StewShack - Dan Stewart

About Me

• I am an aspiring Software Craftsman.
• This site is a way for me to grow as a developer and teach others what I have learned.

Professional Experience

• 1/5/2005 – Present College for Financial Planning, Greenwood Village, CO
• Title: Software Developer
• Description: Created new ASP.NET MVC 2 C# websites to replace classical ASP websites. Maintained and enhanced both ASP and ASP.NET C# Web forms. Added value by allowing custom branding of course content delivery system for corporate clients using CSS. Updated existing MS SQL Server data model and stored procedures to meet business needs using TSQL. Delivered a monthly Web statistics report using Google Analytics. Used Crystal Reports to deliver business intelligence reports. Mentored other team members through structured training sessions.

• 9/5/2004 – 12/30/2004 Indigio, Denver, CO
• Title: Contract Software Developer
• Description: Development using ASP.NET C# on existing websites to meet business needs. Built console applications using C# to transfer files and process e-mails to a MS SQL Server database. Helped redesign an existing legacy ASP website.

• 12/14/2002 – 8/31/2004 iKnowledge Solutions, Westminster, CO
• Title: Software Developer / Team Leader
• Description: Led a team of three developers upgrading the existing ASP i.get.it Learning Management System to ASP.NET C#. Built stored procedures with TSQL for all data transactions. Normalized the existing relational database reducing it by 62%. Designed the site with CSS to make it compliant with Section 508. Provided customer service to all internal and external customers. Made the existing courseware in the system compliant with AICC.

• 8/21/2000 – 11/2/2002 petroWEB Inc., Denver, CO
• Title: Software Developer
• Description: Used ASP.NET C# to access oil, water, and gas production XML data transforming it into a Web report using XSLT. Chart FX.NET was implemented to display the data graphically. Developed a classical ASP employment site for the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. Maintained legacy ASP site interfacing with AutoDesk MapGuide plug-in.

• 1998 to 1999 Lipper Inc., Denver, CO
• Title: Data Collection Associate

• 1997 to 1998 Stillwater NewsPress, Stillwater, OK
• Title: Web Content Administrator
• Description: Converted daily newspaper articles to HTML for publishing to the website.

• 2008 to Present Western International University, Phoenix, AZ
• Masters in Information Systems Engineering
• Tutor in Java, HTML, JavaScript

• 1999 to 2000 Information Technology Institute, Denver, CO
• Certificate in Applied Information Technology
• Graduated valedictorian.
• Completed projects in ASP, Visual Basic 6, Java, and Oracle.

• 1995 to 1998 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
• Bachelor of Science Human Resource Management
• Dean’s Honor Roll 1998.
• Webmaster for Human Resource Management Association.

• 1992 to 1994 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK

• 1988 to 1992 Trinity Christian School, Stillwater, OK
• High School Degree
• Graduated valedictorian.
• Math and science tutor.

• Microsoft Certified Application Developer

• 2000 to Present Lifebyte, Denver, CO
• Title: Lead Developer
• Description: Lead the development of the Lifebyte.org website. Every Tuesday and Thursday met with other developers over Skype to work on the site. Used GitHub as the source code repository.