JULIE KITCHEN
Charlotte, NC *****
*.*.*******@*****.***
SUMMARY
Senior programmer with experience in communicating directly with customers to design effective applications that save the organization valuable time and money. Ability to adapt to dynamic requirement changes and deliver valuable products to the users. Experienced in taking projects from the first meeting to launch. I have excellent interpersonal skills and I love working closely with other people. I enjoy helping other team members learn something new and being a sounding board when they have hit a roadblock.
SKILLS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:
.net core 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 C#.net & VB.net 4.5 (2017) & 2.0 (2005), ASP.net, PEGA, Java, JavaScript, PHP, ColdFusion, jQuery, Node.js, .net Core, Angular, .Net 4.6, C# 6.0, LINQ VB6
DATABASES:
MS SQL 2016, 2008 & 2005, Oracle, JD Edwards, MySQL, Progress
OTHER WEB TECHNOLOGIES & METHODOLOGIES & ENVIRONMENTS:
MVC 5, web services, JSP, XML, XSLT, SharePoint, Bootstrap, SOA, Shell Scripting, Windows Presentation Foundation, Eclipse, Subversion, AJAX/JSON, Node.js, HTML 5, Azure, Amazon AWS, WPF, Jira, Agile development
OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Windows10, Windows XP, Linux, OS X
EXPERIENCE
WellsFargo
Contractor Charlotte NC 08/2023 to 03/2024
●Worked on AIMS- Access & Identity Management System
●Used C#.net CORE and LINQ for AIMS to import and consume daily changes to access and identity data
●Used workflows and blocks in C#.net core to process dataflows
●Created and maintained SQL tables and stored procedures to facilitate AIMS goals.
Spectrum
Contractor Charlotte NC 08/2022 to 05/2023
●C#.net CORE API and LINQ for location Intelligence
●ReactJs web site that consumed the location intelligence API
●Two Python Applications that downloaded data files from Precisely automatically
●Advocated for and volunteered to improve processes using DevOps principles
●Implemented Test driven development for my projects
●Created SSIS packages to transfer data from systems and excel files
●Created and improved SQL stored procedures for multiple applications
●Collaborated with coworkers to resolve issues and give advice.
TKXS
Full Time Employee Charlotte NC 03/2021 to 07/2022
●Senior Programmer/Analyst
●C#.net, ASP.net and VB.net development for data mining Applications
●MS SQL development for data mining Applications
●Used LINQ as part of C#.net, and ASP.net development
●Worked with a mature Azure Devops process
●Created SSIS packages to transfer data from systems and excel files
●Designed User Interfaces and developed front end code using angular 15
●Created and improved SQL stored procedures for multiple applications.
Bank of America
Contractor Charlotte NC 11/2020 to 03/2021
●Senior Programmer/Analyst
●C#.net development
●MS Sql Development
●MVC develoment using Asp.net and LINQ
●Maitaining legacy .net apps.
Wells Fargo
Contractor for Strategic Staffing Solutions Charlotte NC 11/2019 to 10/2020
●Senior Programmer/Analyst
●PatchHub a program designed to track all patches for all hardware in the enterprise
●Used MVC, asp.net, C#.net, LINQ and telerik Kendo controls
●On my own initiative I implemented unit testing to make my own development more efficient and led a presentation to demonstrate my methods to approximately 50 other developers
●Used my design and SQL skills to automate data extraction tasks to assist the business analysts in getting appropriate data for discussing new features with the internal stakeholders
●Built excellent working relationships with all of my coworkers including several not in my direct group improving communication and efficiency
●Designed and implemented SQL tables, queries, stored procedures and functions to support the PatchHub application.
First Tennessee
Senior Programmer/Analyst Memphis TN 04/2018 to 06/2019
●EIR C#.net 6.0 using .net core,linq, with a heavy javacript and jquery front end
●A mssql backend and multiple SOAP web services
●The html for this web application was HTML 5
●ETime APEX which is a Node.js and angular based system with a web front end
●A nodejs application is generated
●It used a DB2 database backend
●Beneficial Ownership another APEX application(based in Node.js and angular) that used a DB2 backend and SOAP web services
●Used Jenkins to deploy Beneficial Ownership and eTime angular applications
●United Way older .net application that need to have multiple mssql updates
●To Streamline the process I wrote a console application that read a CSV file to create the queries cutting the time from hours to minutes per update
●FirstNet Classic ASP application that I maintained as requests came in
●CMDB I maintained this set of related applications that were written in C#.net they had a mssql backend and 3 of the applications were console applications that ran as scheduled tasks
●Used SSIS to migrate data between environments in addition to importing data from excel
●Used agile methodology to manage workflow and handle changing priorities.
JuicePlus+ via Clear Function Staffing
Senior Programmer/Analyst Memphis TN 02/2017 to 03/2018
●Payment processing module using .net and msSQL
●Used C#.net to develop and modify API's for the payment processing module
●Implemented unit tests for the REST API to facilitate test driven development
●Maintained legacy systems.
PetCert
Sole developer Memphis TN 12/2016 to 01/2017
●Used Asp.net and VB.net, MySQL, and LINQ to write the application that processed Pet Adoption forms and related payments
●Used Asp.net and VB.net, MySQL to create an internal webpage for employers to process the applications
●Deployed N tiered application onto AWS Amazon Web services
●Deployed MSSQL database onto AWS.
