Chris Shaw

5332 Hunter Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
937-509-0242

 Career Objective

To obtain a position as an asp.NET developer that allows me to pursue the latest technological innovations and challenges me with unique problems to solve.

 Special Knowledge

Programming

  • C#, ASP.NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.5, MVC, ASP, VBScript, VB.NET
  • AJAX, CSS2, HTML, JavaScript
  • TSQL, Relational Database Normalization

Software

  • Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008 & 2010
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008
  • Biztalk Server 2006
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • IIS

 Work Experience

University of Cincinnati IT - Custom Solutions

Nov 2006 - Present: Full time Applications Analyst
May 2006 - Oct 2006: Contractor Web Developer
Sept 2004 - Apr 2006: Co-Op Student Worker
  • Lead developer on eCurriculum
    • Web application that facilitated the UC's conversion from quarters to semesters and restructuring of courses and programs
    • Took part in the whole application development lifecycle from gathering requirements, development, testing, and maintenance
    • Modules included course and program creation (including approval)
  • Wrote the HTML & logic for the Central Login Service web page (which is used by students/faculty/staff to log in to any web application) in ASP.NET, ASP, and Cold Fusion
  • Helped set development and deployment standards for the group in a way that allows anyone to pick up code, begin working, and deploy to production
  • One of the first in the department to learn and use .NET
  • Worked on many highly visible projects such as Web Registration, UC Main Page (www.uc.edu), & New Student Orientation
  • Helped create a department-wide shared library that made many common functions more simple (such as error handling & sending emails)
  • Secured legacy applications by switching them to trusted connections and implementing SQL Injection Prevention
  • Became the go-to guy for .NET questions
  • Created BizTalk project to transfer placement test scores from an uploaded flat file to a SQL database and Universis (UC's student information system)
  • Maintained IIS 5.1 (XP Pro) and 7.5 (Windows 7) on local workstations when doing local development
  • Became very familiar with ways to secure web applications because Cenzic HailStorm was run on all high risk applications and any discovered vulnerabilities would need to be fixed or be proved to be a false positive
  • Designed a proof of concept mobile website that uses gps to help people get around campus (based on senior design project) http://demo.uc.edu/Wayfinder/ & http://demo.uc.edu/Wayfinder/WebBrowser/
  • Took part in the UCID security update which replaced Social Security Numbers with a UCID

NeedleBuddy

2009 - Present
  • Co-developed and designed http://www.needlebuddy.com in spare time
    • A social networking site devoted to knitters and quilters
  • MVC based ASP.Net website
  • Includes a custom written blogging engine, photo albums, and groups (known as guilds)
  • Write code, design site, maintain database server, and web server

Shaw Farms

2009 - Present
  • Retail produce & pumpkins to public
  • Help with technical decisions such as web hosting, establishing a Facebook presence, and getting the business recognized by Google
  • Work out the logistics of creating phone or laptop application to assist in making a corn maze using GPS

Self Employed - Roadside Produce Retail

July 2001 – Sept 2004
  • Increased sales by over 100% over 3 years
  • Required estimation using previous years records
  • Covered cost for first 3 years of college

 Education

University of Cincinnati

BS in Computer Science, 2008
  • Part of the College of Engineering
  • Emphasis on Object Oriented programming and software development
  • Elective CS classes have an emphasis on web development and databases
  • Senior design project consisted of a mobile web application to give students directions around campus

 Other Accomplishments

References available upon request