JOHN A. WRIGHT

Professional GoalLooking for long term Contract (C2C) or Perm position.

 

Professional SummaryAccomplished Microsoft Developer with 17 years of IT experience and background that includes: Many leadership positions (Director of Software Development, Site Lead, Team and Technical Lead) and developer positions architecting and building applications on different platforms and environments in a wide range of industries.

Security Clearance Active Secret

 

Core Technical SkillsTechnologies:

·               C# - VB.NET - JavaScript – jQuery.

Windows Forms Apps:

o     WFP - Win Mobile - Win CE (Compact Framework) Card Swipe & Optical Recgnition Devices.

ASP.NET (Web) Apps:                            

o     Web Services: SOAP – REST - WCF.

o     Web Applications - MVC (3.0, 4.0) Razor.

o     Angular.js, Breeze, Knockout (some)

o     Crystal Reports.

·               Entity Framework.

·               MS SQL Server Database (6.5 to 2012): LINQ - Stored Procedures – Triggers – Functions.

·               SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013.

 

All phases for the Software Development Life Cycle and use of Design Patterns.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

May 2013 to April 2014  People Technology & Process (PTP) (US Army) Kabul, Afghanistan

Site Lead & SharePoint/Web Developer (Employee)

·               Managed team of 4 developers maintaining several SharePoint Servers (2010 & 2013) and Database Servers (VM and Standalone)

·               Gather Requirements, designed, coded and deployed and maintained (tech support) for several custom applications MVC (4 Razor), Web Applications and SharePoint Web Parts.

·               Managed SQL Server (2012 & 2008) ETL jobs using SSIS, Design App Database schemas, Stored Procedures, Views, Triggers and Functions.

·               Technologies: T-SQL, C#, MVC, XML, HTML/HTML5, DHTML, CSS 3, jQuery, JavaScript, Ajax, JSON, ASP.NET/C#, Active Directory, SharePoint Permissions and Crystal Reporting.

·               Reason for Leaving: PTP lost contract.

Dec 2008 to April 2013 JWC Company / IT consulting company

Technical Lead/Senior .NET Developer Consultant (Contractor)

·   Transportation Security Administration (TSA): Encounter Tracking System. Worked on team to import data from several federal agencies, stored a database and created an MVC Web Application find information on suspected terrorist. Technologies: MVC 3.0 & 4.0, WCF Web services, LINQ, Kendo UI Controls, jQuery, Ajax and JavaScript, JSON. 

·   Large Web Hosting (AT&T subsidiary) Company: leasing servers to large companies (orders as large as 100+ servers). I was the Team Lead on team that designed and built a tool for the “Hosting and Application Support QA Team”. The application interfaced with numerous legacy systems and a network monitoring system (by way of web services, SOAP & REST) to receive data verify information about each server in the order. E.g. Processor, memory, OS, software loaded and more. Technologies: C#, ASP.NET, (numerous) SOAP & REST Web services, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL Server 2008, SOAP UI, MS Message Queue.

·   Edwards AFB: Education Management System for Test Pilot Training. Worked on Required Training & Scheduling application. Through the entire SDLC. Extensive use of Design Patterns. Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, MVP architecture, .NET 3.5,  SQL Server 2005, SharePoint 2007, WCF, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, HTML/DHTML, CSS.

·   China Lake Weapons Ctr (Navy): Gathered requirements; Designed, coded implemented Numerous Web Based Apps (ASP.NET) for a project to move all applications to the Aqua Logic web portal.  Technologies: C#, ASP.NET, Aqua Logic, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL Server 2008.

·   Los Angeles AFB: Designed and built web-based applications that would run in SharePoint. One application, the Awards DB Tool allowed users to search a list of awards offered by various government agencies. Designed custom filters (i.e. Agency, Date Award was presented, Recipient Type, etc.) so users could filter the list to find specific awards. Created custom Web Parts that ran in the SharePoint portal. Converted ASP.NET (C#) web application to a Web Part to run in SharePoint 2007 MOSS and SP API.

·   Other Contracts include: UCLA, JD Powers & Associates, Schriever AFB, and others.

·   Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010,  SQL Server 2005/2008,  Ajax, SharePoint 2003/2007/2010 Web Part templates, SQL Server 2005, Team Foundation Server, Crystal Reports. 

·   Reason for Leaving: RIF or contract complete.

 

Nov 2007 to Nov 2008 Gametech International, Inc. Reno, NV  (Employee)

·   Created enhancements; converted legacy systems to .NET and performed new development on Gaming Systems. Developed / worked on the full range of software systems including POS, electronic gaming (mostly Bingo) and management console applications.

·   Utilized .NET 3.0/2.0, C#, Winforms, Touch Screen, ASP.NET 3.5, Crystal Reports and socket communications with hardware devices as well as Gaming Server; some Web Services, and SQL Server 2005.

