PAUL SARKNAS

PITTSBURGH, PA

adzegz@r.postjobfree.com

412-***-****

PROFILE

Senior Manager of Information Technology, senior architect, and published author with over 22 years’ experience using C#, SQL Server, and the .NET Framework. Extensive experience within the health care, legal, supply chain, financial, education, medical and entertainment industries. Proven track record of delivering successful solutions within deadlines to clients. Excellent problem solver with a team friendly approach and style.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

ISACA

Senior Manager Application Engineering

July 2022— August 2023 – Laid Off

- Managed, supervised, and mentored Software Engineers. Team size of 6-8.

- Hands on contributions to each sprint consisting of .NET Core, API, C#, Angular, Entity Framework, SQL Server, Azure DevOps CI/CD, Azure Cloud Solutions and Docker.

- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (Expired)

- Scrum/Agile environment

- Increased teams sprint velocity by over 50% within 5 months.

- Supervised proprietary application integrations with Sales Force, Kentico and other enterprise applications.

- Contributed Software Engineering best practices and procedures leveraging vast experience and background.

- Worked closely with Upper Management, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to ticket requirements,

specifications, design, coding, testing and documentation.

- Monitored and reported to management on the status of project efforts, anticipating/identifying issues that inhibit the attainment of project goals and implementing corrective actions.

- Lead in the design, development, and maintenance of software code for business applications.

- Fostered and maintained good relationships with customers and colleagues to meet expected and established service levels.

- Change Advisory Board (CAB) group member

- Maintained team/department budget

Comprise Health, LLC / Whel

Manager of Information Technology

whel.app

December 2020— July 2022

- Planned, outlined, architected, and implemented all technology for a health care digital platform for a startup company.

- Established internal processes, practices, and development cycles.

- Digital platform consisting of two web application/portals and a mobile app.

- Delivered MVP

- Managed local and offshore teams through sprints and ultimately a timely delivery of MVP.

- Lead and managed HIPAA & SOC 2 compliance and certifications.

- Managed budgetary constraints for all resources (i.e., developers, internal tools, subscriptions, vendors, and Azure consumption).

- Frequent interaction with investors.

- Delivered mobile apps to respective app stores; Apple App Store & Google Play.

- Technology & Platforms Used: C#, ASP.NET CORE, ASP.NET Web API, SQL Server, Angular 13, Azure, Azure DevOps CI/CD, Flutter.

3 Cloud Solutions (Formerly Applied Cloud Systems)

Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert & Senior Cloud Engineer/Architect

January 2018 — December 2020

- Team lead & manager of architecting numerous Azure DevOps infrastructures for web, cloud, mobile & database applications for large public companies.

- Architected numerous branching strategies for development teams of large public companies.

- Mobile development with Xamarin & React Native frameworks.

- Managed local development & offshore resources to arrive with a timely MVP product.

- Delivered mobile apps to respective app stores; Apple App Store & Google Play.

- Full stack web development using ASP.NET MVC and CORE.

- Development with Azure Cloud Web Jobs, Function Apps, Notification Hubs, Storage, IoT, APIs and other Azure technologies.

Pitt Ohio

Senior Software Developer (Contract)

June 2016 — September 2017

- Team lead & manager of designing and developing a trucking safety portal with MVC and ASP.NET C# with the focus to be sold as SaaS hosted within Microsoft Azure.

- Implemented a data tier with the Entity Framework.

- Built and designed tables, stored procedures and views with SQL Server.

- Used jQuery and AJAX calls from the front-end UI to the data tier.

Mortgage Connect, LP

Senior Software Developer – Assistant Manager

April 2013 — May 2016

- ASP.NET & Windows Forms C# development with SQL Server backend.

- Development team lead for mortgage, title, and closing industry.

- Responsibilities of hiring and mentoring an internship program of 5 developers.

- DevOps implementation.

All Covered (Formerly Cold Cypress, LLC)

Senior Software Consultant

May 2011 — March 2013

- Full stack web development using ASP.NET MVC, CORE, Web API’s, JavaScript and jQuery.

Sarknasoft Solutions, LLC

Owner and Consultant

May 2005 — January 2020

- Custom software development, project management, IT Consulting and implementation.

Clients:

RJ Hedges & Associates

- Designed and architected HIPPA compliance web portal with ASP.NET & ASP.NET MVC.

Pittsburgh Technical Institute

- Designed and architected a SIS (Student Information System) to manage all relevant student information with VB.NET and SQL Server 2005.

- Designed and architected a telemarketing system for prospective students with VB.NET and SQL Server 2005.

ClubCom, LLC

- Designed and developed a proprietary media player that implemented playlists and the downloading of content via FTP. The software also had a self-updating capability and utilized C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Web Services and SQL Server 2005.

5 Star Development

- Designed and architected an online questionnaire implementing C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server 2005.

TrueClose, LLC

Director of Software Development

2003 — 2005

- Managed team of 10 software engineers and QA engineers.

- ASP.NET, C# and SQL Server 2000 project for the mortgage industry.

- Completely designed and implemented n-tier architecture.

- Designed and normalized database from ground up.

- Responsible for deploying application to production web farm environment.

- Conducted code reviews.

- Interviewed and hired all software engineers and QA engineers.

- Responsible for implementing and approving all technology issues within company.

- Created and implemented all company processes with regards to the software lifecycle.

FullTilt Solutions, Inc.

Consultant / Software Engineer

2002 — 2003

- Lead role in developing C# windows and web applications.

- Participated in all aspects of .NET development, deployment and design.

- SQL Server 2000 backend.

- Configuration and deployment of applications utilizing Windows 2000 Server and IIS.

- Development experience with BizTalk 2000 Server and SharePoint Portal Server.

- Developed HIPPA regulation web application using ASP.NET and C#.

- Designed and implemented complete n-tier architecture.

Industrial Scientific Corporation

Software Engineer

2001 — 2002

-Lead role identifying and developing requirements, coding, designing, testing, and deployment specifications.

-Extensive C# programming and development.

-Web services design and implementation.

-Visual Basic 6 with Access 2000 & SQL Server 2000 backend development for proprietary software applications.

-Major role in all phases of software project lifecycle.

Management Science Associates, Inc.

Software Analyst/ Developer

2000 — 2001

-Design and development of proprietary software.

-Extensive use of Visual Basic 6 with SQL Server 2000.

-Active role in project lifecycle.

EDUCATION

Duquesne University - BS Business Administration

September 1995 — December 1999

Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School

1991 — 1995

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

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Azure Developer Associate

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PUBLISHED WORKS

Pro ASP.NET 2.0 E-Commerce in C# 2005 (Expert's Voice in .Net)

Author, Apress Publishing ISBN: 159*******

December 2006

https://www.amazon.com/ASP-NET-Commerce-2005-Experts-Voice/dp/B00AK3W488/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sarknas&qid=160*******&sr=8-1

Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professional

Author, Apress Publishing ISBN: 1-59059-482-7

February 2005

https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Visual-Developer-2005-Express/dp/159*******/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=sarknas&qid=160*******&sr=8-3

ASP to ASP.NET Migration Handbook: Concepts and Strategies for Successful Migration

Author, Wrox Publishing ISBN: 186*******

February 2003

https://www.amazon.com/ASP-ASP-NET-Migration-Handbook-Strategies/dp/186*******/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=186*******&qid=160*******&sr=8-1

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