Darrell Norton

Current

• Manager and Architect at CapTech Ventures, Inc.

Past

• Programmer Analyst III at Northrop Grumman
• Web Developer at SAIC

Education

• The College of William and Mary
• Christopher Newport University

Recommended

5 people have recommended Darrell

Connections

219 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Darrell Norton’s Summary

I've been developing web applications since 1996. I have substantial Microsoft expertise and have been working with .NET since Beta 1.

I've developed a real-time weapons system, architected several large-scale service-oriented systems, and many other applications.

Honored as a Microsoft MVP, I also have numerous Microsoft certifications, an MBA from The College of William and Mary, and a BS in Management Information Systems from Christopher Newport University.

Darrell Norton’s Specialties:

Software Architecture, Distributed Application Development, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), ASP.NET, SQL Server, C#.

Darrell Norton’s Experience

• Manager and Architect

  CapTech Ventures, Inc.

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

  August 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

  Significant business development focus along with employee evaluation, mentoring, and service offering development. Project and client management throughout the systems development life cycle, extensive technical experience in Microsoft technologies, and a deep understanding of software development.

• Programmer Analyst III

  Northrop Grumman

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOC; Defense & Space industry)

  June 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 3 months)

  Team lead for a large ASP.NET application with a SQL Server database backend. The application was scalable while meeting stringent response time requirements. Functionality included detailed reporting and compliance with government standardized form specifications. Used web services to integrate with a legacy government system and XML to integrate with Microsoft Project.

• Web Developer

  SAIC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  February 1998 — January 2000 (2 years )

  Completed an environmental training registration and tracking web application. Responsibilities included gathering requirements, project management and reporting to stakeholders, development, testing, deployment, and backup strategy.
  
  Developed a material safety data sheet (MSDS) tracking system. The web application catalogued scanned MSDS images and offered extensive search capabilities. Responsibilities included development, testing, deployment and training.

Darrell Norton’s Education

• The College of William and Mary

  MBA , August 1999 — May 2001

  Graduated Summa cum laude

  Activities and Societies:

  IT Committee, Student Recruiting Committee

• Christopher Newport University

  BS , Information Science , August 1995 — May 1999

  Graduated Summa cum laude

  Activities and Societies:

  Sigma Tau Gamma, Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Chi, Order of Omega

Additional Information

Darrell Norton’s Honors:

HONORS
Microsoft MVP, 2005 - 2008
Northrop Grumman Site Employee of the Year runner-up, 2002

CERTIFICATIONS
MCSD - Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer in .NET
MCDBA - Microsoft Certified Database Administrator in SQL Server 2000
MCSE - Microsoft Certified Solutions Engineer in Windows Server 2003, 2000
MCAD - Microsoft Certified Applications Developer in .NET
MCSA - Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator in Windows Server 2003, 2000
UML (IBM certification)