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C#
.NET Framework
.NET Core
T‑SQL
SQL
Microsoft SQL Server
EF
WCF
WPF
ASP.NET MVC
Razor
MSTest
AWS S3
jQuery
Sass
Less
Knockout
Magick.NET
Bootstrap
JSON
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CSS
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A11y
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EXIF
LINQ to SQL
ADO.NET
IIS
Windows Forms
ASMX
ASP.NET Web Forms
P/Invoke

Experience

Nations Holding Company

Developer

Prairie Village, KSKansas

2014–2019

Used Microsoft technologies, primarily .NET 4.5–4.7.2 via C# and SQL Server 2008 R2–2012

Developed and maintained ASP.NET sites, both Web Forms and MVC with Razor, including Bootstrap-based CSS and jQuery-centered JavaScript
Developed and maintained multithreaded windows services
Developed and maintained Web API services
Refactored existing and acquired .NET software to simplify structure, remove redundancy, enhance clarity, and optimize performance
Developed, optimized, and maintained SQL Server queries
Advocated and implemented incorporation of EF, ELMAH, and Glimpse
Integrated the above, frequently writing entire vertical slices solo

Velocity Squared

Developer

Baton Rouge, LALouisiana

2007–2014

Used Microsoft technologies, primarily .NET 2.0–4.5 via C# and SQL Server 2005–2012

Developed and maintained client applications in Windows Forms and WPF
Developed and maintained multithreaded code in every style from direct use of primitives to Parallel Extensions, i.e. TPL and PLINQ
Developed and maintained ASP.NET sites, both traditional and MVC with Razor, including CSS and JavaScript using jQuery
Developed and maintained ASMX and WCF services and clients as well as ASP.NET HTTP handlers
Developed and maintained business layers with backing data layers in ADO.NET, LINQ to SQL, and EF
Designed and implemented SQL Server database schema additions
Developed and maintained T-SQL stored procedures, functions, and triggers
Extensively used Framework Class Library for image manipulation, encoding, and metadata extraction, including EXIF; XML serialization and manipulation using XmlSerializer, LINQ to XML, and DataContractSerializer; matching regular expressions; FTP and HTTP requests; ZIP file creation; bulk data import to SQL Server; optical disc writing; P/Invoke calls; and reflection
Integrated the above, frequently writing entire vertical slices solo

Louisiana State University

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Baton Rouge, LALouisiana

2003–2007

Wrote and ran C++ code for photonic crystals simulations

Education

Louisiana State University

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Minor in Computer Science

Baton Rouge, LALouisiana

May 18, 2007

Publication

A. Chowdhury, L. Hogben, J. Melancon, and R. Mikkelson, Rational realization of maximum eigenvalue multiplicity of symmetric tree sign patterns. Linear Algebra and its Applications 418 (2006) 380-393. doi:10.1016/j.laa.2006.02.017

Projects

Aminoglycoside dosing tool Web application for pharmacists to assist in computation of aminoglycoside dosages

Designed and implemented open-source static single page application using SCSS, Compass, Knockout, jQuery, Moment, and Hasher
- Designed and implemented as single web page without server-side dependencies to facilitate easy deployment and HIPAA compliance
- Leveraged Sass SCSS, Compass, and a variety of JavaScript libraries, including Knockout, jQuery, Moment, and Hasher
- Released source via https://github.com/judemelancon/aminoglycoside-pharmacokinetics-tool
Image QC system

Designed and implemented schema changes, Windows microservices, and ASP.NET MVC interface
- Designed and implemented database schema changes
- Designed and implemented Windows microservices for flagging potential problems and directing orders through workflow
- Designed and implemented ASP.NET MVC interface using Bootstrap and jQuery
Workflow system

Designed and implemented schema changes, Windows microservices, and responsive ASP.NET MVC interfaces
- Designed and implemented database schema changes
- Designed and implemented Windows microservices for pushing orders through workflow and for shadowing legacy behavior during changeover
- Designed and implemented responsive ASP.NET MVC interfaces using Bootstrap and jQuery
Forms system

Designed and implemented schema changes, Windows microservices, and responsive ASP.NET MVC interfaces
- Designed and implemented database schema changes
- Designed and implemented Windows microservices for flagging potential problems and directing orders through workflow
- Designed and implemented internal form design and external form filling responsive ASP.NET MVC interfaces using Bootstrap and jQuery
Integrations between multimillion-dollar client and existing line-of-business and financial systems

Designed and implemented Windows services and Web API service
- Designed and implemented Windows services and Web API service
- Reduced repetitive code by incorporating elements of existing windows service template into reusable library
- Increased reliability of windows service installation code by avoiding use of an external process
- Finished assigned components well ahead of urgent deadline
- Completed additional components reallocated from colleagues ahead of urgent deadline
Program for event photographers to scan cards identifying participants and upload resulting images

