detail-driven • full-stack • leadership

Full-Stack Senior Software Engineer

Technically solid and detail-focused full-stack Senior Software Engineer adept in AI prompt engineering, including hands-on GitHub Copilot prompt engineering and agent orchestration. Creative problem solver and clever out-of-the-box thinker with a deep understanding of the full range of technologies that a software shop depends on to run the business. Proficient communicator and leader with gregarious hard-working personality.

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Who I am

Senior full‑stack software engineer based in Minneapolis, pairing deep .NET and Angular experience with strong communication, mentoring, and cross‑team collaboration.

What I build

Production systems across order management, finance, and insurance: high‑reliability web apps, APIs, and services on ASP.NET Core, Angular, SQL Server, and Azure.

How I work

Blend of architectural thinking and hands‑on delivery: domain‑driven design, refactoring legacy platforms, shaping data models, and partnering closely with business stakeholders.

Career through‑line

A steady progression from help desk and Java intern to senior engineer across healthcare, legal, and manufacturing — consistently owning complex, business-critical systems end-to-end.

Skills

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AI & Developer Productivity

GitHub Copilot prompt engineering Claude prompt engineering AI-assisted development workflows Agent orchestration

Programming Languages & Scripting

C# JavaScript TypeScript T-SQL SQL (relational databases) X++ Java PHP C++ Visual Basic / VB.NET VBScript Python PowerShell Bash / Shell scripting xHTML/XML/XSLT JSON YAML Markdown Regex Shell scripting for CI/CD (Bash/PowerShell in pipelines)

.NET & Backend Frameworks

.NET (Framework, .NET Core, .NET 5+ / .NET 8 / .NET 10-ready) ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core MVC ASP.NET Core Web API ASP.NET Razor Pages ASP.NET MVC (classic) ASP.NET WebForms Entity Framework Entity Framework Core LINQ Background services & hosted services Middleware design Dependency Injection (Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection) Configuration & options pattern Logging & diagnostics (ILogger, log4net, Serilog exposure) Asynchronous programming (async/await, Tasks) REST API design & implementation WCF (legacy support) Windows Services and worker processes

Frontend Frameworks & Web Technologies

Angular (10+) SPA architecture HTML5 CSS3 Responsive web design Bootstrap SCSS/SASS/LESS RxJS TypeScript tooling (tsconfig, linting, build) JavaScript modularization and bundling REST/JSON-based front-end integration Client-side form validation Cross-browser compatibility considerations

Cloud, Hosting & DevOps

Azure (App Services, Storage, Service Bus, Azure SQL) Azure Service Bus Azure DevOps Boards Azure DevOps Repos Azure DevOps Pipelines (CI/CD) Build and release pipelines Docker (containerizing .NET and Node/Angular apps) Kubernetes / k8s concepts (deploying microservices) Configuration-as-code for pipelines IIS configuration & deployment Windows Server administration Application monitoring & logging in production Environment configuration (Dev/Test/Prod)

Architecture, Patterns & Practices

Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Layered and hexagonal architectures Microservices architecture SOLID principles Clean code practices Refactoring legacy applications Event-driven and message-based architectures Inversion of Control (IoC) / Dependency Injection Repository & Unit Of Work patterns CQRS (exposure/experience) Caching strategies Error handling & resiliency Code review and mentoring Technical design and solution architecture

Databases & Data Access

SQL Server T-SQL stored procedures, views, functions Database schema design & normalization Query optimization and indexing Entity Framework / EF Core data modeling MySQL DB2 SQL (exposure/legacy support) AS400 / iSeries database concepts ORMs (Entity Framework, Fluent NHibernate) Database migration strategies

Messaging, Integration & APIs

RESTful APIs (design, versioning, documentation) SOAP (legacy integration) WCF services (legacy support) IBM MQ Azure Service Bus messaging Message-based integration patterns Webhooks Swagger / OpenAPI Authentication & authorization flows (JWT, OAuth2, OpenID Connect) Auth0 API gateway and routing concepts

Tools & Platforms

Visual Studio Visual Studio Code SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Git Azure DevOps TFS SVN Node.js (tooling & backend) NPM package management MSBuild IIS Windows Server DevExpress Kendo UI MorphX - Dynamics AX 2012 Microsoft Office

Testing, Quality & Delivery

Unit testing in .NET (xUnit / NUnit / MSTest exposure) Integration testing of APIs and services Test-driven development (TDD exposure/practice) Mocking frameworks (Moq) Code coverage and quality metrics Continuous Integration (CI) Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD) Deployment pipelines and release gates Peer code reviews and standards enforcement

Security, Performance & Reliability

Authentication & authorization in ASP.NET Core Role-based and claims-based security Secure coding practices (OWASP awareness) Input validation & output encoding Secrets management (Key Vault, configuration providers) HTTPS, TLS and certificate basics Performance profiling and tuning SQL performance tuning Caching (in-memory and distributed, Redis exposure) Resilient HTTP calls (retries, timeouts, circuit breakers with Polly) Logging & monitoring strategies

Legacy & Desktop Technologies

WinForms WPF Silverlight (legacy support) WebForms maintenance and modernization Windows desktop deployment considerations

Processes & Collaboration

Agile / Scrum Requirements gathering & refinement Stakeholder communication Technical documentation Mentoring and onboarding developers Cross-team collaboration (Product, QA, Ops, Business)

Spoken Languages

English (written/spoken) Spanish (written/spoken) Russian (menial)

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Protolabs • Maple Plain, MN

2018-11 — Present

As a member of the Corporate Systems team, I create and maintain core company payment and order processing systems including extensive ERP functionalities.
Collaborate closely with the Shipping, Manufacturing and e-Commerce dev teams
Continuously modernizing the development workflow with AI-assisted tools and practices.
Transformed credit card processing, ERP, order management and reporting and shipping and manufacturing operations software.

