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Brian has over twenty years of experience in solutions architecture and application development using object-oriented technologies. Additionally, over eighteen years of Microsoft development experience coupled with industry best practices and patterns, domain/business knowledge, project management and agile practices has enabled him to be a well-rounded information technology professional. Brian has played an essential role in all phases of the software development life cycle while aligned with agile software development best practices. Brian is passionate about empowering and enabling others through learning and education by leading training classes, facilitating seminars and delivering community presentations. Brian has architected and delivered million-dollar business impacting solutions across many industries utilizing the latest in cloud technologies.
SkillsLanguages: C#, C++, VB.NET, ASP.NET (Core/MVC), Visual BASIC, C, TSQL, PL/SQL, CSS, XAML, XML/XSLT/XPath, HTML/XHTML, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS, React, Node), VBScript, Java, JSP
Frameworks: .NET [ Framework/Core/Standard (including WPF/WCF/WF) ]
Platforms / OS: Microsoft Azure (Project Red Dog), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows Desktop (all), Windows Server (all), Android, Xamarin
Servers: BizTalk Server [versions 2000 to 2016], SharePoint/Online [versions 2003 to 2019]
IDE Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio [versions 6 to 2019 (including TFS & Azure DevOps)], Eclipse, IntelliJ, Xamarin Studio
Reporting: Microsoft PowerBI, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, Crystal Reports
Business Applications: Microsoft 365 development, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft PowerApps, Microsoft Flow, Microsoft Teams
Database Systems: SQL Server [versions 7 to 2019], Sybase, Oracle [versions 8i to 12c]
Web Servers: Microsoft IIS [versions 4 to 10], Nginx, Node.js, Apache, Lotus Domino, WebLogic
System Design: Microsoft Expression Blend, Visio, Rational Rose
Methodologies: Agile (XP, Kanban), Object-Oriented (UML), Waterfall, RAD
Virtualization: VMWare, Microsoft Virtual PC/Server/Hyper-V
Industries: Government, Agriculture, Insurance, Manufacturing, Engineering/Architecture, Finance, Health Care, Hospitality
Education- Bellevue University, B.Sc. in Management of Information Systems
- Metropolitan Community College, A. A. Sc. in Networking Technology
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- Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
- Microsoft Certified Azure (Developer/Administrator/DevOps Engineer/Solutions Architect/Data Scientist)
- Adjunct Professor at Creighton University (College of Business Administration/IT, 2 years)
- Working with Microsoft Learning to advance the development of several certification exams (2008 to present)
- Heartland Developer’s Conference coordinator and attendee
- Omaha Microsoft Technology Group coordinator and speaker, encompassing local user groups (SQL/Biztalk/Team System and .NET)
- Tampa and Orlando User Groups & Code Camps attendee and speaker
- Microsoft Ignite speaker
