Brandon Joyce

Current

• Independent Consultant at SoNerdy.Com
• Sr. Applications Developer at Schumacher Homes

Past

• IT Assistant at Merrill Corporation
• Programmer at NeoCom

Education

• The University of Akron

Recommended

1 person has recommended Brandon

Connections

62 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Brandon Joyce’s Summary

I've been a software developer since I graduated high school. I've been involved in many different types of projects. I often go to technical conferences and meetings to learn new things and meet new people. I do work on the side to keep my skills honed. I'm just passionate about what I do.

Brandon Joyce’s Specialties:

C#, VB.Net, SQL Server, Web Development, Project Management, Agile Methodologies, Javascript, JQuery, VBA PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Cruise Control.Net, NHibernate, TFS

Brandon Joyce’s Experience

• Independent Consultant

  SoNerdy.Com

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  I'm always working on something new on the side to hone my skills and make some extra cash. I've done a lot of work for Fitness Solutions in Akron. I built their website, scheduling system, and touch-screen kiosk software. I'm currently working on a web application for automotive repair estimates.

• Sr. Applications Developer

  Schumacher Homes

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Construction industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  Lead an Agile Development team in a high paced environment. Have a lead role in implementing new systems and technologies such as customer facing sites, web applications, corporate reporting, data warehousing, and CRM. I ensure that the developers are productive, and are provided the right tools for the job as well as do some development of my own when I have the time.

• IT Assistant

  Merrill Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Printing industry)

  May 2003 — May 2005 (2 years 1 month)

  Wide range of IT tasks. Automated reporting and other manual tasks.

• Programmer

  NeoCom

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2000 — April 2003 (3 years 3 months)

  Developed Franchise ERP database systems. Also, designed a POS inventory and cash register system.

Brandon Joyce’s Education

• The University of Akron

  Computer Science , 2000 — 2012 (expected)

  The Army paid for my first two years of college, and that was great. Since then I've gone back periodically to take a class or two. I hope to one day obtain my degree, but since I've not needed it yet in my career, I don't see it as an urgent thing.

Additional Information

Brandon Joyce’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Brandon Joyce’s Interests:

technology, networking with other developers, management training

Brandon Joyce’s Groups:

Cleveland .NET SIG

•    Ruby on Rails
•    Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
•    CodeMash

Brandon Joyce’s Honors:

Army Commendation Medal (Outstanding leadership skills as a PFC during shortage of NCO's for Annual Training missions)

Army Achievement Medal (2)

Air Force Achievement Medal (For development of a database application to handle leave schedules while deployed to Air Force base in Italy)

Brandon Joyce’s Contact Settings

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