TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages/Technologies: C#, VB.NET, T - SQL, LINQ, EF, WCF, WPF, WebServices, Javascript, JQuery, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, MVC3 Razor,HTML, CSS, Ajax, SSIS, Biztalk, MOQ, StoryQ, Ninject

Software: Visual Studio, MS SQL Server, IIS, MS Office, Visio, Project, Team Foundation Server, GIT, CCNet, Subversion, Visual Source Safe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Senior Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with other lead developers to move critical systems from a batch processing model to a real time processing model using MSMQ, WCF services, Biztalk as a message broker, and enterprise XML messaging to align better with business strategy.
• Introduced automated testing using dependency injection, MoQ and StoryQ to speed up regression testing and gain business acceptance of user stories during sprint development allowing for smoother integration with other teams and fewer production issues at go live.
• Documented and re-wrote custom price tag software from Cobol running on an AS400 to a modern C# application paired with third party digital printing software to allow the business to edit the look and feel of all printed items and easier developer maintenance of the code and related data.
• Worked on and with multiple development teams using the SAFe framework to support the top company projects and ensure on time delivery.
• Wrapped third party solutions with custom in house code to allow loose coupling between multiple pier1 systems and ever changing outside providers.
• Participated on the Architectural Review Committee to establish development guidelines and standards for a more uniform enterprise to allow for easier developer transition and support across teams.
• Wrote a new order management system to deprecate functionality off of a retiring mainframe supporting pier1’s real time omi-channel business strategy.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Software Architect / Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed a new SOA architecture and began an entire enterprise re-write to support multiple products using single sign on via MVC, mobile, and external clients.
• Built a multi-threaded email system using templates, queuing, management, scrubbing and retry logic to ensure email delivery during heavy loads and unpredictable data.
• Interviewed, hired, and managed a team of 5 developers and provided technical and business guidance to raise the productivity of the department and meet business goals.
• Maintained a variety of systems including windows services, windows applications, asp.net websites, web services, and libraries dealing with billing, PDF generation, B2C product management, and reporting.
• Created a new data model, migration SSIS packages and strategies using SQL 2008 R2 to support future growth and performance increases required to meet our SLA
• Performed database maintenance, tuning, and releases to guarantee system uptime, performance and stability.
• Re-wrote an internal administrative website using MVC3 razor to aid in easier workflow and process automation for employees as well as easier maintainability by the development staff
• Implemented Team Foundation Server for build automation, source control, and continuous integration and automated testing

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Senior Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Rewrote the company's public facing website on a CMS framework for easier content maintenance and business approval while improving performance and enhancing searching and inventory features.
• Built an external bidding application to allow the company to solicit bids from local vendors for goods and services in a quick an efficient manor while providing valuable price comparisons to lower company operation costs.
• Assisted the application architect with development staff guidance and vision
• Developed a WPF mapping application to allow sales and building staff to have a visual indication of construction and sales statues indicating more accurate product availability and resource planning.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Senior Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained 4 separate company websites consisting of ASP and ASP.NET technologies back ended by SQL2005 to facilitate cost effective, secure and speedy cash advance loans in a B2C setting.
• Re-skinned the company’s primary website and restructured the content to make the site more user friendly and include search engine optimizations.
• Refactored the classic ASP.NET code behind model on the primary website to an automated unit testable MVP model to promote more bug free code in a continuous integration environment
• Worked side by side with many technical, quality assurance, and business driven groups to ensure correct product implementation from a legal, technical and customer satisfaction standpoint.
• Participated in scrum agile software methodology to complete business requests in a highly adaptable and quick manner

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Used an extensive battery of T-SQL scripts, procedures, and DTS packages to design, develop, and migrate to a new SQL2005 data architecture, resulting in much decreased data delivery rates, enabling the handling of many more clients within a limited hardware environment.
• Worked with internal and external project managers and developers to create and implemented EDI applications using ASP/ASP.NET web pages and WebServices back ended by VB and C# components providing cheaper and more reliable business to business communication for sensitive and time critical information.
• Refactored and maintained existing billing applications/reports consisting of VB executables and T-SQL procedures for accurate reporting of crucial billing information.
• Interviewed and gathered requirements from various support and development teams to create production support verification and alert software. This system allowed for quicker, more accurate and automated status reports of critical systems as well as metrics used to assist in enterprise architecture to meet customer SLA’s.
• Designed, created, and supported a document engine in VB, and then refactored in C# for generation of various legal binding documents for the mortgage industry resulting in more uniform and complete products with easier and better deliverability.
• Utilized object oriented design to create VB.NET/C#/VB6 components for middle tier use to expedite team software development as well as promote centralized functionality and code re-use.