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S A M J O N E S
**** ********* **., *******, **, 30040
Phone: (678) 822 - 3654
Email: ***********@*******.***
Site: https://samjones.azurewebsites.net
23 Years of .NET!
I am a dedicated professional developer in the Microsoft Technology stack with 27+ years of experience in a variety of languages, server, and client systems, focusing on the .NET application development environment accentuated with the SQL Server database system. I have rendered creative and adaptive solutions to a vast array of business needs in various diverse industries ranging from Card Payments to Health Care to Elections. My most recent focus has been in the Windows Forms / Desktop space utilizing Microsoft Azure Web API and Microsoft SQL Azure in the elections industry.
• Innovative and creative business professional.
• Skilled project leader; able to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Ability to dedicate full use of available resources to consistently provide customer satisfaction.
• Able to identify problems in initial stages and execute quick resolutions. Authorized to work in the US for any employer.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
EasyVote Solutions, Inc. - Woodstock, GA
March 2015 to March 2024
Responsible for the development of:
• The primary Elections Management Software Systems Windows Desktop Client application
• The back-end Azure API Services for the client application.
• The SQL Server Database development and query activities
• Management of the SQL Azure Database
• Development of front-end ASP .NET Web Sites in HTML / CSS / Javascript
• Development of experimental Web Sites in ASP .NET Core Blazor Consultant at Microsoft Consulting Services
Microsoft - Alpharetta, GA
November 2011 to February 2015
• Provided custom Microsoft Consulting Services to various fortune 500 clients.
• Provided custom .NET-based solutions and custom development for clients.
• Some of the clients were:
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Internal Revenue Service
• TIAA-CREF
• Wells Fargo
• M&T Bank
• Humana
• BB & T
• NCR
• Edward Jones
• NASDAQ
• Bank of America
• Chevron
• Accenture
Software Engineer
McKesson - Alpharetta, GA
January 2010 to October 2011
Provided expertise within a large team of developers in creating and implementing a next-generation Silverlight-based EHR application.
• Worked with Product Managers and Business Analysts on Practice Management (PM) and Electronic Medical Records
(EMR) application to determine technical capabilities and scope for modular sections of project.
• Developed and Prototyped advanced Silverlight 3 and Silverlight 4 GUI systems for EMR application. Co-led group for re-factoring and re-design of Messaging sub-system to fit modern code standards.
• Worked with prototype module for utilizing Entity Framework in an inversion-of-control (IOC) based Repository pattern. Re-designed and improved MVVM View Models for utilization with Silverlight front end Created new Huffman-based data compression system for Silverlight and CSLA over WCF interaction utilizing run-time data compression over the network.
• Prototyped improvements for common infrastructure system. Created special-use, thread-safe custom controls for Silverlight UI.
Software Engineer
Jackson Healthcare - Alpharetta, GA
September 2010 to December 2010
• Developed sections of internal Enterprise ASP .NET Website for use as main business data entry, management, and reporting system.
• Designed, developed, and managed series of critical business reports delivered through main Gemini web site via SQL Server Reporting Services 2005.
• Developed against and designed data content for SQL Server 2005/2008 databases.
• Developed a Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Internet Explorer in assisting with the download and launching of MS Excel data content generated from SSRS.
• Supported and converted legacy (classic) ASP code for use with web site. Software Engineer
Anderson Press - Atlanta, GA
January 2009 to October 2009
• Developed portions of retail-oriented ASP.NET web site using AJAX, Ext JS JavaScript library, and MVC Beta 1.
• Designed and engineered an Auction Management System with a live bidding central server system.
• Created C#, Framework 3.5-based, real-time Auction Management System using WCF.
• Created several client applications using WCF to communicate with central server.
• Created WPF-based auction clerking client applications utilizing WCF to communicate with central server.
• Created JavaScript (AJAX) -based real-time live bidding client for ASP .NET Web Site.
