James Manning

Projects:

• Appraisal Independence Management System

  Developed Software-as-a-Service web application serving the mortgage finance industry. Responsible for entire software development, from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Customer features of the application can be found at http://www.aimsdashboard.com/press-releases.

  Took over development of the application and database during the v1 cycle from an existing team of 3. Created data import, cleaning, and synchronization utilities to synchronize appraiser data from multiple federal and state government agencies, including FHA and the National Registry maintained by the ASC. Implemented new development methods including unit tests, automated web tests, introduction of staging and pre-production servers. Source control, bug tracking, and project planning via work items done via Team Foundation Server. Moved database logic away from string-based SQL query generation in the server code to an ORM (Linq-to-SQL). Implemented reports in SQL Server Reporting Services with dynamic generation through the asp.net pages for Excel spreadsheets and PDF reports. Worked with the FBI on an investigation after an attack on our production servers. Ran security audit and implemented changes. Prototyped vNext UI using Silverlight 4, WCF RIA Services, and LINQ-to-Entities. ( C# 3.0, ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ to SQL, AJAX, CSS, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server Reporting Services, JavaScript, jQuery )

Projects:

• Central Command Center

  Architected and implemented SQL Server 2008 database and customer-facing secure ASP.NET 3.5 web services and AJAX-driven web site. Gathered requirements from CEO and President, designed and implemented initial version, then iterated to react to new and changing customer and business requirements. Site allows tracking and remote configuration and control of embedded tracking and sensor devices. Implemented customer alerting system via SMS, email, and web services. ( C# 3.0, ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ to SQL, AJAX, CSS, SQL Server 2008, JavaScript, Prototype, Scriptaculous, jQuery, Google Maps API )

• M2M Device Data and Control Service

  Worked with hardware and firmware design teams to create a compact protocol for interchange of data and instructions between our embedded devices over TCP and UDP. Created multi-threaded server to gather data from devices ( C# 3.0, WCF, LINQ-to-SQL )

Projects:

• Team Foundation Server - Version Control

  Joined team during development of the 1.0 version of Team Foundation Server. Worked primarily on the Version Control object model and command-line interface. Activities included design, specification, and implementation of API and client functionality, including creation of unit and behavior tests. Authored team C# coding guidelines for use by all Team Foundation Server developers. ( C# 3.0, IIS, ASP.NET, T-SQL )

  Connected with and helped customers of Team Foundation Server through my blog and TFS forums. Worked on high-priority projects and fixes directly with customers across the world.

• Team Foundation Server - Administration/Operations Tools

  Joined as founding member of a newly created team to focus on the administration and operations experience of Team Foundation Server. Took over ownership of several tools and utilities from other teams and developers. Initial work during the Team Foundation Server 2008 release focused on bug fixing and the creation of some new utilities. Work on Team Foundation Server 2010 included a full rewrite of the install/setup experience to make it simpler and more robust. Created and owned the configuration engine that configures TFS, written with C# 3.0 and T-SQL. Team development done via agile methodologies, including daily stand-up scrum meetings, sprints, backlogs, and burn-down charts. ( C# 3.0, IIS, ASP.NET, T-SQL )

  Worked on the implementation of the Team Foundation Server Best Practices Analyzer including hosting the PowerShell engine in-process, PowerShell scripts, and C# code to analyze and diagnose the configuration of a Team Foundation Server.

  Mentored other Microsoft developers on C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, LINQ, PowerShell V2.0 and SQL Server 2008.

