Cesar Aviles
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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
An engineer with strong, proven project management skills which enable me to manage the three major business
constraints (time, cost, scope); dynamic application developer with a proven track record in accelerating an
organization’s technical competence and providing leadership in a fast-paced result-oriented environment; strong
organizational and interpersonal skills; excellent performance deliverance in teams; confident and poised interactions
with individuals at all levels; detail oriented with a strong commitment towards meeting deadlines. Areas of exposure
include:
C# Knockout HTML5 IIS
Telerik ASP.NET CSS3 SVN/TFS/Git
WCF ASP.Net MVC Twitter. Bootstrap Mobile Development
WebAPI AJAX Windows Forms Telerik Icenium
Entity Framework MS UI Development
JavaScript MSSQL/MySQL Client-Server
Applications
JQuery Mongo/RavenDB
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Collaboratively worked with executives and technocrats to streamline the development of software employing a
Scrum software development method; trained and mentored new developers in efficient coding procedures to
facilitate a smooth transition from training period to production environment .
Spearheaded the effort to discover why the existing legacy systems failed to keep up with flexibility as
compared to major competitors and implemented the necessary changes to enable the system to perform more
effectively.
WORK HISTORY
CA Tech Solutions Chino, CA 1/13 - Present
President
Developed an automated stock trading algorithm. The algorithm utilizes news, general public’s and other traders’
sentiment, fundamentals and technical factors to determine if a stock should be shorted, longed or completely left
alone.
Developed a financial application that mimic the feel of ScottTrade’s Elite platform. The application was written as a C#
WinForm. It is a mutli-threaded/MDI application that is used to manage a stock portfolio. The application allows a user
purchase/sell, build a watchlist, review the trading history, back-test, view news, time and sales and paper trade.
Forked and completed the TradeKing library porting for .NET. The library is published freely on GItHub.
Developed a website for users to upload Videos. Videos that are uploaded are than rated by the public. A user who
receives the most like wins a prize at the end of each month. This website was developed using ASP.Net MVC, the
client-side was designed using Angular and Entity Framework used to manage the CRUD which is stored in a No-SQL
Mongo DB. The website resides on Microsoft’s Azure platform and using Vimeo to store videos.
Loan Depot, Foothills Ranch, CA
Senior .Net Developer
6/2013 – 6/2014
Converted Customer Portal from ASP.NET 3.5 to ASP.NET MVC 4 and migrated data into a new table structure.
Optimized data retrieval by removing redundant calls to the Empower framework. These enhancements made the
Portal significantly faster.
Developed Quality Control system that enabled our QC department to ensure 20% of all loans are audited. This
enabled us to HUD compliance standards.
Architected a new Click-Once release process using virtual IPs that sped up the amount of time remote users spent
downloading updates.
Developed a solution to move our softphone architecture from 0% code coverage to 60% coverage.
Modeled and documented using UML (Activity and Sequence Diagrams)
Worked with a team to convert one of our APIs from WCF to WebAPI.
Designed and developed system using an N-Tier model (DAL,BCL and Application)
Developed and new version of our softphone with I3 integration. This system was designed using a distributed SOA
architecture using WCF, MVC and I3’s IceLib framework.
Created and modified i3 Handlers. Several of these handlers were using to update customer information when the
customer called in. This reduced input errors on the part of the Agents.
To wer Energy Group, Torrance, CA 01/2011 – 6/2013
Lead Software Developer
Oversaw 4 Developers and 1 Designer. Held weekly Tech Sessions to ensure our team stayed up to date with the
latest technologies.
Developed web-based solutions that brought the new project and legacy together under one single umbrella
using .NET Framework (2.0/4.0), C#, and Entity Framework.
Migrated systems from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 using Entity Framework.
Developed a centralized reporting system that brought over sales data via nightly ETL tasks from the company’s
two POS systems using Telerik .NET Controls.
