SUMMARY

• Architrct and senior lead developer with over 20 years of professional experience creating business solutions using industry best practices and leading edge technologies to design, develop, deploy, and manage desktop and web - based, distributed applications.
• Developed the data migration process; developed two tactical .NET web-based, data-driven applications
• Implemented WCF SOAP, Restful services and Web API server-side technologies for connecting frontend interface and backend database
• Defined and documented test and training plans, coordinated user acceptance testing, and conducted testing and user training.
• Provided direct support and maintenance for a Classic ASP import export customs compliance documentation generation and management tool and C# .NET custom data integration engine consisting of a WCF service and batch file processing program.
• Coded, tested, and deployed numerous enhancements to the Global Underwriting Manual, a custom ASP.NET web-based application used worldwide by Confidential (RGA).
• Performed custom development efforts in T/SQL, PL/SQL, and VB.NET.
• Modelled and created the SQL Server 2005 application database including all tables, views, indexes, foreign keys, check constraints, and triggers.
• Technical design and implementation of a .NET C# web-based health management portal and learning management application

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs): ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC, Classic ASP & VBScript, JavaScript, jQuery, bootstrap, jQuery Controls, CSS, HTML, T/SQL, PL/SQL, VB and C# .NET, C/C++, Visual Studio (through version 2015), Windows cmd Scripting & Powershell, Unix borne & ksh Scripting, PowerBuilder, 4GL, LISP, APL

Database: Oracle Advanced Server and related tools (through v10.0), Logic Work's Erwin/Model Mart, MS-SQL Server (through 2017), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Crystal Reports (through v11.0), MS-Access, Gupta SQL Base, Watcom, DB2

Middleware and Communications: MS Internet Information Server (IIS), MS Exchange Server, Louts Notes, Windows Communications Foundation (WCF), SOAP, REST, ASP.NET Web Serices, ADO.NET, .NET Remoting, COM+/DCOM/DTC, Tuxedo/T/WS, SQL*Net, MDAC/DB Lib, DB2 Connect, MS SNA/Host Integration Server, Attachmate

Other: Team Foundation Server (TFS), Git, Subversion, MS-Office, MS-Project, MS-Visio, Active Directory & ADFS, SecureAuth, AutoSys, UNIX cron, Windows Scheduler/AT, Net Oxygen, PVCS, MKS Source Integrity, Change Man DS, WinBatch, MS Systems Management Server (SMS), WinInstall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Architrct and senior lead developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of the legacy suite of .NET applications for Confidential (RGA).
• Coded, tested, and deployed numerous enhancements to the Global Underwriting Manual, a custom ASP.NET web-based application used worldwide by Confidential (RGA).
• Coded tested and packaged for deployment to numerous client desktops customizations to the Aura Administration Suite of applications, an integrated collection of .NET Windows applications used by RGA clients to administer the Aura rules engine v14.2 and prior.
• Packaging consisted of creating and testing custom Setup.exe self-extracting executables using InstallShield v11.0 for Visual Studio 2012.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for transforming business requirements into technical architecture and detailed designs to be implemented by TCS off-shore development teams on behalf of our client, Confidential .
• Delivered a technical requirements document for a major enhancement to the Commercial Lines Application System for Selective and guided the customer in defining a three-phased implementation approach.
• Implemented WCF SOAP, Restful services and Web API server-side technologies for connecting frontend interface and backend database
• Worked on SQL Server database stored procedures and optimized queries for fetching the results as per the applied business rules.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Supported, maintained, and enhanced the existing base of .NET applications and SharePoint 2010 web sites and delivered two new application systems while providing guidance and technical assistance to an off-shore development team.
• Supported and maintained a single sign-on portal using SAML2, ADFS, and Windows Identify Foundation (WIF) that provided seamless access between the corporate intranet and third-party benefits providers.
• Worked with an off-shore development team to ensure that three different, long over-due development efforts were delivered in the final quarter of the year.
• Developed two tactical .NET web-based, data-driven applications required to identify issues with and off-load query activity from the Enterprise Resource Planning system allowing newly acquired operations in Brazil to be brought live on-time.
• Worked with the infrastructure team to address physical resource issues and address disaster recovery needs of the enterprise in accordance with corporate policies.
• Developed a SharePoint 365 Provider Hosted ASP.NET Contract Management system to replace a SharePoint 2010 Features based application site:
• Bootstrap and jQuery frameworks provide a fully responsive front-end web application that dynamically adjusts to any browser client area
• Integration of the SharePoint 365 People Picker control on application pages
• Integration with SharePoint 365 services to provide security and document management within a WCF service-based architecture for integrated data access and document management

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided remote production support and application development services.
• Assisted in eliminating a project backlog of classic ASP development work, and expanded my role into providing production support, database administration, and .NET development services.
• Provided direct support and maintenance for a Classic ASP import export customs compliance documentation generation and management tool and C# .NET custom data integration engine consisting of a WCF service and batch file processing program.
• Worked directly with customer developers and managers on joint data integration teams to ensure customer requirements were met and their projects were successful
• Advised leadership of architectural options to increase application reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Provided primary database administration support developing complex queries, performance tuning slow running queries, indexing database schema, and creating basic maintenance scripts and job schedules.
• Provided primary systems administration support and managed production web site and database changes.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

