William Simmons

57 Moriarity St
Dover, DE 19901
(717) 781-0638
will4job@yahoo.com

Objective

I am seeking a full-time position in the field of Software Development. Where I hope to advance and grow to one day achieve the status of “Chief Technical Architect”.

Education

Technical skills

Languages

-          Proficient in: VB.NET, VB.NET, JavaScript, H.T.M.L., T-SQL, LINQ, H.T.M.L., JQuery

-          Familiar with: Java, PHP, X.M.L., A.J.A.X., VBA

Software & Technologies

·        Database’s: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Access(2003-2010)

-          Triggers, Stored Procedures, Stored Queries, Functions, T-SQL, Temp Tables, etc..

·        Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows(2000-Win 7),

·        Platforms: ASP.NET, W.P.F.

-          I.D.E.’s: Visual Studio(2003-2010), Net Beans(5.5-6.9), Zend Studio(5.5)

-          Familiar with: Web Matrix, Dream Weaver

-          Other: Microsoft Office, Entity Framework, Dependency Injection

Services

-          ASMX, W.C.F., Windows

Methodologies

·        I am familiar with Design Patterns and T.D.D., D.D.D.

Patterns

-          Singleton, Factory, Decorator, Factory, Repository, MVVM, MVP, MVC (2-4), S.O.L.I.D. Principles

Experience

Software Engineer                                                                                               Nov 2013 – Present

Bridgestone – Graniteville, S.C.

·        Currently working on re-writing a warehouse management system that was previously written in classic ASP, ADO.NET and heavily JavaScript oriented. I am re-writing the system in ASP.NET, using VB.NET T-SQL on the backend. I'm also replacing traditional JavaScript with JQuery. I am using Visual Studio 2013 and T.F.S.. I am taking an Agile/Scrum approach in the development methodology of the project.

Software Engineer                                                                                               Apr 2013 – Nov 2013

Savannah River Site – Aiken, S.C.

·        Worked on new development of Engineering Process Roadmap. The application was written in MVC 4 and C#. SQL Server 2012 was used on the backend and Entity Framework 5 as the O/R Mapper, JQuery was also used throughout the project. T.F.S. was used for source control.

·        Worked on migrating an existing VB.NET win form application, Morning Report, to an MVC 4 application. The application as it stands uses ADO, but in the rewrite Entity Framework will be used. C# was also the language of choice during the rewrite. T-SQL was converted to Entity Framework. The reporting service used was Crystal Reports in the old app, but was porting those over to SSRS as well. S.V.N. was used for source control.

·        Worked on migrating an old VB6 application, LCO, to MVC 4. Again the application will be written in VB.NET, while using various technologies such as Entity Framework and JQuery. T.F.S. was used for source control.

Sr. Programmer/Analyst                                                                                               Jul 2012 –Apr 2013

Rural Sourcing Inc. – Augusta, GA

·        Worked on various reports using SSRS 2008 and PL SQL for the Jewish United Fund. In addition to the reports. The client also requested that we design and implement UI’s for the report using ASP.NET Web User Controls and C#.

·        Worked on a DNN project for a new client. We developed a site that used some existing DNN modules that required a little tweaking as well as developing some new custom modules. The new modules were coded in C# and T-SQL.

·        Worked with a Junior Analyst, aiding him in some ASP.Net MVC development for one of his clients. We used a lot of NET AJAX and JQuery throughout the project.

·        Worked with a Junior Analyst on a project for one of his clients in which they wanted to present a free low cost application to their users and they wanted it done in Excel. We found the requirements challenging and opted to use VBA to speed up the process.

·        Worked with a Junior Analyst on project for one of his clients where we used the ETL technique to pull data from spread sheets and csv files, transform the data into what the client wanted and then load that data into a SQL Server database. SSIS was used to complete this task.

Software Developer                                                                                                      Apr 2011-Mar 2013

ITEL Laboratories – Jacksonville, FL

·        Created a new in house application that allows insurance claims adjusters to take pictures of damaged samples and submit them to ITEL for analysis using our Enterprise Application. Used W.P.F. technology and C# to write the application.

