Christopher P. Korson
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U.S. Citizen
Qualification Summary
I am an accomplished application developer with a demonstrated history of working through the full software development life cycle, backed by my extensive expertise in business analysis. I have effectively collaborated with remote development teams across both domestic and international landscapes, delivering impactful solutions with a hands-on approach. My wide-ranging skills include strategic planning, meticulous project execution, and fostering team collaboration, all aimed at driving innovation and achieving business goals
Professional Experience
KYG Trade, LLC, Cosa Mesa, CA
Sept 2021 – Sept 2023
Application Manager
Successfully designed and developed a trade compliant, Web 3 decentralized cloud/on-premise application and database from scratch. Gathered requirements from business owners, clients and regulations. Product is in production with a gaint supplier and the product has active paid POCs with two other very large retailers.
Managed remote development team to develop and deploy the product’s versions. Performed code reviews and mentoring on best practices, SDLC processes and design.
Utilized Windows/Linux, AWS, Azure, JS/ReAct, Node.js, JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Slack
Integrated multiple third party API and other technologies. Also, developed with OpenAI/ML, CosmosDB, Cognitive Search, Python, C#, knowledgebase, and modeling.
Sangoma/Star2Star, Sarasota, FL
Feb 2016 – Sept 2021
Director of Internal Development
Managed 5 different remote teams: SugarCRM: PHP/Apache (US and Brazil); Great Plains/Nodus Epay: MS app/VB/C#/T-SQL/IIS (US, Canada); Data Sync – Talend/SSIS (Ukraine); Google Cloud and AWS DevOps (US and Ukraine); new apps – JS ReAct/JS Express (US and Ukraine). Met with teams nearly daily as scrum master and SME.
Performed reverse engineer/analysis/design/code of PHP enhancements. Perform source code and SQL reviews from remote team deliverables. Triage all new development tickets and set deployment release targets
Met with business stakeholders and designed automation for processes and integrations.
Moved applications from on-premise to AWS Cloud and Google Cloud.
Used JIRA for all teams: Create User Stories, Sprints and Releases for SDLC processes. Used Kanban for DevOps.
Designed new web financial applications (C#/MVP) and Online Payment Portal (JS/ReAct/PCI)
Contractor, Sarasota, FL
2012 – 2016
Project Manager/Analyst/Programmer
Scoped projects, gathered business requirement and created documentation for development team.
Managed on/offshore team using Agile for multiple IIS/C# .NET hybrid mobile/web form/service projects and onshore team of various UI/UX designers.
Worked with multiple clients SME to determine the best business and technical requirements (JIRA).
Performed Enhancements to administration web site written in C# .Net and Sql Server.
Designed and programmed the PCI complaint payment gateway for Teleflora integration and MVC Web API.
Produced products that are designed to run on iOS and Android using native code, Cordova, HTML5/JS/C#, Json.
Performed code reviews and troubleshoot code with developers.
Various Developer Positions before this
Key Skill Areas
Team building and teamwork
Business process engineering
Technical Requirements
Experience with all phases of SDLC
Relational database design
JIRA/Confluence, Bitbucket, Git
Scrum/Agile/Waterfall
Programmed in C#/Java/JavaScript/PHP/Python
Microsoft Office, Project and CM tools
Telecom, credit, health, trade