Project Manager Quality Assurance

DAN RAINES

512-***-**** ***** DERBY HILL LANE, PFLUGERVILLE, TX 78660 abnp96@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Solution orchestrator with broad and deep experience delivering solutions that marry business needs with

technological solutions. Demonstrated experience in leadership and management roles.

CORE MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Project Development & Management Quality Control and Troubleshooting

Client Needs Analysis Problem Resolution

Solution Negotiation and Evangelizing Team Leadership, Training and Development

Staffing Management Logistics Support

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Solution Architecting, Design & Development Automated Build & Build Management

C# & .NET Frameworks 1.x – 3.5 Unit Testing (MS & NUnit)

Visual C/C++ & C/C++ Quality Assurance / Testing

Internet / Intranet Development Microsoft Visual Team System

Client / Server Development Technical Support

Transact-SQL Microsoft Operating Systems

Database Design & Development Microsoft Project Management Tools

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Dell, Inc, Austin, TX 2005 – 2009

Software Developer V

Led a combined team of US and India developers in the design and development of key global projects

Architected, designed and lead in the development of global solutions for focused areas of busine ss

and manufacturing needs. Solutions lead to a reduction of support challenges by 22%, which equated

to an approximate $70K in savings per year. Solutions were developed in C# utilizing .NET

Framework 2.x.

Lead efforts and provided development support in the enhancement and eventual replacement of

legacy solutions that resulted in a 98% increase in uptime over existing solutions. Development

efforts included moving Perl based application to Windows services written in C# .NET Framework

1.1 and 2.x.

Performed a number of management level tasks including bi-weekly 1x1’s and participated in annual

staff ranking exercises. Additional assignments included defining and assigning project assignments

to team members.

Involved and key decision maker for hiring additional team members.

Defined and developed project schedules both to identify resourcing needs as well as to map design

and development efforts to a timeline.

Developed Web framework that allowed for plug-in style module expansion in C#, ASP / .NET

Framework 2.0

Gathered requirements from multiple regional facilities, both inside and outside of the US.

Developed and managed automated build and deployment solutions which included the expansion of

Team Foundation Build Services using C# / .NET Framework 2.x and the TFS Build extension

libraries.

Provided issue identification and resolution support for existing legacy applications.

Technologies Used

C#, MS-SQL, .NET (1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5), Visual Studio (2003, 2005, 2008), Visio, Word, Excel, MS Project, Team MS

Unit Testing, Foundation Server Build, MSMQ, W MI, Enterprise Library, Team Foundation Server, Visual C/C++, SQL

Express, PowerPoint, NUnit, MQ-Series, Access, WPF, Oracle (9, 10), Python, VB.NET, Java, Infragistics, MS

Project Server, SharePoint, WCF, Cache’, IBM’s Rational Rose

Dan Raines 512-***-**** Page 2

MMI Technologies, Ltd. Co., Longview, TX 2002 – 2005

President / Architect

Managed all aspects of business, including budgeting, marketing, contract negotiation and leads

development.

Developed business plans and marketing details for presentation to possible investors.

Architected, designed and developed custom solutions to meet the business needs of various cli ents

as well as in house retail applications utilizing C# and .NET Frameworks 1.x – 2.x

Developed an embedded client solution in C/C++ that allowed for two-way messaging over satellite

for a fleet management service.

Lead a small group of developers in the delivery of contract solutions.

Provided technical support and training for delivered solutions

Technologies Used

C#, MS-SQL, .NET (1.1, 2.0), Visual Studio (2003, 2005), Visio, Word, Excel, MS Project, W MI, MSMQ, Developer

Express, Enterprise Library, Report Sharp Shooter, Infragistics, Visual C/C++, C/C++, SQL Express, PowerPoint,

Access, Cache’, Objective C, Apple’s development tools

Home and Garden Party, Marshall, TX 2002 – 2002

Sr. Project Manager

W orked with area director to define a replacement strategy for the existing out dated order management

solution.

Generated and managed detailed project schedules for development and networking / system

management teams.

Managed resource allocations and task deliverables.

Managed quality assurance team and defined standards and best practices.

Trained and mentored testing team.

Provided issue identification and resolution support for warehousing applications.

Lead support and issue resolution team.

Developed custom testing tools and testing harnesses in C# / .NET Framework 1.1

Technologies Used

C#, MS-SQL, .NET (1.1), Visual Studio (2003), Visio, Word, Excel, MS Project, Access

Virtuoso, Seattle, WA 2001 – 2002

Project Manager

Senior level manager who worked in association with CIO and IT Director to architect luxury travel agent

and consumer web portal.

Generated blue print project schedules that help ed to define design, development and staffing

requirements.

Generated and managed project schedules.

Managed resource allocations and task deliverables.

Developed key components of customer facing Web base solution in C#, ASP / .NET Framework 1.0

Key contributor for identifying and interview candidates.

One of three individuals ultimately responsible for the go / no go decision on hiring resources and

wage determination.

Co-responsible for handling resource terminations as the situation required.

Technologies Used

C#, MS-SQL, .NET (1.0, 1.1), Visual Studio, Visio, Word, Excel, MS Project, Apple’s Web Objects

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Concero, Seattle, WA 1999 – 2001

Sr. Software Developer

Functioned as Solutions Architected in charge of putting together a development team and creating

design specifications for product integration into an e-business application server (Vignette V5)

running on multi-platform solutions.

Functioned as Chief Architect and Project Manager in charge of creating project scheduling, design

specifications and overseeing development efforts of a six-member team. Managing customer

relations and expectations.

Functioned as Project Lead/Technical Lead/Lead Engineer in charge of promotion component

redesign for an online educational resource provider. Additionally res ponsibilities include developing

an image import tool that was written in C/C++ and interface with Vignette’s StoryServer.

Functioned as Technical Lead responsible for finding a solution for collecting performance matrixes

related to Microsoft SQL Server in relationship to a new evolving e-commerce solution from Microsoft.

Technologies Used

C/C++, Visual C/C++, MS-SQL, Visual Studio, Visio, Word, Excel, StoryServer, Perl

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