Senior .NET Developer

• May 2023 - Present

Senior Developer

• Jun 2015 - Oct 2022

• Designed, implemented, and delivered API integration between WidePoint internal application and SaaS e-commerce platform Shopify, in order to coordinate all phone accessory sales and inventory. • Delivered extensive new ASP.NET and database functionality (and ongoing maintenance) for large customer-facing telecommunications expense management system. This system is used to simplify the management of over 300,000 cell phones for 50 large government and commercial clients. • Led effort to introduce business objects and N-tiered architecture to an older, less object-oriented code base. Mentored team and reviewed code to ensure that object-oriented best practices and SOLID design principles were followed. • Mentored team and manager regarding industry-standard best practices, object oriented programming principles, and preparations for moving to Agile processes. • Technology used: ASP.NET 4.5, C#, Web Forms, Visual Studio, SQL Server, T-SQL stored procedures, JavaScript, CSS, JSON, dapper, git, Subversion, MSTest, LINQ Show less

Independent Study, Unity Game Programming

• Jan 2013 - Feb 2015

• Completed online courses regarding 2D and 3D video game design, development, optimization, scripting, networking and deployment for PC, iPhone and Android. • Technologies used: C#, .NET 4.5, Visual Studio, Mono 2.6, Unity3D 4.x • Completed online courses regarding 2D and 3D video game design, development, optimization, scripting, networking and deployment for PC, iPhone and Android. • Technologies used: C#, .NET 4.5, Visual Studio, Mono 2.6, Unity3D 4.x

Senior Consultant

• Jan 2012 - Jul 2012

Client: Safeware Inc. Responsible for maintaining and updating a large internal application for managing insurance policies, claims, rates and quotes. Performed analysis, requirement gathering, estimates, coding, database development, documentation and testing for all new functionality and updates. • Implemented changes necessary to transition all customers in 15 states to a new underwriter within an extremely aggressive 90-day deadline. • Advised senior management team regarding condition of existing suite of in-house software, and proposed a detailed plan for addressing those issues moving forward in order to support CEO’s IT vision for the company’s future initiatives. • Researched and documented all aspects of existing internal policy management application. Researched and documented complete process of configuring development and staging environments. Neither had been documented at all in over 10 years of use. Technologies used: ASP.NET 2.0, C#, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, stored procedures, XML, JavaScript, IIS 7, Subversion, TortoiseSVN Show less

Lead Architect/Cloud Architect

• Sep 2010 - Jun 2011

Managed a team of 3 onshore and 12 offshore developers, leading and assisting them with all aspects of implementing new features and updates in the core e-commerce product. Architected and designed major new product features and fundamental improvements, working closely with directors and account managers to ensure that project schedules and budgets were adhered to. Served as team lead, project manager, business analyst, code reviewer, tester, mentor, and overall subject matter expert. • Led a distributed team of 4 developers to migrate Znode’s e-commerce platform to Microsoft Azure. Result was the first e-commerce platform in the world to support Azure. • Served as primary advisor to CEO and CTO regarding technology issues related to product roadmap. Provided concise summaries of issues, pros and cons of the available options, specific impacts on overall technical direction, and personal recommendations. • Dramatically increased software development team productivity by streamlining all coordination between onshore and offshore teams. Developed and implemented customized change control processes and task workflow. Initiated custom coding standards based on industry best practices. Technologies used: Microsoft Windows Azure Platform, SQL Azure, Azure SDK, ASP.NET 3.5, C#, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008, Red Gate SQL Compare, JIRA Studio, stored procedures, T-SQL, Subversion, TortoiseSVN, Znode Multifront Show less

ASP.NET Application Architect (Consultant)

• May 2010 - Jul 2010

Developed suite of database-driven product line pages for Lean Cuisine on behalf of client Resource Interactive. Also designed, built and delivered brand new customer product review submission system with administrative functionality. Technologies used: ASP.NET 2.0, C#, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, stored procedures, T-SQL, XML Web Services, JSON, JavaScript, IIS 6.0, MVC, Subversion, TortoiseSVN Developed suite of database-driven product line pages for Lean Cuisine on behalf of client Resource Interactive. Also designed, built and delivered brand new customer product review submission system with administrative functionality. Technologies used: ASP.NET 2.0, C#, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, stored procedures, T-SQL, XML Web Services, JSON, JavaScript, IIS 6.0, MVC, Subversion, TortoiseSVN

Entrepreneurial Business Manager

• Apr 2009 - Mar 2010

Performed exploratory analysis regarding promising iPhone software business opportunity. Performed initial market research, analyzed industry and competition, became a registered Apple iPhone developer, and self-taught iPhone application development. Product concept was commercial wine application with functionality to scan wine label bar codes, record tasting notes, and manage home cellar inventory. Technologies used: iPhone SDK 3, Objective-C, Xcode, Mac OS X Leopard Performed exploratory analysis regarding promising iPhone software business opportunity. Performed initial market research, analyzed industry and competition, became a registered Apple iPhone developer, and self-taught iPhone application development. Product concept was commercial wine application with functionality to scan wine label bar codes, record tasting notes, and manage home cellar inventory. Technologies used: iPhone SDK 3, Objective-C, Xcode, Mac OS X Leopard

