Sql Server .Net Developer

Kraig Kuusinen

763-***-**** -- ********@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kraig-kuusinen-05845319/

Dependable and motivated .NET developer experienced in multiple industries (health, financial, insurance, nuclear) having excellent communication skills and passion for reporting.

.Net full stack programming experience with VB.Net, C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server

Developed numerous GUI windows using .NET.

Strong database development with SQL Server (T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS) and MS Access

Developed new, enhanced and fixed existing databases, tables, functions, queries and stored procedures using indexes and other performance tuning techniques

Imported data using SSIS / ETL from Access and FoxPro tables into SQL Server tables

Created and ran numerous T-SQL scripts to analyze, delete, insert, select and update data in SQL Server tables

Excellent reporting experience with SSRS, Crystal Reports and Access

Excellent communication skills working with co-workers in all departments and levels

Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills

Created technical and user documentation for projects and unit test cases for testers

SKILLS:

Languages: ASP .NET 2003, 2005, 2010 & 2017, C# 2012, 2015 & 2017, Visual Basic .NET 2003, 2005, 2010 & 2019, T-SQL, Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, C, HTML, CSS

Databases: SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012 & 2017, Access, Excel, FoxPro

Other Tools: Visual Studio, WinForms, Web Forms, Azure DevOps Server (Team Foundation Server), Visual Source Safe, Crystal Reports, Integrated Services (SSIS), ETL, Reporting Services (SSRS), Data Modeling (Entity Relationship Diagram), Agile Methodology, SharePoint, Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, JIRA, Git

EXPERIENCE:

JoAnn’s Fabric August 2018 – Present

Sales Clerk

Greet JoAnn’s customers.

Cut fabric per customers’ orders and put away fabric.

Best Crowd Management August 2021 – Present

Event Security

Check people’s bags when going through the mags.

Guard doors and hallways to keep out people.

Kelly Services September 2025 – November 2025

Professional Consultant – Benefits Customer Service Representative

Client: Willis Towers Watson

Received Onboard training on health care benefits.

Helped people with health and retirement benefits over the phone.

Skill set utilized: Microsoft Teams

Preferred One / United Health Care August 2021 – August 2022

Sr. Data Analyst

Created SQL queries, Crystal Reports and SSIS packages to get data for other departments.

Ran SSIS packages and stored procedures to process data for clients.

Worked with business groups to gather requirements for reporting needs.

Responsible for running daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly processes.

Skill set utilized: SQL Server, SSIS, T-SQL, Crystal Reports, Visual Studio 2019, Excel, ERD

E91 February 2020 – May 2020

Professional Consultant – Software Engineer

Client: NACS, Inc.

Migrated VB.NET code to Visual Studio 2019 (Windows 10) for HMI applications.

Worked with clients to test software interaction with the machines.

Skill set utilized: VB.NET, Visual Studio 2019

Artech Information Systems LLC August 2018 – December 2019

Professional Consultant – Application Systems Engineer / Application .NET Developer

Client: Medtronic, Inc. October 2019 – December 2019

Converted Visual Basic code to C# for a Smart Card Reader application.

Researched and corrected code to call .DLL files for accessing the reader and card.

Checked in code using Git.

Client: Wells Fargo, Inc. / Equiniti August 2018 – July 2019

Created weekly T-SQL scripts for multiple departments and tax purposes.

Researched issues in ASP.NET, C# applications.

Analyzed financial owner and address data using T-SQL.

Reset employees’ voicemail passwords and other access daily.

Skill set utilized: SQL Server 2017, T-SQL, ASP.NET, C#, Visual Studio 2017, Git, ERD

Cognizant Technology Solutions April 2018 – May 2018

Professional Consultant – Staff Support

Client: 3M, Inc.

Successfully installed 75 patches and updates on 7 application servers to fix vulnerabilities.

Participated in Agile sprints using JIRA on SharePoint to manage the tasks.

Documented file upload process prior to migration of the Ironwood application as a JIRA task.

Skill set utilized: Agile Methodology, JIRA, SharePoint 2010

Genesis10, Inc. January 2016 – December 2017

Professional Consultant – Software Developer

Client: Xcel Energy, Inc. – Monticello Nuclear Plant

Updated Excel VBA code to analyze and organize key performance indicators for graphs used by managers before and during their most successful outage in more than three decades.

Created an Access (GUI forms) and SQL Server security application for plant users to schedule deliveries and visitors, including Access reports and exporting to Excel.

Enhanced a multi-tier web application (ASP.NET, C# and HTML) to use new data source (SQL Server) and created unit test cases for testers.

Created an Access (GUI forms) and SQL Server security shift operation log application for the Security team.

