Senior Information Consultant at Dun & Bradstreet, Experienced Software Architect, Producer/DJ, Entrepreneur
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Senior Information Consultant at Dun & Bradstreet
- Musician/Producer at Xenoc Music (Sole Proprietorship)
- Owner at Tantric Technologies
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- Developer at ATS (Number Six Software)
- Sr. ColdFusion Developer at INPUT
- Intern at Herndon Web Services
- Intern at Caliber Associates
- Intern at The Adrenaline Group
- Intern at Attitude Networks
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Aaron Zafran’s Summary
Seasoned software developer/architect with 10+ years of experience, with a focus in ColdFusion development, .NET desktop application development, and database architecture/design (MSSQL 2k5, Oracle 10i). Strengths include maximizing application scalability/efficiency, developing flexible, reusable, organized code, employing innovative and effective web-based UI design (particularly using JS/DHTML/AJAX), and technical documentation. Extensive traditional (non-web-based) programming experience, in numerous languages, including C#/C++ and Visual Basic.
Held currently inactive security clearance (Secret Level / DoD) through ATS, Inc.
Aaron has a lifelong history of musical endeavors, having crafted over 50 original compositions to date, beginning at the age of 13 years and continuing through the present. Trained in both classical and contemporary piano (21 years total), he has participated in numerous solo and ensemble performances in concert throughout his youth under the guidance and instruction of mentors at Loch-Reid Music. His current focus is in electronic music production with future goals of doing so professionally.
Aaron Zafran’s Specialties:
- Expert: ColdFusion (v4.x-8.0) (8+ yrs)
- .NET: Desktop Applications (VB.NET,C#)
- Adv. DB skills (MSSQL 2k/2k5, Oracle 10i) -- schema design/optimization, advanced T-SQL.
- OOP - emphasis on code flexibility/reuse.
- Dynamic Web UI: CSS,JS,DHTML,AJAX.
- Experienced: RUP/Agile methodologies
- Proficient: Visual C#/C++, C++/C, Pascal, Visual Basic, Java, Perl.
- UI/Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator (CS).
- Excellent technical writing/documentation skills.
Aaron Zafran’s Experience
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Senior Information Consultant
Dun & Bradstreet
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DNB; Information Services industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Currently working as lead solution architect with initiatives to improve and automate the FFATA / usaspending.gov entity matching / data submission process.
Member of Government Professional Services Team; Solutions Development / Architecture / Enhancement. Desktop application development (.NET) w/ functionality including MS Exchange integration via MAPI/CDO, MSSQL interaction, automated data analysis and report generation. -
Musician/Producer
Xenoc Music (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Music industry)
October 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Music production / composition / collaboration (3:SLAX) in home-studio, consisting of the following:
Equipment: Yamaha Motif ES 8, Korg Electribe EA-1, Roland MC303, various mixers/sound interfaces/monitors.
Software: Steinberg Nuendo 3, Ableton Live 5, Propellerheads Reason 3, Apple Logic Pro, NI products (Absynth,Reaktor,Battery,FM7), and too many VST plugins to mention. -
Owner
Tantric Technologies
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Lead Developer/Designer of www.cybersocieties.com.
CyberSocieties is an online community that Aaron co-founded and single-handedly designed and developed. The application supports extensive load, with a user base of over 12,500 members and growing, often handling more than 300 concurrent sessions. Aaron also manages a team of volunteer staff members who are responsible for moderating site content. CyberSocieties routinely receives over 300,000 page views per day from over 5,000 unique daily visitors. -
Developer
ATS (Number Six Software)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)
Advanced ColdFusion Development / Software Architecture / Rational Unified Process (RUP) / Agile / Oracle
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Sr. ColdFusion Developer
INPUT
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2001 — November 2007 (6 years 7 months)
Enterprise level software development (ColdFusion MX7/MSSQL 2k5) with an architectural focus, dealing with application scalability / efficiency / optimization, standardized methodology, code reuse and modularization, streamlined data caching/management/storage, and continued improvement of product interoperability. Aaron is the sole architect of INPUT’s application framework (ISM), and acts as the tech lead on INPUT’s Capture Management System v2.x, a sales-force automation product.
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Intern
Herndon Web Services
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Extensive application development using ColdFusion and MSSQL.
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Intern
Caliber Associates
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 1998 — September 1998 (4 months)
Intensive UI/Layout design, mockup creation, development of marketing material/logos.
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Intern
The Adrenaline Group
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1997 — September 1997 (4 months)
Unix-based network administration, UI Layout/Design, Java development.
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Intern
Attitude Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 1996 — September 1996 (4 months)
Graphical design - UI/layout focus.
Additional Information
Aaron Zafran’s Websites:
Aaron Zafran’s Interests:
Software/database architecture, Virtual communities, Music production/composition/DJing + Live performance (pianist for 23+ yrs), Neuroscience/Pharmacology, EDM Culture, Art/Graphical Design
Aaron Zafran’s Honors:
Imagine 100 Customer Service Award, D&B, April 2009
Imagine 100 Customer Service Award, D&B, Dec 17th, 2009
Special Service Award, INPUT, April 2007
Executive All-Star Award, INPUT, October 2003
Ovation Award, INPUT, August 2003
"Mindbats", Track of the Day, GarageBand, Feb 2006
"Thrash", Track of the _week_, GarageBand, March 2006
"Remix Your Past", Track of the Day, GarageBand, March 2006
"Emerge and See", Track of the Day, GarageBand, April 2006
"ReThrashed", Track of the Day, GarageBand, April 2006
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