Program Manager at Microsoft
Ireland
- Current
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- Program Manager at Microsoft
- Past
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- Programmer at Institute of Information Management Bremen LTD, Germany
- Education
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- Trinity College, Dublin
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
Michelle Clarke’s Summary
Michelle Clarke is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer with excellent technical team leadership skills. She is certified in the Microsoft Solutions Framework 3.0 and is a Prince 2™ practitioner.
Michelle Clarke’s Specialties:
Michelle specializes as a C# / ASP.NET developer.
Michelle Clarke’s Experience
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Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Program Manager for the development of the Microsoft Office '14' Live platform (http://www.office.microsoft.com)
- Drive feature design and development of multiple core customer facing features in the Office Live platform
- Leverage the scrum/agile development pargadigm to ensure features are delivered on time
- Manage the integration with other features/teams to ensure common architecture, consistent cross feature design and user experience
- Adopt new technologies such as Silverlight/.NET 3.5/ASP.NET AJAX to deliver a great web experience for Microsoft Office end users -
Partner Technical Specialist
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Partner Technical Specialist responsible for developing the overall strategy for Core and Infrastructure capabilities for Managed Microsoft partners in Ireland
- On point for developing relationship with technical teams, within the top 10 Mid Market Managed Partners, in order to devise the correct, tailored strategy for each partner
- Execute steps needed to develop Microsoft partner technical skills at a corporate and individual level
- Coach and train partner technical community to help them win business through a robust pre-sales technical pitch. Products of particular note are the System Center suite and Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Advise partners in cross selling to win business additional Microsoft business -
Consultant
Avanade
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2006 — January 2007 (1 year )
User Interface Team Leader for a Toyota Car Insurance Web Application
- Lead the user interface development team ensuring the web application was delivered both on time and to specification
- Implemented the front-end user interface using ASP.NET 2.0, HTML and JavaScript
- Developed process logic using the Microsoft User Interface Process Application Block v2.0
- Implemented business logic layer using C# within Visual Studio 2005
Development Team Leader for a custom deployment tool to control the automated server provisioning process in data centers
- Lead the development team through the analysis, design, build, test and deployment for the 3-tier .NET application
- Managed the integration of the tool with other solutions to ensure successful integration with minimal rework
- Implemented the front-end user interface using ASP.NET 2.0
- Developed a decision engine and the middle tier business logic using C#, XML and ACA.NET 4.1 -
Solution Developer
Accenture
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
Program managed the delivery of a custom configuration management tool and deployment service. The integrated suite of tools developed is used for the managing and provisioning of servers and application instances in data centers.
Responsibilities included overseeing the implementation of the full software development lifecycle of analysis, planning, design, build, test and deploy using the Accenture Delivery Methodology
Development of the Proof of Concept for a configuration management tool (see tool described above)
- Developed a facade to the Microsoft Automated Deployment Service using C#/WMI within Visual Studio 2005 Beta Version
- Exposed the facade as a Web Service that conformed to a well-defined contract interface
Architected and developed an environment for the Workflow Engine – Mercury IT Governance. Installed and Configured Oracle 9i Database Server with Oracle Fail Safe Release 3.3.3 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Clustering Services. -
Programmer
Institute of Information Management Bremen LTD, Germany
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2003 — October 2003 (5 months)
Project involved programming a CMS-based website about eCommerce.
Skills gained included:
- Liaising with work colleagues in a team environment through a foreign language
- Gained valuable knowledge about e-Commerce, e-Learning, e-Government and rendering websites to be more accessible to people with disabilities
Michelle Clarke’s Education
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Trinity College, Dublin
BA ICT , Information & Communication Technology , 2000 — 2004
Grade Awarded: 1st class honors
Final Year Project Title: “Exploring constructivist approaches to E-Learning using PDAs”. Developed a collaborative learning tool using the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework v1.0.
As part of degree was selected to participate in the Erasmus Scheme which involved a year studying at a European University –Bremen University in Germany
Additional Information
Michelle Clarke’s Groups:
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Microsoft Employees -
Silverlight Professionals -
Trinity College Dublin - Alumni and Friends -
Senior .NET Developers -
PRINCE2 Practitioner Certified Professionals -
Avanade Employees and Alumni -
Girl Geek Dinners -
Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
Michelle Clarke’s Honors:
• BA ICT [B.A (Mod.) Information and Communications Technology]
• MCSD [Microsoft Certified Solution Developer]
• MSF 3.0 [Microsoft Solutions Framework 3.0]
• Prince2™ [Prince2™ Project Management practitioner]
• Technical editor of an upcoming book on Visual Studio 2008 (due in November!)
