Jeffrey Irick / Профиль

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

13+ years experience as a software engineer
Over a decade's experience as an Assistant Professor of Math and Physics
Developed the initial framework for a C#/XML based user Preferences system
Developed the initial framework for a C#/XML/HTML help system
Experienced at working with SQL Server databases both from the perspective of software engineer developing in-code queries as well as using stored procedures
SQL Server database management including user administration, writing stored procedures, queries and functions using SQL Server Management Studio
Well known for being adept at stepping into an unfamiliar application and being able to quickly understand it well enough to successfully fix problems in the application or add new functionality to the application

Websites:
http://www.whitewolfcustomsoftware.com
http://www.electric-guitar-wizard.com

SOFTWARE/SYSTEM SKILLS

Core Competencies (5-13 years)

Visual Studio 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Studio 2005, XML/ XPATH, Visio, Microsoft Foundation Classes, Microsoft XP, Microsoft Data Access Objects, Microsoft Vista, OOD/ OOP, Windows 7, MQL4/MQL5
Secondary Competencies (approx. 2-5 yrs.)

CSS, ADO.NET, HTML, ASP.NET, JavaScript, AJAX, C# 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, SQL Server Express R2, SQLServer 2012, SQL Server Management Studio, WebForms, WinForms, Visual Studio 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, Agile/Scrum – about 5 months

Minimal VB.NET

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance January 2012 – Present
Software Developer
Currently taking assignments to do application development, modification and new functionality implementation for local companies.
Main tools being utilized are VC# 2013 and SQL Server 2012
Development of scripts, indicators and expert advisors for the MetaTrader currency trading platform using MQL4/MQL5

Self Employed May 2010 – Present
Website Development
Creating an electric guitar based ecommerce website (Electric Guitar Wizard): http://www.electric-guitar-wizard.com
Technologies used: Note – the site is completely hand-coded
CSS – Using to develop a table-less design, set global classes for presentation control, style headers, captions, image displays, global website look and feel, element positioning, style quote blocks, style page content, column, footer and header layout and structure as well as creating a slide-out menu structure and setting anchor and link styles
JavaScript – Using to control anchor behavior, link behavior and window popup behavior for images
HTML – Using divs and paragraphs to control content layout, using to specify images sources, sizes, alternate and title text, spans for captions as well as popup window sources and sizes for images, using to control in-site and external navigation
SEO – For page rankings
Monetization models: Affiliate programs and Google AdSense

Self Employed May 2009 to May 2010
Internet Marketer
Affiliate marketing
Article marketing
Email marketing
SEO
Keyword research

Computational Systems, Inc. May 2000 to May 2009
Software Engineer
Maintained and developed existing software applications
Developed new software applications
Repair of customer databases
Assisted Product Support and our Training department with customer and software issues
Examples of accomplishments (.NET related)
Supported a web-based discrepancy tracking application that was created using ASP.NET and AJAX.
The application was originally created by a co-op student and needed a great deal of work.
Added functionality to track a discrepancy through each stage of its lifecycle from its creation to final resolution and release to the end user.
Added functionality to automatically email the proper parties at each stage of a discrepancy’s lifecycle.
The backend was a SQL database which I not only interacted with using ADO, NET but also was the administrator of.
Managed the database using SQL Server Management Studio Express 2005.
Added functionality to the discrepancy tracker to ensure that each user was assigned the proper permissions and roles.
Used C# and JavaScript as code behind in the discrepancy tracker to make the application look, feel and perform as though it were a Windows application rather than a web application.
Created a specialized C#/ADO.NET application that allowed our translators to successfully do translations for various databases for incremental changes of the software between major releases. This included an HTML based Help system.
Developed the initial framework for a C#/XML based user Preferences system.
Developed the initial framework for a C#/XML/HTML help system.
The Help system was designed such that it delivered help information to users and allowed our in-house Tech writers to generate the HTML for the Help system.
The framework used Reflection to determine if the person using it was in-house or an end user.

VC++ 6.0/MFC related
Created a utility that allowed me to generate reports by pulling information from Access databases and populate an Excel spreadsheet with the necessary information.
This also provided me with a powerful tool that I could use to examine databases for problems and repair anything that was founds.
Heavily modified user interfaces in many existing applications
Added much needed functionality to an existing database creation application
Implemented data transfer functionality between hand-held meters and customer databases
Fixed problems and added functionality in a database utility application that allowed customers to accurately copy information between databases or duplicate databases Without these additions, the copy and duplication functionality did not work correctly and could have had dire consequences for the customer
Added functionality to two different software applications to support new data acquisition hardware that had been developed

EDUCATION

East Tennessee State University
M.S. - Computer Science
Computational Systems hired me before degree completion.

Clemson University
PhD Candidate in Physics
Completed 24 Graduate hours before personal issues forced me to leave the program.


East Tennessee State University
M.S - Mathematics
Focus was on Numerical Analysis.
East Tennessee State University
B.S. - Physics /Minored in Mathematics and Computer Science.