John Stockton

Programmer, Speaker and Writer on all things Silverlight

Greater Seattle Area

Current
  • RIA Developer at Ascentium
  • Author at Manning Publications
Past

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Education
  • Columbia College
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John Stockton’s Summary

I am a web developer with most of my experience in Microsoft tools and technologies. Having worked on projects for numerous fortune 500 clients and government agencies has given me insight into numerous industries and technologies.

John Stockton’s Specialties:

User interface layout and programming. Silverlight, DHTML, ASP.NET, C#, XML.

John Stockton’s Experience

  • RIA Developer

    Ascentium

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 2008 — Present (3 months)

  • Author

    Manning Publications

    (Publishing industry)

    June 2008 — Present (6 months)

    Currently a co-author writing a chapter for Silverlight 2 in Action.

  • Co-Founder and President

    Cleveland .NET Developers Group

    (Computer Software industry)

    March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)

    Cleveland .NET Developers Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to peer education. It's goal is to get provide a venue for developers to share knowledge with other developers. I led this group through its formation and the organization and hosting of the first Cleveland Day of .NET.

  • Contractor - Software Development

    NEC Unified Solutions

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

    July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  • Contractor - Web & Database Development

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    March 2007 — July 2007 (5 months)

    I am responsible for designing and developing databases and web-based applications for the entering, storing and reporting of data from clinical trials. The Department of Outcomes Research within the Division of Anesthesiology runs numerous trials several of which are multi-center trials at sites around the globe, all of which the applications need to support.

  • Contractor - Web Development

    National City Corp

    (Public Company; Banking industry)

    September 2006 — March 2007 (7 months)

    This was a contract position adding features to a legacy reporting application built in classic ASP and connecting to an Oracle 8i database withCrystal Reports XI as the reporting engine. Position involved much trouble-shooting of obscure issues and performance tuning of the PL/SQL to support very heavy db load and processing.

  • Software Development Engineer II

    NEC Unified Solutions

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

    January 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 8 months)

    Work as primary presentation layer developer in creating management application for VOIP server using ASP.NET and C#. Member of team from time the functional specification was completed until the fourth release of product. Application is true n-tier with distinct objects and layers for specific functions built with an OO architecture built on design derived from CSLA framework. Responsibilities included writing functional specifications, design specifications, developing new code, maintaining existing code and reviewing the work of other developers. I also had a mentoring role for junior developers on presentation layer development, covering both syntax and methodology.

  • Advanced Internet Programmer

    GovTech Solutions

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    June 2001 — January 2004 (2 years 8 months)

    I was responsible for creating official websites for sitting congressmen and Congressional committees. The sites all had custom content management and contact management solutions. One such site was integrated with both the Library of Congress and the Governement Printing Office.

  • Advanced Internet Programmer

    New Media Communications, Inc

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    June 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 7 months)

    Advanced Internet Programmer: Developed ASP/SQL based websites using the newest technologies for high-profile political candidates and public advocacy campaigns. Also furthered the technical stature of the firm and mentored junior developers. Used XML and DHTML to meet client goals. Worked with client representatives to ensure product delivered was what the client requested. Coordinated with political analysts, graphic designers, project managers and marketing specialists to ensure a quality product.

    DBA: As the only DBA in the company, I was responsible for maintaining 5 production and 3 development Microsoft SQL servers (both SQL 2000 and SQL 7.0) as well as creating standards and procedures for developers. I also optimized the databases for performance by creating indexes, improving stored procedures and making table structure modifications.

  • Senior Developer

    DigitalDay

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    August 1999 — June 2001 (1 year 11 months)

    Same as at Mozes Cleveland and Company. Just a different name for the same employer.

  • Senior Programmer

    Mozes Cleveland and Company

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    August 1999 — June 2001 (1 year 11 months)

    Lead Programmer: Designed and developed solutions for new web sites. Created solutions ranging from simple dynamic navigation menus (DHTML) to full-fledged e-commerce sites. As a part of this role I designed and built SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 databases, ASP sites utilizing ADO to connect to those databases, and JavaScript for form field validation as well as for DHTML in some very creative applications.

    Technical Leader: Responsible for coordinating the technical resources for a project while tracking time worked, goals and issues. Worked as a single point of contact between the technical team and the project manager.
    Service Delivery Manager. Allocated resources in the technology group to accomplish project goals and utilize human resources to their full potential. This included evaluating project needs, determining employee's goals and skills, assigning programmers to tasks, and reporting to upper management on status of employees and of projects.

  • Computer Support Specialist

    Columbia College

    (Non-Profit; Higher Education industry)

    October 1997 — July 1999 (1 year 10 months)

    PC Support: Hardware and software support of 200+ faculty and staff Windows95 PC's plus a 100 PC student lab. Performed network support and troubleshooting for Multi-Domain NT LAN. Assisted the Telecommunications Engineer with terminal and phone maintenance. Designed and performed maintenance on multi-user Access databases. Provided phone support for local users, students and remote sites.

    Webmaster: Designed and implemented academic support and prospective student website (www.ccis.edu), including basic page design, assisting users in creating pages and setting user permissions on those pages. Created dynamic database driven pages using ASP, VBScript and JavaScript. Administered Microsoft IIS web server and performed user, site and logging maintenance. Instructed faculty and staff on how to use Microsoft FrontPage to create web pages.

  • 11C Squad Leader

    U.S. Army

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    January 1991 — January 1995 (4 years 1 month)

    Served in numerous positions as a mortar platoon member during deployments as a part of 1/22IN 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. Deployments include Hurricane Andrew Relief in Homestead Florida, Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti.

John Stockton’s Education

  • Columbia College

    BS, CIS, 1995 — 1999

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American Red Cross volunteer, VFW Member

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  •    Seattle's Developer / Designer Interaction Group

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