Gerald Michael Dodaro
Redmond, WA 98052
United States
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More than twenty years' industry experience, including ten years as a full-time programming writer at Microsoft. Extensive experience with API documentation and writing code that demonstrates customer scenarios. Experience with REST, Web Services, OData, Adobe Experience Manager, Azure Spring cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, SQL Server, Streaming media services, Cloud technologies, Bing Search API. Other projects include .NET Micro Framework, embedded microcontroller devices, IIS Smooth Streaming, Object/Relational mapping, Entity Framework, Entity Data Model, SQL Server programmability, Berkeley Data Analytics Stack, Spark, SparkSQL.
Proficient with documentation procedures using github, markdown, etc. Numerous writing and code samples are available at the links in the following employment history. Linked-In profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-dodaro-85aa342 Blog: http://wp.me/1TEdE
Employment:
Steyer Content – 9/2-22 – 6/26/23 Microsoft Graph example code and developer documentation Test and review developer sample code. Edit and review documentation. Nayamode - 3/2022 – 7/2022 Microsoft Global Demand Center - Relationship Management Write and maintain developer specs for custom Microsoft interface for Adobe Experience Manager ZenKey – 8/2021 – 2/2022 Write developer documentation for OAuth based OIDC authentication/authorization in a joint venture with big 3 mobile network providers. Aquent - Microsoft Azure Spring Cloud 10/2019 – 7/2021 Writing developer documentation for Azure Spring Cloud.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/spring-cloud/ Steyer Associates 6/2019 – 9/2019
Developer documentation for Microsoft Commercial Software Bedrock project using Azure CLI, DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker https://github.com/microsoft/bedrock/tree/master/docs/devops Steyer Associates 10/2017 – 4/2019
Developer documentation for Bing Search API at Microsoft. https://docs.microsoft.com/enhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive- services/bing-web-search/quickstarts/csharpus/azure/cognitive-services/bing-web- search/quickstarts/csharp Outreach documentation:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1246264/Bing-Visual-Search-for-Image-Insights https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1221350/Getting-Started-with-the-Bing-Search-APIs https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1229484/Bing-Web-Search-SDK-9 Proprietary Bing search API documentation for a project valued at $3 billion. Sole writer on the project. L4 Digital 11/2016 - 9/2017
Developer documentation for Dish/ Sling TV Core UI API. Product management documentation. Product case Studies.
Centric Consulting: 2/2016 - 11/2016
Write developer documentation and code samples for marketing campaign management framework. NodeJS; AngularJS on Power BI project
Aquent contractor / Microsoft Azure Stack: 10/2015 – 2/2016 Write developer documentation for Azure Stack Resource Provider Atigeo: 7/2014 – 8/2015
Write developer documentation for Atigeo xPatterns big data platform Scala, Java, Hadoop, Spark, Shark, Spark SQL. MadCap Flare Wowza Media Services: 7/2013 – 7/2014
Technical Writer
Job Title: Senior writer
Write technical documentation for streaming media server http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?546-How-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?36-How-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an- RTMPhttp://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?36-How-to-set-up-live-streaming-using-an-RTMP- based-encoderbasedencoder
Windows Embedded Compact vNext with Aquent 8/2012 – 6/2013 Job Title: Programming writer
Write OEM/ developer documentation for Windows Embedded Compact http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj945671(v=winembedded.80).aspx Networking TCP/IP, Bluetooth, WiFi
Microsoft Research with Steyer Associates 4/2011 – 7/2012 Job Title: Programming writer http://wp.me/1TEdE
.NET Gadgeteer Builder Guides 1.8, and all previous
.NET Gadgeteer Core 2.42.550 Reference Docs, and all previous http://gadgeteer.codeplex.com/releases
Harvey Nash Agency Consultant 12/2010 - 3/2011
Job Title: Programming writer/Amazon.com
Writing developer documentation for Amazon Cloud Front/ Route 53. CloudFront sample code and documentation:
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/PrivateCFSignatureCo deAndExamples.html
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/175025/Create-URL-for-an-Authenticated-Amazon-EC2-API-Req http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/176371/C-REST-Client-for-Amazon-Route-53 Aquent – 11/2009 – 11/2010
Job Title: Programming writer/ Microsoft
Duties/Responsibilities: Write developer documentation for IIS Smooth Streaming https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/smooth-streaming Microsoft - 4/2004-11/2009
Job Title: Programming writer
Writing and code samples at the following links:
Defining Advanced Data Models (Entity Framework Tasks) Stored Procedure Support (Entity Framework) EntityDataSource Web Server Control http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc488502.aspx
WCF Data Services Framework
Documentation and code samples for Silverlight/WCF Data Services Client: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838234(VS.95).aspx Xml Documentation projects
Protocol Documentation Red Team
Microsoft – 4/2000-4/2004 Job Title:
Programming writer
Duties/Responsibilities:
Write documentation and code samples (C++, Visual Basic, and COM) for the Windows Media Services SDK
Write documentation and code (C++, Visual Basic, and COM) samples for Windows Media Device Manager SDK
Write documentation and code samples (C#, C++,) for the Windows Rights Management Client SDK, which won STC award for online publications. Lead writer on this project. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204621(VS.85).aspx?wt.svl=title Webforia Inc – 2/1999-4/2000 Job Title:
Automation test coder
Duties/Responsibilities:
Wrote automated tests for large load balanced Internet portal using C++, VB, Javascript, and VBScript. Quality Assurance Engineer; Writing test scripts and test applications. Experience with MS Web Applications Stress Tool, Document Object Model, HTML, Active Server Pages. Test plans, reports, and documentation of tools created and used.
EDUCATION:
University of Washington-United States-WA
BA-Bachelor of Arts English
C Programming Certificate; University of Washington Extension; 1997 70+ credit hours in physics, college-level mathematics, and engineering. 1994 North Seattle Community College
MA-Master of Arts Philosophy
Publication of development scenarios on team blogs: http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2007/09/14/how-to-map-stored-procedures-using-the-ado- netentity-framework.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2007/01/30/entity-data-model-part-1.aspx Promoted a case study using Windows Media Services at KING FM radio in Seattle that implemented Windows Media streaming broadcasts 24/7. Numerous publications in the arts and humanities: http://www.firstthings.com/article/1994/10/thescandal-of-the-gospels