About

Lifelong musician and drummer. Long time software developer. Making music and building things is my passion.

Musician, Drummer

Playing, performing, and teaching semi-professionally since the 1990's. Skilled in multiple genres: rock, progressive rock, funk, blues, latin, jazz, electronica, americana, pop, afro-cuban, and more.

Previous Project: The Elle Christine Band
Current Project: River City Syndicate - https://www.facebook.com/rivercitysyndicateva

Influences: Rush, Iron Maiden, Buddy Rich, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Porcupine Tree, Tool, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Dream Theater, Tangerine Dream, Jesper Kyd, Vital Signs, Peter Gabriel, Sting, and countless others.

Full Stack Software Developer, Engineer

Writing code and building things professionally since 1999.

Languages

C#, VB.NET, Python, SQL, T-SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, HTML, CSS, SASS, LESS, GraphQL

Frameworks, Libraries

.NET Framework 4.8x, .NET Core, .NET 8, React.js, Entity Framework, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET Razor Pages, ASP.NET Blazor (limited), jQuery, Bootstrap, PostgreSQL

IDEs, Source Control

Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, pgAdmin, MS SSMS, DBeaver, RedGate MultiScript, Postman, GitHub, Azure DevOps

Cloud Services

AWS Services, Microsoft Azure Services

Project Management

Azure DevOps, Jira Software, GitHub Projects, Atlassian Confluence, Agile Practices, Kanban practices

Areas of Speciality

RESTFul API Development, ASP.NET MVC/Razor Pages App Development, Software Release Management, DevOps Management and Coordination, Standards and compliance protocols, Documentation, Team Lead, Project Management, Mentoring.

Beyond development, I've held leadership roles as Team Manager, Release Manager, DevOps Manager, Scrum Master, Project Manager, and team mentor. These experiences have honed my ability to effectively collaborate, lead teams, and drive successful project completion while fostering a positive work environment.

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