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Employer Experience

Below are a few project examples in my career. Please see the Resume for more details.

PayIt (Outdoors)

About

PayIt Outdoors is a digital platform designed to support natural resource agencies’ mission to engage and serve outdoors enthusiasts. Through a single, powerful system, the platform helps agencies recruit, retain, and reactivate hunters, anglers, and other outdoor enthusiasts.

Key features of PayIt Outdoors include:

  • License Sales and Management: Agencies can sell licenses and manage lottery draws efficiently.
  • Marketing Tools: The platform offers tools to run marketing campaigns and drive participation.
  • Event Management: It supports the organization and management of events to engage the community.
  • Data Collection: Collects critical biological data to inform wildlife management.
  • Mobile Accessibility: Provides a mobile app for hunters and anglers to access licenses, report harvests, and more, even in remote areas.
  • Customer Database: Maintains an agency-wide customer database for better engagement and growth.

Overall, PayIt Outdoors aims to streamline operations for natural resource agencies, enhance customer experience, and support conservation efforts.

My Experience

Backend Development
• C#, .Net, Web API, Restful, ASP.Net MVC, Services

Frontend Development
• Web Applications, JavaScript, Vue.js, CSS, HTML, Razor

Data
• Microsoft SQL with Entity Framework, Hangfire (Scheduled Jobs), Stored Procedures, Database Modification

Tools and Process
• Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Agile Scrum, Microsoft SQL Server, Pipelines, JIRA

Products – PayIt Outdoors
• Control Center: Admin platform for customers, agents, transactions, config, and reporting
• Internet Platform: Customer-centric platform for sales, licenses, volunteers, events, and more
• POS Platform: Agent-centric platform for sales, transactions, licenses, and reports Other Projects,

Other Responsibilities and Activities
• Design, create, and implement customer-centric APIs for control center admin

I was on a team focused on product improvements for PayIt Outdoors that focused on products targeting conservation. Additional information about the products is shown in the page (external) links below:

Clearent by Xplor

About

Clearent by Xplor is a leading integrated payment solutions provider. It was founded in 2005 and later merged with Transaction Services Group (TSG) in 2021 to form Xplor Technologies. Xplor offers a range of enterprise software solutions and commerce-accelerating technologies for industries such as Education, Health & Fitness, Boutique Wellness, Field Services, and Personal Services. Their mission is to help businesses grow faster by providing seamless payment processing and innovative software solutions.

Learn more from the YouTube channel here.

My Experience

Backend Development
• C#, .Net, Web API, Restful, ASP.Net, MVC, Services, Microservices

Frontend Development
• Web Applications, Typescript, JavaScript, Angular, CSS, HTML, ASP.Net, MVC, Node.js

Data
• Create and modify database projects to both on-premise and Azure cloud

• Architect, create, and implement messaging solutions with RabbitMQ

Tools and Process
• Postman, Splunk, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Agile Scrum, Redgate, Microsoft SQL Server, Slack, Docker, Pipelines, Container, RabbitMQ

I had the opportunity to be part of an innovative team focused on creating cutting-edge software solutions designed to streamline the onboarding of new merchant applications. My responsibilities included developing and enhancing software solutions that facilitated the underwriting process, ensuring a seamless and efficient experience for new merchants. Additionally, I played a pivotal role in introducing CBD merchants to the company solutions, addressing the unique challenges and compliance requirements associated with this sector. This experience not only honed my technical skills but also deepened my understanding of the payment processing industry and the critical importance of providing secure and reliable financial services to diverse merchant categories.

Products
• Merchant Web Application: View and manage payment processing, accounts, billing, etc.
• Merchant On-Boarding Web Application: Merchant application for payment processing
• Third-Party Integrations: API support for third-party payment processing integrations
• Backend API and Apps: Develop and maintain API and other apps for the business operations

Other

Fair Collections & Outsourcing Inc.

Individually developed aesthetic and functional web pages in ASP.Net Core with C# .Net in Visual Studio

Freelance Website Consultant

  • USA Corvette
  • The Heartland System (Model Railroad Site)
  • Pension Consulting Services, Inc.

Valparaiso University

  • Designed and managed web pages for Valparaiso University
  • Developed online student applications and online forms
  • Developed pages for multiple departments across VU

Surfnet, Inc. (Defunct)

  • Designed and authored websites for customer contracts
  • Local newspapers featured my accomplished work designing the first Schererville, IN police department website as a teenager

Unity IDE Virtual Reality

The Commons XR [https://thecommonsxr.com/]

Part of a software development team that developed a new immersive educational platform specifically designed to conduct and administer portions of classes in VR, enabling educators to see in real-time how well their students are engaging in a lesson, identifying at-risk students while maintaining student data securely.

  • C# .Net Development in Unity, Visual Studio, and Unity Collab
  • Multiplayer Networking and Interactions, Photon, Unity Libraries, User Interface Menus

Windows Application for Asset Management

I worked with a utility client where I first independently gathered requirements from the client, designed, and developed a working prototype C# .NET Windows 7 compatible application (Client’s Requirement) using ADO.NET for MS Access databases.

After the client was satisfied with the user interface and the team implemented the backend datastore, I switched over the production-ready application to use ORACLE database libraries (the ORACLE system was being installed at the time of development).

The Windows application had a snazzy animated client logo graphic (I made it with simple graphics and animation in code), a user interface to view utility equipment in the database, a search bar with many options, a navigation bar, and background logging of environment, time, username, error logging, activities logging, etc. The application runs on the electric grid operator’s Windows 7 computers 24/7 for daily use.

Custom Windows Multi-Threaded File Processing ETL & Database CRUD Application

Individually developed this large custom business software in C# .Net with Visual Studio

Software Features:
• Highly Reliable, Multi-threaded, Continuously Running, Fault-Tolerant, Reporting
• Aesthetic User Interface and Experience with Dashboard
• Real-Time and Historical Logging Display: View, Export, or Import XML Logs with XSD Validation
• Reports Display: Statistics, Results, and Performance of Work Batches
• CRUD: Create, Read, Update, and Delete Data to Microsoft SQL Server
• Dynamically Create and Change SQL Server Database Schema

Financial and Customer Management

Individually developed aesthetic and functional web pages in ASP.Net Core with C# .Net in Visual Studio

Features:
• Query SQL Server, Develop Custom Logic and User Controls
• Implemented Custom CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery
• Display Results with User Interface (ex: datatables, fancy boxes, etc.)

Phone Vendor Web API Interface

Individually developed an interface to a phone vendor Web API for usage in internal company applications.

Activities:
• Developed C# .Net Class Library project to properly form and create external Web API Requests and also process the Response content into .Net models

Features:
• Utility library to asynchronously perform the external Web API requests with query parameters
• Business relevant .Net data class models for Request and Response processing in JSON format