518 Arrowhead Trail

Sinking Spring, PA 19608

Contact Phone Number

484.797.5598  (cell)

Email:   jessebagans@hotmail.com

LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA                                             2003-2005

Masters of Science: Computer Information Science

·                      GPA: 4.0

·                      National Science Foundation Scholarship Recipient

·                      CIS Program Outstanding Student Award Recipient

LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA                                             1993-2002

Bachelors of Science, Management Information Systems

Successfully completed the following exams for the respective certification:

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

·                      70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

·                      70-067: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0

·                      70-068: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 in the Enterprise

·                      70-073: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)

·                      CTX-302.2:  Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 Administration

Including but not limited to:

Operating Systems:  Microsoft Windows: Azure, 7, Vista, XP Professional,2012, 2008, 2003 & 2000 Server, 2000 Professional, NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server, & Workstation, 9x, 3.x, Citrix Metaframe

Development Tools: Microsoft: Visual Studio.NET (up to VS 2012 TFS), Visual Studio 6.0 (InterDev,  Visual Basic, Visual C++, Source Safe), VB 4 & 5, Visio

Databases:  SQL Server 7/ 2000/ 2005/ 2008/2012/Azure, Access, AS/400

Programming & Scripting Languages:  ASP.NET; ASP 2.0 & 3.0; C#; LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework 4 & 5 (code first and model first), LINQ to SQL/Objects/XML, JQuery/Ajax/JSON, VB 4, 5, 6, & VB.NET; T-SQL (6.5-2012); PL SQL, VBScript; JavaScript; HTML 4/5; CSS 2/3; XML/XSLT; C, C++ & Java, .NET Framework 4.5 and below, MVC 2/3/4/Razor

Web Software & Additional Skills: Amazon Web Services/EC2 Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure/SQL Azure/Azure Storage, SOA, SaaS, Twitter Bootstrap, SimpleMembership, Social Media Authentication/oAuth (Twitter/Facebook) as well as Facebook/Twitter API, Unica and Omniture analytics, Ninject IoC, NHibernate ORM, WCF, Web Services, Silverlight, Subversion, Authorize.net, PayFlowPro, StarTeam, Windows and Web Infragistics control suite, Telerik controls, MS AJAX, Infragistics AJAX, custom AJAX implementations, COM/DCOM, MTS/Component Services, VB component development for ASP, distributed and lightweight client-server applications, Word/Excel API programming,  Exchange Server Administration, SQL Server Administration, .NET Framework class library knowledge, Stored procedure and DTS programming, ADO 2.x, ADO.NET, XMLDOM API, XSL, CDONTS, CDOSYS, IIS 4, 5, 6, 7 Administration, Index Server, Search Server, WebTrends Administration, PCAnywhere, MS Exchange, DNS, CyberCash API, SurePay XML Gateway, UPS XML Shipping Integration, SoftwareArtisans COM API, Xceed COM API, ServerObjects API, various other COM interfaces and more.

Lead Developer/Consultant                                                                            April 2013 – February 2013        

Manitowoc Food Service (Remote)

·          Architected and implemented a WCF/Web Services based middleware application that facilitated communication and data exchange between 4 different ERP systems (QAD, PRMS, Oracle and SAP) with 4 different storage systems (SQL/ODBC).

·          Implemented the supporting WinForms, Window Service and MVC 4(Razor) configuration, monitoring, and control panel application to support the middleware applications

·          Responsible for underlying database design, implementation and development (SQL Server 2012)

·         Responsible for .NET 4.5/C# development of all aspects of the middleware/SOA components as well as supporting GUI-based and service applications.

Lead Developer/Consultant                                                                         October 2012 – May 2013        

Nuhuru Media (Remote)

·          Architected and lead development efforts for the flagship social music site using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, Ajax/JSON, C#, MVC 4 (Razor), Entity Framework 4/5 (code and model first), SQL Azure, Azure Storage

·         Integrated and implemented oAuth and Simple Membership with Facebook, Twitter and SoundCloud

Lead Developer/Consultant                                                                         October April – May 2013        

Company Confidential (Remote)

·          Architected and lead development efforts for 2 SaaS applications.  The first for an online language learning tool, and the second for  online personal education and tutoring site. 

