Brian Ellis

Current

• Senior Software Engineer at Vertigo Software

Past

• Senior Software Engineer at Computer Technology Solutions, Inc.
• Senior Systems Analyst at Westar Aerospace and Defense

Education

• University of South Alabama
• Dothan High School

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Brian Ellis’s Summary

Brian Ellis’s Specialties:

- Languages include .Net (C#), T-SQL, PL\SQL, Silverlight (1.0 - 2.0), XAML, XML, Javascript, AJAX, WPF, WWF, WCF
- Databases include SQL Server (2000, 2005), Oracle (9i, 10g) and MySQL.
- Technologies include .Net (1.1 - 3.5), IIS, DTS, SQL Server Integration Services, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, MOSS 2007, and Active Directory.
- Tools include Visual Studio (2002 - 2008), MS Project, Mercury Test Director, and Mercury Information Technology Governance (ITG) Center.

Brian Ellis’s Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  Vertigo Software

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  - Worked in a team of 4 to design, implement and test a customizable User-Generated Content site using Silverlight 2 and integrating with existing Flash assets.
  - Worked in a team of 4 to design, implement and test features for a financial services application using ASP.Net (2.0, 3.5), SQL Server 2005 and Javascript.
  - Worked in a team of 5 to modify a Silverlight 1.0 demo application to take advantage of SQL Server 2008 features.
  - Worked in a team of 3 migrating flash applications to Silverlight 1.0.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Computer Technology Solutions, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  - Worked in a team of three to migrate a SharePoint 2003 intranet to MOSS 2007.
  - Led a team of five through the full software lifecycle of a business intelligence dashboard to display information about the exchange of data between two business units and their respective source systems using SQL Server 2005, SSIS and SQL Server Reporting Services
  - Worked in a team of four to design and implement a business intelligence dashboard to display mission-critical operational data using SQL Server 2005, SSIS, SQL Server Reporting Services, ASP.Net 2.0, and SharePoint 2003
  - Implemented and tested a data import routine and web interface allowing the transfer, search and comparison of proprietary data using ASP.Net and SQL Server 2005
  - Worked in a team of five to design and implement a mission-critical, web-based data fulfillment system that supported more than 200 concurrent users querying a 10 GB data warehouse in real-time using ASP.Net, SQL Server 2000 and Reporting Services

• Senior Systems Analyst

  Westar Aerospace and Defense

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2003 — March 2005 (2 years 3 months)

  - Designed and implemented a SQL database security plan for handling classified data, as well as ASP.NET front-ends for security management
  - Refactored ASP reports to ASP.NET for integration into a custom portal application for use by approximately 500 users
  - Refactored a real-time C# module to C++ and decreased CPU usage by 50%
  - Developed a C# data analysis application that detected multiple bugs in vendor software and production hardware
  - Developed and maintained a Visual Basic 6 front-end to a production SQL server for flight test data storage

Brian Ellis’s Education

• University of South Alabama

  1998 — 2002

• Dothan High School

Additional Information

Brian Ellis’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Brian Ellis’s Honors:

- Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master
- University of South Alabama Research Scholar

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