SUMMARY:

• Secure a strategic technical position at a firm building industry leading applications for users demanding tools of the highest quality.
• To create systems that improve people's experience with their work and e nhance the way they interact with information.
• To design the most effective software available, using technology to empower people to accomplish more.
• Hard working, highly skilled full - stack developer with a broad knowledge base, a passion for technology and a can do attitude tempered by the wisdom of experience.
• I have extensive expertise in front end, middle tier and back end development.
• I offer a high degree of analytical ability and a talent for inventive problem-solving, to which I take a bold but disciplined approach.
• I am an effective leader with the ability to manage projects and perform at all stages of production.
• I work well with business users and technical personnel and acquire new skills & understanding of unfamiliar systems quickly.
• Ability & desire to analyze complex problems and implement functionally elegant solutions.
• Extensive, diverse experience leveraging the .NET platform to deliver real-world business solutions.

LANGUAGES & TECHNOLOGY:

• Windows / Unix / Linux
• C++ / C#
• VB / VB.NET
• XML / XSL
• HTML / CSS / JavaScript
• Windows Forms / WPF / MVVM
• Silverlight / GTK / Xamarin
• Azure / AWS / Google Cloud
• SQL Server / Oracle / MySQL
• SSRS / Crystal Reports
• ASP.NET / MVC
• ASMX / WCF / Web API
• SOAP / REST / JSON
• NVIDIA GPU Programming
• Some Java PHP, Python & APL

SPECIALTIES:

• .NET Platform Development
• Enterprise Architecture
• Data - Driven Design
• Design Patterns
• Visual Studio Plugins & Extensions
• Security & Cryptography
• N-Tier Architecture
• Parallel Processing/Multi-threading
• UI Design
• Service Oriented Architecture
• OLAP & OLTP Systems
• Charting & Reporting
• Low Latency Systems
• Agile / Test-Driven Development
• Technical Excellence

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Tech Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working on a number of LOB software projects including IVR & POS Systems, a fleet-vehicle tracking system and an enterprise-level application for managing and streaming video content.
• Using both proprietary components/services as well as open-source technologies including Angular (v. 2, 3 & 5), WPF, WCF, Web API & Tropo Voice Services.
• Setting up / managing infrastructure for multiple applications using Microsoft Azure, AWS & Google Cloud Services.
• Building out system supporting streaming video rental / subscription service using Web API, Angular 5 & WPF, integrating with a number of 3 rd party services for video encoding & delivery.

Senior Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Senior .NET developer on a distributed team building a web-based E-Commerce platform solution.
• 100% template-driven front end interface using HTML & Angular.
• WCF /Web API Middle Tier.
• SQL 2016 Back-end.

Tech Lead(contract)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working as a lead .NET developer with a distributed team building a sophisticated augmented-reality driven user experience using cutting-edge .NET technologies such as Unity3D and Microsoft Kinect, along with a few familiar favorites like HTML, WPF, Xamarin, WCF & SQL Server.
• Working across all three tiers I was responsible for the design and construction of the system's main database in SQL Server, a high-performance WCF based middle tier that provided such functions as would be common to such a service, but also handled things like video capture & encoding with a WPF touch-screen user registration kiosk application.

Senior Manager & Tech Lead

Confidential, New York City, NY

Responsibilities:

• Managing & serving as technical leader of a team in the construction and deployment of a large-scale trade capture / surveillance system for a top-tier investment firm using a number of technologies including WPF/C#, Java, IBM MQ, Oracle & Sybase databases as well as a number of proprietary systems eclectic to the client.
• Lead developer of a solution integrating client back-end systems with Confidential 's Adaptiv risk-management solution. Primarily built in C# utilizing WCF, SQL and MSMQ.
• Overseeing project development and reviewing solutions to ensure best practices have been followed and that standards of code quality have been met.
• Mentoring junior & mid-level developers in application design, architecture and advanced programming techniques.
• Participating in the sales process by attending sales meetings, drafting proposals and providing technical guidance

Senior Developer

Confidential, New York City, NY

Responsibilities:

• Constructed MBS deal reporting application in C# & WPF, built to the MVVM pattern, & backed by a SQL server database, replacing legacy VB.NET/WinForms application. Made use of 3 rd party UI controls from DevExpress.
• Made substantial improvements to database infrastructure & data-onboarding processes, consolidating data from a number of third-party systems including Geneva, 1010Data and a hadoop-based “big data” processing system.