C# X++ T-SQL Typescript/Javascript Angular EntityFramework Core Razor Pages AspNetCore WebAPI (microservice/k8s) Azure Service Bus WinForms Powershell automation Domain-driven design

Software Engineer

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists • St. Paul, MN

2016-10 — 2018-08

Created and enhanced multiple web portals using .NET WebForms, WCF, Entity Framework, DevExpress.
Advanced abilities in requirements gathering, stakeholder communication and architectural design.
Restructured legacy AS400 database structures and upgraded core company infrastructures.
Modernized company subsidiary information platform to integrate into parent company standards.

C# ASP.NET WebForms WCF Entity Framework DevExpress AS400 SQL

Senior Software Engineer

MN Lawyers Mutual Insurance • Minneapolis, MN

2014-08 — 2016-09

Created dashboard application with Node.js, Angular 2, MVC5, KendoUI, WebAPI2 and EF6 for DevOps.
Restructured legacy underwriting, claims and application systems using WPF, WinForms and WebForms.
Responded to user feature requests and production issues as business processes evolved.
Architected new foundation for future development utilizing IoC and CastleWindsor.
Implemented custom libraries wrapping MSBuild and log4net to enhance new applications.

Node.js Angular ASP.NET MVC WebAPI Entity Framework Kendo UI WPF Castle Windsor MSBuild log4net

Software Engineer Consultant

Surescripts • Minneapolis, MN

2014-02 — 2014-05

Created notification system for healthcare insurance managers with patient location of care details.
Integrated a C#/.NET and Java messaging system platform independent Messaging & Queuing (IBM MQ).
Facilitated software component maintainability through inversion of control utilizing Castle Windsor.
Improved database access via Fluent NHibernate ORM for saving outgoing message components.
Consumed Java web services with Apache CXF and JAX-B implementations of JAX-RS.

C# Java IBM MQ Castle Windsor Fluent NHibernate Apache CXF JAX-RS

Applications Developer

UnitedHealthcare • Minnetonka, MN

2011-07 — 2014-02

Converted manual insurance plan maintenance processes to MVC web portal with Agile methodology.
Advanced skills in MVC (C#, .Net, SQL, VBA, jQuery and Business Rule Processing).
Gathered and documented requirements for new software features.
Designed database sections, maintained deploy processes and documented team procedures.

ASP.NET MVC C# SQL VBA jQuery

1st Lieutenant - Signal Officer

MN Army National Guard • Faribault, MN

2010-06 — 2015-06

Managed 20+ Soldiers and oversaw platoon operations.
Planned communication missions and ensured efficient training plans.
Supervised the maintenance of over $9,000,000 worth of equipment.
Gained leadership insights and personal courage.

Freelance E-tail Web Developer

Socha3.com • Minneapolis, MN

2009-02 — 2011-02

Launched Socha3.com, an online retailer with 12,000+ nutritional supplements and colognes.
Administered shipments, logistics, taxes and wholesale partnerships.
Built on WAMP with PHP, MySQL, jQuery, JavaScript, AJAX, XML and xHTML.
Fulfilled several orders a week for a national customer base.

PHP MySQL JavaScript jQuery AJAX WAMP

Computer Help Desk Technician

The College of St. Scholastica • Duluth, MN

2005-09 — 2009-11

Supported 5000+ students, faculty and staff with computer repair and technology services.
Served as Team Leader for over a year.
Trained new technicians and improved processes to increase efficiencies.
Employee of the Month (first in 2009).

Java Web Developer Intern

Supervalu • Eden Prairie, MN

2007-06 — 2007-08

Assisted with streamlining the retail inventory system used by 100s of grocery stores.
Coded web applets with JSP, Java, JavaBeans and SQL.
Resolved production website errors.
Wrote SQL scripts to be used by teammates.

Java JSP SQL

Education

The University of St. Thomas

M.S. in Software Engineering

2024 - 2028 • St. Paul, MN

The College of St. Scholastica

B.A. in Computer Science/Information Systems

2005 - 2010 • Duluth, MN

Graduated Summa Cum Laude; top GPA in departments and on Dean’s List every semester.
Cumulative GPA: 3.85
Additional major in Spanish with minors in Management and Russian.

Study Abroad

Chilean Culture Course (Jan 2010) – Valparaiso, Chile
Russian Language Camp (Jun–Jul 2008) – Petrozavodsk, Russia
Mexico Missions Trip (May–Aug 2006) – Tlaxiaco, Mexico

Organizations

Div. II Football (Aug 2008 – Sep 2009)
Cross Country (Aug – Nov 2007)
Spanish Tutor (Sep – Dec 2009)
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Praise Band & Board Member (Sep 2006 – Mar 2008)
Webmaster for The Cable (Oct 2006 – May 2007)