Skill set utilized: Visual Studio 2015, C#, ASP.NET, Web Forms, HTML, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, Access 2010, Excel 2010, SharePoint 2007 & 2013, Azure DevOps Server

York Solutions, Inc. October 2015 – November 2015

Professional Consultant – .NET Developer

Client: Data Recognition Corporation, Inc.

Created numerous T-SQL scripts to analyze, insert and update SQL Server tables.

Enhanced code in an ASP.NET, VB.NET and SQL Server GUI forms web applications.

Mentored another developer during sprints.

Skill set utilized: Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server 2012, T-SQL, Agile Methodology, Azure DevOps Server

AGS, Inc. April 2015 – September 2015

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: Maximum Solutions, Inc.

Fixed and enhanced forms and code and optimized reports.

Added new functionality for creating package items (cheese burger basket, birthday party) in a WinForms, Silverlight, VB.NET and SQL Server application.

Skill set utilized: Visual Studio 2010 & 2012, VB.NET, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight 5 Toolkit December 2011, Crystal Reports 2012

Mains’l Services, Inc. July 2014 – February 2015

Programmer Analyst

Migrated two Access participant directed health care services (PDS) payroll programs to C# and SQL Server.

Exported calculated payroll data to formatted Excel files for the CFO.

Ran two PDS programs payroll programs weekly and fixed inconsistencies.

Skill set utilized: Visual Studio 2012, C# 2012, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, Access, Excel, ERD

Robert Half, Inc. April 2014 – June 2014

Professional Consultant – SQL Server Developer

Client: Helgeson / Parago

Updated tables using T-SQL and imported Excel and text files.

Created and enhanced stored procedures and Crystal Reports.

Skill set utilized: SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, Crystal Reports 2005, JIRA, SharePoint 2007

Alto Consulting & Training, Inc. May 2013 – October 2013

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: US Bancorp

Created tables, stored procedures, reports, forms, code and classes to enhance and support a rate calculation and processing VB.NET GUI Windows application used to track and publish interest rates for use throughout the bank’s daily operation.

Created eight interest rate reports (simple to complex) using SSRS to be run from the VB.NET application.

Created stored procedures to get data for reports and forms for the VB.NET GUI Windows application.

Worked with T-SQL to query tables and to create SQL scripts to update tables via stored procedures on a daily basis.

Used advanced T-SQL programming techniques to work with data in a large, highly normalized database.

Skill set utilized: VB.NET 2010, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, Visual Studio 2010 & 2012, SSRS, Windows 7, Visual Source Safe

Buxton Consulting, Inc. February 2013 – April 2013

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: McKesson, Inc.

Enhanced and fixed ASP.NET and VB.NET Web programs.

Created and maintained tables and stored procedures for Web programs.

Skill set utilized: VB.NET 2010, ASP .NET 2010, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL, Visual Studio 2010 & 2012, Agile Methodology, DevExpress, HTML, Windows 7, Visual Source Safe, ERD

Van Wagenen Financial Services, Inc. February 2007 – January 2013

Programmer Analyst

Enhanced and fixed DOS and Visual FoxPro programs.

Migrated FoxPro applications to new VB .NET GUI Windows applications, SQL-Server, Integrated Services and Crystal Reports.

Created and maintained more than 50 Crystal Reports and VB.NET code to supply data for the reports.

Created new forms in a VB.NET GUI Windows application and code to import data from different file types, manipulate the data and save it to SQL-Server tables.

Enhanced and maintained numerous individual and team VB.NET GUI Windows applications, SQL-Server, SSIS, ETL and Crystal Reports projects.

Responsible for daily mainframe data download process to FoxPro tables and reports.

Skill set utilized: VB.NET 2003, 2005 & 2010, SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008, T-SQL, Visual Studio 2010 & 2012, Visual FoxPro 6.0, DOS FoxPro, Windows XP, SSIS, ETL, Crystal Reports, Visual Source Safe

Superior Consulting Services, Inc. June 2006 – December 2006

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: Schwebel Goetz & Sieben

Repaired multiple Access databases saving them considerable time and money.

Client: UCARE

Assisted in converting a Visual Basic 6 application to a VB.NET 2005 GUI Windows application. Created screens that worked with a data access layer to manipulate the data between the application and the SQL 2005 database.

Client: Tennant

Assisted in researching, designing, developing, testing and documenting a dynamic, multi-lingual web application using VB.NET 2005 with SQL 2000.

Client: Minneapolis Park & Recreational Board

Researched and solved security issues to allow them to re-gain control of several Access databases.

Client: Internal

Enhanced SCS intranet programs written in ASP.NET, VB.NET, HTML, CSS and SQL Server.

