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Summary

I am passionate about my work and enjoy keeping up to date with what is happening in the industry. I thrive when I am given a challenge or get the opportunity to learn new skills, especially when I work with like-minded people.

 

I see myself as a experienced senior Microsoft .NET developer capable of programming in either C# or VB.NET. I have a strong background in application development, specifically using ASP.NET and some simple Windows Forms and in recent years I have started specialising in providing systems integration solutions based on Microsoft technologies, incorporating loosely coupled and service orientated architectures in the solutions. These solutions can either be custom developed .NET solutions based on the .NET Framework or/and the customization and incorporation of Microsoft products like SQL Server, BizTalk Server, Windows SharePoint Services, etc. Today I can deliver powerful solutions by combining my application development experience and concepts learned from the SOA world, as well as the guidelines and libraries provided by Microsoft Patterns and Practices.

 

Over the years I have also build up extensive experience of the Systems Development Life Cycle. My experience is backed by the knowledge I have gained while studying for a diploma in Systems Analysis and Design, as well as making use of guidelines set out by the Microsoft Solutions Framework.

 

I work well individually or as part of a team environment and enjoy sharing information and discoveries with team members. I am always willing to show and teach fellow developers new concepts and/or technologies and at the same time enjoy learning something new from other people.

Objective

I would like to become a expert in delivery service orientated solutions using the newer features of the .NET Framework (WCF, WF, WPF) and other Microsoft product offerings (Azure, Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Portal Server) and maybe,  at some point, even learn F# or another programming language.

Skills

Programming

(Advanced)
7-9 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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Technologies:

Development Platform and Languages:

Microsoft .NET Framework, C#, VB .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, LINQ, Entity Framework, TSQL, WMI

 

Testing, Continuous Integration and Source Control:

NUnit, xUnit, MS VS.NET Unit Testing Tools, Cruise Control, CI Factory, Team City, Subversion, Microsoft Visual Source Safe

 

Other Frameworks and Tools:

Microsoft Patterns and Practices Enterprise Library and Guidance Packages, Unity, Castle Project, NHibernate, AutoMapper

 

Concepts:

Software Development Life Cycle, Design Patterns, Object Orientated Programming, Relational Database Management Systems and Database Normalisation, Service Orientated Architecture, Separation of Concerns, Enterprise Application Integration, Enterprise and Internet Service Bus, Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection, Object Relational Mapping

Microsoft Windows Products

(Intermediate)
7-9 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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Servers:

BizTalk Server (2004, 2006 R2, 2009), SQL Server, System Management Server, Commerce Server, SharePoint Portal Server

Windows:

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, MSMQ, Component Service, Windows SharePoint Services, SMTP, Content Indexer, Certificate Server

Other:

Windows Installer, MSI

XML Technologies

(Expert)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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XML Namespaces, XML Schemas, XPath, XSLT, Microsoft XML DOM, XML in the Microsoft .NET Framework, XML Serialisation, SOAP and Web Services

Web

(Advanced)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used 1-2 years ago)
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ASP, AJAX, HTML, CSS, Java Script, JQuery and other JavaScript Frameworks, VB Script, IIS

Microsoft Office

(Intermediate)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, VBA and Office Automation

Other Skills

(Advanced)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
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  • Good knowledge of a corporate IT environment, e.g. e-mail and MS Exchange, networks, etc. 
  • Systems analysis and design, MSF, loosely coupled systems and SOA 
  • Structured working methods, documentation of systems and projects, project and time management
  • Travel Gateway Systems, Wise Package Studio, Installshield
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Work History

Woolworths

Cape Town, WC, South Africa
Feb 2010 - Present
Framework Team Member 

University of Queensland - AEGRC

Brisbane, Other, Australia
Sep 2008 - Dec 2009
Software Developer 

Working AEGRC gave me the ideal opportunity to dig deeper into my software development roots and apply the knowledge I have gained during my previous project. At the same time I was also able to learn more about the interesting world of genetics and the inner workings of a research centre.

 

Some of my main duties have been:

  1. Establish a stable development environment making use of continuous integration with Cruise Control .NET and maintain source code using Subversion.
  2. Migrate, maintain/upgrade and support the existing code, as well as the production system which was build using ASP.NET and SQL Server.
  3. Build new systems as required to cater for new business ventures in the centre.

 

Technologies Used:

ASP.NET, AJAX, C#, IIS, SQL Server, Windows SharePoint Services, Patterns & Practices Web Client Software Factory, Unity, LINQ to SQL, xUnit, SVN source control with Tortoise SVN and Ankh SVN client, Continuous Integration with Cruise Control .NET wrapped by CI Factory, migrated to Team City.

