Experience

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  MHG Insurance Brokers

  • Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

  • Programmer

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

    As a programmer I am insatiably curious about exploring the different ways users interact with internal solutions. My pursuit is to architect elegant, efficient, intuitive, and innovative enterprise-grade software products that focus on making a human connection through user-centric human interfaces that increase productivity and reveal a different aspect of branding.The inherent changing nature of technology keeps me passionate about integrating cutting edge technologies. Over the years I have built up a diverse set of coding skills that is necessary in today’s ever digital world with a background in insurance and automotive industries. Skills: CRM, Umbraco, DNN portals. Angular 1-7, C#, WebApi , Entity Framework

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  Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance

  • Boca Raton, FL

  • Programmer/Analyst

    • Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
    • Boca Raton, FL

    Working within a team and an Agile environment to create an Internet based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) type of application to facilitate Workman’s Compensation Insurance processes. This application was written in C# and employed ASP.Net MVC 5.1, Repository, and Unit of Work design patterns in conjunction with Entity Framework (code-first) and JQuery AJAX callbacks to return processing results in the form of partial views. Those views utilized DevExpress controls. Additionally I was responsible for maintaining a Windows WPF application that had been developed to administer Property Insurance processes.• I was personally responsible for advocating and the implementation of a redesign of the user interface. In addition to making it more user-friendly the redesign improved overall performance by organizing concerns into isolated controllers.

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  Independent Consultant

  • Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

  • ASP MVC Web Developer

    • Mar 2013 - Sep 2013
    • Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

    Networking with local businesses to develop quality professional relationships facilitated through various online networking groups to establish rapport and offer services within all aspects of Web Technology, Graphic Design, Database development, and Corporate Intranet applications. • Pullman DistrictA web site used to solicit and promote web design services. The project uses MVC, MVVM, design patterns, C#, and the ASP.Net 4.5 library within a three-tier architecture. MVVM designed to make use of data binding exposed through AJAX JQuery/Knockout methods to access the data access layer; implemented as a WCF REST/JSON Web Service that calls an external Business Logic Layer as required. With the Data Context implemented through Entity Framework Database-First with Stored Procedure Mapping.• Better ChoicesA re-write of the non-profit web site devised to solicit donations through the use of PayPal's Web Service and publicize educational programs aimed at informing young adults and their parents of the realities of drug abuse. The project uses MVC, MVVM, design patterns, C#, and the ASP.Net 4.5 library within a three-tier architecture. MVVM designed to make use of data binding exposed through AJAX JQuery/Knockout methods to access the data access layer; implemented as a WCF REST/JSON Web Service that calls an external Business Logic Layer as required. With the Data Context implemented through Entity Framework Database-First with Stored Procedure Mapping.

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  Fairfax Imaging

  • Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

  • Software Engineer

    • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013
    • Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

    Collaboratively working with client, business analysts, and team members to analyze and develop technical specifications and ultimately the delivery of individual components that implemented client specific business rules. The position required extensive travel to client location to obtain specific specifications, installation of core modules, development, and integration of components.

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  North American Company for Life and Health Insurance

  • Chicago, IL

  • Programmer/Analyst

    • Jul 2007 - Jul 2012
    • Chicago, IL

    Working with senior domain architects, a team of developers and senior business executives, tasked to define, design and implement an insurance portal applications used by both employees and insurance agents that utilized an insurance standard data model called ACORD. This portal strategy integrates access across all business areas, improves ease-of-use with personalization features, and sped market access to in house content. • Projects involved leveraging extensive understanding of the .Net framework software programming patterns and principles to create data-driven high-quality .Net user controls in a three tier architecture. On the Presentation tier I was responsible for utilizing AJAX server controls, JQuery UI, YUI AJAX libraries. In the Business tier I was responsible for implementing the logic as dictated by the business rules utilizing C# and the latest .Net Framework. And on the Data tier I was responsible for creating Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) web services that utilized Microsoft SQL stored procedures.• Past projects involved creating converting existing Visual Basic Classic ASP applications and their related COM+ data access components into C#, .Net 4.0 and WCF web services.• Was also given the opportunity to create web parts, features, standalone integrated applications, custom actions, branding of an “off-the-shelf” SharePoint 2007 product called EPM Live; a project management solution.• Insure site designs and implementations are in compliance with governance and customization policies and regulatory requirements where necessary.• Worked with Project Managers, and Business unit(s) to analyze and document business processes requirements and document using Visio 2010 and UML representation.• Technical expertise to manage the design and development of the organization's applications and the establishment of appropriate linkages to existing database applications and to other data processing systems.

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  Better Choices Drug Prevention Program

  • Oak Lawn, IL

  • Web Developer

    • Jan 2007 - Jul 2007
    • Oak Lawn, IL

    A non-profit web site devised to solicit donations through the use of PayPal's free Shopping Cart and publicize educational programs aimed at informing young adults and there parents of the realities of drug abuse; built using C# and the Microsoft.NET 2.0 framework.

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  Entourage VIP

  • Chicago, IL

  • Web Developer

    • Mar 2005 - Mar 2006
    • Chicago, IL

    An E-Commerce, concierge and reservation service on-line storefront with shopping cart functionality utilizing "Pay Pal Website Payments Standard", for booking reservations for Las Vegas shows and nightclubs. The site was built in C# and took advantage of version 2.0 of the Microsoft.NET Framework, and PayPal's payment processing API; that provided a low-cost method to accept credit card payments and report sales activity for these services; developed within the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Integrated Development Environment.

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  Kia Motors America

  • Irvine, CA

  • Systems Analyst

    • Oct 1993 - Oct 2004
    • Irvine, CA

    As one of the first twenty-five employees hired to serve the information technology needs of a new start-up automotive distribution company, I performed activities ranging from developing web integrated relational databases to setting up the initial Ethernet network with mail, file, print servers, to a rare but occasional need to even operate a forklift; although I was tasked primarily with the overall responsibility to leverage information technology throughout the organization; meaning I was on call the other 12 hours of a the day.• Developed an online web based application that provided on-line educational collateral to train Sales, Service and Parts Dealership personnel using embedded videos and/or slide-show presentations, on-line testing that tracked completion requirements.• Developed online web based Service Repair Manuals and Parts Manuals to comply with J2008 governmental regulations.• Developed an intranet web based Service Technician Help Desk application that provided problem resolution suggestions; trouble tree, to dealership service personnel as well as tracking and incident reporting of problems reported by Dealership Service Technicians.