Web Application Developer
Greater Seattle Area
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- Web Application Developer at Compound One, LLC.
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- Sr. Software Developer at Ascentium
- Technical Liaison - Web at Entellium
- Web Application Developer at Entellium
- Application Development Manager at Autoscan Inc.
- Application Developer at Autoscan, Inc.
- Web Security Consultant at Bronow Enterprises
- Web Designer and Database Admin at Western Washington University
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Aaron Bronow’s Summary
I feel fortunate to have had the experience of working through college, helping to jump-start a start-up, learning from and mentoring my peers, and staying on the cutting edge in my field.
While studying Computer Science at WWU I had the opportunity to develop a custom CMS for a new department, participate in open source development projects and consult for small businesses in my neighborhood. I supported a set of regular clients who needed online marketing advice, web development and hardware help.
After moving to Seattle to find a good job, I was hired by a tech start-up working on a new medical imaging application for small clinics. I showed initiative and was quickly promoted to lead a small team of developers to produce a radiology picture archiving and communication system (PACS). While working on the new server software we were tasked with improving a client's antiquated order entry system. My team built and deployed a revolutionary web application using our own AJAX API. The client loved it and immediately switched all of their users to our new system.
My passion is delivering an engaging user experience. I've learned to love the process of understanding the client's needs beyond just the pain points and satisfying both business requirements and usability standards. I enjoy helping people get their new ideas online quickly and giving them all the opportunity they need to scale and maintain the project through the life of the business.
Aaron Bronow’s Specialties:
C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, REST, SOAP, SQL, MySQL, PHP, DICOM, HL7, agile and extreme programming, software architecture, integration analysis, technical production, technical specifications and requirements, project management, training developers, training users
Aaron Bronow’s Experience
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Web Application Developer
Compound One, LLC.
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Compound One is a game design and development think tank focused on pairing independent creative talent with independent technical talent. Compound One supplies turnkey game assets to developers or handle the entire pipeline from concept to creation for publishers.
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Sr. Software Developer
Ascentium
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2008 — May 2009 (11 months)
I work directly with User Experience Architects to design and build the most effective tools to make our customers successful. As a senior developer I bring new technology and design patterns to my team and mentor our junior developers.
My responsibilities include technical analysis of business requirements, contributing to technical specifications and wireframes, selecting the best solution for the problem and delivering the best software to meet business requirements.
I work primarily in C# on ASP.NET applications using the latest framework and AJAX toolkits. I integrate highly engaging user interfaces with a scalable back-end via WCF and Linq. -
Technical Liaison - Web
Entellium
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — July 2008 (4 months)
Promoted to Technical Liaison after 6 months of web development
Wrote technical analyses for customers integrating Perl, PHP and ASP.NET web app via our
SOAP and REST interfaces
Assisted product management team with technical requirements for usability, performance and
security enhancements to existing REST and SOAP APIs
Developed test applications in C# and ASP.NET (windows app and web app) to interface with REST and SOAP APIs
Initiated “Developer’s Center” suite of web apps to market to and provide a foundation for supporting 3rd party integrators (users of web services)
Began production of SDK with samples from previous customer integrations and test apps
Consulted with product management team as an SME on what developers want
Provided code reviews and technical guidance on web services API to development team in Malaysia -
Web Application Developer
Entellium
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)
Hired to maintain and upgrade main corporate web site and microsites
Defined source code style guide, best practices, revision control and file organization conventions
Optimized existing Google Analytics integration
Performed R&D for integrating lead capture forms with Eloqua
Designed web tool for automating management of lead capture forms (reduced time to deploy a new form from hours to minutes)
Installed, configured and maintained multiple web app platforms including main site in ASP, VBScript and AJAX, forums in PHP, blogs in PHP with MySQL and MSSQL databases
Assisted sales engineering team with customer integration support
Designed and executed plan to port existing production-only web environment to a DSP environment
Designed custom CMS to integrate the DSP environments, decrease development time -
Application Development Manager
Autoscan Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
September 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 3 months)
Promoted to Tech Lead after 10 months as App Developer
Assigned as App Dev Manager to PACS project because I had the most experience on the platform
Evaluated new feature requests from clients
Estimated development time and resources required
Designed project plan and technical requirements
Managed small team of programmers to complete design using an internal variation on Agile
Implemented testing and feature review process to improve visibility into dev team productivity and to meet deadlines
Wrote code along side development team when not performing management tasks
Designed and architected AJAX-based API for client's internal data management system (similar to meebo.com but with a more Vista look and feel) for use with medical patient data -
Application Developer
Autoscan, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — June 2005 (10 months)
Hired to update and maintain a PACS application written in C++
Evaluated legacy application source and determined that rewriting the app from scratch in C# would be more efficient
Designed complete plan for porting application including new features: More user-friendly UI; more debugging info; faster data processing; modular design; WCF smart-client and ASP.NET web interface
Implemented new company code style guidelines which improved client feedback and satisfaction -
Web Security Consultant
Bronow Enterprises
(Internet industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Moonlighted as a consultant for small businesses whose websites had been compromised by hackers.
Assessed damage to PHP web applications (usually Wordpress) and removed back-doors from scripts.
Evaluated and restored last best backup of site code.
Fixed database issues (usually MySQL) and changed host account passwords.
Defined best-practices for scheduled backups and password security (mostly Linux-based servers).
Trained owners/webmasters on best-practices. -
Web Designer and Database Admin
Western Washington University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
February 2004 — June 2004 (5 months)
Attached as a consultant to design and build a user-friendly, accessible and standards-compliant web site for new Recreation Center.
Gathered requirements from multiple groups within Recreation Dept. and met with users responsible for maintenance and content production.
Created technical requirements documentation and phased roll-out plan to build features as needed.
Designed interface in conformance with university and W3 standards (accessible and mobile-friendly).
Developed custom CMS which allows modification and maintenance by non-coders.
Designed ad-rotator to publish news and events to targeted sections of the site.
Built MS SQL database and backend to dynamically generate content and publish announcements automatically on user-defined schedule.
Managed training sessions with current staff who will be interacting with the database.