·   Reason for Leaving: RIF (2009 downturn).

 

Jan 2007 to Nov 2007Harris Corporation Schieriver AFB, Colorado Springs, CO. (Contract)

·   At, converted a classic ASP application to an ASP.NET web application using AJAX technology. Created reports with Active Reports and Crystal Reports, allowing users to export to Excel.

·   Designed and developed Windows Forms Utility application for Website configuration using C#, VB.NET and some ASP (VBScript) and SQL Server 2005.

·   Reason for Leaving: Took perm job with Gametech.

 

June 2000 to Jan 2007Red Fern Technologies An IT consulting company

Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

·   Catappraisals, Inc.: Catastrophic Fleet Damage Estimating System. Gathered requirements, designed, developed, implemented and supported an Claims Estimating system for Automobile Insurance Claims.

o   A handheld Pocket PC (Windows Mobile) Application for field estimators for body damage.

o   A Back Office web application for receiving data and producing Estimates/Reports.

o   Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, Win Mobile, XML

 

·   Data Connect, Inc.: Food Show Central: Designed and built “Exit Station” system that allowed customers to get a print-out of all orders placed at the show. Programmatically displayed system settings and their current state for multiple POS terminals running a C# Win CE application. Converted VB6 modules into DLLs and OCXs to leverage existing code. Technologies: .NET, C#, Win Forms, .NET Compact Framework, Windows CE Touch Screen, Card Swipe and Optical Recognition Devices, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, ASP.NET.

·   MRM Inc.: Medical Records Management / Insurance Coding System: Designed and built an application to extract records from an existing Clarion application and imported them into a SQL Server Database to be accessed by other applications. Technologies: VB6, SQL Server 2000, Clarion, ODBC Drivers.

·   WebServ Dev.: Real Estate Property Management System: Designed and built and built a DNA/N-Tier Web Application to manage multiple rental properties and multiple owners. Reverse-engineered an existing DOS App for requirements. Conducted regular development meetings and implemented solid development standards. Technologies: ASP, JavaScript, HTML, VB6 COM Objects, COM+, Transaction Server, SQL Server 2000, WinCVS.

·   FinHealth: Medical Billing System: Redesigned and rewrote Medical Billing system to implement OO design to increase performance. Added record search capabilities to expedite Customer account lookup and update functionality. Added an interest calculating section for payment plans. (VB6, SQL Server 2000).

·   Cibar: Banking Letters of Credit System: Worked several modules of ASP Letters of Credit system for commercial banking customers doing international transactions in a multi-currency system. Followed banking industry regulations, as well as security, privacy-, and legislative requirements. (D/HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MS-SQL, ASP, VBScript, VB6, Web Classes).  

·   SightStreet.com: Credit Processing for Online Payments: (ASP, JavaScript, VB 6 COM, IIS 4.0, COM+, SQL Server 7 and 2000).

·   Reason for Leaving: RIF or contract complete.

 

July 1996 to June 2000Encoda Systems A Cable TV Traffic & Billing App Colorado Springs, CO. (Employee)

Software Developer

·   Designed and maintained large SQL Server databases. Extensively used Transact SQL for Stored Procedures. Performed Data integration, Backups and Data importing (SQL Server 6.5, 2000).

·   Maintained an automated system that passes and receives files from the local systems to a central server. Enhanced existing accounting reports to meet customer requirements. Re-wrote many billing modules to improve performance.

·   Developed new modules for advanced reporting features. Created UI to allow individual users to dynamically configure ad-hoc reporting options. Converted the system into a .NET platform. Created a UI and DLLs that allowed various systems running on laptops to connect to main database through the Internet.

·   Set up stored procedures for SQL Server. Conducted OO Design. Created ActiveX. Designed and built automated System to transfer files from remote client to an Internet File Server. The system had to adjust data in files for different Time Zones. This system interacted with different platforms (Linux to Windows). (VB5, RAS, FTP, PPTP, Windows NT/95, Access, SQL Server. Setup Stored Procedures for SQL Server. Conducted OO and ActiveX. 

·   Reason for Leaving: Company moved to Michigan.

 

EDUCATION Colorado Christian University Lakewood, CO

BS Computer Information System Management 1998

 

TECHNICAL ASP.NET, C#, WCF, WPF, MVC, Web Services, HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, AJAX, JavaScript, JQuery, Telrik (Kendo) Controls, jQuery UI, Various Design Patterns, MS-SQL (6.5 to 2012) ETL, stored procedures, triggers, constraints, and query optimization, SharePoint, NUnit and Watin (Testing Platform), Windows CE OS (including: ORD/POS, Card Swipe Technology, etc.) Visual Studio (6.0 to 2012)