Software Engineer C#

Andrea May Sharpless Garland, Texas ***** ● 210-***-****

******.*********@*****.*** ● https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasharpless

Summary

Software Engineer - Architect

Seasoned Solution Architect with over 10 years of experience in designing enterprise, web, and client-server applications. Deep experience with API integration, ETL, Big Data, CMS, CRM, DAM, and PIM technical stacks. Known for driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and aligning technical solutions with business objectives to deliver impactful, enterprise-grade results.

Experience

G2O LLC, Dublin, OH (remote) - Full-time

6/20/2022 – 11/5/2024 – Senior Software Engineer and Architect

Lead system design, development, and process implementation, ensuring a robust and scalable architecture for high-performance solutions.

Address key performance and scalability challenges, delivering solutions that support system growth and reliability.

Design and architect secure, scalable, and compliant solutions.

Spearhead and make recommendations for execution of development of Sitecore XM, XP, and XM Cloud, upgrades, modules, and integrations, as well as data management for various business unit data integrations, and internal service integrations, implement proof of concepts, problem solve for the team, architect systems, and strategize.

Achieved the release of a multisite Sitecore installation for the flagship customer brand, MI Homes, and its maintenance, upgrade from 9.1 to 10.2, bringing performance improvements of over 300%

Train team members and plan additional training for their technical development and growth in the business, resource plan, and evaluate potential enterprise software, contracts, sales opportunities, and job candidates.

Programming language and environment details: Windows, C#, Asp.Net and Razor and Blazor, MVC, .Net, JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, SOLR Cloud, IIS, Git, Jira, SQL, PowerShell, Sitecore, Adobe AEM, Java, Azure, GIS

NTT Data Services, Plano, TX – Full-time

7/22/2019 – 6/17/2022 Enterprise Architecture Advisor

Designed and architected secure, scalable, and compliant solutions, driving improved technological ROI.

Spearhead and make recommendations for execution of development of Sitecore, upgrades, modules, and integrations, as well as data management for various business unit data integrations, and internal service integrations, implement proof of concepts, problem solve for the team, and strategize.

Achieved the release of a multisite Sitecore installation for the flagship brand and its maintenance, upgrade from 8.2 to 9.1, upgrade from 9.1 to 10.1, rebrand and conversion to SXA and enhancement bringing performance to 50% better than industry average.

Trained team members and plan additional training for their technical development and growth in the business, resource plan, and evaluate potential enterprise software, contracts, and job candidates.

Completed NTT Data Services Leadership Training

Programming language and environment details: Windows, C#, Asp.Net and Razor Engine, MVC, .Net, JavaScript, JSON, Angular, SOLR, IIS, Git, Jira, SQL, PowerShell, Sitecore, Java, Azure, VM Ware

Mohawk Inc-Daltile Corp, Dallas, TX – Full-time

4/1/2017 - 7/19/2019 Sitecore Architect

Led five Teams of developers, QA analysts, and data analysts in technical planning and execution of development of Sitecore, Stibo, and Adobe Experience Manager's Asset Manager applications and integrations, as well as data management for various other business to business data integrations, and internal service integrations.

Directed a team of 2 that maintains an instance of Adobe Asset Manager, and the team of 8 releasing a multisite Sitecore installation for the flagship brands and its maintenance, upgrade from 8 to 8.2, and enhancement, while also implementing a green field implementation of 9.0.

Delegated team members and planned additional training for their technical development and growth in the business, resource plan, and evaluate potential enterprise software, contracts, and job candidates, prepare budgets for projects, and approve expenditures for contract labor and software licenses.

9/2/2017 - 3/31/2017 Application Development Manager

Managed three Teams of developers, and data analysts in technical planning and execution of development of Sitecore and Adobe Experience Manager's Asset Manager applications and integrations, as well as data management for various other business to business data integrations.

Maintained an instance of Adobe Asset Manager and managed the team releasing a Sitecore installation for the flagship brand and its maintenance and enhancement.

Supported team members and planned additional training for their technical development and growth in the business, resource plan, and evaluate potential enterprise software, contracts, and job candidates.

4/1/2017 - 9/1/2017 Team Lead

Lead two Teams of developers in technical planning for development of Sitecore and Adobe Experience Manager's Asset Manager applications and integrations.

Implemented an instance of Adobe Asset Manager, then migrated assets to that instance, and enhanced the existing Sitecore installation and its integrations for better usability and performance, decreasing marketing time to deploy content.

1/1/2017 - 3/31/2017 Senior Sitecore Developer

Evaluated the existing Sitecore 8.0 installation and gave recommendations and helped plan for a second phase of the site, its integrations, and additional technologies.

Programming language and environment details at Mohawk: Windows, C#, Asp.Net and Razor Engine, MVC 5, .Net 4.5, JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, Lucene, IIS 10, TFS, VSO, SQL 2014-16, PowerShell, Mongo DB, Sitecore 8, Adobe AEM 6.3 Asset Manager, Azure CDN, HubSpot, PayPal, Brandify

EPAM, Dallas, TX – Full-time

9/2014 - 12/31/2016 Software Engineer-Sitecore

Maintenance of an intranet business website for a real estate firm with over 200 websites managed.

Constructed key features of the public facing advertising site and an ecommerce solution that produces $4B worldwide annually through a secured public facing website for Mary Kay Inc. consultants.

