Brian Kuhn

Current

• Owner at Oppositionally Defiant
• Webmaster at Kennewick School District

Past

• Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Corporation
• Software Test Engineer at Microsoft Corporation

Education

• University of Washington

Recommended

3 people have recommended Brian

Connections

15 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Brian Kuhn’s Summary

Software developer with prior work experience as a software test engineer, software developer, and web master. Very familiar with syndication technologies such as RSS 2.0 and ATOM 1.0, and a strong focus on ASP.NET web application development.

Brian Kuhn’s Specialties:

ASP.NET, C#, RSS, SQL Server, XML, SIF, XHTML, HTML, Framework design

Brian Kuhn’s Experience

• Owner

  Oppositionally Defiant

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  Develop publicly available solutions for the Microsoft .NET framework. Areas of interest/work include syndication formats like RSS and ATOM, ASP.NET, and class libraries that can be integrated into third-party applications.

• Webmaster

  Kennewick School District

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

  Chief architect and lead developer in charge of district web sites and applications. Also responsible for researching and recommending technologies used by the district. Develop a variety of web and client applications as dictated by the needs of the school district.

• Software Design Engineer

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  October 2002 — January 2003 (4 months)

  Implemented software solutions using team design specifications using ASP and ASP.NET, maintained and created SQL 2000 database architecture as needed to connect back-end data stores to user interfaces, unit code test software to ensure quality and conformance to specifications.

• Software Test Engineer

  Microsoft Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  January 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 10 months)

  Tested software to ensure quality and conformance using written test cases, performed ad hoc testing against applications to cover scenarios outside regular test cases, designed written test cases from analysis of software specifications.

Brian Kuhn’s Education

• University of Washington

  BA , Comparative History of Ideas, Biochemistry , 1995 — 1999

  Was dual major in both Biochemistry and Comparative History of Ideas programs, but graduated with a B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas.

Additional Information

Brian Kuhn’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Brian Kuhn’s Interests:

C#, Microsoft .NET, Cryptography, Tae Kwon Do, Networking Technology

Brian Kuhn’s Groups:

World Tae Kwon Do Federation, .NET Rocks, Pwop Productions, CodePlex

Brian Kuhn’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• getting back in touch