Kirk Hofer

Experience

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  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  Feb 1994 - Feb 1995

  Internship

  - Analyzed and designed a document tracking system in FoxPro- Supervised and instructed all new programmers on systems

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  Data Documents

  Feb 1995 - Feb 1996

  Programmer

  - Worked on a customer service inventory management system using Visual Basic- Analyzed and designed a disaster recovery module- Enhanced a forms analysis tool- Re-engineered a communications package- Converted manual EDI processes into an automated process- Improved security on a credit card billing process by making the system non-interactive

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  Applications Design and Development

  Mar 1996 - Dec 1997

  Consultant

  - Worked on a system developed in Visual Basic to show current location information of tagged equipment- Maintained a train management system in PowerBuilder using a mapping interface- Used Visual C++ to develop the presentation tier of a three-tier system. TUXEDO was the messaging system used to transfer information between business services, written in C++ running on the UNIX server, and to the data services utilizing Oracle and an interface with the mainframe

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  Rainier

  Jan 1998 - Dec 2001

  Architectural Consultant

  - Worked with the Microsoft team early on to develop .Net applications before Visual Studio existing in Notepad- Worked with a client to deliver SQL 2000 OLAP solutions at launch- Worked on a management system to maintain contacts- Analyzed a system to use Site Server 3.0 as the basis for an intranet registration system- Developed a work flow system that integrated Exchange, SQL Server and a Visual Basic front-end- Created an internal skills inventory system for the intranet using ASP, HTML and SQL Server- Worked on an Intranet rollout system for Windows 95 using ASP, HTML, SQL Server and Access for a large banking client- Created an Intranet authoring web to create articles for a large publishing company in Denmark. Used ASP, DHTML, MTS, COM objects built in Visual Basic and SQL Server. This product was also integrated with Site Server for various aspects- Wrote an e-Commerce site for a major jewelry store in Omaha, NE. Used Commerce Server, ASP and SQL Server- Architected a web grocery shopping system. User Commerce Server, ASP, XML, XSLT and SQL Server- Designed and implemented a web dispatch system using ASP, XML, XSL, Qualcomm and SQL Server Show less

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  TSLCompanies

  Jan 2002 - Aug 2007

  Vice President-Information Technology

  - Headed up system of 100+ users with multiple back ends including Windows 2000 and SCO UNIX- Migrated several key business systems from UNIX C to Microsoft C# Windows Applications using SQL Server as the backend. Major roles included Systems Architect, DBA and Programmer- Architected a business layer systems to promote communications between external customer and internal customers using Microsoft C#, MSMQ and SQL Server- Responsible for all IT management decisions for up to 6 individuals spanning System Engineers and Developers- Liaison to all business units to help determine how systems can be used to further all areas Show less

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  Inetium

  Aug 2007 - Mar 2009

  - General Manager of Omaha office specializing in BI, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM - Local Virtual Technical Specialist for Microsoft SharePoint- Helped companies migrate from existing systems to SharePoint 2007- Created interfaces with Dynamics CRM to connect to SharePoint- Created an invoice generation tool that lived in SharePoint and integrated with mainframe technologies- Helped create an Intranet solution using SharePoint 2007 for a large knowledge management company

  • General Manager/SharePoint Consultant

    Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

  • Senior Consultant

    Aug 2007 - Mar 2009
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  Deliveron Consulting Services

  Mar 2009 - May 2012

  Solution Consultant

  - Helped develop strategies for clients to understand business requirements to better adopt new technologies- Implemented several solutions utilizing best practices in SharePoint- Built end-to-end integration solutions utilizing Microsoft technologies with BizTalk, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, SharePoint, Excel and PerformancePoint Services- Configured several large farm solutions utilizing SharePoint Server 2010- Helped implemented an accounts payables solution using InfoPath, SharePoint, Great Plains and BizTalk Show less

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  Milestone Consulting Group

  May 2012 - Aug 2013

  Principal Technical Consultant

  - Business Intelligence lead for our Microsoft EPM offering built on Project Server 2010- Worked with client to understand the need for data transformation and use throughout organizations- Worked with large clients to make use of data analytics and create reusable solutions

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  Farm Credit Services of America

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2020

  - Lead developer on a BI team that provides resources to several areas of the organization - Work with other areas of the business to provide architecture and guidance with many Microsoft solutions - Migrated a legacy Data Warehouse solution to modern technology - Lead the thought and innovation process to build more reusable solutions - Help drive the overall architecture for two teams - Worked to help ensure standards and processes were being met - Helped create the DevOps process for code and release strategies - Aligned with the business on requirements and solutions - Developer on a BI team - Used SQL, SSIS, SSAS, Power BI and PowerShell to develop solutions - Created a reusable metadata driven solution to generate code

  • Lead Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse Developer

    Jan 2017 - Oct 2020

  • Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse Architect

    Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse Developer

    Sept 2013 - Oct 2015
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  Lunavi

  Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  Director of Data Analytics

  - Lead the Data Analytics Center of Excellence - Lead a team of developers - Work with the business and other IT areas to solve data issues using the Microsoft Data Platform - Work on projects with teams to build agile solutions using Azure DevOps - Work with recruiting team to find the best talent

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  Microsoft

  Aug 2022 - now

  - Listen and understand our customers' needs- Work directly with my sales counterparts to recommend solutions to our customers- Deep knowledge and workings on Azure OpenAI - Work with customers to implement Data & AI within the organization- Work heavily with Power BI and the Embed solutions with our customer- Integrate Azure OpenAI into many solutions and on your own data

  • Senior Azure Technical Specialist

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Senior Cloud Solution Architect

    Aug 2022 - Jul 2023