MDS Clients and Project Summaries

IME Software Solutions LLC Designed and built a Microsoft ASP .Net web application that services the independent medical examination industry. Features include a messaging, database and file synchronization with client/server application, PDF generation of new referrals and more. All data and file transfer traffic is handled via a secure, encrypted connection. The entire application was designed to be HIPAA compliant. Barton Malow Construction Inc. Barton is a prominent general contractor who handles large scale construction projects that manages the building of schools, stadiums and hospitals. This project involved a re-write of a J2EE application that handled the management and tracking of the bidding process. The new application was an ASP .Net application using SQL Server on the back end. Some of the other features included a report portal using MS SQL Reporting Services, an in-memory virus scan solution for file uploads, messaging and administrative alerts. Ceridian Inc. This was a system scalability and performance remediation project. Tasks included re-write and revision of ASP .Net and SQL Server application code. An employee benefit enrollment and claims processing application that needed to handle 5000 concurrent users was timing out and failing at 1000 user connections. My role was to remediate VB .Net code, middle-tier COM components, and SQL Server stored procs in order to increase scalability and decrease page-load time. Each section of the application was analyzed to determine baseline performance. After each page was remediated, metrics were published documenting massive reductions in server resources, along with dramatically improved stability, scalability and performance. Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit This project involved setting up a series of management reports using SQL Server Reporting Services then writing a program that can be executed through a SQL Server job at pre-determined intervals. In order to generate the reports, we used the Web Services interface for Reporting Services. Jewish Renaissance Media Created a graphic file management portal using ASP .Net. The application was used to manage and file uploads used in magazine advertising. The application had to be compatible with all major browsers and security was of paramount importance. There was also a back end administration system created used by JRM personnel which notified them when a new document had been uploaded and which ad campaign it was for. This was accomplished using the messaging libraries in .Net and SQL Server 2005. 400 Monroe Associates (Fishbones) This project involved setting up a secure eCommerce Web Site for ordering carryout Sushi online. The application used an AJAX enabled interface using the Telerik .Net control library that displayed an online menu and interactive shopping cart. Credit card authorization was provided through interfacing with a third party service. The orders were then transmitted to the restaurant where the orders were filled awaiting customer pickup. A second phase was added to store customer preferences and order history, which allowed repeat customers to re-order previous selections easily. Another feature was a gift card sales and tracking system. There was also a back end administrative application to allow management to update pricing, specials, hours of operation and menu item selections. Document Processing Systems Inc. Created a document preparation solution for the mortgage industry. The architecture consisted of Java, Oracle, Hibernate ORM, Struts MVC Web Framework and the Spring J2EE Framework. The application development environment was Eclipse, builds were performed using Ant and testing was done through JUnit. Duties included developing all application code including UI, data access and persistence layer as well as business logic. Coordinated development activity using the Agile/XP Method while supervising 3 other developers, providing programming support, assigning project tasks, code review, and security evaluations. Other duties included supervising a team which developed and enhanced an electronic mortgage web application using PHP, Progress and MySQL. We also maintained a web application that utilized C++ and CGI components running on Apache Server. This involved debugging and adding new functionality as required. There was also a support role for legacy applications which utilized a mixture of PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CGI, Delphi, Kylix and Java Servlets. Tetra-Tech Inc. Management and coding a web application development project for a General Motors to track safety incident and outages for their assembly plants. The architecture consisted of VB .Net, ASP .Net, and SQL Server 2000 database. Duties consisted of designing the web UI, writing TSQL stored procedures and VB .Net code-behind pages for application. Designed a reporting module which utilized XML/XSLT transform of SQL Server Data for formatting and printing. Other functions included supervising 3 other programmers including support, training, testing and assigning tasks. On the project management side, met with the customers regularly in order to define requirements, timelines and quotations using Microsoft Solutions Framework methodologies.