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Organizations

ASPInsiders

Founding Member

The ASPInsiders are a select group of international professionals who have demonstrated expertise in ASP.NET technologies and who provide valuable, early feedback on related developing technologies and publications to their peers, the Microsoft ASP.NET team, and others. (http://aspinsiders.com)

Social Networks

References

Karl Miller

(Superior)

RaviNarayan Vuppaladadiyam

(Peer)

Judy Grimes

(Professional)

Objective

I am keeping my options open to exceptional opportunities utilizing Microsoft Technologies, mainly .NET, SQL Server and other offerings as needed.  If required to work on site I am interested in the Downtown Denver to Fort Collins corridor extending several miles east and west of I-25.

Summary

  • 20+ year career of maintaining profitable business through consistent performance of high-quality, on-time, on-budget projects.
  • Developed a number of solutions based on .NET and/or COM technologies both as a team lead and as a team member.
  • Implemented many successful B2B and B2C solutions using work flow and content management methodologies.
  • Architected several successful Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Business Process Automation (BPA) systems utilizing the latest Server based offerings like BizTalk, Content Management Server, SQL Server, etc.
  • Designed and developed several database solutions utilizing leading RDBMS systems. 
  • Recognized by Microsoft as both an ASP.NET MVP and ASPInsider for mentoring countless developers world wide as well as moderating .NET and SQL Server based news groups, forums and email lists.

Work History

Mister Money / RivWorks

Fort Collins, CO, United States
Jun 2009 - Present
Solutions Architect 

Responsible for designing and developing integrated ideas in a fast paced, marketing driven environment.  Provide widgets to 3rd party websites that integrate our system into their websites for the delivery of video and negotiation capabilities.


ASP.NET 3.0/3.5/4.0 with WCF, LINQ for XML, Entity Frameworks, IIS 6 & 7, SQL 2005/2008, Visual Studio 2005, 2008 & 2010

ASPInsiders

Dec 2002 - Present
Member 
The ASPInsiders are a select group of international professionals who have demonstrated expertise in ASP.NET technologies and who provide valuable, early feedback on related developing technologies and publications to their peers, the Microsoft ASP.NET team, and others. (http://aspinsiders.com)

Barrows Software Solutions, LLC

Apr 2000 - Present
Owner 

Owner, President, Solutions Architect/Developer and Janitor all wrapped up in one. Specializing in Microsoft based solutions for Enterprise Application Integration and Business Process Automation.

Engagements include:

  • CU Boulder, Nano-Technologies Lab
  • NeoForte
  • EdgeInova
  • Fujitsu Consulting / Fiserv
  • Gunther Douglas / IHS Energy

Watson Wyatt

Jan 2008 - Dec 2008
Development Manager 

Maintenance as well as new development for an HRIS system written in Classic ASP.  Developed several unique feed systems utilizing .NET 2.0.  Mentored .NET to the dev team as well as several projects written in .NET 2.0.  SQL Server 2005 along with SSRS for SQL 2003.

TekSystems

Oct 2005 - Dec 2005
Consultant 
• Newsgator (CO)
Worked on pages upgrading them to work more interactively with the end users. C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000, Java Script, CSS, AJAX

Idea Integration

Jan 2005 - Sep 2005
Solutions Architect 
• Mercury Transaction Services (CO)
Architected and produced a full Title and Escrow Knowledge Base system for internal and future external consumption. Designed with Web Services and many possible integration points for other internal and external systems. C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000

The Spitfire Group

Jul 2004 - Dec 2004
Technical Specialist 
• WaterPick (CO)
Designed and developed an Access database tracking system for archival purposes. MS Access
• Prudential (CO)
Designed and developed reports and User Controls for a WinForms.NET application. C#, VB.NET, .NET for Win Apps, SQL Server 2000
• Internal
Implemented a Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) website for tracking and storing intellectual capital, project documents, events and more. C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000, Share Point Services

First Data Corporation

Oct 2003 - Jul 2004
Consultant 
Successfully implemented a fraud audit and tracking system for Money Orders.

United States Marine Corps

May 1984 - Dec 1996
Staff Sergeant 
Battalion Communications Chief/Staff Non-Commissioned Officer
Managed teams of 30+ Communication specialists on a regular basis and up to 300 Communication specialists as required.
Filled both the Platoon Sergeant and Platoon Commander Billets as required by circumstances.
Designed communication networks to support up to 12,000 Marines and other Armed Forces Networks.
Designed communication networks to support the east coast FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) communications needs in the event of a major catastrophe.
Designed multiple communication networks with our unit supporting up to 67 simultaneous networks.
Consistently delivered the highest ratings in our Battalion for Platoon training over the 4 years I was the Training NCO (as an additional duty). Designed an R:Base database to track all training for the Marines I was in charge of.

Interests

My interests are varied but chief among them is education of self.  I do not feel I am moving forward unless I am learning.  And while I am learning I gain the greater sense of seeing how much more there is to learn.  I do not like to stagnate and explore life and subjects with great passion. 

Skills

ASP.NET

(Expert)
7-9 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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Includes most areas of ASP.NET.  Webforms, data access, user management, security, AJAX, JQuery and MVC.

SQL Server

(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Skillometer_4

Experienced with all versions of MS SQL Server back to 4.x.  SQL experience laso includes moderate DBA work, heavy table design and tuning work as well as stored procedures and triggers.

C#

(Advanced)
7-9 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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The .NET library is so large I do not believe any one person can claim to be an expert in the whole range.  Every project has its quirks and I learn more with each quirk found.  I have a good solid grounding in design patterns, have built several projects utilizing 2 or more patterns at one time, can usually find ways to trim down 1,000 lines of code to 200 lines, thus simplifying and streamlining the application and making it easier to debug in the future.

VB.NET

(Intermediate)
1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used 1-2 years ago)
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My VB experience goes back to the Visual Basic 2.0 release over a decade ago.  I've used VB in most of its forms including VB Script (both ASP and Office versions), VB2-6 as well as VB.NET.  Knowing when to lean on a language for what it gives you is a key to making successful applications.

LINQ/Entity Framework

(Advanced)
1-2 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
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About 20% of my code over the last 3 to 4 years has included LINQ and Entity Frameworks.