 

Concepts Used:

Guidance packages provided by Patterns and Practices (specifically Web Client Software Factory), various Software Design Patterns (e.g. Adapter pattern, Decorator pattern, Separation of Concerns, Model View Presenter and service orientated / loosely coupled development using Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control), as well as Continuous Integration.

 

CRC SIIB

Brisbane, Australia
May 2008 - Present
Independent Consultant 

The initial contract objectives where to ensure that the newly developed system was ready for release to production. During this time I also had to make myself familiar with the business operations, the system operations, as well as the technologies employed by system. After the system was release to production, I had to ensure any bugs found in the system was either fixed or that a suitable workaround was found. I was also tasked to ensure that the system ran smoothly, which meant that problems occurring during the day to day running of the system, be investigated and fixed as quickly as possible. With the renewal of the contract it was decided that some extra functionality had to be added to the system, which included a queued bulk e-mail process. The system has been running successfully for more than a month with only minor bugs being reported and the additional functionality will be released soon.

 

Technologies Used:

IIS, ASP.NET, C#, PostgressSQL, ELMAH, Castle Windsor, NHibernate, NUnit, SVN source control with Tortoise client and Cruise Control .NET.

 

Concepts Used:

Separation of concerns and service orientated development using Castle Windsor, as well as Continuous Integration.

Business Connexion

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
Independent Consultant 

While contracting to one of South Africa's top Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, I had the opportunity to work on the following 3 major integration projects over a period of 3 years:

 

  1. A EAI (enterprise application Integration) project in the retail industry.
    Technologies used:
    BizTalk Server 2004, custom components programmed in C# using the .NET Framework, XML technologies, SQL Server, TSQL, NUnit, Visual Source Safe
     
  2. A project in the travel industry based on SOA (service-orientated architecture) concepts.
    Technologies used:
    XML technologies, custom developed travel industry specific framework programmed in C# using the .NET Framework, MS Patterns and Practices Enterprise Library, SOAP and Web Services, NUnit, Windows Forms, Visual Source Safe, Travel Gateway Systems
     
  3. A SOA project in the retail industry.
    Technologies used:
    BizTalk Server 2004 and 2006 R2, SQL Server, programming custom components in C# using the .NET Framework, MSMQ, XML technologies, MS Visual Studio . NET, Visual Source Safe, Service Orientated Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus, MS Patterns and Practices Enterprise Library, Design Patterns, Windows Forms, SOAP and Web Services, NUnit, Team Foundation Server

Other Companies

Cape Town, South Africa
Jul 1998 - Jan 2005
Developer 

I started working at a big corporate as a technical support person and after about 6 months, I was given an opportunity to be part of the big Internet drive. Thereafter my skills grew exponentially and I seized every opportunity that came my way.

 

This led me to working for a Microsoft Solution provider where I worked at a number of clients on various development projects. Working for the Microsoft Solution provider gave me a good basis to become a independent contractor providing solutions to a number of businesses.

 

Technologies Used:

HTML, CSS, Java Script, VB Script, ASP, IIS, VB6, object orientated programming, XML Technologies, MS Office, VBA, SQL Server, TSQL, MSMQ, MSI, Wise Package Studio, MS SMS, MS Site Server 3.0 (Commerce Edition), Commerce Server, SharePoint Portal Server

Education

Faculty Training Institute

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Jun 1999 - Dec 1999
Diploma in Systems Analysis and Design

Subjects:

Systems Development process, Systems Modelling techniques, Systems Modelling (workshop), Requirements specification, Rapid Applications Development (workshop).


Leadership and achievements:

Through this course I strengthened my current abilities and developed the following additional abilities:

  • extract appropriate information out of a user/client
  • do in depth analysis and design of a system
  • initiate a project and lead it if necessary
  • do a rundown of the implemented system.

Cape Technicon

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Jan 1995 - Jul 1998
Studied Retail Business Management

Subjects:

Retail business Management I, II, III, Business Economics I, II, III, Consumer Behaviour I, End-user Computing I, Communication in English I, Mercantile Law I, Shopping Centre Management I, Business Logistics Management I, Advertising and Sales Promotion I


Leadership and achievements:

During my studies at the Technicon I developed the following abilities:

  • to work as a member of team
  • to plan for upcoming events and projects accurately
  • to understand and work better with a wide range of people
  • to work hard and discipline myself.

Certifications

Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) - PAD

(Microsoft)

Learned to understand the following concepts: team model principles, risk management process, process model, versioned releases and project trade-offs.

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)

(Microsoft)

Learned to understand the following concepts: MOF process model and terminology, the four quadrants in the process model and each quadrant's mission of service, the service management functions within each quadrant and their objectives, the deliverables that are created in each quadrant as part of the operations management reviews, team models, the importance of communication and the importance of risk management.

Senior Certificate (Grade 10)

(Durbanville High School)
Has no expiration

Subjects: Afrikaans, English, Biology, Mathematics, Science, Accounting

 

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