PROFILE:

Senior Mobile/Web Developer with over 14 years experience designing, architecting and producing interactive, content rich, database - driven web sites, mobile and web based software, and other multimedia projects. Solid mix of technical, creative, and project management skills in both entrepreneurial start-up environment and enterprise. Highly motivated, results driven, entrepreneurial thinker with extensive leadership experience directing, managing, and motivating teams of designers, developers and QA professionals. Effective working in fast-paced environments while maintaining a strong attention to detail. Ability to work well on an independent basis or in a team capacity. Refined communication, interpersonal, leadership and team building skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Mobile Development iOS/IPhone Development
• Android Development
• Mobile Web Development
• Web Programming
• Application Architecture
• Information Architecture
• API Design and Development
• Amazon AWS
• Wire-framing
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Cross Browser/Platform Design
• Web Accessibility
• CSS Based Layout
• Object Oriented Design
• Design Patterns
• Database Design
• Stored Procedures
• Query Tuning
• Index Optimization
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Web 2.0/Social Media
• Agile/Scum Methodology
• UML
• Design Patterns
• Test Driven Development
• Team Leading/Mentoring
• Requirements Gathering
• Needs Assessment
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Budget Planning
• Presentation Skills
• Client Pitching
• User Training & Support
• Technical Writing/Documentation

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY:

Software: XCode, Interface Builder, Eclipse, Visual Studio.NET, Visual. Studio Team Suite, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2009, ANTS, NUnit, NHibernate, Entity Framework, Resharper, Team City, Web UI Test Studio, Telerik UI Controls, Sitefinity, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Illustrator, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft IIS

Platforms: Windows/Macintosh.

Languages: Objective C, JQuery, JQuery Mobile, ASP.NET 3.5/4.0/4.5, C#, Web API, Entity Framework, SQL Server/ SQL, AJAX, JSON, XML, HTML/HTML 5, CSS, DOM, DHTML, Java, JavaScript, SQL, T-SQL, XML, XSL, WCF, Cold Fusion, XML Web Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Co-Founder/CTO

Technologies Used: Objective C, IOS SDK, Facebook SDK, Java, ASP.NET MVC, HTML 5, JQuery, JQuery Mobile, ASP.NET Web-API, Amazon AWS

Responsibilities:

• Co-founder of mobile start-up that allows individuals to interact financially with the friends, family, organizations and favorite charities.
• Created initial and long-term product vision and technical strategies.
• Led product development effort to build native applications for the IPhone, Android, mobile web application and traditional website.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Tech Lead

Technologies Used: ASP.NET 2.0/3.5/4.0, ASP.NET, AJAX, XHTML/HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Objective C, XCode, PhoneGap, JQuery, JQuery UI, CSS, SQL Server 2008, Microsoft IIS, WCF Web Services, WPF

Responsibilities:

• Lead UI team of on-shore and off-shore developers, designers, business analysts, and testers in an agile scrum environment building a web based software application installed in partner hospitals to better optimize and track patients, resources, and workflows.
• Led all agile scrum meetings including daily scrums, sprint planning sessions, sprint review meetings and sprint retrospectives
• Led rapid application prototype sessions, code reviews, test case reviews and product demo’s
• Participated in all backlog grooming and scrum of scrums to strategically align product development initiatives
• Optimized performance of organization’s flag-ship product by refactoring large portion of the application to use lightweight JQuery/client-side programming
• Successfully completed design, prototype and implementation of tracking board application used to track real time status of patient in hospital related workflows
• Created prototype IPhone application using XCode, Interface Builder and Objective C

Confidential

Product Development Manager

Technologies Used: ASP.NET 2.0/3.5/4.0, ASP.NET MVC, AJAX, XHTML/HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, JQuery, JQuery UI, CSS, SQL Server 2005, RedGate, NUnit, Microsoft IIS, Visual Studio Developer, Visual Source Safe, .NET Web Services

Responsibilities:

• Successfully implemented several EBPP systems for large utility companies and top 10 banks.
• Instituted company wide use of Visual Studio Team Suite system utilized by all developers, project managers and management team to better manage projects, bug lists and change control.
• Architected and implemented major overhaul of existing legacy system to utilize a solution based on N-tier architecture with separate presentment, data access and business logic layers.
• Designed solution to effectively separate UI elements from business logic layers by developing multiple suites of customizable ASP.NET user controls that allow completely flexible look and feel without changing underlying system code.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Independent Consultant

Technologies Used: ASP.NET 2.0/3.0, AJAX, XHTML/HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, NHibernate, SQL Server 2005, MOSS 2007, Microsoft Commerce Server 2007, Microsoft BizTalk, Flash MX, Microsoft IIS, Visual Studio Developer, NET Web Services, Adobe Photoshop

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for conceptualizing and developing online strategies for Web 2.0 social networking/video sharing start-up with over 30,000 advertisers.
• Designed, architected and produced all consumer facing websites and internal web applications using a mix of technologies.
• Worked closely with the CEO and President of the company to determine overall company direction.
• Key member in discussions with third party vendors and potential partners.
• Developed platform for acquiring consumer leads from diverse collection of vertical based websites
• Developed C# Windows Service using Microsoft Message Queuing and XML Web Services to distribute leads to advertisers using a proprietary bidding algorithm
• Worked directly with third party vendors integrating in house applications with custom CRM systems using XML
• Produced a suite of beta/proof of concept social networking/video sharing sites using a geo-centric domain names with .TV extension

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Vice President of Technology

Technologies Used: ASP.NET 1.1./2.0, XHTML/HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL Server 2000, Flash MX, Microsoft IIS, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, C#, Visual Studio .NET, Visual Source Safe, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady

Responsibilities:

• Lead all technology initiatives and development efforts for both internal and external clients producing a number of both creative and technically savvy solutions.
• Meet directly with clients gathering and accessing needs as well as brainstorming and pitching solutions.
• Key member in internal management team meetings presenting a number of new technologies and offering improvement to existing company policies.