ERIC TANGBORN
Bellevue, WA 98008 ************@*******.***
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a position in software development.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: C#, C, C++
Operating Systems: Vista,Windows 7, XP, Windows Server 2008, MS-Dos
Web Development: ASP.NET, Javascript, Ajax, XML, XHTML, HTML, CSS, Xpath, XSLT
Databases: SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, SQL, Access, Oracle, T-SQL
EXPERIENCE
Software Development Engineer in Test
MICROSOFT (www.microsoft.com), Redmond, WA 11/2009– 10/2010
• Testing Microsoft Zune cloud technology writing automation written in C#.
• Tools used include Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio Test Suite, Spec Explorer, Product Studio and Octopus.
• Programs written with C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL.
Software Development Engineer
POP INTERACTIVE (www.pop.us), Seattle, WA 8/2009– 10/2009
• On a short term contract, made enhancements and fixed bugs for several existing websites.
• Technologies used include C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, HTML, SQL Server 2008, and Javascript.
Software Development Engineer in Test
MICROSOFT (www.microsoft.com), Redmond, WA 4/2008– 7/2009
• Testing MSN games writing automation written in C#.
• Tools used include Visual Studio 2008, Product Studio and Windows Test Technologies.
• Programs written with C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2008, T-SQL.
• Create a project to take full page screen shots of urls on different operating systems, browsers and registry values. Created a website to view these screen shots.
• Created a project to test the MSN games website using http webrequests/webresponses.
• Created a project to test website accessibility.
Software Development Engineer
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, Seattle, WA 5/2007– 3/2008
• Created website for Capital Markets research team.
• Created calculator for Capital Markets traders.
• Programs written with C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, HTML, CSS, SQL Server 2005, Oracle, T-SQL.
Software Development Engineer in Test
MICROSOFT (www.microsoft.com), Redmond, WA 5/2006– 4/2007
• Created test tools for MSN Shopping using C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, T-SQL, and SQL Server 2005.
• Created a web service and website to display daily performance of ajax requests at the shopping site at http://shopping.msn.com.
• Created various tools to help developers improve the quality of the search engine.
• Worked on a website that allowed team members to checkout servers and display information about the servers.
Software Development Engineer
UIEVOLUTION (www.uievolution.com), Bellevue, WA 10/2005– 4/2006
• Programming applications for cell phones.
• Wrote code to create games and other applications with the proprietary language ujml.
• Tested the applications on different types of cell phones.
• Clients included Disney and ESPN.
Software Development Engineer in Test
MICROSOFT (www.microsoft.com), Redmond, WA 10/2004– 9/2005
• Testing Internet Information Services and ASP.NET applications by writing automation in C#.
• Created automation for the tools iis trace and iis reqmon that would send different types of requests to iis and would regression test the worker processes that get called.
• Created automation for features new to ASP.NET 2.0, such as profile, new ways to construct connection strings, new abstract classes, master pages.
Computer Instructor
DEVRY UNIVERSITY, Federal Way, WA 10/2001 –10/2004
• Teaching C#, ASP.NET, XML, Oracle, C and C++ to students preparing for the workplace.
Programmer
SIERRA ON-LINE (www.sierra.com), Bellevue, WA 2/1996 – 10/2001
• Developed Software using C++ for CD-ROM based Hoyle games that sold over 1 million units in 5 years.
• Worked closely with artist and other programmers on a team that has shipped these products: Hoyle Card Games, Hoyle Board Games, Hoyle Casino Games and Hoyle Solitaire.
• Completed several development cycles, from designing the games and setting up C++ classes to working with testers to fix the bugs.
• Integrated A.I. (artificial intelligence) concepts into best selling games, including chess, mastermind, and various card games.
• Designed and wrote code for several solitaire games.
• Added enhancements and fixed bugs in existing games.
• Performed localization work to convert the products for the French and German markets.
• Programmed several games for the company's internet site: www.flipside.com. Wrote code in C++ for client and server software.
EDUCATION
M.S. in Operations Research, Stanford University, (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE//)
B.A. in Mathematics, Whitman College
Certificate in German Language, Goethe German Language Institute, Munich, Germany