TECHNICAL SKILLS:

C# 4/5 Web API 2.2, ODATA 4.0, Swagger, MVC 5.0, WPF 4.0, XAML, JSON, LINQ, HTML5, WCF, ASP .NET, XML, Entity Framework 6, Multi - threading, Silverlight 5.0, Expression Blend 5, .Net 4.0/4.5, TSQL stored procedures, SQL Server2012, Telerik controls, JavaScript, JQuery, and MS-Access 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Software Developer

Confidential, Naperville

Responsibilities:

• Deriving a C# WPF application from an existing Silverlight application called CTABS for insurance claims using the Entity Framework 6 and Confidential web services, asynchronous calls to ensure no thread blocking and SQL server back end.
• Create enhancements to a Silverlight application (CTABS) including check print and claims adjustment, legal management and general code enhancements.
• This system uses C# 4.5, Entity Framework on the backend, RIA services mid-tier and C# Silverlight frontend.

Software Developer

Confidential, Chicago

Responsibilities:

• Developing RESTful Web Services C# 5.0(.Net Web API 2.2) to support the Confidential website supporting the data required to place orders and manage inventory residing in vending machines. This system was name "ClearSpider".
• I was the chief design architect. This software was designed using .Net C# 5.0 Web API 2.2, ODATA querying providing JSON objects to the front-end, .Net Framework 4.5, SQL Server 2012, Multi-threading (Parallel and Asynchronous) and fully documented using Swagger API to create interactive documentation. It runs on the OWIN interface to decouple the server from the application, allowing it to run in a number of ecosystems besides .NET.
• Developing “Solr Post”. To post order history to the cloud for use by “Apache Solr” a cloud based querying system used as a standard throughout Confidential in JSON format.
• This was designed as a console application utilizing all the components of the web services described previously including Multi-threading Parallel foreach, reducing any code duplication. It runs every 5 minutes moving completed orders to the cloud.
• It uses log4net to record any errors that need to be reviewed in case and subsystems fail, making sure no orders are lost.

Software Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developing Clinical software used by nursing agencies to capture relevant information on home care visits, Medicare OASIS transfers, billing to insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid. This software has three components: Clinical, Billing and Financial.
• The Clinical is used by nurses and is written in C# 4.0, WPF, WCF, SQL Server 2012, asynchronous calls to ensure no thread blocking and the Entity Framework 5.1 using the MVVM design pattern
• The Billing software used by the agencies is written in C# 4.0, MVC 5.0,WCF, SQL Server 2012, Telerik controls and Entity Framework 5.1
• The Financial software is written in Silverlight 5, Ria services (EF5.1) using MVM design pattern
• All projects use the Agile software development methods along with Unit and integration testing

Software Developer

Confidential, Chicago

Responsibilities:

• Developing Confidential Order forecast software using Visual Studio 2012 and Expression Blend, C#, Silverlight 5.0, WCF, SQL server 2012 providing JSON to the MVC front-end .
• Using the MVVM design pattern and asynchronous calls to ensure no thread blocking I developed a data grid to allow filtering grouping and ordering.
• I wrote the middle tier Confidential Layer with the Entity Framework 5.0 and RIA services using LINQ queries and deferred execution.
• This application is used to forecast points of interest like Speed limits and Museum locations used in detailed map data. Being fed the manufacturing data from the Oracle database as actual to compare with forecast.
• Developing Order Inspector using Visual Studio 2012 and Expression Blend for Visual Studio, C#, Silverlight 5.0, WCF, SQL server 2012. Using the MVVM design pattern.
• This application uses “dock able windows” visual studio style. Along with implicit data templates for the items controls to build a user dynamic UI with drag drop configurability.
• This software allows for a three way match and “what if” scenarios For Contracts, Orders and Entitlements. Allowing one of the three to be frozen and varying the other two (i.e. for a particular contract see all orders and entitlements and so forth).
• Developing Order Entry “configurator” software using Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend, C# 4.0, WPF, WCF, SQL server 2012. This application is used to configure an order depending on the selection criteria of the user. It places an order for detailed map data.
• Developed Confidential web services as an interface to their Oracle PeopleSoft database to be used with a number of different user interfaces.

Software Developer, Lombard, IL

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed software to interface an inventory control system with an automated inventory control system using a SQLserver2008 database, C#, .net framework 4.0, ASP.net, WPF, Confidential and Silverlight 4.0 application user interface runs on Windows phone 7 for Confidential .
• Modified software “Utility Studio 2.0” using VB.Net, WPF and ASP.net for the energy utilization software firm Utility Studio.
• Created Catalog mailing system to run on SQL Server 2008 using WPF 4.0, #, .net framework 4.0 and Confidential for Shoup Manufacturing.
• This application runs on Windows 7 and 4.0 .Net framework.
• Created SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) migration utilities for PGL to post production data from a Progress database to a SQL Server 2008 data warehouse and scheduled the utilities to post daily using SQL server Reporting Services.

Confidential

Software Developer, Wood Dale, IL

Responsibilities:

• Developed “ Confidential ” software in C# 3.0, WPF, WCF #, .net framework 3.5 and MS-SQL Server 2008 which determined if an engine test falls within certain parameters, stored the results, and queried the database to increase the quality and output of manufacturing and insured that the engine meets EPA emissions standards.
• Developed “Line Inventory Tracking System” using VB.NET, .net framework 2.0, C#, MS-SQL Server 2005 Web services and Windows2000.
• Application allowed users to enter inventory requests on a PDA, Cell phone device or ASP web page to rapidly, check inventory availability from the Confidential (using ODBC drivers thru web services), print picking tickets, allowed users to scan bar-codes of the picked items and then uploaded the warehouse move transactions to Vantage using a Web services interface to SQL Server database using stored procedures and triggers.

UNIX Systems Administrator, Lombard, IL

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Wrote KORN shell scripts and accessed a SYBASE database using TSQL.
• Developed a mail list system for a client, using the PROGRESS programming language, which created mailing labels with an assigned bundle and bag number.
• This allowed the client to receive price discounts from the United States Postal Service, in turn allowed maintenance of addresses and verified those addresses against a database of valid addresses provided by the United States Postal Service on CD-ROM.

System Administrator

Confidential, Palatine, IL

Responsibilities:

• Implemented system patches of Smartstream Payroll by Confidential .
• Sybase database administration
• Created KORN shell scripts to create daily updates to the mainframe manufacturing systems.
• Modified and maintained database stored procedures and triggers.