Programming language and environment details: Windows, C#, Asp.Net and Razor Engine, MVC 5, .Net 4.5, JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, AngularJS, Omniture, SOLR, Active Directory, IIS 10, Subversion, TFS, Git, SQL 2014, PowerShell, Mongo DB, Sitecore 7.2-8, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban, Team Development for Sitecore, Obtained Sitecore Certification

Zachry Industrial, San Antonio, TX

8/2011 - 9/2014 System Analyst/ Programmer

Produced an online paycheck display system to reduce paycheck printing costs,

Created a management system, on a team of 6, for construction procurement with millions of parts to improve project completion costs and human resource management.

Programming language and environment details: Windows, C#, Asp.Net and Razor Engine, MVC, .Net 3.5,4.0,4.5, IIS 7, Perl, jQuery, DOJO, Subversion, SQL 2005-2012, SSIS, SSRS, SharePoint, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban

Lifebushido, San Antonio, TX (Remote)

1/2009 – 12/2010 Virtual Administrative Assistant

I performed such functions as database management, website maintenance, accepting customer service calls and customer training calls for a software application.

Programming language and environment details: HTML, Ruby, proprietary databases for real estate industry, proprietary software, Unix

Texas Grancrete Inc, San Antonio, TX

10/2006 – 12/2008 Technical Lead

I performed a variety of services such as website development, advertising, graphic design, technical communications regarding product specifications, managed email correspondence, provided customer relations on the phone and in person, bookkeeping in Excel, managed orders, external sales, and product logistics.

Programming language and environment details: Windows, Unix, HTML, MySQL

Nexus Logistics, New York, NY

5/2004 - 6/2004 Focus Group Moderator

Developed, recruited for & moderated focus group research for an international mailing study

L3 Communications, Arlington, TX

5/2003 - 5/2004 Software Engineering Consultant

Software Engineer working on a team translating flight simulators from a Unix environment to Windows.

Hardware Engineer where I made drawings of mechanical and electrical parts for flight simulators.

Technical Writer Preparing final stage documentation for presentation of a simulator to the customer.

I held temporary secret level security clearance for the project I worked on.

Programming language and environment details: Windows, C, C++, HTML, PHP, Clearcase, Solidworks

Unilever Research USA, Edgewater, NJ

6/2000 - 12/2001 Software Engineering Consultant

I wrote a C program to sort and format data for a worldwide product database (ETL), created documentation for my program and the data collection process, performed data entry, digitized documents (OCR) to migrate data from paper to the database through scanning, and photographed products for the database. I also prepared samples for and ran chemical tests on products to obtain data for the database.

Programming language and environment details: Windows command line, Borland C, Dragon OCR, Lotus Notes, Photoshop

Lucent Technologies, Whippany, NJ

6/2001- 9/2001 RF Engineering Consultant

I participated in the design of wireless network layouts for various cities such as Raleigh, NC, and the pre-launch G3-1x antenna optimization and coverage testing for the first 3G antenna, in Philadelphia, PA.

Programming Languages

Basic Skill * Functional Skill ** Expert Skill ***

C

C++ *,

C#

Java **

Perl **,

Python **,

PHP *,

PowerShell

Rust*

JavaScript

jQuery

AngularJS **,

TypeScript **,

Bootstrap

Oracle Identity Manager*,

Okata,

Sales Force *

ASP.NET

Razor Engine

MVC 3,4,5 ***

.Net 4,4.5,5.2 ***

HTML 2-5 ***

GraphQL **

PyTorch

NumPy

PiSci

Lotus Notes *,

Access **, Oracle DB **,

SQL (T-SQL in SSMS)

MongoDB **,

SSIS **,

SharePoint *

Sitecore 7.2,7.5, 8.2,9,10.1,10.2 Certification 2014 ***

Adobe AEM 6.0-6.5 **

WordPress

BrightEdge Professional Certification 2018 **

Software

Windows XP/7, 8,10,11

Server ‘12,’16,’19, ‘22***

Unix **,

Ubuntu **,

Red Hat **

Apache Tomcat **,

IIS 5-10 ***

Microsoft Office

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio, Access, Project

Mathcad *, MATLAB **,

Simulink *,

SSRS **,

Hadoop *,

R **,

ChatGPT**

IBM Watson**

ClearCase *,

Subversion **,

TFS or VSO or

Azure DevOps

Git

Bit Bucket ***

Agile SCRUM KANBAN

Visual Studio ‘08-’22

SSMS ‘08-’19 ***

Achievement

National Merit Scholar, National Hispanic Merit Scholar, College Board Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors, Triple Ruby Level of Achievement in the National Forensics League, President's List and Honor Roll University of Texas San Antonio, Alpha Chi Honors Society, Golden Key Honors Society

Education

University of the People

Master of Business Administration – January 2019 - December 2023 - GPA 3.67

University of Texas San Antonio

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with a concentration in Mathematics – August 2009 - May 2012 - GPA 3.53

Certifications

Sitecore XM and XP, ITIL Foundation, SCRUM Master, IBM AI Fundamentals with Capstone

Activities

Tech Titans Volunteer, Mentor with Anita Borg Institute

USA citizen and have held temporary secret level security clearance.

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