MICHAEL GRAHAM

931 Scenic View Drive

Atlanta, GA 30339

404-313-0894

michael.graham.us@gmail.com

SUMMARY

Have over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field. Have the ability to

adapt to changing environments and learn new technologies quickly. Well versed in objectoriented

development employing the full development life cycle. Have experience

designing and developing n-tier architectures. Proven professional with strong technical

skills and solid interpersonal skills. Excel in a team environment and often called upon to

mentor other team members. Able to accomplish any goal through determination and selfdiscipline.

Seeking the opportunity to make all projects that I am assigned a success.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Web Designer, Atlanta, GA

11/2014-Present

• Create dynamic, responsive websites utilizing Wordpress, CSS, and HTML and incorporate

social media elements, email marketing campaigns, Google Analytics, and SEO.

• Set up websites on cloud servers with LEMP stack (Linux, NginX, MySQL, PHP)

• Set up Cron jobs for automated backups of test and production databases.

• Modify PHP code to customize Wordpress post types, pages, and templates.

• Create all custom graphic elements using Gimp image editor.

• Work with clients throughout the development lifecycle to ensure the website design meets

their goals and expectations.

Environment: Cloud Servers, Linux, NginX, MySQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, Gimp

Concur, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Senior Software Engineer

• ETL Tool - implemented the conversion of Win32 Delphi to .NET for a tool that was

used for extracting data from various travel applications, then transforming and

loading the data into databases used for reporting, analytics, and other business

functions and was implemented with .NET, MVC, Razor, REST and Windows

Services.

• Implemented enhancements and performed maintenance on various business

applications created with .NET web services and Windows services.

• Set up and maintained projects in Jenkins for continuous integration of .NET source

code and for running automated unit tests with MS Build.

Environment:Visual Studio 2013, .NET 4, C#, MVC 4, Razor, Entity Framework, jQuery,

Bootstrap, JavaScript, WCF, REST, SQL Server 2012, Git, GitHub, Jenkins

9/2013-5/2014

Xceleration, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Senior Web Developer

11/2011 - 3/2013

• RewardStation (rewardstation.com) - implemented enhancements to RewardStation,

a corporate rewards and incentive website, based on business requirements from the

Account

• Services team, using C#/.NET 4, ASP.NET web forms, MVC 3, Razor, WCF services

• Authorized Distributor Network (ADN) Operations Portal (adnopsportal.com) -

implemented enhancements for ADN Ops Portal, a web portal for managing trial

contact lens sets for all client distributor locations and was implemented with

C#/.NET 4, MVC 3, Razor, JavaScript, jQuery.

• LTI Reporting Website - created a long term investment client site for allowing

executives to log in and view their long term cash incentives and equity holdings, and

was implemented with C#, MVC 3, Razor, JavaScript, jQuery.

• TFS 2010 Administration - managed user accounts, projects, permissions, and setup

build definitions, recommended and implemented the source control branching

strategy for the team.

Environment:Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4, C#, MVC 3, ASP.NET, WCF, jQuery, SQL Server 2008,

TFS 2010

CCP North America, Stone Mountain, GA

3/2010 - 11/2011

Technical Lead / Senior Web Developer

• Website Development - implemented the backend for multiple public websites including

TheGrandMasquerade.com, white-wolf.com, and dust514.com, utilizing Umbraco open

source CMS software with ASP.NET and used Kanban for managing the development

process.

• White Wolf and EVE Online web stores - implemented enhancements and performed

maintenance on store.white-wolf.com and store.eveonline.com that were implemented with

ASP.NET, C#, and a customized version of AbleCommerce software.

• Digital Tools - online character sheet and game management tools for LARP and table-top

games using ASP.NET, MVC2, jQuery, Entity Framework, and WCF web services.

• Mentored other team members on design, implementation and learning new technologies.

Environment: Visual Studio 2008/2010, .NET 3.5/4.0, C#, SQL Server 2005/2008, TFS, Perforce

Lockheed Martin on assignment at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

Atlanta, GA

Software Developer

10/2009 - 2/2010

Windows software development on the Epi Info 7 application.

• Instrumental in converting a VB6 application (Epi Info 3) to a newer C#/.NET open source

version (Epi Info 7) which is an application for epidemiologists and other health care

professionals to capture, analyze, graph and map information pertaining to epidemic

diseases.

• Redesigned the command engine for the Epi 7 scripting language to allow for

nested commands utilizing GOLD (Grammar Oriented Language Developer)

Parsing System and C#.