• Provided both immediate tactical solutions and longer term strategic recommendations for redressing outdated payroll, benefits, and human resources processes and technologies after an acceptable service level could not be achieved due to the retirement and/or departure of key personnel.
• Provided immediate, hands-on leadership and assistance to remaining technical resources to both correct issues and communicate effectively with customers to manage expectations and demonstrate an understanding of the full scope of the problems.
• Listened to customers, documented and reviewed issues with customers to establish priorities, and established a process of quality improvement with respect to the delivery and testing of existing system modifications.
• Documented existing high-level payroll, benefits, and human resources system requirements in the form of a vendor Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide a viable long-term solution for the administration.
• Met with all levels of senior management to establish expectations regarding capital expenditures, annual operational expenditures, needed business process re-engineering and change management, and reasonable project schedule requirements for a project of the scope required to meet their long term needs.
• Worked with senior management to identify the optimal approach within the State of Maryland standard procurement processes to achieve a stream-lined project approval to include delivering the vendor Request for Proposal in the State's preferred format and template.
• Provided guidance and leadership during a period middle management transition in both the information technology and payroll departments and provided documentation and training to new management hires in both departments.

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Conducted a current state review of Confidential 's application architectures with respect to the use of both Java and .NET and combined that current state information with technology domain knowledge, research, and experience to formulate a set of future state application architecture recommendations.
• Drafted and sent documentation request to all subject matter experts and leaders of the various Enterprise Infrastructure and Architecture groups within the Confidential US organization.
• Reviewed and analyzed documentation to formulate a specific set of questions to be addressed with each subject matter expert.
• Conducted subject matter expert interviews and completed a current state presentation covering the present application architectural approaches pursued at Confidential including their use of both Java and .NET.
• Formulated a specific set of tactical recommendations for addressing immediate issues being faced by existing project efforts due to the lack of Microsoft Active Directory & ADFS within their perimeter network zones.
• Formulated a set of strategic, one to five years, recommendations to better align Confidential with the future direction of a "perimeter-less network" rather than the multi-zone security approaches of the past.

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Responsibilities:

• Establishing the internal skills, processes, and procedures required to address specialized customer needs by extending the existing SharePoint 2007 intranet site with custom, database-driven, ASP.NET applications. Trained and performed work with an internal resource designated to complete the work.
• Restaged the existing SharePoint 2007 application development server to correct stability issues and "clean-up" the server and established a new SharePoint QA Test Environment complete with build and rebuild procedures.
• Provided hands-on usage demonstrations and confidence building exercises in creating database-driven ASP.NET web application work products (tables, stored procedures, web pages, user controls, classes, etc.).
• Coded and delivered the first four applications providing working examples of all work products and a collection of basic reusable components specific to the client environment.
• Integrated all applications delivered into the client SharePoint environment providing reusable custom components for interacting with document libraries and sharing the SharePoint site master page and user context.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• All aspects of the technical design and implementation of a .NET C# web-based health management portal and learning management application specialized to the needs of individuals suffering from rare diseases.
• Translated high-level functional specifications and user-interface designs into documented, detailed technical task specifications including estimated man-hours.
• Modeled and created the SQL Server 2005 application database including all tables, views, indexes, foreign keys, check constraints, and triggers.
• Designed and implemented a web-server application architecture that provided a common approach to security, application configuration, user session management, and data access within a modular framework.
• Integrated the third-party Yet Another Forum (YAF) forum source code/database, Blog Engine. Core blog source code/database, and the Icodeon SCORM LMS runtime/database seamlessly into a single custom solution and database from a user, administrator, and developer perspective.
• Designed and implemented a content file handling architecture that allowed all content files required by SCORM courses, documents, and the web site to be stored and dynamically accessed from the application database rather than from the application web server file system.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Worked with client management to assess and address the operational application needs.
• Gathered user requirements and documented system functional and technical specifications.
• Architected solutions, decomposed complex projects into activities and tasks, and developed project cost estimates and schedules while acting as a liaison between the users, development, network services, and database administration.
• Defined and documented test plans, coordinated user acceptance testing, conducted unit and system testing, and coordinated production change control.
• Documented training plans and conducted training of users and technical personnel.
• Led and performed custom development efforts in T/SQL, PL/SQL, and VB.NET.
• Coordinated and performed the upgrade of the Fleet Focus M5 by Maximus from version 1.8.1 to version 2.0.
• Provided guidance and support to other team members and primary support for all SQL Server implementations.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a six-person team to port a mainframe-based Alumni Development Information System to the web that is used to track both individual and non-individual contributions to the university.
• Developed the data migration process required to load legacy data from mainframe flat files into the relational database structure used by the new system.
• Database administrator within the development team responsible for refining the database schema definition, query tuning for performance, and indexing strategies.
• Provided guidance and support to other team members including the project lead.

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Responsibilities:

• Worked with client management to assess and address the needs of the FTB Brokerage/Wealth Management business line.
• Gathered user requirements and documented system functional and technical specifications.
• Architected solutions, decomposed complex projects into activities and tasks, and developed project cost estimates and schedules while acting as a liaison between the users, development, network services, and database administration.
• Led and performed custom development efforts in T/SQL, VB.NET, C#, APS.NET, JavaScript, and Windows Shell.
• Defined and documented test and training plans, coordinated user acceptance testing, and conducted testing and user training.