E'edresha Sturdivant
Cell: 718-***-****
Email: ********@*****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Technically skilled I.T. graduate, with a passion for network engineering,
system administration, programming and web development. Seeking an
environment where I can contribute to the technical aspects of the
business.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
. Familiar with a variety of web services, programming languages, and
operating systems.
. Reliable and adaptable, quick learner and able to take initiative.
. Result oriented, flexible, committed to deadlines.
. Ability to work well under pressure.
. Exceptionally organized, highly motivated and resourceful with a wide
range of skills.
. Productive, responsible and able to handle any task requested.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Qnomy - New York, NY
Senior Software Engineer
December 2013 - Current
. Custom development based on proprietary Q-Flow software, which is
capable of web based appointment scheduling and queue management.
. Application maintenance and bug fixes of in-house software able to
sync with Microsoft Exchange servers for appointment scheduling and
availability.
. Created MVC 4 applications for clients utilizing WCF and Active
Directory.
. IIS7 and Sql Server 2008/2012 installation, configuration and
troubleshooting.
InYourClass - New York, NY
Lead Developer June
2012 - November 2013
. Configuration and troubleshooting issues within the Amazon Cloud.
Services included EC2, SQS, SES and S3.
. Developed C# code to interface with Amazon Web Services API for
automation purposes.
. Collaborated with universities to create single sign on authentication
schemes, giving users the ability to login seamlessly between two
remote systems.
. Developed a highly scalable web application utilizing C# and MSSQL
that was self contained and able to be deployed to additional servers
within minutes if demand required it.
. Reduced server load by letting the client handle many aspects of the
server side logic via JavaScript and JSON objects.
. Additional performance gained through caching frequently accessed data
and using .NET managed threads.
Freelance Software Engineer
December 2010 - June 2012
. Android and iOS application development.
. Mobile website development using Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery Mobile,
51Degress.mobi, C# and SQL.
. Developed a web based restaurant menu interface using C# and Office
Open XML package.
. Worked on a web based slideshow creator that leveraged FFMPEG to
generate movie slide shows of still images.
. Created a web application using Microsoft MVC 3, that pulls in user
information via Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla
. Overhauled a cosmetic website using PHP, jQuery, and MySQL.
Renegade Nation - New York, NY
Senior Software Engineer April
2009 - December 2010
. Designed and created a highly scalable musician themed social
networking website using C#, jQuery, MSSQL, and a host of other
services in a cloud computing environment.
. Created a rich media WPF application which was data driven via real
time mobile text messaging. This was possible by using the TextMarks
mobile API and a special SMS short code.
. Helped maintain and enhance the company's core website by allowing all
aired SIRIUS XM shows accessible via web.
. Assisted in email campaigns and event related web content.
Facts on File Inc - New York, NY
Web Application Developer March
2007 - September 2008
. Experience in developing e-commerce, CMS web applications.
. Developed an E-Book platform from the ground up using a variety of web
technologies.
. Implemented RC4 and MD5 encryption algorithms.
. Developed automated graphical application using the GDI+ class of the
.NET 2.0 framework.
. Developed and maintained a variety of other data-driven web
applications using .NET in a Windows Server environment.
. Ported existing classic ASP code to ASP.NET.
. Proficiency in SQL Server, SQL, Stored Procedures, and ADO.Net.
. Advanced skills/experience with HTML/Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and
JavaScript.
Oddcast Media Technologies Inc - New York, NY
Lead Software Test Engineer
Jan 2006 - March 2007
. Knowledge of standard QA methodologies.
. Experience in black box and white box testing.
. Designed, developed, debugged, deployed and maintained automated test
scripts.
. Worked with developers to debug test failures.
. Experience in designing, building and maintaining test benches for
executing test cases in compliance with the test plan.
. Thorough experience with software development life cycles and product
metrics.
. Thorough knowledge of Bugzilla tracking system.
. Capable of analyzing code in a variety pf programming languages.
. Experience in testing three-tiered web-based applications.
Education
York College, City University of New York
December 2005
B.S. Computer Science