Ben Burns

Experience

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  The University of Alabama in Huntsville

  Aug 2009 - May 2011

  Cooperative Education Student

  Work summary for each of five semesters (timeline changed to fit linkedin format): regression tester for radio software; assist with CMMI audit; developed financial tracking system in Excel with VBA; created automated tests in QuickTest Professional; added device support for OASIS platform.

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  Torch Technologies, Inc.

  May 2011 - Jun 2016

  Developer

  JEST (Joint Event Support Tool)JEST is a web application to assist in the managing of requirements and participant requests related to upcoming test events hosted by PACOM (Pacific Command). Primary developer responsible for the application front end, back end, and related SQL. Deployed to Microsoft Azure for testing. Participated in daily scrum/agile meetings, and managed code and tasks through Team Foundation Studio. (SharePoint 2010, C#.NET, JavaScript/jQuery/knockout.js, MS SQL, TFS)TRACE (Torch Resume And Corporate Experience)TRACE is a web application to track employee experience to assist the company when bidding contract proposals, and export to OpenXML compatible documents. Co-creator on a team of two and involved in the development of the front end, back end, and related SQL. (C#.NET/MVC/Razor, JavaScript/Telerik/jQuery, XSLT, MS SQL)Shuttle/WEDGE (Warfighter’s Edge) Shuttle was a Windows desktop application to manage files and assist in mission planning for the Air Force. Specialized in network connectivity and coordination with the back end service. Amazon Web Services (AWS) was used for testing purposes. Participated in daily scrum/agile meetings, and managed code and tasks through TFS. (C#/WPF/XAML, WCF, AWS, TFS)Universal Documentation System (UDS)UDS is a Windows desktop application to manage electronic requirements documents and provide detailed revision tracking. Specialized in the capability to export to an OpenXml compliant (MS Word) document. Participated in daily scrum/agile meetings, and managed code and tasks through TFS. (C#/WPF/XAML, XSLT, TFS)Open Architecture for Semi-Autonomous Integrated Sensors (OASIS)OASIS was a standalone device for remote surveillance using COTS components. Responsible for writing device drivers for multiple COTS sensors (GPS, cellular, Zigbee/RF, camera, temperature) to interact with the embedded ARM system, including designing and debugging hardware changes. (C, IAR IDE w/ limited assembly) Show less

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  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  Application Developer

  Member of team responsible for department-managed C#.NET web applications. I answer support tickets via Request Tracker (RT) and add new features per requirement updates. Responsibilities include developing and managing website application front ends, back ends, related SQL, IIS setup and configuration, automating deployment through Visual Studio Online, and creating and managing application test cases. (C#, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript/jQuery/knockout.js, MS SQL, IIS, VSO)

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  Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Dec 2017 - Jun 2019

  Application Developer

  Maintained legacy C# asp.net web forms apps used for internal business processes. My responsibilities spanned the full web stack from writing stored procedures for the Oracle backend to writing custom javascript for the frontend.

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  Torch Technologies, Inc.

  Jun 2019 - now

  Software Design Engineer

  Project Lead for CODEX (COntract Data EXchange). CODEX is used to facilitate information exchange between Torch, subcontractors, and government customers. My role is to meet with key stakeholders, prioritize new feature development, plan development effort, manage our small team of developers, manage the Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline, and work as the lead developer for the project. CODEX is currently using C# dotnet core (aspnet core razor pages) on top of a MS SQL Server backend, with a minimal frontend primarily leveraging the Telerik Kendo UI tool suite, hosted on-prem. We are currently in the process of migrating the application to a react SPA frontend with decoupled C# API backend. Show less