Senior Developer

Confidential, New York City, NY

Responsibilities:

• Developed department standards, application framework components and utilities for .NET services using ASP.NET & WCF, greatly improving developer productivity while enhancing the stability, performance and overall capability of the department's service ecosystem.
• Created deployment strategies and managed deployment of system components into a complex, highly secure production environment.
• Refined and implemented new, more efficient development methods and deployment procedures.
• Instructed technical staff in development using the .NET platform, C# and other leading modern technologies.
• Provided guidance and support in integrating Windows platform services with the core Unix environment and a number of legacy systems.
• Constructed sophisticated data models and analytical processes using MS SQL Server and Oracle databases.
• Developed UI components, applications and services enhancing the Bloomberg Professional Service using a combination of web, desktop and proprietary UI frameworks including HTML/Javascript, Windows Forms, WPF, GTK, obscure magick and ancient logicks.
• Created integration components & processes for interacting with a number of 3 rd party applications and services.
• Conduct technical reviews during the development or on-boarding of new technologies.
• Worked closely with business users to design and produce more effective tools.
• Coordinated technical efforts across project teams & between team members.
• Developed maintained or supported hundreds of applications and services across a variety of platforms in a secure, high availability, low latency environment with demanding production standards and strict performance constraints.

Developer

Confidential, Greenwich, CT

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a number of projects to support trading operations and risk management.
• Modified multithreaded .NET ASP broker/aggregator web service to correct errors and improve performance.
• Built ETL packages & services in SQL Server.
• Created SSRS reports and sophisticated Excel reports supplying risk data to traders.

Architect / Developer

Confidential, CT

Responsibilities:

• Developed a .NET middle-tier service components of a content publishing & system for disseminating research publications.
• Developed a configurable, component oriented inter-process communication and workflow management platform for processing work items in a distributed environment.
• Providing guidance and expertise in leveraging the .NET framework and associated technologies to develop framework components and data services for widespread use.

Systems Architect

Confidential, Darien, CT

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the design & implementation of core business application for financial advisers.
• Pluggable, rich-client WinForms/WPF & ASP.NET user interface written in C# & .NET 3.5 with separate functional modules providing wealth allocation, financial planning and portfolio management / optimization tools across different asset classes (ie. Equities, Debt / Fixed Income, Cash, Emerging Markets, etc.)
• Implemented sophisticated client transaction workflows.
• Sql Server back end with client interaction via XML web service layer, aggregating & distributing data from multiple sources.
• Sophisticated reporting engine capable of compiling and delivering user-customizable reports in online, electronic and print formats.
• Integration with Dynamics CRM and external portfolio accounting & order management systems.
• System was extensively documented and produced according to the highest standards of accuracy, security & availability.

Systems Architect

Confidential, Purchase, NY

Responsibilities:

• Primary architect of a system for the design and administration of sophisticated corporate research surveys in a timely and efficient manner.
• Built a fully functional org mapping system for defining personnel relationships within an organization for employee satisfaction / 360 surveys.
• System was capable of producing hundreds of thousands of individualized reports.
• The system allowed much of the configuration of a survey, including content, layout, delivery mechanisms, etc., to be entered by project managers and/or clients directly with minimal technical support, dramatically reducing turnaround time while improving overall quality.
• The system was highly regarded by it's users.
• Fully globalized, the system could operate and deliver surveys in any combination of languages.
• Assisted project managers and team leaders in designing surveys that would collect meaningful data.
• Worked with psychology teams to develop useful analytics & normative models for research purposes.

Developer/Architect

Confidential, Chappaqua, NY

Responsibilities:

• Consulting developer of a system designed to allow a large, highly mobile sales force capture book orders & manage inventory.
• Built primarily in C#, application required knowledge in a number of disciplines, being backed by both SQL and Oracle databases, integrated with two seperate third party transaction processing systems and exposing separate interfaces to web browsers and Win CE mobile devices.
• Responsible for delivering web functionality for several key modules as well as the development of a number of middle tier components.
• Built highly extensible, multithreaded service application which performed scheduling, monitoring & data processing tasks as well as maintaining workflows through the order process.
• Worked to improve performance, reliability & security of the system as a whole.