Skill set utilized: VB.NET 2003 & 2005, ASP .NET 2003 & 2005, SQL Server 2000 & 2005, T-SQL, Visual Studio, Access 2003, Visual Basic 6.0, HTML, CSS, Windows XP

Blackstone Technology Group, Inc. April 2005 – June 2006

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: Qwest

Converted Excel applications to Access Windows applications allowing users to enter and manipulate data via GUI forms and export the data to three different formatted Excel spreadsheet billing invoices using VBA.

Designed and developed an Access Windows application to import text files, process and format the different services and dynamically create a phone bill in Excel for more than 240 clients. Reduced time by more than 90% and increased accuracy.

Skill set utilized: Access 2003, VBA, SQL, Excel 2003, Windows XP

Tech-Pro, Inc. November 2004 – February 2005

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: Carlson Companies, Inc.

Analyzed, documented, enhanced and fixed multiple databases to institute several incentive plans, reduced time and effort of the user and exported 30 plans into Excel.

Skill set utilized: Access 2003, VBA, T-SQL, Excel 2003, Windows XP

Hudson Financial Solutions, Inc. September 2004 – November 2004

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: Land O’Lakes, Inc. October 2004 – November 2004

Exported data from their data warehouse into a relational Access database. Created 75 reports and pivot charts to determine gross margin of profitability.

Client: Internal September 2004 – October 2004

Developed a database that combined more than 2.5 million records of financial information.

Automated database and query processes for multiple cash recovery projects.

Skill set utilized: Access 2002, VBA, T-SQL, Excel 2002, Windows XP

Long Term Care Group, Inc. May 2000 - May 2004

Programmer Analyst

Developed, enhanced and fixed more than 100 Access reports using queries and VBA for internal and external clients in our eight reporting Windows application databases.

Proactively worked with the claims manager to adjust fees on a report for all clients, which collected thousands of dollars of claims fees immediately.

Responsible for the departments’ end of month process (EOM) for running, validating, fixing and explaining reports in test and production environments. Documented the EOM process.

Skill set utilized: Access 97, VBA, T-SQL, Excel 97, Visual Source Safe, Windows 2000

Dahl Consulting, Inc. April 2000 - May 2000

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: Long Term Care Group, Inc.

Learned data base model, enhanced Access reports and volunteered for EOM.

HireTech, Inc. October 1999 - February 2000

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: NordicWare, Inc.

Developed a GUI Windows application for the IS department to give employees rights to database programs and for the employees to select from a list of database programs to run.

Developed several GUI Windows applications for managers to view and manipulate data from various sources and enhanced existing EDI Inbound and Outbound processes.

Skill set utilized: Visual Basic 6.0, T-SQL, Access 7.0, Windows 98

Brady & Co. / Intellimark, Inc. October 1997 - October 1999

Professional Consultant – Programmer Analyst

Client: Scanning Dynamics, Inc. September 1999 - October 1999

Researched Visual Basic source code to convert an application from 16-bit to 32-bit.

Client: Norwest Mortgage, Inc. July 1999 - August 1999

Documented screen fields in a PowerBuilder mortgage application.

Client: Medtronic, Inc. October 1997 - April 1999

Developed several GUI Windows applications for the sales reps to use out in the field.

Developed several GUI Windows applications for internal staff including a program to schedule national sales meetings and a program to calculate and graph 401K and stock investments for the sales reps.

Skill set utilized: Visual Basic 5.0, T-SQL, Access 7.0, Crystal Reports 6.0, Wise, Windows 95

Buffets, Inc. April 1997 - August 1997

Programmer Analyst

Developed a program to generate reports on manager and restaurant data on three levels.

Developed two programs to allow restaurant managers to schedule workers.

Skill set utilized: Visual Basic 4.0, T-SQL, Access 2.0, Crystal Reports 5.0, Magic, Windows 95

ISI Systems, Inc. January 1993 - April 1997

Programmer

Enhanced their two major products to comply with the industry standards.

Designed and implemented a GUI Windows reservation schedule for their conference rooms.

Skill set utilized: Pascal, Visual Basic 4.0, T-SQL, C, Access 2.0, Paradox, Windows 95

Emphasys Software, Inc. May 1991 - January 1993

Technical Support Specialist

Converted clients' business files from IBM S/23 to a newer operating system.

Supported clients over the phone and modem; received four recognition awards.

Skill set utilized: “Workstation Basic”, MS DOS, Novell, UNIX, AIX, vi

EDUCATION:

B.S., Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology

Pre-Computer Science, Itasca Community College

Introduction to Programming with Python, New Horizons

Microsoft BI Tools: Power BI for Excel Users, ONLC

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