8229-F Kings CharterLane                   sgross5992@outlook.com

             Springfield, VA 22152       Github: sbgross/swcguild

 

Objective

Experienced telecommunications business analyst with a background in mainframe-based billing platforms looking to transition to a junior position in web application development.

 

Technical PROFILE

 

·             C# and Object-oriented programming concepts ·             Visual Studio 2012/2013 IDE ·             ASP.NET MVC 5 ·             HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery ·             Unit Testing (NUnit)

·             SQL Server 2014 ·             Agile Project Planning ·             Mainframe Applications: COBOL-2, TSO/ISPF, Endevor, DB/2, SQL, JCL/PROC

 

professional experience

Software Craftsmanship Guild, Akron, OH                                                                            April 2015-July 2015

Microsoft .NET Apprentice                      

Immersive software apprenticeship in full-stack design and implementation utilizing the following components:

·               C# Language Fundamentals: variable declaration, looping constructs, conditional statements, class modeling, exception handling, LINQ queries, unit testing, test driven development and n-tier application structure.

·               Web Development Fundamentals: ASP.NET MVC 5, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JQuery.

·               Database Fundamentals: SQL Server 2014, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, Data Modeling and Table Creation

·               Project highlights:

Ø      Group Capstone Project - Web-based Learning Management System for fictional school using MVC architecture. User dashboard at login based on Administrator, Teacher, Parent or Student roles. ADO.NET data layer wired to SQL Server via stored procedures. Data modeling, table creation and population based on "client" requirements supplied via wireframes. Ninject repository bindings allow both test and production execution modes.

Ø      Group C# Mastery Project - Console-based Order Management System for fictional flooring company that adds, edits, and deletes customer orders. Architecture follows enterprise model dividing functionality into User Interface, Business Logic, Model, Data and Test layers. Ninject repository bindings allow both test and production execution modes reading from/writing to TXT files.

 

Professional Development                                      2012–2014

·               Accounting Certificate Program at Northern Virginia Community College (VA CPA Prerequisites)

·               Project Management Professional certification from PMI

 

Verizon Business, Ashburn, VA                                      2000–2012

Business Analyst, Requirements Analysis & Design

Led team of technical consultants in the delivery of IT invoicing infrastructure projects. Translated business client requirements into system requirements and code modifications to bill new product and service offerings. Determined project orders of magnitude (OOMs) and levels of effort (LOEs) to recommend project feasibility and establish release priority. Product areas included: cellular/voice services, data/messaging services, digital media services, and eBusiness solutions. Territory: Americas and Western Europe. 

·               Led design efforts for >200 projects through entire software development life cycle (Discovery, Requirements, Design, Development, Testing, and Implementation).

·               Stewarded company’s electronic invoicing standard. Revised specification with technical write-ups of project impacts and maintained integrity of document content with underlying source code.

·               Chaired monthly meeting of electronic invoicing stakeholders to review specification revisions and resolve emergent issues.

 

Accenture, Arlington, VA      1997 – 2000

Consultant to Bell Atlantic (Verizon)

Led software development team. Designed, developed and implemented invoicing platform enhancements. Planned workload for multiple team members across intra-application functional areas, projects and releases. Primary point of contact for production and testing execution abends.

·               Designed and implemented process to resolve out of balance condition for > 60K consumer and business test accounts that would have otherwise delayed production implementation. Presented ongoing status updates and final resolution findings to executive management.

·               Designated application’s subject matter expert (SME).

 

Vredenburg (CACI), Crystal City, VA                                                                                             1991 – 1995

Financial Analyst II                                        

Provided financial and program management support to Naval Sea (NAVSEA) Systems engineer. Developed quarterly/annual budgets covering new construction, procurement, and operations & maintenance funding appropriations totaling $20M per year. Granted Secret security clearance (currently inactive).

·               Developed process to correct outstanding expenditure records in US Navy accounting database, saving > $3.2M.

 

education

Masters of Business Administration, Management Science and Finance concentrations, 1997, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Bachelor of Science, Business Management, 1991, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

 

certification

Project Management Professional (PMP), Awarded by Project Management Institute April 2014

 

cOURSEWORK

 

·             Programming for Complete Beginners in C# (udemy.com) ·             Computer Science 101 (Stanford Online)

·             JavaScript, HTML/CSS, JQuery Basics (codecademy.com)