Jim Swanson

Current

• Software Consultant at Freemind Solutions

Past

• Technical Architect (Consultant) at Target
• Software Architect (Consultant) at Pearson Assessments
• Software Architect at GMAC RFC

• CTO - Senior Software Developer at J. River
• Senior Software Developer at Quorum Litigation Services

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Education

• University of St Thomas
• University of Minnesota
• Boston University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Jim

Connections

133 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Jim Swanson’s Summary

I'm currently a Software Architect (part Application/part Enterprise) working mostly in the Microsoft .NET world. I enjoy challenging problems and building great systems.

Jim Swanson’s Specialties:

Tech Skill List: .NET Architecture, Object and Relational Data Modeling, C#, C++, SQL, XML, Object Databases.

Jim Swanson’s Experience

• Software Consultant

  Freemind Solutions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — Present (9 years)

• Technical Architect (Consultant)

  Target

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TGT; Retail industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

• Software Architect (Consultant)

  Pearson Assessments

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

  July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)

  Worked onsite with Pearson staff to design and develop an online customer satisfaction system for a large airline. Requirements included handling 5,000–10,000 online surveys per day in 10 different languages.
  
  - Created a normalized database model to handle the complex survey definitions and language requirements.
  - Created a workflow-driven survey engine using ASP.NET custom controls and Workflow Foundation Pageflow.
  - Verified anticipated user loads. Designed and executed a system performance test.
  - Performance tuned application and hosted environment. Application is running smoothly in production today.

• Software Architect

  GMAC RFC

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  December 2002 — May 2007 (4 years 6 months)

• CTO - Senior Software Developer

  J. River

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

  1996 — 1999 (3 years)

• Senior Software Developer

  Quorum Litigation Services

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Legal Services industry)

  June 1993 — June 1996 (3 years 1 month)

Additional Information

Jim Swanson’s Websites:

• My Website