Senior ASP.NET Web Application Consultant

• Aug 2008 - Apr 2009

Supervised planning and implementation of aggressive list of improvements to main customer shipping portal. Served as senior technical advisor to business stakeholders and entire development team. • Delivered detailed analysis and recommendations regarding performance and scalability enhancements for existing shipping portal, used to process FedEx shipments for 20,000 customers. When implemented, these performance improvements reduced submission turnaround time for shipments from 120 seconds to 15 seconds. • Led effort to drastically improve front-end usability for existing shipping portal. Worked closely with business stakeholders to plan and implement changes, resulting in a sharp increase in both efficiency and satisfaction for internal and external customers. Mentored junior developers, performed code reviews, and supervised code branching, code merging, and code deployments. Technologies used: ASP.NET 2.0, C#, Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, SQL Server 2005, XML Web Services, SOAP, AJAX, Microsoft AJAX Library, AJAX Control Toolkit, JSON, stored procedures, T-SQL, IIS 5.0, object-oriented programming, n-tier architecture, Mantis, Infragistics Show less

Senior ASP.NET Web Application Developer

• Mar 2008 - Apr 2008

Served as primary subject matter expert for ASP.NET and web usability. Delivered in-depth analysis documents for several legacy systems scheduled for conversion to ASP.NET. These included an annotated listing of all source code, a detailed list of system dependencies, and a field-by-field mapping for all existing legacy screens. Technologies used: ASP.NET 3.5, C#, Visual Studio 2008 Served as primary subject matter expert for ASP.NET and web usability. Delivered in-depth analysis documents for several legacy systems scheduled for conversion to ASP.NET. These included an annotated listing of all source code, a detailed list of system dependencies, and a field-by-field mapping for all existing legacy screens. Technologies used: ASP.NET 3.5, C#, Visual Studio 2008

Senior ASP.NET Web Application Consultant

• Aug 2007 - Feb 2008

Responsible for working closely with senior architect to analyze business needs and establish requirements for a brand new online wellness application. Supervised development team and trained three junior developers unfamiliar with ASP.NET. Served as general ASP.NET subject matter expert for entire team. Technologies used: ASP.NET 3.0, C#, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio Team System 2005, SQL Server 2005, Agile programming, Scrum, object-oriented programming, n-tier architecture, model-view-controller (MVC), .NET Remoting, AJAX Show less

Senior ASP.NET Web Application Consultant

• Apr 2007 - Jun 2007

Designed and delivered a brand new online invoice tracking system used by 200 clients with 650 stores. System saved the company money by consolidating invoices for each client into a single centralized invoice. Technologies used: ASP.NET 1.0, C#, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, XML, XPATH, T-SQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML Designed and delivered a brand new online invoice tracking system used by 200 clients with 650 stores. System saved the company money by consolidating invoices for each client into a single centralized invoice. Technologies used: ASP.NET 1.0, C#, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, XML, XPATH, T-SQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Senior ASP.NET Web Developer (Consultant)

• Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

Developed, implemented, and documented repeatable process for duplicating and rebranding data-driven web applications for redeeming prizes for charity runs. Technologies used: ASP.NET 1.0, C#, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2000, SourceSafe, IIS 6.0, T-SQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML Developed, implemented, and documented repeatable process for duplicating and rebranding data-driven web applications for redeeming prizes for charity runs. Technologies used: ASP.NET 1.0, C#, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2000, SourceSafe, IIS 6.0, T-SQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Senior ASP.NET Web Developer (Consultant)

• Aug 2006 - Oct 2006

Assisted in developing and deploying a new corporate site for SBC client Big Lots. Responsible for migrating 350,000 customers to a new database. Delivered suite of tools used to synchronize all customer data with third-party mailing service using XML. Technologies used: ASP.NET 2.0, C#, VB .NET, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, XML, XPATH, T-SQL, SourceSafe Assisted in developing and deploying a new corporate site for SBC client Big Lots. Responsible for migrating 350,000 customers to a new database. Delivered suite of tools used to synchronize all customer data with third-party mailing service using XML. Technologies used: ASP.NET 2.0, C#, VB .NET, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, XML, XPATH, T-SQL, SourceSafe

Senior ASP.NET Web Application Consultant

• Dec 2005 - Jun 2006

Led team of five developers coding an internal workflow application used for tracking 30,000 customers. Designed and implemented a true business layer in the existing application using code refactoring. Worked closely with management to define requirements & milestones and also track the team’s progress towards those goals. Technologies used: ASP.NET 1.1, C#, Visual Studio .NET 2003, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2000, T-SQL, stored procedures, AJAX, JavaScript, NANT, SourceSafe Led team of five developers coding an internal workflow application used for tracking 30,000 customers. Designed and implemented a true business layer in the existing application using code refactoring. Worked closely with management to define requirements & milestones and also track the team’s progress towards those goals. Technologies used: ASP.NET 1.1, C#, Visual Studio .NET 2003, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2000, T-SQL, stored procedures, AJAX, JavaScript, NANT, SourceSafe

ASP Web Application Consultant

• Dec 2001 - Jan 2003

Responsible for all maintenance and all new projects for global corporate site, corporate intranet, and several client-focused extranets. Coordinated with worldwide staff from all departments to ensure that extensive online product data and event information were kept up to date. • Developed an extensive online training application on the Mettler-Toledo intranet used to certify sales representatives in the United States, Germany, and Spain. Technologies used: Active Server Pages (ASP), SQL Server 2000, MS Access, BroadVision Web Portal, Interwoven TeamSite Content Management , JavaScript, CSS, HTML Show less