(407) 496-2525
bbaker@microapplications.com
Highly motivated, hands-on, self-starting systems engineer with business customer focus, and broad experience in new, current, and legacy technologies, commercial software development practices, and training, as well as R&D, project, and software development management and implementation.
Operating Systems: Windows
(API level) and Unix (SCO, Linux, Solaris, IBM AIX and Digital Unix)
Methodologies: UML, Scrum, GOF (and others
including MVC, MVP and MVVM) Design Patterns, Chen, Shlaer-Mellor, DeMarco, Instructional
Systems Design, Red-Teaming, RAD/JAD.
Hardware: Intel-based
PCs/servers, Alpha, Motorola, and Sun workstations/servers, routers, as well as
specialized network and interface devices, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone 7.
Database: SQLServer (2000-2008 inclusive), Oracle, Interbase,
Informix, Access, and xBase
Software Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Expression, Microsoft Office, including Project and Visio, Sparx Enterprise Architect, InstallShield, Doc-to-Help, Win and HTML Help, XML Spy, Team Foundation Server, Unity, NUnit, ReSharper and other VS add-on tools, and Microsoft and VMWare virtualization products.
EXPERIENCE
Teksystems 2009-Present Orlando,
FL
Contract Software Engineer - The Walt Disney Company
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Designed and developed custom database administration backend systems
(in WPF and Silverlight 3) to support user-friendly data management of complex
hierarchical data models supporting enterprise self-service fast food
restaurant kiosks and entertainment performance issue reporting WCF and the
Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) design pattern.
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Designed and developed a Silverlight 3 application for security
investigators to examine employee photos based on Employee ID using WCF and the
MVVM design pattern.
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Supported Windows 7 Remediation testing and resolution for legacy
applications.
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Mentored junior developers.
Principal
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Provide information systems’ analysis, design, development, and
integration for commercial and government clients, specializing in desktop, RIA,
Web, back-office, and real-time transaction business data processing services as
a Microsoft Certified Partner.
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Design and develop eCommerce, job tracking, workflow, content
management, and line-of-business applications for desktop, intranet, and
extranet using ASP.Net, Silverlight, Windows Forms, and WPF clients connected
to Windows services, WCF services, and Unix services.
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Designed and developed a Windows Phone application for commercial
release on the Windows Marketplace.
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Developed a Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Project Template for Windows
Phone 7 projects which use the Caliburn.Micro framework and provided to the
community via the Visual Studio Gallery.
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Designed and developed several prototype Line of Business applications
for Windows Phone 7 to demonstrate to potential customers.
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Developed several Silverlight 3 and 4 applications for internal use.
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Architected, customized, and integrated a Commercial Off-the-Shelf
(COTS) Content Management System for an in-print and web-based magazine in two
months at 80% of budget.
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Architected, designed, and developed a family of GPS gateway servers,
middle-tier application servers, and supporting back-end database to feed
Virtual Earth-based real-time tracking systems using TCP/IP sockets and SMS,
MSMQ, Enterprise Queued Components, and SQL Server 2005.
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Designed and developed transportation logistics Business-to-Business web
and back-office application suite, including automated carrier load assignment
and extra charge calculations with real-time customer, vendor, and carrier
update, increasing throughput while reducing personnel requirements.
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Designed and developed commercial real-time host-to-host and public
network Point-of-Sale activation systems for prepaid telephone cards over
VISANet (SNA), Dial-Up sockets, and X.25 Frame Relay in C running on Unix
servers
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Developed a custom Accounting client and docket management application
for a small accounting firm in Microsoft Access in 3 weeks (ported to Silverlight
3/WCF/SQL Server and certified by VeriTest).
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Reversed engineered a complex home-grown classic ASP web application to
refactor and develop an n-tier intranet job-tracking solution - commercially released and Certified for
Windows 2003 Server.
Director,
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Operated semi-autonomous business unit in systems, training, and
management consulting at a growing profit level: identified and negotiated
customer requirements, and developed architecture, information models, specifications,
designs, and costing for process, system, and training solutions.
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Formed, led, and managed teams of 5-15 professionals per project in meeting
customer and corporate objectives. Briefed project status and results to
clients at the highest levels.
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Developed CASE/SDLC documentation, user interfaces, core logic, dynamic
link library modules, data base application code, commercial quality user and
system documentation, and installation services for a variety of knowledge
worker systems.
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Produced and fielded an internet-based remote client/server decision
support system hosted on Solaris/Oracle with SQLWindows (4GL) client via
SQL*Net (TCP/IP and Async). Reused data base reporting code to migrate read-only
query portion to Oracle Web Application Server in 3 weeks.
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Produced outplacement contact management client/server system using
SQLWindows and SQLBase.
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Reverse-engineered an analog panel trainer for conversion to
interactive computer-based multimedia driven simulation.
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Achieved steady revenue growth from both repeat and new business
through solid client and employee management, as well as the writing and
costing of winning competitive proposals.
Manager, Independent
Research & Development
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Planned, directed, and managed multi-disciplined IR&D program
emphasizing application of emerging technologies in the development and
delivery of training. Wrote and costed winning competitive proposals. Evaluated
and recommended corporate MIS components.
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Produced two customized and automated Instructional Systems Development
management systems with relational data base back-ends as lead information
system engineer.
Senior Research Engineer
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Developed supporting microcomputer software for statistical analysis,
decision support, computer-based instruction, and other analytical and output
processing requirements on numerous platforms.
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Created methodologies to evaluate simulation functional requirements by
assessing cost-to-train at the task level, including options for training delivery
media based on training fidelity and trainee population characteristics.
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Developed specifications and training syllabi for U.S. DoD training
devices and weapons systems.
Research Engineer
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Invented emergency egress system for large surface mine haulage
vehicles.
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Designed work flow model for U.S. Navy specification for the systems
approach to training.
Graduate Engineering University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Bachelor of Mechanical
Engineering The Catholic
Microsoft Certified Partner;
ASPDotNetStorefront Certified Developer; Ektron CMS400.Net Certified Developer,
Microsoft Silverlight Insider, SQL Server 2008 FrontRunner, and past Orlando
.Net Users’ Group (ONETUG) Officer and Board Member
References and Publications
available upon request.