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Professional Profile

Certified SCRUM Master with a master’s degree in information technology and more than 10 years’ experience working in Agile software development environments. Extensive background in planning and analysis, software development, and process improvements. Record of success using new products and technologies to solve complex business problems and improve service delivery. Demonstrated ability in effective communication skills both written and oral.

Project Skills – Accustomed to analyzing broad issues, developing recommendations, and delivering presentations. Facilitate scrum ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.). Competency in meeting facilitation, negotiation, and collaborative decision making.

Methodology Expertise – Broad experience and knowledge with Systems Development Life Cycle, Agile development incorporating SCRUM or Kanban project management methods, information strategy planning, business area analysis, business system design, technical design / construction / testing / transition, business process reengineering methodology (BPR), object-oriented methodology and design patterns, n-tier architecture, package evaluation and implementation.

Technology Skills – Progressive experience with state-of-the-art internet development to include: MVC, MVVM, Angular, Knockout, ASP.net, C#, Java, Bootstrap, Entity Framework, JQuery, Unity IOC, Ajax, LINQ, XML, XSD, XSLT, SOAP, JSON, Web API, Web Services (Asmx and WCF), TFS, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Database experience in SQL Server and Oracle. Additional experience in web applications development, n-tier applications, and SOLID object-oriented technology

Experience

System Engineering Services / TSYS (client) – Broomfield, Colorado

Scrum Master (08/2017 - present)

TSYS®t assists small and mid-size businesses with payment processing products. Currently supporting the team Product Owner, particularly with respect to backlog refinement and maintaining the team backlog. Also facilitating team application of Agile/Scrum practices while growing the team dynamic. Frequently providing development assistance and Agile coaching to encourage teamwork by example.

Environment: C#, Git/TFS source control, Asp.Net, JQuery, JavaScript, MS Unit Testing, SQL Server 2014/VS 2015, Entity Framework, MVC, Bootstrap, Service Stack.

HealthMedx – Louisville, Colorado

Senior Software Engineer- Web Development (11/2015 – 11/2016)

Provided Agile guidance and software development for a leading Electronic Medical Record solution company for the non-acute market. Assisted the software development manager to embrace Scrum more fully by advocating Agile principles and practices, and leading the Scrum ceremonies for each sprint cycle. Worked within all development tiers to include work with the health care interoperability with third party providers (pharmacies, labs, etc.…) thru HL7/EDI messages. Prototyped next generation application in MVC, Entity Framework, Angular and Bootstrap. Explored using microservices architecture to alleviate many development and deployment issues.

Environment: C#, Java, Asp.Net, JQuery, JavaScript, MS Unit Testing, SQL Server 2014/VS 2015, Entity Framework, MVC, Angular, Bootstrap, Ensemble message broker.

Swisslog – Denver, Colorado

Senior Software Engineer / Scrum Master - Web Development (03/2014 – 11/2015)

Provided Agile project and development support for a leading-edge pharmacy inventory management system. This system provided automated drug administration starting from orders to the drug manufacturer to storing drugs in cabinets on hospital floors. Fostered healthy communication, collaboration and creative problem solving with many levels of the organization (i.e. product owners, customer support and customers, system administrators, account executives, etc…).

Environment: C#, MVC 4, Razor, Ajax, JQuery, Mirth Connect message broker, NUnit, SQL Server 2012, VS 2015, JavaScript, Autofac IOC and dependency injection.

Active Network – Broomfield, Colorado

Software Engineer- Web Development (06/2012 – 02/2014)

Provided production support on Active’s Event Management product for high volume registrations for many types of events from marathon races to conferences for major corporations. Primarily worked within the middle/backend tiers but have had numerous occasions to make enhancements to the front end.

Environment: C#, MVC 4, MVVM, Razor, Knockout, Ajax, JQuery, Asp.net, NUnit, SQL Server 2008, VS 2012, Javascript, Unity IOC and dependency injection.

H10Capital (consulting firm) / Thermo Fisher Scientific (client) – Lafayette, Colorado

Software Engineer- Web Development (07/2011 – 05/2012)

Provided new development on Thermo Fisher Scientific’s e-commerce solution for the global sale of genomic products and tools to the scientific community.

Environment: C#, MVC 3, Razor, Asp.net, Ajax, JQuery, JavaScript, Telerik controls, LINQ, Entity Framework.

LInerGroup (consulting firm) / CableLabs (client) – Louisville, Colorado

Software Engineer- Web Development (04/2008 – 06/2011)

Provided production support and new development on several applications that support the sale of cable services from cable operators to the end consumer. CableLabs provides a standard message set between the cable operator and their affiliates. Over 150 thousand messages are transmitted on a daily basis.

Environment: C#, Sql Server 2005, C#, Xml, Xsd, WebServices (ASMX and WCF), XsdGenObject, ASP.Net, JQuery, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, Sql Server Reporting Services.

Schedulicity.com – Bozeman, Montana

Software Engineer- Web Development (06/2006– 03/2008)

Created payment processing interfaces for recurring billing and POS credit card processing. Developed a reporting engine to increase the productivity of web report development. Implemented several key infrastructure designs utilizing the flexibility of the provider model design pattern. As part of the service-oriented architecture, developed a variety of web services in varying levels of complexity and their associated unit test methods.

Environment: C#, .Net, SQL Server (2005), Component One and Dundas reporting tools, VSTS Unit Testing, XML, XSLT, Team Foundation Server (source control and task management).

WebAid LLC – Lakewood, Colorado

Independent Contractor- Web Development (2004– present)

Assisted clients in various web development needs. Efforts were primarily in middle-tier development but also included user interface and back end work. Incorporated flexibility in client applications with the use of design patterns.

Environment: C#, ASP.Net, MVC, JQuery, ADO.Net, SQL Server (2000-2012), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, XsdGenObject.

Previous Military Experience:

Prior to 2004 Private Sector Experience, served five years in the UNITED STATES NAVY.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, DANIELS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS– Denver, Colorado

Master of Science, Information Technology and ECommerce

METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY– Denver, Colorado

Bachelor of Science, Finance

METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY – Denver, Colorado

Bachelor of Science, Management Information Science

Certifications

Certified SCRUM Master (2010)

Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (2004): Xml Web Services

Continued Education

Leading SAFe (5.0) (April 2020)

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (5.0) (April 2020)

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (5.0) (July 2020)

SAFe DevOps (5.0) (Aug 2020)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Training (Dec 2020)

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