James West

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  • About me

    Development Team Lead at 3D Technologies

  • Education

    • Ball State University

      1995 - 1999
      BS Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: Association for Computing Machinery, Eta Sigma Phi

    • Ball State University

      1995 - 1998
      BS Physics, Astronomy Minor

      Activities and Societies: Society of Physics Students, Association for Computing Machinery, Sigma Pi Sigma

    • Ball State University

      1999 - 2000
      MS Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: Society of Physics Students, Sigma Pi Sigma, ACM, Campus Crusade for Christ

  • Experience

    • Missouri Baptist University

      Jan 2001 - Feb 2013

      Responsible for software design and application development for CAMS Enterprise, Blackboard, and other University computing needs; as well as server and database administration. Technologies used include C#, VB, SQL, ASP, ASP.Net, and Java.-Developed custom snapshot integration system to port data from CAMS Enterprise to Blackboard-Implemented CoursEval system for conducting student evaluations of Web courses, and developed integration between CAMS Portals and CoursEval Responsible for implementation and maintenance of the Blackboard Learning Management System, developed integration system to pass data from CAMS to Blackboard. I taught nearly all of the Computer Science courses offered at Missouri Baptist University, from introductory computer literacy, through the Software Engineering capstone course sequence. Subjects include application development in Visual Basic, C#, and Java/JSP, database concepts, and full life-cycle software engineering.

      • Software Developer | C# | ASP.Net | SQL Server

        Jun 2009 - Feb 2013
      • Technical Director for Distance Learning | Blackboard Administrator | Integration Developer

        Dec 2005 - Feb 2013
      • Instructor of Computer Science/Information Technology

        Jan 2001 - Feb 2013
    • McPhitty Solutions

      Jun 2012 - now
      Solutions Architect | Consultant

      Providing consulting, custom software development, and integration services.

    • Covenant Theological Seminary

      Feb 2013 - Nov 2018
      Software Architect | C#/.Net Application Developer | MVC/WebAPI Developer

      In-house, full stack application development using C#, ASP.Net MVC , and Web API. Responsible for the design and implementation of custom web applications and middleware components to support various organizational objectives and business units.-Developed custom Admissions dashboard, increasing productivity by 100%-Developed custom Institutional Advancement dashboard-Developed custom Field Education tracking system-Developed custom Online Registration system

    • IData Incorporated

      Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
      Independent Consultant | Subject Matter Expert (CAMS Enterprise)

      Provided expertise on CAMS Enterprise integration, as well as performing analysis and design duties and SQL data layer development.

    • 360 View

      Nov 2018 - May 2019
      Senior Developer

      Senior Developer developing CRM applications.

    • 3D Technologies, LLC

      May 2019 - now
      Senior Developer | Team Lead
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to James West
      2016 Finalist for Unit4 Best for People Award Unit4 North America May 2016 The Unit4 Customer Awards Program honors customers for creatively leveraging Unit4 solutions within their organizations to achieve new heights of success.http://www.unit4connect.com/innovation-awards
    • Awarded to James West
      Employee of the Month - January 2013 Missouri Baptist University Jan 2013