·          Both products were implemented using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, Ajax/JSON, C#, MVC 4 (Razor), Entity Framework 4/5 (code and model first), SQL Azure, Azure Storage, and AWS

·         Integrated and implemented oAuth and Simple Membership using Janrain

Software Development Manager/Lead Software Architect                              March 2011-April 2013

Brentwood Industries

·          Responsible for managing all software development projects throughout the organization

·          Lead architect for all software development efforts within the organization

·          Developed enterprise scale applications to control and manage the Syteline ERP application

·          Created the IT Management system which runs all IT aspects within the business

·          Developed company-wide standards for software development

·          Manage the software development team

·          Rebranded and redesigned the corporate website using HTML 5, CSS3, MVC 4 (Razor), Twitter Bootstrap and SQL Server 2012, which will support globalization and localization for over 20 languages

·          Responsible for guiding the process analysis efforts across the corporation to recognize, analyze and solve efficiency issues through customized software

Senior/Lead Consultant                                                                            October  2008 – August 2012

Freelancing (remote)

·          Development of rebranded websites for STAR Medical Equipment and East Coast Recovery Services

Fynydd, LLC (remote)

·          Migration, consolidation and rebranding of the EP Henry family of websites.

·          Development of the Heinz portion control website

·          Development of the Cemetery Plot Planner website for cemetery planning estmation

·          Development of the SPIN Inc organization employee portal

United BioSource - Sr .NET Consultant

·          Developing an educational platform for Pharmacies and Prescribers for education and certification for regulated drugs using C# and .NET 3.5

·          Implemented the application  using the Microsoft Enterprises libraries, common design patterns, MVC framework and Visual Studio 2010 TFS

HomeNet Automotive - Sr .NET Software Engineer (remote)

·          Developed the flagship application, Inventory Online 2, a SOA web-based application using C# and .NET 3.5

·          Worked on pieces of the project from the JQuery driven front end, to the service based  backend supported by SQL Server

·          Developed jobs and activites for migration of data from the previous classic ASP application to the .NET platform.

·          Implemented and designed WCF and traditional web services.

·          Programmed façade and data access layers using LINQ to SQL to the underlying data contexts and LINQ to XML for querying and modifying XML configuration information.

·          Implemented pieces of the application UI using custom controls, user controls and JQuery, as well as AJAX.

·          Worked with Visual Studio 2005

·          Converted the company software portal from a classic ASP application to .NET 3.5 application using Visual Studio 2005/2008, C# and SQL Server 2005

·          Utilized the Microsoft Enterprise Libraries as well as the Entity Framework

SunGard Availability Services – Lead Consultant

·          Lead the effort to migrate the company software portal from the newly acquired Strohl Systems network to servers on the SunGard network.

·          Rebranded the company software portal (classic ASP)

·          Converted the company software portal from a classic ASP application to .NET 3.5 application using Visual Studio 2005/2008, C# and SQL Server 2005

JBS Custom Software Solutions – Consultant (remote)

·          Part of a team that developed a Silverlight application for a large digital storage retailer to manage media on their removable storage devices.  Implemented WCF services for the application.  Developed backend database code using SQL Server 2005.

·          Part of a team that developed and maintained web sites for the world’s largest musical instrument retailer.

·          Implemented a Unica analytics reporting platform

·          Developed using .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5, Visual Studio 2005/2008, C# and SQL Server 2005, Infragistics and Telerik controls

·          Maintained an Omniture analytics reporting platform

·          Utilized the Microsoft Enterprise Libraries as well as the Entity Framework

·          Utilized NHibernate ORM.

NetPlus Marketing                                 Conshohocken, PA               Jan 2008 – October 2008

Senior Software Engineer

·          Implemented and maintained analytics aggregation and reporting platform using ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2005 and reporting services. Wrote interfaces for the MSN, Google and Yahoo reporting API’s.

·          Developed Web based commerce applications for large bridal and dress retailer using ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2005 and AJAX

·          Developed multiple internal applications for SEO tracking and optimization using ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server 2005 and AJAX

·          Administered SQL Server and web databases for multiple clients.

·          Developed using .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5, Visual Studio 2005/2008, C# and SQL Server 2005, Infragistics and Telerik controls

·          Utilized NHibernate ORM.