• Designed and implemented architectural modifications and enhancements to the existing

code base to improve performance and functionality.

• Implemented the conversion utilizing OOP and following specified open source coding

standards.

Environment: Visual Studio 2005/2008, .NET 3.0/3.5, C#, SQL Server 2005

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Atlanta, GA

2006 - 2009

Advanced Software Developer

Lead software development for multiple Client Services applications.

• Lead development and performed maintenance on a selling title management application

called TitleWave, utilizing C#, XML, WCF, web services, T-SQL, and SQL Server, which

managed the selling titles for other Client Services applications and traffic applications

which eventually feeds into the traffic system that controls broadcast airings.

• Lead development and performed maintenance on an EDI contract management

application that managed advertiser and VAN contracts and initiated batch transfers of files

conforming to the cable industry's EDI specifications.

• Implemented the conversion of the EDI application from VB6 to .NET utilizing C# and

WCF web services.

Environment: Visual Studio 2005/2008, .NET 3.0/3.5, C#, SQL Server 2005, WCF, WPF, Web

services, LINQ

NSI, St. Louis, MO

2004 - 2006

Software Developer

Web-based software development and maintenance for a number of projects and clients.

• Created a payment and order processing web service utilizing ASP.NET, C#, VeriSign

Payflow Pro software and XML schemas which was consumed by a third party Java web

service.

• Created a skinnable leaderboard website to run quarterly sales promotions to be used by

automotive sales consultants utilizing ASP.NET and C#.

• Developed enhancements and performed maintenance on a toolbox application used to

create customizable images based on SVG templates and generated with Adobe Graphics

Server engine.

• Developed enhancements and performed maintenance on the toolbox framework that was

used as the base code for multiple clients.

Environment: Windows XP, ASP.NET, C#, IIS, Web Services, XML, SVG, AJAX, CSS, JavaScript,

SQL Server 2000, Enterprise Manager, T-SQL, UML, Visio, Visual SourceSafe

Soseso, Inc., St. Louis, MO

2003 - 2004

Software Engineer

Web-based software development for a range of clients based on project proposals and

requirements.

• Authored project proposals to be submitted to the client for approval.

• Responsible for meeting with clients and assembling the project goals and functional

specifications necessary for the project.

• Analyzed, designed and developed business applications according to specifications

utilizing ASP.NET, VB.NET and C#.

Environment: Windows XP, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, SQL Server 2000, Web Services, UML, Visio

321 Studios, St. Louis, MO

3/2003

Programmer/Analyst

Short-term project to implement a customer support forum that is used to track user issues and

issue resolutions for the 321 Studios product line.

• Performed analysis on available forum software and made a recommendation on which

forum software should be used on the project.

• Implemented the 321 Studios Forum at HYPERLINK "http://forum.321studios.com" http://

forum.321studios.com by installing and customizing the dotNetBB source code which was

developed in VB.NET.

• Customized the 321 Studios Forum to synchronize customer data between the existing

Customer Support site and the new forum utilizing ASP, ASP.NET and VB.NET.

Environment: Windows XP, ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server 2000

Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO

2002 - 2003

Programmer/Analyst

Market Development Tool (MDT) Reporting application which is a web-based intranet application

that provides wholesaler data for Anheuser-Busch management.

• Lead the development, including design and implementation, for (MDT) Reporting utilizing

Visual Studio.NET, C#, XML, XSL, Web Services and XHTML.

• Responsible for compiling all quarterly and ad-hoc reports relating to MDT which was

distributed to Anheuser-Busch senior management.

• Responsible for data management, data loading, and troubleshooting of the MDT

databases utilizing Oracle 8i, SQL Plus and Access 2000.

Environment: Windows NT, Oracle 8i, Visual Studio .NET, C#, XML, XSL, SQL*Plus, TOAD,

Extreme Programming, UML, Visio, Web Services

MasterCard International, St. Louis, MO

2000 - 2002

Application Developer

MasterCard Rewards System which provides member banks and the MasterCard Rewards Center

with Customer Service functions, reward fulfillment and reporting.

Lead the front-end development effort, including design and implementation, of enhancements for

the MasterCard Rewards System utilizing Visual Basic and Pro*C/Oracle.

• Received an award from the business owners for outstanding work on the MasterCard

Rewards System.

• Coordinating with business owners to facilitate the implementation of new and updated

business rules.

• Creating and distributing installation packages for Rewards applications.

• Troubleshooting and correcting Rewards production issues.

