PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Sitecore Developer (Consultant)

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Technologies: Sitecore 6.5 + 7.2 / TDS / C# / ASP.NET / AJAX / JS / Angular / WCF / REST / SQL Server / IDOL / AppDynamics / Glass Mapper

Responsibilities:

• Tasked with devising overall strategy to migrate existing 6.5 Kraft Canada site to new 7.2 platform.
• Developed roadmap for new site including migration of existing data, updates to services, updates to 3rd party integration, addition of localization capabilities to the platform,
• Coordinated with product owner / project manager to devise timelines for project milestones
• Deployed platform code to local environment and made initial onboarding document outlining setup details for other developers
• Added site specific settings to extend platform and allow additional Kraft Canada functionality to be added
• Developed data migration strategy:
• Generated a report outlining all types of field and presentation detail changes in 6.5 broken down by template
• Developed iterative process with content authoring lead to generate mappings for item templates, fields, and presentation details to new 7.2 platform
• Exported all items / field values / layout changes to SQL Server database in both English and French
• Transformed data in database to prepare for importing into 7.2
• Wrote code to create objects in 7.2 and generated reports on migration status of each item
• Added localization to site including item versions in French for platform items, toggle mechanism, and fallback support.
• Developed and implemented a strategy to specify ad units on each item as specified in an external system.
• Revised and refined caching strategy to optimize balance between performance and usability.
• Developed process for working with external agencies to implement brand functionality.
• Agency (Rosetta) was tasked with creating new platform for Kraft Recipes / Comida Kraft websites on Sitecore 7.2. Kraft maintained control of back end / REST services / databases.
• Acted as SME to agency on how to integrate with Kraft services and structure / nuances of company data.
• Ported existing service endpoints (v1/v2 - > v3) and optimized / refactored when needed.
• Developed new service endpoints to support platform functionality.
• Participated in architecture / design meetings with members of agency and Kraft.
• Worked to help analyze / debug / correct critical site issues prior to launch.
• Worked with team of consultants to identify and resolve issues with Kraft Canada website. Client had tried external vendor and in-house team but had not been able to find adequate Sitecore knowledge / ability.
• Assisted in porting code from existing SVN / Bamboo environment into a Microsoft one. Code integration, source control and deployments managed via Microsoft TFS and Hedgehog TDS.
• Worked with team to establish an effective Scrum / Agile environment in a very short period of time. Assisted in grooming a backlog of several hundred issues many of which were 6 months old or older.
• Performed analysis and refactoring of existing code from previous vendor that was not in line with company standards / best practices
• Worked directly with support to resolve various high-priority production issues related either to the existing code or associated infrastructure / environmental configuration
• Added new functionality from original wireframes that previous vendor overlooked
• Integration with IBM Core Metrics analytics via BrightTag / Signal.

Lead Developer (Consultant)

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Technologies: C# / ASP.NET / AJAX / JS / WCF / REST / Oracle / PDW / SQL Server

Responsibilities:

• Development lead on web front end to aggregate and catalog new and existing data sources which are used to facilitate trades / create models / perform analysis.
• Worked closely with both technical and non-technical users to flesh out overall project requirements.
• Developed back end which dynamically pulled metadata from configured Oracle and SQL Server databases to create assets for use in the catalog.
• Worked directly with SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) to insert and manipulate records to allow near real-time querying of historical data totaling in the millions / billions of rows.
• Wrote complex search logic, interacting with the catalog itself, and also integrating with Sharepoint and other internal proprietary systems.
• Heavy usage of jQuery UI and Infragistics packages to create a rich web experience for users.
• Large amount of AJAX / REST / WCF integration to allow client side interaction without posting back to the server.
• Developed multiple methods to allow users to easily create and modify complex catalog object hierarchies for organizing data.

Sr. Sitecore Developer (Consultant)

Confidential - Indianapolis, IN

Technologies: Sitecore 6.5 / SAP / C# / ASP.NET / AJAX / JS / WCF / SQL Server

Responsibilities:

• Worked to develop secure portal for internal users / distributors utilizing Sitecore
• Took existing functionality and incorporated it into Sitecore framework / content tree structure
• Added backing data templates to allow localization and customization of user interface.
• Re-used existing pieces from public facing Confidential website also developed using Sitecore.
• Utilization of SAP to retrieving pricing information, place orders, process returns, and manage customer data.
• Worked directly from UX documents from creative and UI designers to deliver a finalized product.

Lead Sitecore CMS Developer

Confidential - Bayport, MN

Technologies: Sitecore / C# / ASP.NET / AJAX / JS / JQuery / .NET / IIS 7.0 / WCF / Agile + Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Lead developer responsible for creating a new customer-facing website for Confidential utilizing Sitecore 6.5.
• Interacted directly with the client in determining requirements for project that fit the time and budget constraints.
• Worked with UX developers to implement look and feel as laid out by creative.
• Implemented Sitecore enabled .NET solution for website.
• Developed simple and effective content tree structure to optimize content-entry user experience.
• Created and refined all data templates in the system to meet customer specifications.
• Managed all user logins / security setup for client users.
• Coordinated with testing group on establishing a test plan, and determining what was in scope.
• Integrated multiple website forms with legacy Salesforce implementation.
• Integrated site with eGain / Disqus / SLI / and Bazaarvoice to provide a rich user experience.
• Created nightly synchronization processes to transform / insert 3rd party data into the Sitecore instance, and also extract CMS data as XML.
• Heavy use of Javascript / jQuery to streamline UI.

