Akbar Shabazz
Houston, Texas 77057
Email ad0hwm@r.postjobfree.com
Status: U.S. Citizen
Education
Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas
BS in Computer Science Minor in Mathematics
Graduation December of 2004
Certifications
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP #2995116) since 4/18/2005
Passed - AZ-900 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure 10/16/2023
- 70-480 Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 7/11/2013
- 70-306 Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with 4-18-2005
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
- 70-229 Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 6-18-2007
Related Work Experience
December/2019 – September/2023
Avanade (Accenture) Consultant Houston, TX
Clients in - Oil & Gas Major (upstream), Banking (Top 5), Insurance, and Healthcare(Texas)
Upgrade older application to .Net Core, Bootstrap for responsive pages and tabs,
jQuery/javascript for auto-population and graphs
Create test for Azure CI/CD, help testers and other developers with testing and best code practices
C#, .Net Core and microservices, WebAPI, Razor, entity framework
.Net MVC, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Javascript, JQuery, Vue.js
SQL – including modifying and creating table, views, stored procedures and SSIS
Codes, solutions, table, stored procedures and code review managed in Azure DevOps (TFS)
April/2018 – November/2019 (contract)
United Airlines - for Pyramid Consulting Sr. Application Developer Houston, TX
Internal Web Applications - NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)
.Net MVC, WebAPI, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, AngularJS
.Net Core w/ Razor pages, WebAPI, Architect application and database
Sept/2016 – Oct/2017 (contract)
Central United Life Insurance Software Developer Houston, TX
Update and maintain internal company and external client applications for Insurance needs.
Code with latest version of Visual Studio, MVC, .NET Razor, jQuery, HTML, CSS and others…
Maintain application with Team Foundation Server (TFS), branching for level of testing
Also maintain update and bug fix existing multi-tier webform applications in vb.net and c#
Nov/2015 – Sept/2016 (contract)
Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Software Engineer Houston, TX
Create new MVC 5, ASP.NET 4.5 web applications using json, JavaScript, bootstrap, LINQ, lambda
expressions, web helpers, C# and more.
Create new C#/asp.net web applications and reports for internal use
Create and/or modify SQL stored procedures and functions to get data for applications
Add functionality with HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery and Bootstrap
Nov/2013 – Mar/2015
Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) Web Application Developer Houston, TX
Create new, enhance existing C#/asp.net webpages inside of DNN environment
Create and/or modify SQL stored procedures and functions to get data for applications
Add functionality with HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and Telerik
Complete tickets for bugs/errors found in applications, services or stored procedures
Developed external member web applications and as well as internal web applications
Mar/2011 – Oct/2013
Rockwell Collins Software Engineer / Web Developer Houston, Texas
Created new client subscription based web applications using Visual Studio 2010 using C#, asp.net, HTML and CSS
Add client side functionality with JavaScript, jQuery, JSON and also integrate
GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth API into applications.
Create and modify SQL statements and stored procedures for applications data.
Architect all parts of applications & web service or WCF also participate in design, testing & deployment.
Nov/2009 – Mar/2011 (contract)
BAE Systems Programmer / Analyst Sealy, Texas
Troubleshoot, repair or enhance existing applications, changes are mostly for MS Excel (financial
data) spreadsheets using VBA, but also numerous changes to Delphi 5 and .net applications.
Develop C# window form applications to streamline and improve business processes.
Grant access and permissions to custom applications with Sybase or others tool.
Work includes access MAPICS and SQL databases
Nov/2007 – Aug/2009 Idea Integration
Sept/2008 – Aug/2009 at client site - Harris County Flood Control District
Enhance existing internal web applications to meet new requirements and/or fix existing
issues. Includes modifications to asp.net and C# code, database tables, views, and stored procedures
and Reports using MS Visual Studio, SQL Server Management and SQL Reporting
Service or Crystal Reports.
Create, update and manipulate database, table, views, stored procedures and functions for
web apps using SQL, Oracle or Access
Create new SRS reports for clients to analyze and view financial data and information.
Create batch files and .mst transforms files for modify .msi files for application deployment
through Active Directory
Small SharePoint task, creating pages, webparts, libraries, applying permissions and
other miscellaneous task.
More specific details for projects and enhancements listed on attachment
Nov/2007 – Sept/2008 in office - Application Developer / Consultant
Perform frequent updates, and maintain current web applications written in ASP. NET,
classic ASP and HTML.
Add new functionality to web applications, which includes adding or changing user interface
elements to enhance user experience. Write code and database logic to add, editing, delete
and display data from database. Also provide formatting, debugging and error checking to
ensure application runs as efficient as possible.
Work in C#, vbscript, JavaScript, XML, CSS and PHP and others to provide updates
for current websites
More specific details for projects and enhancements listed on attachment
Sept 05- Sept 07
Shell Oil Company (Burnett Staffing/contract) - Shell Information Technology International
Provide technical infrastructure and application support to Shell customers globally.
Assist Shell Customer resolve complex desktop network and remote connectivity issues
Assist customers with initializing smart cards and resolving smartcard software related
issues. Managed user accounts via DRA, HAT and Active Directory, Escalate tickets
that is not resolved with first contact with Help Desk. Enforced new strategies
between regional helpdesks and strived to meet service level agreements.
Provide computer software and network support to a large corporate global smartcard customer-base
of 75k+ end users, providing resolution or escalation as appropriate in a second level help desk
environment.
Responds to calls, emails and personnel for problem resolution. Utilize “remote” control software to
connect to user desktop to assist in high-resolution rate.
Document, track and monitor problems to ensure a timely resolution using ticketing system
Peregrine.
Create new solutions and processes to advance business needs and better train new agents.
Skills
MVC JSON jQuery SQL stored proc & functions
Bootstrap C# JavaScript Web Services & Web API
HTML5 CSS3 COBOL ASP.NET GoogleMaps API
Web Page Development Classic ASP AngularJS N-Tier and MVC architecture
Entity Framework JSON Angular 4 Visual Basic.Net (VB.net)
Visual Studio OOP .Net Core 2.2 SOLID principles
TFS. GIT IIS Razor Pages Architect applications and database
TypeScript