 - Contract Position Responsible for monitoring and balancing the priorities of print jobs in two different SDSF print queues, and printed account-payable checks every day.

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