• Invented and implemented TCP/IP-based Extensible Binary Transport Protocol (XBTP) for fast security key exchange and credentials authentication for use in combination with WCF services. Created FastTcpChannel and FastTcpBinding for WCF Services.
• Created Named-Pipes based inter-process communications system for logging system for central Auction Management Server.
• Created code-generation utilities for data-access code generation and SQL stored procedure generation.
• Successfully utilized ExtJS front-web javascript framework.
• Created custom JavaScript class libraries for Web site, including cross-browser capable wrapper class for the XmlHttpRequest object.
Consultant
Magenic Technologies - Duluth, GA
October 2006 to December 2008
Successfully provided solutions and custom development as a consulting for a variety of clients:
• Lithonia Lighting: Designed new Web-based application for capturing and storing customer contact information for major retailer. Worked to provide transactional data system between web application and existing data cube. Created dual-mode Authentication Provider for local LDAP/AD authentication as well as supporting Web-based custom authentication for web site. Created data-access code generation subsystem for auto-generating SQL stored procedures, data access classes, and initial business object classes from existing SQL Server data tables. Created utility to analyze Windows credentials and states for authentication processing and determining problems with accounts in the Active Directory system.
• Start-up Internet Company: Joined client project to develop Web-based Internet security and content filtering application. Redesigned low-level packet-capturing service (based in C++) to work as a multithreaded application. Helped integrate C++ packet filtering solution with VB6 legacy front end. Provided expertise in techniques for C++ development. Provided proposal for migration of C++ packet filtering application to Managed C++.
• Commercial Finance Corporation: Developed new financial functionality support to existing application using CSLA
.NET. Created and added new Windows Forms controls to UI application. Developed CSLA-supported algorithms for performing commercial loan-based calculations.
• Benefits Management Provider: Developed new functionality and page content for existing ASP.NET-based Benefits Management System. Analyzed and troubleshot issues with remoting-based, dynamic code-generation system. Contractor
Southern Company (Georgia Power) - Atlanta, GA
January 2007 to October 2007
• Developed unique heuristic C# .NET libraries for custom data processing.
• Engineered and Architected full .C#/ASP .NET Web Application system.
• Designed and created Web Application specifications documentation.
• Developed C#-based UI elements for Web applications.
• Developed Reports in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
• Developed back-end remoting objects for Web applications.
• Involved in architectural design decisions for web applications. Developed strongly-typed dataset data access library for Web applications.
Software Engineer
WAY Systems - Boston, MA
January 2006 to October 2006
Create server-based system to handle traffic for cell phones modified to be used as card-reading credit and debit POS terminals:
• Developed a fast, multi-threaded .NET TCP socket server system in C#.
• Architected and engineered entire server and connector system.
• Developed load-at-runtime connector system.
• Created Global Payments connector library.
• Achieved certification for Credit and Debit card payments with Global Payments on C#-based connector sub-system.
• Developed C# class libraries for Windows Forms, Socket Communications, and ISO 8583 message implementation. Education
Georgia Tech in Computer Science
Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA
September 1992 to May 1996
Skills
Languages And Platforms
C# Visual Basic .NET C++/CLI.NET .NET Frameworks 1.0 – 8.0 Visual Basic (2.0-6.0) C++ Windows Windows Forms
XAML WPF WCF Microsoft Azure
Data And Databases
SQL Server T-SQL PL/SQL ANSI SQL
MS Access
Web Technologies
HTML CSS XML JavaScript
ASP .NET ASP .NET Blazor ASP AJAX
JSON Web API REST API
Development Tools and DevOps
Visual Studio WireShark Fiddler WinDbg
TFS Git Jira
Other:
ISO 8583: Completed several implementations using this card payments protocol. TCP/IP: Worked with network packets for Ethernet, ARP, IP, TCP, and HTTP at low-level for network packet filtering. Asynchronous Applications: Multiple years of experience in various industries which encompassed creating multi- threaded libraries and applications using various means for creating and managing threads.