.NET Software Engineer

Paige Winton Ake

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Virginia Beach, Virginia 23464

Home Phone: 757-***-****

Cell Phone: 757-***-****

Email: *********@***.***

Objective

Seeking a challenging and highly motivating career in the computer engineering or software development industry. My goal is to join a team and contribute by develop high-quality state-of-the-art software using Microsoft .NET and SQL Server technologies.

Experience Summary

• Specialize in the area of designing and developing complex and unique software systems to solve problems and satisfy customer needs using my imagination and acquired computer-engineering skills. Been known to use unconventional techniques in designs to enhance and extend the object-oriented design philosophy that has become the standard in today’s complex software engineering industry.

• Excel at leading and managing a team of highly skilled programmers, software engineers, and database professionals to create truly revolutionary software using the latest tools available. I have a high level of experience creating web-based applications, windows forms applications, and windows services that run inside the windows operating system.

• Fluent in many programming languages and technologies. My primary programming language is Microsoft C#, however I also develop software using Visual Basic.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET and the Entity Framework, Web Services and SOA, XML, SOAP, DHTML, JavaScript, AJAX, WPF and XAML forms, WCF, Silverlight, C++, Python, Crystal Reports, and Business Objects.

• Enjoy learning and applying new technologies such as the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio.NET 2008 and SQL Server 2008. Experienced with many advanced .NET features including Interfaces, Generics, LINQ-to-SQL, LINQ-to-XML, LINQ-to-Objects, Action Delegates, Lambda Expressions, Anonymous Types, Reflection, Multi-threading, Entity Framework, Singleton Pattern, Lazy Initialization, Event Bus, creating custom user controls, creating services that run from IIS and services built using WCF that don’t need IIS.

• Have Ten years experience designing and building databases with Microsoft SQL Server. Experienced with DTS packages, SSIS, SSRS, SQL Server security, and writing T-SQL code including stored procedures, UDFs, triggers, cursors, and writing scripts to create all those objects. I have even written scripts that create the entire database including all tables, objects, and user accounts. Experienced with Oracle databases and writing PL/SQL code.

• Have extensive experience with source control tools including Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, SourceSafe, CVS, and testing frameworks including MSTest and NUnit.

Education

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 1999, Final GPA 3.8

• Diploma received in Computer Programming & Technology Field

Electronic Computer Programming Institute (ECPI), Norfolk, VA, 1979, Graduated #1 in the class

• High School Diploma

Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, VA, 1978

Certifications / Memberships

• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Member #40313997

• Member of the Eta Kappa Nu National Engineering Honor Society

• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Status

• Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) status, ID #2216404

Accomplishments

Designed and built CooperVision’s original labeling and packaging software in 2001 which was chosen as a global standard for CooperVision and went on to become the company’s global packaging system software now used at all manufacturing sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the UK. Designed and built a new Planning System Program with a 3-tier design using C#.NET for the GUI, WCF Services for the business layer, and SQL Server for the back-end. The planning system became very popular and was selected for use at other CooperVision manufacturing sites.

Work History

Senior Software Engineer 12/2008 – Present

Global Strategies Group, Mission Systems, Virginia Beach, VA

• Provided C#.NET programming services on the Vega software development team. Vega is a navigational command and control system for U.S. Coast Guard ships.

• Designed and coded the Vega Communications Framework, using Microsoft's WCF technology, which provides both TCP peer-to-peer and UDP Broadcast communication services between Vega client computers running on the same local network (LAN)

• Designed and coded a Data Cache module for Vega consisting of a primary and backup database for Vega utilizing SQL Server 2008 and the ADO.NET Entity Framework

• Provided extensive testing of Vega modules using Visual Studio Team System by creating MSTest projects to perform automated unit testing.

