StewShack - Dan Stewart

dan@stewshack.com

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

College for Financial Planning, Greenwood Village, CO

2005 – Present

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.

Indigio, Denver, CO

2004

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.

iKnowledge Solutions, Westminster, CO

2002 – 2004

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.

petroWEB Inc., Denver, CO

2000 – 2002

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.

Lipper Inc., Denver, CO

1998 - 1999

Title: Data Collection Associate

Stillwater NewsPress, Stillwater, OK

1997 - 1998

Title: Web Content Administrator

Description: Converted daily newspaper articles to HTML for publishing to the website.

Education

Western International University, Phoenix, AZ

2008 - 2012

Masters in Information Systems Engineering

4.0 GPA, tutor in Java, HTML, and JavaScript

Information Technology Institute, Denver, CO

1999 - 2000

Certificate in Applied Information Technology

Graduated valedictorian.

Completed projects in ASP, Visual Basic 6, Java, and Oracle.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

1995 - 1998

Bachelor of Science Human Resource Management

Dean’s Honor Roll 1998.

Webmaster for Human Resource Management Association.

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK

1992 - 1994

Trinity Christian School, Stillwater, OK

1988 - 1992

High School Degree

Graduated valedictorian.

Tutor in math and science.

Certifications

Microsoft Certified Application Developer

Volunteer

Lifebyte, Denver, CO

2000 - Present

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.

Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta, Denver, CO

2011 - Present

Title: Volunteer

Description: Helped with the set-up and tear-down of the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta conference.