|
CHRISTOPHER L. HAMMONS (952) 201-7096 |
|||
|
CAREER SUMMARY |
A senior VB.NET or C# (dotNet 2.0, 3.0, 3.5) developer with WinForm and Web experience. Worked on several million dollar client server projects in energy, health care, law enforcement, retail, e-commerce, and telecommunications industries. Have been in lead roles and participated in architectural design. Prefer working in an Agile development SCRUM team committed to improving their process. I'm a strong advocate of Test Driven Development, automated builds and using design patterns and best practices whenever feasible. |
||
|
TECHNICAL SUMMARY |
Years of experience in:
|
|
|
|
Development
Skills: Database Skills: SQL Server, Oracle, Access, DBText, Btrieve, DB/2, dBASE, ERWin Version Control and Build Tools: VSS, Perforce, Team Foundation Server, Cruise Control, My Generation, nAnt, CCC / Harvest, PVCS and Configuration Builder Process / Methodologies / Testing & Deployment Tools: SCRUM, nUnit, FIT, Fitness, Install Shield, Wise, JUnit, Telnet, pcAnywhere, RTPatch, Virtual PC, XcelleNet Platforms: dotNET (2.0, 3.0, 3.5), COM, Windows, Unix, Telxon (Embedded System) |
|||
|
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE |
Merrill
Corporation 3/2009
– 12/2009 Technical
Lead and Architect ·
Participated
in design of Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) / Services Orientated Architecture
(SOA) automating human / system work flows with VS2008 WinForms, Biztalk and
K2 Blackpearl. ·
Implemented
·
Evaluated
Silverlight 3.0 and Rich Internet Application Services ·
Improved
scrum process and code base by introducing Test Driven Development (TDD), CSharp
(C#), code generation, and Object Relational Mapping (ORM). |
||
|
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED) |
Community
Choice, LLC 11/2004
– 10/2009 Independent Consultant for several clients detailed below. Masys / Positron Public Safety 911 11/2004 – 12/2007, 12/2008 - 10/2009 · Maintained and enhanced massive proprietary WinForm framework written in VB6, VB.NET, MS SQL Server. · Generated data objects, screens and many base classes using XML, Object-Relational Mapping, My Generation and DevXpress custom controls |
||
|
|
· Exported XML and performed multilevel validation before sending to Web Service. · Mastered the National Incident Based Report System (NIBRS), a comprehensive set of rules for exporting crime statistics to the FBI. · Improved the development processes by implementing SCRUM, Cruise Control, Perforce, nUnit, test driven development, FIT and Fitness automated testing on Virtual PC environments, continuous builds, continuously releasable source code mainline, and pair programming. |
||
|
|
Centerpoint Energy (CNP) 8/2008
– 12/2008 · Made critical enhancements to customer facing web site supporting 3 million customers using VS2003, VB.Net and ASP.Net. ·
Helped speed conversion of 1400+ · Impressed client with clear and detailed change management and design documentation exceeding Sarbanes Oxley requirements. · Implemented web security for Inmagic databases (DBText/WebPubPro) with IIS, Active Directory and Windows Authentication. · Created friendly install and user guides . |
||
|
|
United Health Group 4/2008
– 8/2008 · Fully accountable for stability and enhancement of entire learning management web site applications and servers for all employees using ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VBA, vbScript, JavaScript, XML, Stored Procedures, SQL Server, Visual Interdev and Visual Studio. · Integrated web site applications with Office applications Outlook, Excel, and Access. · Found innovative solutions to long standing problems resulting in much quicker development and automation of manual tasks. (Removed need for Excel on server and automated HTTP download and import of Excel file) · Identified issues, communicated recommendations, and implemented solutions to improve database and server performance. · Accountable for testing strategy and working within change management guidelines for implementing changes to database and website applications. TCGRx 1/2008
– 1/2008 |
||
|
|
Thomson West Publishing 2/2006
– 8/2006 · Sole developer for resource allocation and forecasting web based reporting system. · Programmatically generated Excel spreadsheets in ASP and vbscript with both SQL Server and Oracle data sources. · Impressed client with significant performance gains on some reports. |
||
|
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED) |
Best
Buy
|
||
|
|
Developer on the bestbuy.com Stabilization
Team. 1/2002 –
1/2003 · Responsible for ensuring 24/7 operation of the bestbuy.com websites. · Primary point person for all Verity search engine issues and order fulfillment. · Fixed and enhanced Visual Basic, ASP and SQL stored procedures. |
||
|
|
Project lead in the Release Management
department, bestbuy.com. 11/2000 –
1/2002 · Responsible for implementation of CCC / Harvest version 5, an advanced configuration management and workflow modeling tool. · Coordinated and documented change process flows of many groups including Release Management, Build and Deployment, Quality Assurance, ePublishing, Development and the business teams. · Designed, documented and helped code forms and processes in HTML, VBScript, Java Script, Java, Perl and Oracle Triggers. · Created training program and presented to developers and other users. |
||
|
|
Net Perceptions, Inc. 7/1999
– 10/2000
Senior Software Engineer at a real-time personalization and precision marketing software company. · Coded server side Java modules for an e-commerce personalization manager and real time marketing tool. Made extensive use of XML to translate business rules into executable Java code. Target platforms were Solaris or NT and MS SQL Server or Oracle. · Wrote NT installation package extending Install Shield with Visual C++. |
||
|
|
BORN Information
Services 6/1994
– 6/1999 Funco, Inc.
9/1993 - 6/1994 System Management
Software, Inc. 8/1992 - 9/1993 |
||
|
EDUCATION |
University of |
||
|
OTHER |
In May 2008, received the
YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolos Community Hero Award for in part helping out
with |
||