Senior Software Engineer 2/2000 – 12/2008

CooperVision, Inc., Norfolk, VA

• Managed the Software Engineering Department for 9 years

• Designed 95% of all software currently used in production at the Norfolk manufacturing plant for CooperVision, the second largest manufacturer of contact lenses in the United States and the third largest in the world

• Interviewed and hired programmers, performed annual reviews, provided assignments, managed workloads, and trained new engineers

• Worked on many teams as both project leader and developer to develop leading-edge software products using Microsoft technologies

• Conducted programming in different programming languages specializing in using C#.NET and SQL Server 2008 to build Windows applications

• Created distributed client-server database applications and ASP.NET Web applications

• Designed and implemented over a dozen database applications and windows and web applications using Microsoft SQL Server and Visual Studio.NET

• Worked closely with business analysts and senior management to turn user’s functional requirements into software technical specifications that were reviewed and approved and turned into production software

• Monitored, reviewed, and approved the complete development life cycle process of each system through designing, coding, testing, debugging, and deployment of the final product

• Installed, setup, and configured a “test” network consisting of a domain controller, database server, file server, web server, and several client computers used for testing software.

• Installed and configured all functions of the network including creating a domain, configuring DNS and static IP addresses, and installing and configuring IIS and SQL Server

• Performed all database administrative functions such as backups and performance tuning

• Designed Windows mobile applications that run on barcode scanners and mobile devices that use the PocketPC, Windows CE, and Windows Mobile 2003 operating systems

Software Engineer 6/1999 – 2/2000

Remtech Services Inc., Newport News, VA

• Designed and developed a new software system for the Department of Defense’s National Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS)

• Designed the project core “snooper” program, which sends and receives packet messages to both GPS satellites and ground sites using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and Oracle Version 8i software

• As Project Leader and Lead C++ Programmer on a team developing the new NDGPS software, identified and derived requirements and created overall program objects, methods, use-case diagrams, and program flow charts

• Defined and wrote the NDGPS Project Visual C++ Coding Standards Guide used by all programmers on the project

• Created Oracle tables for the project using SQL scripts

• Wrote Oracle procedures, triggers and PL/SQL code for the database

• Set up, installed and configured Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 on five computers and installed Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and Oracle 8i software

Computer Engineer / Programmer 4/1996 – 6/1999

Allied Technology Group Inc., Virginia Beach, VA

• Designed, installed, and configured a Web application development network utilizing Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, and Microsoft BackOffice

• Utilized the network for software testing and development and for solving complex network-related computer problems.

• Developed ASP Web-based applications for use on the Internet and the U.S. Coast Guard’s internal intranet

• Designed, wrote, and developed four large database programs for the U.S. Coast Guard and several smaller programs for internal company projects using Visual dBase 5.5, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++, and Microsoft Access with VBA

• Solved complex hardware and software computer problems utilizing Windows NT Server/Workstation 4.0, Windows 95/98, and Sun Solaris UNIX operating systems

• Performed various computer-related tasks using Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, FrontPage 98, Publisher 98, SQL Server 7.0, AutoCAD Version 14, PSPICE, MatLab, MaxPlus2, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and others

Computer Engineer / Programmer 6/1995 – 4/1996

Lockheed Martin Services Group, Norfolk, VA

• Created database programs for the U.S. Coast Guard using Visual dBase 5.5, Visual Basic 4.0, and Microsoft Access

• In support of the U.S. Coast Guard, installed and configured software for a 28-computer LAN using Windows 95, Windows NT Server 3.5, and Windows for Workgroups on Governors Island, New York

• In support of the U.S. Navy, provided design research and cost analysis on a VXI test and measurement system for DDG-51 Class Destroyers

Senior Customer Service Engineer 6/1990 – 5/1995

Granada Computer Services Inc., San Jose, CA

• Independently performed corrective and preventative maintenance, system installation and checkout, field changes and modifications, and software and hardware troubleshooting on the Unisys B1905, B1955, B4800, V340, V380, A1, A3, A4, A5, A10, and IBM 3090 mainframe computer systems for banks, commercial businesses, and Government contracts

• Developed software and hardware design changes to solve customer-specific problems and to enhance and/or simplify the customer’s method of data processing

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