Projects:

• WebSys 3.0 Offline Use Tech Lead

  Took over the tech lead of the 3.0 release of the flagship WebSys product, the first with Offline Use capability implemented with Oracle replication. Wrote PL/SQL reliable data synchronization packages to perform online backups of Oracle instance data to user's CD-RW drive. ( Eclipse, Oracle, Struts, Java, PL/SQL stored procedures )

• Automated Test Harness

  Created multi-stage test harness for driving server-side migration away from COM+/ASP/ADO towards J2EE/JSP/JDBC. Two database instances started with identical data, MaxQ drives the same transactions through the old (ASP) and new (JSP) servers and the databases are compared afterward with some regular expressions used to prevent false positives. ( Eclipse, Java, JSP, Tomcat, Apache, MaxQ )

• Open-Source migration

  Created new Bugzilla server and migrated existing bug-tracking data from proprietary Soffront Track32 system. Created new CVS repository and migrated source from existing Microsoft Visual SourceSafe database. ( Perl, XML, VSS, CVS )

Projects:

• Lead Developer - Web Services Integration

  Created encrypted web services for exposing real-time data feeds to customers. Created Unicenter integration package to consume the data feeds. ( Eclipse, Apache Axis/SOAP, Unicenter SLM, tclsoap, tcllib, tclxml, SOAP, HTTPS )

• Lead Database Developer - Real-time Alerting

  Created an alerting system based on customer-defined warning and critical events. Alerts sent emails, pages, and created tracking tickets. ( Oracle Enterprise Manager, TOAD, PL/SQL stored procedures, Java stored procedures )

• Lead Database Developer - Direct Peer Payment

  Converted existing sweepstakes-based backend to time+money tracking system. Payments generated based on multiple inputs (referrals, work processed). Payments sent monthly automatically via Paypal. ( Oracle Enterprise Manager, TOAD, PL/SQL stored procedures, Java stored procedures )

• Firefighter - Performance Improvements

  Performed analysis and fixes for performance problems in our Oracle-on-Solaris database backend. Fixed critical queries using suboptimal query plans via SQL hints. ( tkprof, SQL*Plus, Solaris, itrprof )

• Lead Developer - peerReview Web Applications

  Creation of customer-facing web applications for reporting/charting peformance data. Created unit tests to provide component testing. ( Eclipse, JSP, J2EE, EJB, JDBC, PopChart, JUnit )

• Developer - Porivo Application Server

  Created server that communicated with rich clients via XML messages. Wrote database-connection pool including performance tracking, dead connection reap/cleanup, and run-time performance tracing. ( Eclipse, JDBC, XML, SAX, DOM, Tomcat )

• Lead Developer - Peer Swing GUI

  Wrote multi-threaded GUI to replace existing Flash-based UI. ( Java, Eclipse, Swing )

Projects:

• Designed, simulated, tested and put into production FPGA and PCB designs for in-system trace gathering and storage into target ramdrives. ( Verilog HDL, VHDL, Synplify, Xilinx Design Manager, Viewlogic, p-cad, Agilent logic analyzers, Infinium digital oscilloscopes, Texas Memory Systems ramdrives )

• Implemented a software+hardware system for data extraction from ramdrives. Debugged and provided fixes for vendor device drivers on Windows and Linux. Wrote data-streaming library and utilities for high-speed transfer of processor-bus traces. ( ANSI C, Expect, minicom )

• Implemented code review and performance analysis of all department modeling software, resulting in speed improvements from 4x to 20x. Designed and implemented performance testing framework for RAID controller firmware modifications. Created Linux device driver for gigabit ethernet card. ( ANSI C, Linux )

Projects:

• Installed, configured, and performed performance tuning on Linux and AIX servers. Created hybrid hardware/software RAID arrays for high-performance data storage. Creation and performance tuning of fiber-based gigabit networks, web servers, and storage arrays. ( AIX, Linux, Apache )

Projects:

• Ran 2 AFS cells of 16 total servers and 300+ AIX and Solaris clients. Performed network design and implementation. Implemented server and network monitoring via SNMP and HP OpenView. Wrote Perl and Perl/Tk programs for AFS/AIX/Solaris admin, tape backup, data mirroring, log processing, and monitoring. Setup and administered web servers. Tech support for all problems including networking, AIX, and printers. Created and managed a 100+ system LoadLeveler pool for chip design simulations. ( AIX, AFS, Perl, Perl/Tk, SNMP, Korn shell, LoadLeveler, HP OpenView )