Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2014 – Jan 2015

Texas A&M University – College Station, TX

· Created the Housing Cancellation section for the Housing Decision process on the Student Housing

Application.

· Added the ability to supply comments during the Housing Decision process on the Student Housing

Application.

· Created API endpoints to:

-          Verify a request to transfer to university run apartments from on campus housing.

-          Request valid options for a student to donate their housing deposit to.

-          Request valid deposit donation amounts.

· Created and modified various EF data models and created the appropriate migrations to apply the changes to

the database.

Technologies Used: .Net 4.5, C#, Visual Studio 2013, SQL Server 2012, Angular, JavaScript, Json, LINQ, Agile, Git

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2013 – Jul 2014

Hartigen – Houston, TX

· Worked on Hartigen’s primary application: PowerOptix; a real-time web-based energy trading solution which allows clients to interact with various regional independent system operators (ISO).

Development responsibilities included:

  · Designing and implementing business functions for settlement calculations.

  · Implementing new ISO API XSD schemas and updating existing ones.

  · Creating new database tables and views and accelerating them for improved entity framework performance.

  · Implementing new user interface specifications and functionality.

  · Finding and fixing bugs in production software, as needed.

  · Creating unit test software to verify software additions and modifications.

Technologies Used: .Net 4, C#, Visual Studio 2012, SQL Server 2008, MVC3, Web Services, Windows Services, JavaScript, Json, LINQ, Agile, Xml, NAnt, Subversion, SVN, Jira

Senior Software Engineer

May 2013 – Dec 2013

Hewlett-Packard – Houston, TX

· Worked on the Consumer Support and Services IT – Integrated Diagnostics Framework team to develop web services by consumers who wished to use the self-support functionality under the support section of hp.com.
· Designed and implemented the services utilized to determine the data template desired for a given device and then harvest the data from the desired device.
· Upgraded the NPAPI plugins utilized by Firefox and Google Chrome.
· Initiated the drive to create standardized code documentation and to utilize SandCastle to create and render the documentation.

Technologies Used: .Net 4, C#, Visual Studio 2012, SQL Server 2008, MVC3, Web Services, Windows Services, NPAPI, C++, JavaScript, Browser Plugins, Google Native Messaging, Json, LINQ, Agile, SandCastle, TFS

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2012 – Jul 2012

Electronic Commerce, Inc. (ECI) – Elkhart, IN

· Designed and developed a distributed Windows Service hosted WCF environment to be used for the batch processing of payroll related data.  The service environment is designed to be self-aware and to automatically load balance requests and to queue requests that cannot be immediately processed.

· Upgraded several projects from .Net 2 to .Net 4 and also updated two of the projects that were missing functionality that had been written into legacy VB but never migrated to .Net. In addition the last project was updated to include interfaces to call the newly created WCF service.

· Updated various web files to provide the ability to dynamically switch between existing functionality and the use of the new .Net WCF interfaces.

Technologies Used: .Net2 & 4, C#, VB.NET, ASP, WCF, Windows Services, WMI, SQL Server 2005,

Visual Studio 2010 & 2008

Apr. 2012 – Nov 2012

Software Engineer

Apr 2012 – May 2012

Hartigen – Houston, TX

· Developed a windows application that retrieved data via a REST service and then processed the data providing visual and audible alerts if any data points were deemed out of range.  The application provided the ability to configure the target ranges as well as information related to the alerts.

· Backfilled for the primary development team as a trouble shooter to track down hard to find bugs reported in Jira while the primary team prepared for a upcoming release.

Technologies Used: .Net4, ASP.NET, C#, WinForm, MVC, jQuery, SQL Server 2008, LINQ, Visual Studio 2010,

Agile, Jira

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2011 – Feb 2012

ACT Conferencing – Lakewood, CO

· Senior software engineer responsible for being the lead developer of ACT's provisioning application for their next generation web conferencing system.

Technologies Used: .Net4, ASP.NET, C#, WebForm, jQuery, SQL Server 2008, LINQ, Visual Studio 2010, Agile,

Jira

Senior Software Developer

May 2011 – Sep 2011

Coley and Associates – San Antonio, TX

· Team leader and primary developer for creating a web based knowledge repository for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs National Center for PTSD.

· Created several custom applications used to facilitate the creation of web pages from standardized Word and PowerPoint templates.

Technologies Used: .Net4, ASP.NET, C#, WinForm, MVC3, EF4, jQuery, YUI, SQL Server 2005/2008,

Microsoft Office Interop, LINQ, Visual Studio 2010

Web Master / Senior Software Developer

Oct 2004 – Apr 2011

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

INTELLIGENCE & INFORMATION SOLUTIONS BU – San Antonio, TX

· Project and development lead for the upgrade of a legacy all-source technical support tool to an interactive web-based solution.

· Created the documentation and sourcing policies / procedures for all software projects for the local division.

· Created Business Intelligence application in MOSS 2007 for tracking potential business points of contacts identified by division members.

Technologies Used: .Net 3.5/4, C#, ASP.NET, MVC2/3, EF1/4, HTML5, MOSS 2007, InfoPath, jQuery, YUI, SQL Anywhere 11, SQL Server 2008, LINQ, Visual Studio 2008/2010

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS SERVICES BU – Houston, TX

· Lead Developer for a web-based “idea hopper” utilized for tracking, budgeting, scoping, and ranking potential projects.

· Member of a software team tasked with upgrading a client’s legacy software delivery system.

· Reverse engineered and redeveloped a license managing tool which was no longer supported.
 

Technologies Used: .Net 1.1/2, C#, ASP.NET, WebForm, WinForm, SQL Server 2000/2005, Oracle 11g, Visual Studio 2003/2005

Developer

Jul 2010 – Feb 2011

Valero Energy Corporation – San Antonio, TX

· Developed a portal tool for the flight department which allows corporate pilots to schedule and rank planned flights as well as document any safety violations which occur either in flight or at the hangar.

· Redeveloped website for a non-profit organization the flight department is a charter member of.

Technologies Used: .Net 3.5, C#, ASP.NET, MVC2, EF1, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008

Architect / Developer

Dec 2009 – Jun 2010

StaffBid LLC – San Antonio, TX

· Lead developer and software architect for a web start-up company.

Technologies Used: .Net 3.5, C#, ASP.NET, WebForms, LINQ to SQL, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2008,

JavaScript

Web Developer

May 1997 – Oct 2004

Marathon Oil Company (MOC) – Houston, TX

· Responsible for maintaining and developing all MOC applications responsible for change management for North America and operations in Gabon.

· Member of a team that designed and developed a reusable code library for rapid application development.

· Developed the initial Sarbanes-Oxley application used by MOC IT.

Technologies Used: .Net 1, ASP.NET, WebForm, Microsoft Sharepoint Services, SQL Server 2000, Visual Studio 6/2001, ASP, JavaScript, Microsoft Access, Crystal Reports, Oracle 8i

Senior Instructor

Aug 2002 – Dec 2008

Safety America Karate – Sugar Land, TX

· Senior instructor at Safety America’s flagship training facility for three years.

· Head instructor and operator at one of Safety America’s satellite schools for three years.

University of Houston

Fall 1999 – Fall 2002

Houston, TX

BBA Management Information Systems

Single Scope Background Investigation – 06/2010

Top Secret SCI – 11/2010

ITIL V3 Foundation

Advanced Web Application Development with Microsoft .NET

Visual Studio Team Systems