
Owner at C# Architect
Telford, United Kingdom

Owner at C# Architect
Telford, United Kingdom
Hands-on Senior Architect, Team Leader, Senior Developer and Department Manager with over 16 years experience in the Software Industry. I am looking for a new opportunity to apply my knowledge and experience at an enterprise level to help a future employer attain a practical Business Oriented Architecture in line with its business objectives.
I have lead and participated in a broad spectrum of project teams and businesses in both the UK and USA ranging in sizes from 5 to 40. Although I have mostly worked with Microsoft technologies, I am also very familiar with Java and LAMP stacks. My experience encompasses projects that include large variety of distributed systems and services, databases and data warehouses, smart clients, and Windows applications
Key Skills
• An exceptional ability to implement efficient solutions for the fulfillment of business objectives.
• Motivational and enthusiastic leader who can inspire confidence and productivity within a team.
• Entrepreneurial, innovative thinker capable of turning ideas into productive applications.
• An architect experienced at making responsible, strategic, industry-aware decisions.
• A strong technologist with a high ability and desire to keep up to date with technology
Technical Project Management,
Agile Development, Enterprise Architecture, C#, WCF, Linq, .NET 2/3/3.5/(4.0 Beta), Mono-Project, OOP, OOAD, AOP, XML based tech', ORM, Network comm', E-Commerce, SOA/WS*/REST/SOAP, Systems Integration, Tokenizing/Parsing/Compilation, SDLC methodology, IIS, SQL Server/T-SQL, WCF, WinForms, ASP.NET, ASP Web Services, Business and Requirements Analysis, Security, Cryptography, Interop, C++/CLI, Workflow, CRM, CMS, Linux (openSUSE/Debian/Ubuntu), SaaS, MSDN/TechNet.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Employed to help Trinity Expert Systems Ltd achieve a deadline for a proof of concept system to replace AdminRe/Windsor Life’s aging internal system based on VB5, Oracle and COBOL. Whilst this role is mostly a development role, they have leveraged my experience and skills as an Architect to maximize the success of the project subject to tight deadlines.
(Computer Software industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
June 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 2 months)
Senior Technical Architect
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)
September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Chemicals industry)
January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Automotive industry)
November 2007 — December 2007 (2 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Utilities industry)
July 2007 — August 2007 (2 months)
Limited NDA in place.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Utilities industry)
August 2006 — June 2007 (11 months)
Limited NDA in place.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — August 2006 (7 months)
Limited NDA in place.
(Computer Software industry)
October 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Developed a realtime EPOS system for a local retailer.
1996 — 1999
Wisconsin - INETA, Ellsworth