Developer Engineer Customer Service Software .Net

Craig Venz

*****.****@*****.*** + PO Box *****, Bethesda,

MD 20824 + 530/727-8369

Software developer who has worked both as a consultant and an employee

developing sophisticated middleware as well as programs for retirement

systems and gaming systems. A natural leader who drives projects from start

to finish, bridging communications between technicians, architects and

customers in order to ensure delivery of the right product on time and

under budget. Differentiated by an ability to merge existing systems with

emerging technology for optimum solutions.

Areas of Expertise

Systems & Applications Development System Integration

Coaching & Mentoring Customer Relationship Management

Troubleshooting

Professional Experience

Senior Consultant (January 2010 - Present)

Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) / Integrated Pension Administration

Solution (START)

. Collaborate with client developers and business experts to gather and

refine requirements for Line-of-Business software implementation

. Perform integration tasks between MS Exchange 2003 and .NET 2.0 ASP.NET

application using WebDAV and XML

. Integrate various modules in ASP.NET application with FileNet Imaging

Content to display document management system contents, using Web

Services

. Mentor client and Deloitte developers on .NET and Microsoft technology

best practices

. Suggest and implement codebase improvements and refactor to improve code

quality

Senior Consultant (May 2005 - December 2009)

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS)

. Lead developer on ASP.NET 1.1 Line-of-Business system implementation,

designed to manage demographics that interfaced with existing Content

Management System, JD Edwards Accounting package

. Worked with client business experts and Deloitte functional team members

to gather requirements, write technical designs and provide development

plan estimates

. Mentored project developers and provided advice and direction for

application architecture

. Performed code reviews and responded to client issues

Technology Consultant (October 2004 - May 2005)

North Carolina Department of State Treasurer - Retirement System Division

(ORBIT)

. Spearheaded intial BPAS development, developing modules in partnership

with Microsoft Consultant Services in Visual Basic.NET and Microsoft SQL

Server 2000

Senior Systems Analyst (August 2003 - October 2004)

Teachers' Retirement System of Georgia (TRSGA)

. Oversaw ongoing development and maintenance to Delphi 6.0-based internal

records management system

. Collaborated with functional team members to document, develop and

maintain new project sub-screens, using client-side code written in

Delphi, and server-side queries written in Transact-SQL targeting

Microsoft SQL Server 2000

. Took ownership of and revamped the server build process, and worked on

new framework and additions where needed

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

. Programmed unreleased "Vertigo" product, fixing bugs and scrutinizing

code written in Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual C++, relying heavily on COM

architecture

. Debugged and maintained Vertigo client software for PalmOS

. Designed and programmed various 'Content Delivery Agents' for inclusion

within Citrix product "NFuse Elite" using Com C++, Visual Basic, Visual

Basic Script, Javascript and HTML

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Pleasantville, NY

. Programmed educational games for children, working independently to

implement design documents, raise issues with content and design teams,

and test and debug games

. Co-wrote mini-games and animation screens within two published titles

. Developed in-house cross-platform library using Visual C++6.0 on Windows

and Metroworks Code Warrior on PowerMacintosh

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

New York, NY

. Designed and coded as main programmer Lego's Mindstorm site 2D Java game,

collaborating with 3 artists and 1 programmer, and managing revision

control

. Developed editing tools used to create game maps and content

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

New York, NY

. Created graphic widgets for in-house Java library classes

. Wrote components for major client's customer service system using C++/MFC

. Wrote and optimized intranet web application printing code

. Assisted with system administration of Linux and Solaris systems and

routers

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Griffith University, Australia -

1996

Computer Skills

MS Exchange ? .Net 1.1-2.0 ? ASP.Net ? WebDAV ? XML ? Visual Basic.NET

C# ? F# ? Microsoft SQL Server ? Delphi 6.0 ? Transact-SQL ? Visual Basic

6.0

C++ ? Java ? VBScript/WSH scripting ? BASH scripting ? Powershell ? Python

? Ruby

Javascript ? HTML

Deloitte Consulting, Program/Project Consultant

August 2003 - Present

Citrix Systems, Inc., Senior Software Engineer

February 2001 - July 2002

Sunburst Communica tions, Inc., Software Engineer

January 2000 - January 2001

Templar Studios, Inc., Software Developer

January 1999 - October 1999

Communication Billing Technologies (COBITE), Software Developer

July 1997 - November 1998

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