Designed & developed a solution to enable the merchandise team to have a single point of input for CRUD operations
across all POS systems through the company. This solution kept 150 POS systems in-sync with the central office.
Created a solution that enabled HR to track candidates and score them based on work history and achievements
using ASP.NET and WebForms .
Implemented a Restful Web Service solution using MVC Web API to simplify the management of business
logic updates.
Maintained corporate legacy systems. The systems we designed using Perl and used a SQL 2000 Backend.
Media Imaging Company, North Hollywood, CA 05/2009 – 1/2011
Lead Software Developer
Researched real estate industry and created a comprehensive solution that enabled real estate agents to perform
all day-to-day tasks in a singular software package; completed the entire project in 8 months, well ahead of
schedule, and under budget.
Led a team of 5 developers, 3 designers and 2 support specialist s; assembled an excellent software development
team on a very low budget, achieved by hiring developers with no practical experience outside of academia and
trained them in C# development; managed and balanced the ITS budget.
Integrated application with Trulia, Zillow, Facebook, Twitter, Google Apps, YouTube, and text messages; created
photo editing solution to allow users to crop, resize, and remove red eye on photos; developed a solution to
decrease size of videos uploaded by users.
Functions that were incorporated:
Designed a custom template system allowing users to alter the entire look & feel of their website with one-
button clicks by implementing a CSS solution.
Developed a solution to reduce the size of video uploaded by users using the Sothink API to convert video files
to flash .flv files.
Created a WCF wrapper around the Authorize.NET API to enable developer to build quick payment solutions.
Sped up backend development time by moving development from ADO.NET over to LINQ using Devart LINQ
to MySQL Framework.
Integrated local calendars with Google Apps accounts using the Google Mail API
Created a FlyerBuilder solution that enabled users to build custom flyers and save them as PDF files.
Developed a text messaging solution to enable users to receive text messages from their clients directly
through their website.
Developed a language translation solution using the Google API that enabled users ’ websites to be
translated into over 15 languages.
United Law Group, Irvine, CA 01/2009 – 04/2009
Software Developer
Developed Windows applications in C# that were used by attorneys and legal aides for a law firm with over 200
employees.
Implemented VersionOne Agile Management platform to facilitate development tasks; saved company
thousands of dollars in accounting expenses by integrating billing system with QuickBooks using QBSDK; utilized
both Microsoft Reporting and Infragistics Grid controls; acted as an intermediary between the business department
and the engineering department.
Built an auditing solution that allowed managers to see when employees were logged in, which employees needed
assistance, and how to track employee work hours; developed wallboard solution to show call center telephone
statistics in real-time.
Developed a call recording solution using the telAdvantage API; implemented web forms that utilized AJAX to
avoid lengthy post-backs; used CSS and JQuery to create a responsive user experience.
VR-INC, Colorado Springs, CO 02/2007 – 02/2009
Software Developer
Worked at an application consulting firm that developed computer telephony integration solutions for corporate call
centers; trained customers on how to use call recording applications ; implemented Source AnyWhere to allow
developers to easily work on projects together from remote locations; worked with customers to gather
application requirements; served as a sales engineer to market application to prospective clients.
Developed reporting solutions for CTI systems ; designed solutions that integrated existing reporting systems
with the call with Witness Call Recording Solutions using Microsoft r eporting services; worked on research and
development team to develop a call recording application for the Avaya platform using Avaya enablement services
API.
Worked on multiple projects simultaneously, developing applications and completing integrations for several
customers in the same week; performed Tier 3 level support which included debugging and troubleshooting issues.
EDUCATION
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
M.S. in Systems Engineering
Concentration: Computer Science
Colorado Tech, Colorado Springs, CO
B.S. in Information Technology
Concentration: Software Engineering
Graduated Cum Laude
ASSOCIATIONS
Pluralsight Study Group Los Angeles Chapter
ACM Los Angeles Chapter