• Designing and implementing enhancements to the Prism application, which provides

member reporting and member billing capabilities, utilizing Visual Basic and Pro*C/Oracle.

Environment: Windows NT, VB6, UNIX, Oracle, SQL*Plus, TOAD

A.G. Edwards, St. Louis, MO

1998 - 2000

Programmer/Analyst

Illustrations and Modeling (I&M) application, which is part of the nationwide ClientOne broker

workstation. This application is used by A.G. Edwards brokers to show new customers

illustrations and models of their current and projected financial situation.

• Performing analysis, design and implementation for converting the I&M application from a

Visual Basic 3, 16-bit app to a Visual Basic 6, 32-bit app.

• Implementing the application with an ActiveX component-based 3-tier architecture.

• Responsible for mentoring the employees on the project and teaching them Visual Basic 6,

OOP, and OOD.

• Designing the application components utilizing Visual Modeler.

• Performing unit testing on completed components.

Environment: Windows NT, Visual Basic 3, Visual Basic 6, ActiveX, AllBase, Visual SourceSafe,

UML, Visual Modeler

Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO

1997 - 1998

Application Developer

Intranet-based time-tracking system for the Biotechnology Research teams. Used to track and

categorize all hours worked by each team member.

• Sole designer and implementer of the Time Tracking system utilizing Visual InterDev, ASP,

VBScript and JavaScript.

• Maintaining and supporting the Budget Forecast and MAT systems.

• Implementing marketing programs for the End User Database (EUDB) application to

access the RDB database.

• Working as a project strategy consultant for the financial analysts’ Long Range Planning

System (LRP) Access application.

• Reworking the Budget Forecast system utilizing VBA and MS Access.

Environment: Windows NT, Visual InterDev, Visual Basic 5, Oracle RDB, Lotus Domino, UML,

Rational Rose

Cooper-Bussmann, St. Louis, MO

7/1997 - 8/1997

Programmer/Analyst

Short-term (1.5 months) project to redesign the existing Sales and Marketing database and to

streamline the processes involved.

• Redesigning the Sales/Marketing Access database

• Creating customized Access reports for the Sales/Marketing team

• Streamlining the data import process from the mainframe database to Access.

• Working with the users to establish new workflow processes and streamline existing

workflow processes.

Environment: Windows, Microsoft Access

TALX Corporation, St. Louis, MO

5/1997 - 7/1997

Application Programmer

Short-term (3 month) project to create and modify Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems for

several Talx clients.

• Designing, implementing and testing the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems using

Visual Basic and Easy Script.

• Designing applications to work with CICS/MVS mainframe systems and Oracle databases

using ODBC.

• Working with customers to test and debug completed projects before going into

production.

• Programming reports for IVR systems to track statistics for multiple projects using Crystal

Reports.

Environment: Windows, Visual Basic, CICS/MVS, Oracle, IVR

CPI Corporation, St. Louis, MO

1996 - 1997

Software Engineer

GUI Team Leader for the Central Information Repository and Processing Services (CIRPS)

system. This repository contains all enterprise data and is accessed by multiple enterprise

applications.

• Performing as the GUI Team Leader of the Central Information Repository and Processing

Services system.

• Maintaining the enterprise data for all CPI Photo, Fox Photo, Photo Finish and Sears

Portrait Studio locations, which is implemented as a three-tier client/server architecture.

• Overseeing all areas of the project involving the presentation layer.

• Constructing the enterprise-wide GUI development standards and guidelines for the home

office.

• Modeling and implementing all interfaces for the project using a variety of development

tools such as Visual Basic, Access and NewEra, and connecting to the Informix server via

ODBC.

• Supervising the work of the other team leaders as it pertained to user interface issues.

• Assisting the other team leaders on the project with various GUI-related tasks.

Environment: Windows, Visual Basic, Informix, Erwin

Gentry Systems, St. Louis, MO

1994 - 1996

Programmer/Analyst and Network Administrator

Lead development on GenStake software which is a GIS (Geographic Information System)

product that tracks assembly information for electric and water utility companies and interfaces

with AutoCAD utility maps.

• Developing one of three major software packages (GenStake) using Visual Basic and C++

languages for both DOS and Windows platforms.

• Supervising the operating of the Novell and NT Server networks.

• Troubleshooting general software and hardware problems for clients and office personnel.

• Conducting on-site training for numerous clients.

• Creating and publishing manuals that accompany the software.

Environment: Windows, DOS, dBase, Visual Basic, Novell Network