Implemented and largely designed database schema changes; .NET 2.0–3.5 Windows Forms client with primitives-based multithreading; ASMX services replaced with WCF ones using net.tcp encoding; and data access layer using existing proprietary ADO.NET-based micro ORM over T-SQL stored procedures, later replaced with EF
- Implemented .NET 2.0 client using Windows Forms with primitives-based multithreading for responsiveness and throughput
- Implemented ASMX services backed by stored procedures and an existing proprietary ADO.NET-based micro ORM
- Designed and made accompanying database schema changes
- Upgraded over time to use .NET 3.5 and WCF services with net.tcp encoding backed by EF
Program for event photographers to catalog and upload images and reports Program for event photographers to catalog and upload images and reports—to minimize turnaround time to retail—over frequently unreliable internet connections

In addition to implementing and upgrading similarly to previous entry, designed and implemented own object-oriented FreeImage P/Invoke wrapper and optical disc burning component
- Implemented and upgraded similarly to previous entry
- Designed and implemented object-oriented wrapper for FreeImage P/Invoke calls before the official wrapper existed
- Designed and implemented optical disc burning component
Event photography business intranet site Large ASP.NET intranet site for event photography business

Implemented and often designed numerous pages, controls, and features, including use of AJAX via jQuery
- Implemented and often designed numerous pages, controls, and features
- Leveraged AJAX via jQuery for crisp interaction and efficiency
Fulfillment pipeline of millions of dollars of photographic products, converting internal database representations to vendor formats Backend fulfillment pipeline for millions of dollars of photographic products, primarily prints, that convert and split the internal database representation of orders to different target formats for multiple vendors

Designed and implemented database schema changes, .NET 4.0 console programs, and web management interface
- Designed and implemented .NET 4.0 console programs
- Designed and implemented database schema changes
- Designed and implemented web management interface
ASP.NET MVC retail website handling millions of dollars of event photography sales internationally

Implemented several features and partial views
- Implemented several features and partial views
Program for compositing templates and customer-specific images for sales mailings

Designed and implemented .NET 2.0 application featuring primitives-based multithreaded pipelining and PostScript generation
- Designed and implemented in .NET 2.0 using primitives-based multithreaded pipelining
- Wrote PostScript-generating code to compose final pages
Program for data entry from scanned cards

Maintained, updated, refactored, and multithreaded existing .NET 2.0 Windows Forms application and ASMX service
- Maintained and updated existing .NET 2.0 Windows Forms application and ASMX service
- Added threading for responsiveness
- Refactored steadily away from monolithic origins
Program for checking Excel files in both XLS and XLSX formats before beginning an import process

Designed and implemented .NET 3.5 Windows Forms application featuring dynamically batched calls to third-party address validation service
- Designed and implemented in .NET 3.5 using Windows Forms
- Dynamically batched calls to third-party address validation service
Utility for downloading files from manifest of URLs

Designed and implemented manifest format and .NET 4.5 WPF application, using DataContractSerializer and Parallel Extensions
- Designed manifest format
- Designed and implemented application in .NET 4.5 using WPF, DataContractSerializer, Parallel Extensions, and simple HTTP and FTP requests
Several additional Windows Forms applications

Implemented and sometimes designed
- Implemented and sometimes designed
Several additional HTTP handlers and ASMX and WCF services

Implemented and sometimes designed
- Implemented and sometimes designed
Dozens of additional constantly running console applications performing assorted long-running and recurring tasks

Implemented and often designed, including extracting basic control flow to a common library
- Implemented and often designed
- Extracted basic control flow to a common library to achieve consistent stability and capture of unexpected errors

Initiatives

Suggested, designed, and implemented performance improvements to dynamic ZIP file generation MVC handler via conversion to pipelined creation with Parallel Extensions Suggested, designed, and implemented dramatic performance improvements to MVC handler for downloading dynamically generated ZIP files of images
- Converted to multithreaded pipelined creation with Parallel Extensions
Suggested, designed, and implemented changing error reporting library to collect additional details from Exceptions via reflection to eliminate dependencies on specific versions of defining libraries, e.g. EF 4.1 vs. EF 5 Suggested, designed, and implemented change to the client library for a product for collecting error information
- Converted extraction of additional details from Exceptions to use reflection to eliminate dependencies on the libraries defining those Exceptions’ types, allowing a single binary instead of previous multiple versions, e.g. ones specific to use with EF 4.1 or EF 5
Suggested, designed, and implemented log emailing feature for client applications

Technologies

Experience

Education

Publication

Projects

Aminoglycoside dosing tool Web application for pharmacists to assist in computation of aminoglycoside dosages

Image QC system

Workflow system

Forms system

Integrations between multimillion-dollar client and existing line-of-business and financial systems

Program for event photographers to scan cards identifying participants and upload resulting images

Program for event photographers to catalog and upload images and reports Program for event photographers to catalog and upload images and reports—to minimize turnaround time to retail—over frequently unreliable internet connections

Event photography business intranet site Large ASP.NET intranet site for event photography business

ASP.NET MVC retail website handling millions of dollars of event photography sales internationally

Program for compositing templates and customer-specific images for sales mailings

Program for data entry from scanned cards

Program for checking Excel files in both XLS and XLSX formats before beginning an import process

Utility for downloading files from manifest of URLs

Several additional Windows Forms applications

Several additional HTTP handlers and ASMX and WCF services

Dozens of additional constantly running console applications performing assorted long-running and recurring tasks

Initiatives

Suggested, designed, and implemented log emailing feature for client applications