Bob MacNeal

Current

• Agile .Net Consultant 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

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• Scrum Alliance (CSM, CSP)

Bob MacNeal’s Summary

Agile 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, 2.0 (Asp.Net, Web Services, Ajax)
• Microsoft SharePoint Services 3.0
• Object-oriented Development
• Test-Driven Development (NUnit, WebAii)
• Agile Methods and Scrum
• XML / XSL / XAML / SAML
• Microsoft SQL Server (2005, 2000, 7.0, 6.5)
• Microsoft Commerce Server
• Federated Identity Management, Single Sign-on, Provisioning

Bob MacNeal’s Experience

• Agile .Net Consultant

  Thomson-Reuters

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TOC; Information Services industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 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)

  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 1 month)

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

  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 Company
• My Blog
• Scrum Alliance (CSM, CSP)

Bob MacNeal’s Interests:

Sociology of Teams, Art, Existential Poetry, Philosophy, Baseball, Politics, Wood-Fired Pottery, Fantasy Sports

Bob MacNeal’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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