Senior Web Application Developer

With eight years of experience developing web solutions, I am seeking a senior web developer / lead position where I can apply my technical expertise in software architecture, design and programming in a multi-tiered object-oriented web environment.

Major Skills Areas
Expertise Building Scalable, Maintainable and Reusable Code, Debugging, Unit Testing, Complex Programming, CreatingCost-Effective Solutions, n-tier Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture.
Languages & Programs Visual Studio .Net / C#, VB.Net, Web & Windows Forms, DTS Packages, Transact-SQL, UML, VB 6.0 (COM+/DCOM), Visual Interdev 6.0, ASP, XML, XSLT / XPath / DOM, IIS, JavaScript / DHTML / CSS, VSS, Sharepoint
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 Server & Professional, NT 4.0 Workstation & Server, Windows 95/98,DOS, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP HP/UX.
Databases Microsoft SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 / 6.5, Oracle 8, 10g / Toadsoft / SQL Navigator, Access 97.
Other Web Services, Design Patterns, .Net Framework 1.1 & 2.0, OOA/D, UML, Unified Process, Extreme Programming, C / C++ / Java, UNIX Shell, Lisp, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop.

Certifications
Microsoft Microsoft Certified Solution Developer - MCSD
Brainbench C#, Object Oriented Concepts, XML, .Net Framework, JAVA, ASP.Net & Web Services

Professional Experience
January 2006 - Present TEKSystems Denver, CO
Senior Lead Developer / Contractor
Policy-Studies - Opus Eligibility and Enrollment
Lead User Interface tier development effort, which consisted of implementing an interface interacting with doc/literal Java generated Web Services in a Contract-First environment. Worked with Architects, Technical Leads and System Analysts on this multi-million dollar project. Created quick proofs of concept using windows & web forms to demonstrate feasability.

Used Object / XML (de)serialization to bind proxy generated classes to typed datasets. Architected and Designed Model-View-Controller, Data Transfer Objects, multiple helper classes to maximize code reuse and ease of maintenance and encapsulate complexity. Documented architecture and design with class and sequence UML diagrams.

March 2004 – December 2005 Integrated Financial Systems Englewood, CO
Senior Lead Developer
Reported directly to VP of Operations. Created and Implemented IFS’s development framework. Integrated projects within Source Control environment. Established n-tier architecture. Completely redesigned IFS’s point-of-entry web application including database design, data manipulation via DTS packages and daily jobs. Worked under high-pressure to meet the toughest deadlines of constantly changing requirements.

Designed and Implemented custom customer service loan accounts application along with complex interest calculation rules, billing cycles and statement generation.


November 1999 - Present Software Architects, Inc. Denver, CO
Consultant
Qwest Communications - eSite
Lead development as a web application and database developer in a group environment (up to 40+ developers) on Qwest’s Engineering Intranet site (over 5000 users and 1,000,000 page views per month). (Microsoft case study)

Designed, architected, and assisted the development and the release of over 10 different applications ranging from Data Integration, Process Flow to Business Automation. Created windows-modeled security system and database access layer components.

Organized development satellite teams code review and meetings to ensure applications code met standards for reusability, extensibility, performance and maintainability. Database, application, document repository and web servers defined the site’s foundation and brought flexibility, scalability and reliability.

Optimized code and streamlined the performance of multiple applications enhancing its functionality by remodeling parts of the database design and by fixing numerous data-related problems. Redesigned several data entry forms to meet new challenging requirements while working under strict deadlines.

As a lead developer, assisted several junior developers on a daily basis as well as facilitated the understanding of the development environment. Delegated maintenance efforts, and transferred business, web and database knowledge.

Great West Life Insurance - OEv2
Designed and Implemented various enhancements for GWL’s online enrollment application. Fully developed the ability to allow Life insurance only members to enroll and use the application, which involved logic controller and workflow manager updates.
Used UML sequence, use cases and workflow diagrams to communicate with architects, data architects and users.
Documented enhancements and transferred knowledge onto lead developers.

Level3 - PlanNet
Improved .Net planning capacity application performance by using clever fragment and application caching.
Analyzed current applications architecture, redesigned data layer.
Gathered requirements, developed UI as well as middle-tier enhancements.

Alcohol Monitoring Systems, SCRAM Network
Created complex web User Interface using XML and XSLT technologies for Phase II of the application design.
Wrote custom & generic XML files to facilitate both XSL transformation and components’ code.
Rapidly solved various problems issued from testing and deployment and assisted other developers on the project.


June 1998 - October 1999 New Era of Networks, Inc Englewood, CO
Software Engineer / Web Developer
As the head of Release Management, organized and improved NEON’s fulfillment process through automation and development of tracking applications for shipment and software releases.

Maintained Hardware (burners, printers…) and solved Software problems. Trained and assisted co-workers.
Rolled out and supported Release Management, Field / Sales people, Tech Support and managers with NEON Companies & Releases, which was widely used.

Burned CD’s and created ISO images for NEON and IBM MQSeries Integrator products for various platforms.
Communicated daily with Quality Assurance / Engineering, Platform Engineering, developers, Tech Support, Sales and Field personnel, as well as IBM vendors to insure coherent orders and CD’s creation.


Student Project
December 1996 - May 1997 University of Bordeaux I Bordeaux, France
C / UNIX Developer
Blind Separation of Sources
Designed an application to experiment a neuron network algorithm of sources' separation. Analyzed requirements, coded with C/UNIX, used MOTIF for the GUI, edited application guide and project statement. The GUI displayed the evolution of signals showing the separation. Also ran on the Internet.
ENVIRONMENT:: Sun Solaris, C / UNIX, MOTIF, CGI, HTML.

Education
University of Bordeaux I - Bordeaux, France
’97 Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Communication and English (Thesis project was based on developing software which allowed our client to separate various transmitted signals via the use of complex mathematical algorithms. Algorithms were defined through neuron networks.)
’96 Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Hobbies and Interests
English and French: fluent, both written and spoken. Spanish: understanding.
Visited Saudi Arabia, Africa, Europe and the United States.
Amateur road course car racing.
Managed a tennis team for 7 years. Played in both individual and team competitions.Taught tennis for 2 years.
Snowboard, ski, and windsurf.

Copyright © 1997 - 2003 Manuel Sauvage, États-Unis. Tous droits réservés.