Developer Software Business Sql Server .Net Development

Val Kirshin

Lead Developer, CAPM, MCAD, MCTS

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703-***-****, Falls Church, VA 22043

Solutions-oriented Lead Developer with over a decade of experience

developing software, providing technical leadership to development teams

and creating efficient solutions to business and technology problems.

Proven leader able to direct teams locally and internationally towards

achievement of business objectives

Familiar with all aspects of software development lifecycle, competent in

efficiently using XP and Agile principles

Proficient in architecting, designing and developing highly flexible, bug-

free and easily maintainable software.

Expert in applying object oriented design, enterprise design patterns and

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles

Consistently look for opportunities for process and application improvement

Fast learner with proven ability to rapidly become familiar with new

technologies or problem domains.

Confident, self motivated achiever with good work ethics and positive

attitude

Training and Certifications:

PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

PMI PMP preparation course

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) ASP.Net 3.5

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) .Net 3.5

Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD) .Net.

Sun Java Certified Programmer (SJCP)

Software Skills:

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server/Services (WSS,MOSS) 2007, InfoPath, SQL

Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Sharepoint Designer, Workflows

.Net framework 1.1-3.5: VB.Net, C#, ADO.Net, LINQ, code access security,

NUnit, NAnt, NCover, Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008/Team System

IIS, ASP.Net, ASP.Net MVC, Enterprise Library, WCF, WWF, remoting, SOAP,

REST, web services, SOA

Object-oriented design, design patterns, UML

C/C++, MFC, ATL, STL, Assembly

Windows API, multithreading, ActiveX, COM+, MTS

SQL Server 2000-2008, Oracle PL/SQL, Ms Access, OLE DB, ODBC, ADO, stored

procedures, triggers

XML, XSLT, XPath, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, Microsoft AJAX

library

Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, Subversion, SourceSafe

InstallShield

Familiar with Linux. Can quickly get up to speed in Perl, PHP, bash scripts

Employment history:

Principal Software Developer

02/2010 - 07/2010, ASRC Federal Holding Company, Greenbelt, MD

Working on several Sharepoint- and SOA-based projects

Customized Sharepoint sites, developed web parts, custom workflows, master

pages, custom pages, feature packages.

Used javascript libraries such as jQuery and LyteBox to achieve web 2.0

look and feel

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server/Services (WSS,MOSS) 2007, InfoPath, SQL

Server Reporting Services (SSRS), ASP.Net, web services, C#, MS SQL Server

02/2009 - 12/2009 Took some personal time off.

Senior Software Developer

08/2008 - 02/2009, Trust Digital Inc, McLean, VA

Led efforts to improve application maintainability and performance

Used SCRUM development methodology

Leveraged test automation to significantly reduce the time required to test

new releases

Improved the performance several fold and decreased the likelihood of

device-specific defects by employing OOD principles and performing code

refactoring

Became responsible for one of the crucial features of the product. Quickly

familiarized myself with a new technology. Analyzed, cleaned and improved

existing code. Implemented new functionality.

ASP.Net, C#, Embedded C++, Windows Mobile

Principal Software Engineer

10/2005 - 06/2008, Brabeion Software, McLean, VA

Upon joining, reorganized the development in Agile fashion: using short,

one or two weeks cycles to get new features into customer hands sooner,

facilitate communication and act on customers' feedback faster.

As an architect and developer created enterprise system from the ground up

meeting very aggressive deadlines and created flexible, modular design

which facilitated unit testing and allowed easy changes to the system to

accommodate new and changed business requirements

Managed on site and offshore developers, assigned tasks and monitored

progress, provided coaching and mentoring regarding design and development

issues

Analyzed requirements, provided time estimates, negotiated schedules and

task priorities

Devised coding standards, monitored the quality of the code, conducted code

reviews

Interviewed candidates for development positions, conducted phone and on

site interviews. Assembled an excellent team of great professionals

Closely collaborated with sales, support, QA and professional services

departments

ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server, Oracle, Installshield

Senior Software Developer

11/2004 - 7/2005, Democracy Data & Communications, Alexandria, VA

Developed web applications, participated in migration of ASP application to

ASP.Net

Analyzed business requirements and created technical requirements

Conducted presentations of new features to the management

ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server

Software Developer

9/2004 - 11/2004, Xspedius Communications, Sterling, VA

Acquired work experience developing web applications

ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server

Senior Software Developer

11/2003 - 9/2004, Dynamic Telecommunications, Germantown, MD

Created and supported desktop and embedded applications

Was involved in the work of several development teams simultaneously,

coordinating the efforts, reducing tensions and generally being the person

who understands the whole application stack.

Worked on several projects simultaneously, prioritized tasks

Initiated efforts directed towards improving code consistency and test

automation.

Created documents required by ISO 9000

Visual C++, VB, VB.Net, C#, SQL Server

Team Leader/Senior Software Developer

5/1999 - 11/2003, Informax Inc, Frederick, MD

Led the team of 4 developers

Participated in defining the product vision and roadmap and defining

business requirements. Proposed a number of new features which were

implemented and well received.

Formalized the requirements, assigned tasks and monitored the progress

Designed application architecture, was involved in the development of all

parts of the application - UI, business logic, data access code and the

database

Collaborated with other departments

Integrated the product with third-party applications

Proposed and presented to prospective clients ways to customize the product

to meet their specific needs

Visual C++, C#, Oracle, SQL Server

Software Developer

10/1997 - 09/1998 Sokrat, Moscow, Russia

Developed an enterprise application designed to automate the workflow of

MosPromStroyMaterialy, a major distributor of building parts and materials

in Moscow.

Conducted client interviews, created use cases, analyzed business processes

and created business requirements. Worked with the client personnel to

refine business requirements.

Created technical requirements

Designed and developed the application - UI, business logic, reports,

database

Conducted training sessions for client's personnel, conducted presentations

of the new system to the management

Collected clients' feedback and used it to further improve the product.

Education: MS in Physics from Moscow State University, Russia

Status: US Citizen

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