·        Created a new in house application for our sales team that goes out to our mail server and searches for emails that have an xml file attachment and downloads them, given a specified date range as input. Once downloaded the files are then read into a data grid, modified and then converted to an excel report. I wrote the application as a windows application using C#.

·        Created a new in house application that generates C.R.U.D. templates using T4 templates. Used C# and T-SQL to complete this project.

·        Created a new windows service application that scans a malware bytes log folder and searches for detected viruses and emails our IT department. Used VB.NET to write this application.

·        Worked on updating our Enterprise Application from a .NET 1.1 Windows Forms application to a W.P.F .NET 4.0 application. Used various technologies. I converted ASMX services to W.C.F. and implementing dependency injection. Used the MVVM pattern to complete this project.

·        Worked on ITEL_Portal. This was an in house legacy application written in VB6, classic A.S.P. and T-SQL. I supported this application as well as added custom pages. H.T.M.L.  and XSLT was also used throughout the application.

Software Developer

Sep 2007 – Apr 2011

EtchaSoft – Jacksonville, FL

·        Implemented new features and performed debugging and maintenance on a sports injury tracking system that is used by teams on a high school to a professional level. The system kept track of things what body part was injured, how long the injury might take to heal and also the meds that they took. The technology used was ASP.NET and the languages used were H.T.M.L., JavaScript, JQuery, T-SQL, A.J.A.X. and C#.

·        Implemented new features on a real estate tracking system that allowed realtors to have contracts auto-generated and digitally signed to speed up their day to day jobs. The technology used was ASP.NET and the languages used were H.T.M.L., JavaScript, T-SQL and C#. I also used .NET Serialization and Generic Handlers to speed up the P.D.F. contract generation.

·        Created an in house application which was a model of a freelance app that I had designed that allowed us to split a file in half, transport it to another machine and then merge the file once it reached its destination. The application is a Win Forms app which I wrote in VB.NET

·        Created an in house application which was a model of a freelance app that I had designed that allowed us to transfer data between SQL Server databases by generating insert statements. The application is a Win Forms app which I wrote in C# and T-SQL.

·        Worked on a DNN project for a medical community that would allow users to subscribe to different topics and events. The coding was done in C#. I also wrote a windows service for the project to auto email subscribers of a specific topic.

·        Worked on a protection order generating web application upon which Implemented various functionality using ASP.NET, AJAX, JavaScript, T-SQL and C#. I performed maintenance as well as consumed a few web services on the site.

·        Worked on an ETL application in which data was pulled from an AS/400 DB2 database, Cobol files and spread sheets, modified and then loaded into a SQL Server database. SSIS was used on this project.

Freelance Work

·        Developed a blogging application for a client in S.C. I did not wanted to use an existing blog engine, because I wanted to do the full development myself. The technology used was ASP.NET and the languages used were H.T.M.L., JavaScript, JQuery, and VB.NET. The client has apparently not renewed the domain. I have the code available upon request.

·        Created a portfolio site to give potential employers a chance to actually get to know a little about me and also to show that I could develop a site using PHP with a high level of competency. Other languages used were JQuery and H.T.M.L. I did not renew my domain, but I have the code available upon request.

·        Designed a small little win forms application that generates LINQ classes from MySQL database tables. The application is written in C#.

·        Designed a multi-file downloader using WPF and C#.

Database work

·        Used databases in all aspects of my work experience. Every application or web site that I have worked on has been data driven. I have experience designing tables, creating triggers, creating cursors, creating functions and writing T-SQL.

·        Created users, roles and schemas in a database environment.

·        Created Select, Action, Parameter and Aggregate queries in MS Access 2003-2010.

         A.S.C.O.

Mar 2002 – Oct 2003

         Carlisle

May 2000 – Mar 2002

         Graniteville Mill

June 1997 –May 2000