●Migrated database and website from AWS to Azure
●Migrated database and website from Azure to GoDaddy server
●I had to manually update the MySQL server setting files to get the SSIS to work.
●Designed & implemented https://pet-cert.com, a robust web application
●This site uses a MySql Database & a VB.net backend to accept applications to adopt animals from the general public
●The application is used to perform a thorough background check so that the animal welfare agency can be sure that potential adopters are a good fit
●The site handles credit card and e-check transactions
●The site has a reporting suite that tracks how long it takes our employees to process each part of the adopter's application
●The application automatically sends emails notifying our customers that applications have been received and processed
●During development, I had to be very flexible and adapt to changing needs of the business while working with my boss directly
●I managed to reduce our operating costs by switching from MS SQL to MySQL which allowed a significant savings from our cloud computing host, Google
●Migrated to Azure to save cost
●Migrated to AWS (Amazon Web services) to save costs
●Used SSIS to migrate data from different database solutions.
Carrier Corporation via Robert Half Technology
Senior Programmer/Analyst Memphis TN 06/2016 to 12/2016
●Design, develop and maintain business applications that are used in a factory floor setting
●Reduced maintenance efforts by creating reusable code libraries when I encountered applications that did the same thing but with different code
●Ensured Carrier no longer needs to worry about re-work by changing the factory floor application & the application they use to reprint shipping labels
●Reduced costs by changing the application that prevents leaving parts out of the box for certain units
●Reduced labor & ensured accurate inventory count use by creating an application that communicates with a PLC to ensure that a move ticket for a produced part is printed without human intervention
●Updated the schedule validation program using my knowledge of SQL & stored procedures
●Used WPF to develop and maintain User interfaces. These user interfaces were used on the factory floor by the people assembling the Air conditioners.
Mueller Industries
Senior Programmer/Analyst Memphis TN 10/2013 to 01/2016
●Improved response time for reports by optimizing the SQL stored procedure such that the report that crashed after 3 minutes returned results in 30 seconds
●Learned Progress to enable development on Legacy database systems for integration with web applications
●Maintained and improved Multiple VB.net & C#.net web applications
●This includes adding new forms and reports
●Used SSIS to migrate data between environments in addition to importing data from excel.
Memphis City Schools
Senior Programmer/Analyst Memphis TN 06/2009 to 06/2013
●Designed and developed a Risk Management incident reporting system using MVC 3, C#.net 4.0, MS SQL 2008, Entity Framework 4.1 and jQuery
●Features an incident form that intelligently adjusts required fields based on OSHA requirements, including an approval and routing system
●Provided several report views and ability to export OSHA reports in Excel
●Maintained and improved the IT department website
●I inherited the C#.net 4.0 website with a MS SQL 2008 back-end
●In addition to normal content updates, I added the ability to deploy new videos and change out the old
●Designed and developed the Time Off web application for the school district using C#.net 4.0, jQuery, and MS SQL 2008
●Developed calendar for managers and employees to see their days off at a glance
●The approval system uses notifications and the application is integrated with mobile devices
●Designed and developed the HR Self-Service web application using VB.net 2.0 and MS SQL 2005 which enables employees to update personal information and view pay stubs and benefit details
●Designed and developed the Volunteer Information & Background Check web application using VB.net 2.0 and MS SQL 2008
●Ensured that the district doesn't spend money on duplicate background checks or ineligible volunteers
●Designed and developed a Purchase Order PDF generation application that sends orders directly to vendors
●Self-taught XSLT style sheets to implement
●Consistently used Active Directory to reduce the number of usernames and passwords users are required to remember
●Integration of existing systems to reduce errors and save the users' time
●HR Self-Service, Time-off application and others are examples of this approach
●Used SSIS to migrate data between environments in addition to importing data from excel.
TruGreen Landcare
Programmer/Analyst Memphis TN 04/2007 to 06/2009
●Designed and developed a Sales to Operations hand-off web application using PEGA that integrated with a C#.net 2.0 application, a VB.net 2.0 application and a JDE database
●Designed and developed several conversion utilities in PEGA, C#.net 2.0 and VB.net 2.0
●Maintained a C#.net 2.0 Customer Satisfaction web application for assessing the quality of our work versus the customer's expectations
●Integrated with PEGA for scheduling
●Maintained a sales web application written in VB.net 2.0
●Created and consumed web services using C#.net 2.0 and VB.net 2.0
●Used Oracle databases with multiple C#.net and VB.net applications
●Used SSIS to migrate data between environments in addition to importing data from excel.
Rural Sourcing Inc.
Programmer/Analyst Jonesboro AR 02/2005 to 03/2007
●Developed Formula Parser and Evaluator using VB.net 2.0 and MS SQL
●Designed and developed Employee Evaluations web application in VB.net 2.0 to replace paper forms
●Integrated Fingerprint & Inventory Scanning Hardware into Java/JSP app
●Used SSIS to migrate data between environments in addition to importing data from excel.
●Fixed a VB6 system’s handling of checks.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.S. COMPUTER SCIENCE 01/2004
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
●Adler Scholarship for outstanding scholastic achievement
●Academic Excellence Scholarship
●National Dean's List
CERTIFICATIONS
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