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential - Shoreview, MN

Technologies: Sitecore / C# / ASP.NET / AJAX / JS / JQuery / IIS 7.0 / WCF / REST / Agile + Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Senior developer assisting in upgrading, maintaining, and modifying existing Sitecore implementations for various clients.
• Working remotely for clients nationwide
• Took existing requirements and wireframes and created layouts / sublayouts and backing templates
• Created UI elements, user controls, stylesheets, and markup when necessary
• Assisted in creation of packages, migrating code and CMS between environments, and maintenance of environment specific settings

Senior Software Development Engineer

Confidential

Technologies: C# / ASP.NET / AJAX / JS / Backbone.js / JQuery / .NET / IIS 7.0 / WCF / REST / Agile + Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Senior developer for Westlaw Next - a market leading legal research product
• Strong emphasis on using MVVM / MVC / MVP design principles.
• Worked with business analysts to finalize design and implement new product features
• Heavy use of JavaScript / jQuery / AJAX and REST to create a responsive user interface.
• Developed unit and integration tests using Visual Studio and assisted in increasing overall code coverage of test project.
• Acted as member of production deployment team representing all development
• Participated in readying codebase for release, code freezes, and associated meetings.
• Worked on-call and addressed deployment and production issues as they arose.
• Participated in resolving production issues including re-creating, assessing risk, and deploying hot fixes when required.

Lead Software Engineer (Consultant)November 2008 - August 2011

Confidential - Bloomington, MN

Technologies: C# / ASP.NET / AJAX / .NET 3.5-4.0 / IIS 6.0-7.0 / WCF / SQL Server 2005-2008 / SSIS / BusinessObjects / Agile + Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Led development for Confidential Enterprise Reporting – a web based system for delivering payroll reports to customers in electronic format (previously all reports were printed, and shipped)
• Confidential ’s first successful Agile project as part of the InView initiative
• Approximately 20,000 users, with over 200,000 logins a month. Over 15 million reports processed, with over a million downloaded in first year.
• Project went from proof-of-concept to production in less than 3 months
• Key role in design and implementation of all parts of 3-tier solution – Web (Asp.Net, markup, AJAX, CSS, IIS), App (WCF), and Database (SQL Server 2008, SSIS, stored procedures)
• Created and maintained SSIS jobs to synch data between source systems, processing billing requests, bundle quarterly archival packages, and more.
• Created service for interfacing with Business Objects SDK / Web Services to on-board and maintain new/existing clients and users.
• Integrated website with existing in-house Single Sign-On portal utilizing RSA ClearTrust
• Integrated BusinessObjects InfoView/WebIntelligence authentication with existing SSO
• Localized UI via resource files / localized database tables
• Led deployments (creation of packages, etc) and acted as on-call production support.

Senior Software Development Engineer

Confidential, Chaska, MN

Technologies: C# / .NET 3.5 / WPF / LINQ / SQL Server 2008 / Agile + Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Developed lab-level management software for Class-2 medical assay equipment.
• Directly interacted with both internal field experts and external labs to determine requirements for assay portion of new lab middleware.
• Participated in design work for new assay framework utilizing Model-View-Presenter (MVP) architecture with contributions to all levels of functionality, for both prototype and production code.
• Created a generic interactive time-series chart control for display and modification of patient test result data using WPF.
• Acted as a resource to other team members in utilizing the latest features in .NET 3.5 / WPF (presentations, “how-to” documents, etc).

Software Engineer

Confidential

Technologies: C / C++ / Linux / Perforce / OpenGL

Responsibilities:

• Development for a large multi-process 3-D catheter visualization package (EnSite System)
• Specialized in multiple areas of the system
• Signal processing (filtering and assembling of packet data, patching / blanking, highpass and lowpass filtering, etc)
• Location computations (Catheter electrode stability, drift mitigation)
• Diagnostic land marking (mapping of scalar data to provide instruction during medical procedures)
• Visualization techniques and display indicators for various types of data (electrode velocity, respiration levels, etc) utilizing OpenGL.
• Worked directly with applied research group to implement and refine algorithms
• Listed as inventor on 2 patents for Respiratory based control of medical procedure and Velocity based control of medical procedure.
• Interacted with marketing and end-users to determine requirements for new features and enhance existing ones

Software Engineer

Confidential – Minneapolis, MN

Technologies: C / C++ / OpenGL / VTK / TCL+TK / IDL / Linux / CSH

Responsibilities:

• Created new and modified existing software for scientific visualization and data analysis of magnetic resonance imaging datasets (structural and functional) using C/C++, IDL, VTK, TCL, and TK.
• Low-level processing of large MRI/FMRI volumetric datasets
• High-level wrappers for varying l evels of parameterization for processing pipelines
• OpenGL / VTK based visualization of volumetric and three dimensional tessellated services
• Developed analysis techniques for evaluation of cortical surface extractions
• Presented at Image Processing and Analysis Working Seminar (IPAWS) and Human Brain Mapping Conference (2005), accepted to present in 2006
• Listed as an author on several publications.