Bob MacNeal

Current

Contract Application Developer at Thomson-Reuters
Consultant at Affinety Solutions
Principle and Founder at Working Company

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Past

Agile .Net Consultant, http://west.thomson.com/, at Thomson West
Agile .Net Consultant at Allianz Life
Field Manager & .Net Consultant at Tech-Pro, Inc

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Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Montana State University-Bozeman
Montana State University-Bozeman

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Recommended

7 people have recommended Bob

Connections

196 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

My Blog

Bob MacNeal’s Summary

Software consultant with over 12 years of software consulting experience. Proficient in the design and development of object-oriented web-based solutions using the Microsoft .NET platform (Asp.Net 3.5, 2.0, SharePoint, Ajax, SQL Server). Experienced in third party integration including Single Sign-On, SAML, and web services. Proficient in SQL Server design and development. Certified ScrumMaster (CSM). Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP).

Always on the lookout for .NET web-based projects or product development with an Agile TEAM that likes to move fast, follow best practices, use appropriate technology, and have fun.

Bob MacNeal’s Specialties:

• Microsoft .NET 3.5 (Asp.Net, Web Services, Ajax)
• Object-oriented Development
• Test-Driven Development
• Agile Methods, Scrum
• XML / XSL / XAML / SAML
• Microsoft SQL Server

Bob MacNeal’s Experience

Contract Application Developer

Thomson-Reuters

(Public Company; TOC; Information Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

This is another Agile Asp.Net project.

The app our team has built is called Law School Exchange (LSE). LSE is the first online community built for law professors to connect with colleagues to share content and to join groups to collaborate on curricula, course materials and classroom prep. LSE enables professors to publish and distribute articles, books and other materials for research and teaching.

This project was initially a green-field effort laid out using the Model View Presenter pattern.

Our Agile .Net team released Law School Exchange version 1.0 (http://exchange.westlaw.com) in January 2009 making its debut at the AALS convention in San Diego.

Press release at http://www.thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/tlr/tlr_legal/327752
Consultant

Affinety Solutions

(Computer Software industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Affinety Solutions is a managed website service company serving community education organizations, park and recreation organizations and businesses with software service offerings in content management, student registration, facility scheduling, and eCommerce.

This is classic ASP with SQL server and CyberCash backend strategically migrating legacy code to Asp.Net 3.5.
Principle and Founder

Working Company

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

July 1998 — Present (11 years 5 months)

Bob MacNeal’s Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Civil Engineering 1982 — 1989

My undergraduate degree is in Geological Engineering from the University of Minnesota (1982-86). From 1986-89 I was a graduate student under Dr. Otto Strack in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Minnesota. My area of interest was the mathematical modeling of groundwater flow.

Activities and Societies:

ASCE, MGWA
Montana State University-Bozeman

1978 — 1980
Montana State University-Bozeman

1975 — 1980

My first undergraduate degree was in Film & Television at Montana State University. I was particularly interested in photography and creative writing. I took several fine arts classes and considered myself to be a creative person. I loved it, but I was unemployable.

Activities and Societies:

Poetry Readings at Union Hall Coffee House, Season Pass at Bridger Bowl ;-)

Additional Information

Bob MacNeal’s Websites:

My Blog

Bob MacNeal’s Interests:

Art, Existential Poetry, Philosophy, Politics, Baseball, Evolutionary Biology, Skiing, Fantasy Sports

Bob MacNeal’s Groups:

Twin Cities Software Consultants Group Moderator,
Agile .Net Practitioners Group Group Moderator,
Scrum Alliance,
Agile Alliance,
Practical Agility at DevJam