Fastech Integrated Solutions                 Broomall, PA                         Jan  2007 – Jan 2008

Senior Software Engineer

·          Developed Windows and Web SAP-like applications for the consumer packaged goods industry

·          Re-architected the core product framework to use an object/collection based object-oriented multi-tier architecture that was reusable for all three product lines for both Web and Windows Forms .NET applications.  Based on the 2.0 .NET Framework

·          Introduced the use of Infragistics controls to both the Web and Windows applications.

·          Integrated a hybrid of AJAX, using Microsoft ATLAS/AJAX, Infragistics implementation of AJAX, and a homegrown AJAX framework using JavaScript based smart callbacks.

·          Architected and implemented the following core libraries for the application suite:

·          Custom Validation Framework by extending the Web controls

·          Custom Role based security framework

·          Encryption/Decryption framework base on DES/Rijndael algorithms

·          Windows/Active Directory integration framework

·          Façade pattern List based object/collection framework

·          Data access utility framework

·          Developed Oracle stored procedures for use within the application, and TSQL queries for the Windows Forms client applications. Used Toad, SSMS and Visual Studio 2005.

·          Developed using .NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005/2008, C# and SQL Server 2005, Infragistics and Telerik controls

Strategic Telemetry, Inc.                                                     Reading, PA                        2002-2006

Lead Software Architect (remote)

·          Architected enterprise scale .NET client application to control and monitor Department of Transportation highway lighting systems.

·          Responsible for the growth and development of the spin-off company

·          Responsible for overseeing the project life-cycle for all internal and external .NET  projects 

·          Responsible for day to day operations during the startup phase of the business

·          Developed internal applications to increase staff efficiency and productivity

·          Developed an .NET online purchasing system for a sister company  to maximize client account access ability, and promote the product base via the internet

·          Perform general project management duties, project progress meetings with clients.  Developed proposals and delivered client presentations.

·          Developed using .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5, Visual Studio 2003, C# and SQL Server, Infragistics and Telerik controls

UAI InfoTech, Inc. (Dissolved)                                                   Reading, PA                2001-2002

Director of Internet Technologies/Senior Certified Software Engineer

·          Designed and developed n-Tier COM-based applications, written in VB, with SQL Server 2000 back-ends, with ASP and VB Form user interfaces, using various COM object. Developed DB schemas and site architectures. 

·          Developed .NET extranet applications using VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000, Mobile Internet Toolkit, Crystal Reports, COM Interop, and the .NET Framework Assemblies in the process of integrating a new .NET web application with Active Directory, Exchange, and SQL Server.

·          COM object development, including an online survey engine, administration, and reporting functionality.  Created a COM object user/group/permissions manager programming against Win32 API’s

·          Performed general project management duties, project progress meetings with clients.

·          Developed proposals and delivered client presentations.

eDesign, Inc. (Dissolved)                                                                               Reading, PA                                         2001

Director of Internet Development                                           

·          Rebuilt the internet/web development group, post-merger.  Responsible for interviewing and hiring development staff

·          Technical Lead on inter/extra/intranet application projects

·          Trained technical staff on emerging technologies

·          Responsible for architecting, programming, and managing significant parts of eCommerce and n-Tier web-based applications using Microsoft Technologies.

·          Expanded sales to include mass-marketing accounts.

Consultant                                                                                                                   1998-2008

Qwest Interactive - Technical Lead

·          Lead development teams in n-Tier client-server and web application development efforts using Microsoft Technologies.  Developed the site schematics parts of the technical specifications.

·          Developed document management COM object, with VB form, and web interfaces, for use by a top pharmaceutical company.  Developed a majority of the web interface. 

·          Played a major role in upgrading of the Today’s Man online store COM object

·          Played a major role in the development of the initial version of the online marketplace for First USA Connections

The Maxim Group/Merrill Lynch - Web Development Consultant

·         Responsible for aggressive distance learning intranet development targeted at IE 4.x.  Developed using Microsoft Tools.

Cigna P & C (currently ACE USA) - Associate Developer

·          Researched, tested, and implemented emerging technologies. 

·          Configured, administered, and supported Microsoft NT 4.0 Terminal Server and Citrix Metaframe 1.8 installations, and migrated existing applications to the Terminal Server platform.  Managed user permissions and system policies.

·          Member of the Y2K migration team

·          Part of the team that developed a web application to integrate existing AS/400’s with the corporate intranet