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Patrick Ryder

Patrick Ryder, United States

Member since October 09, 2012

XML T-SQL C++ C# COM ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC .NET Win32 Microsoft Visual Studio Windows Server Windows SQL Server
JavaScript Java PHP

I have over a dozen years experience developing applications on the .NET platform, including having been part of the development team at Microsoft which created the platform itself. I also develop for Windows native API (Win32/COM). I communicate well and have worked in teams of all sizes.

Portfolio

  • BumpUP Media
    ASP.NET, SQL Server, JavaScript
  • PowerDEX Inc
    ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight, WPF, SQL Server
...

Experience

  • C++, 19 years
  • XML, 12 years
  • T-SQL, 12 years
  • C#, 12 years
  • JavaScript, 5 years
  • PHP, 2 years
  • Java, 2 years

The most amazing ...

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... app I helped create was Visual Basic 1, the stand-alone environment which brought Rapid Application Development to Windows.
— Patrick Ryder

Availability

Part-time

Preferred environment

Microsoft Visual Studio

Employment

2011 - 2012

BumpUP Media, Chief Developer

  • Ported car dealership sites to an ASP.NET-based CMS tool to enable them to manage their own content.
  • Developed the necessary widgets to allow vehicle inventory listings in CMS tool.
  • Built web-based auto malls, both local and national, to generate leads for client dealerships.
  • Developed extensive back-end vehicle inventory update/management engine based on SQL Server 2008, using SQL Agent, Integration Services and .NET assemblies.
  • Technologies: ASP.NET, SQL Server, JavaScript
2010 - 2011

PowerDEX Inc, Development Lead

  • Led a small development team building a Silverlight/SQL-based web portal for car dealerships to manage and evaluate their lead providers.
  • Built web-based dashboards for dealerships to manage all aspects of their online-presence.
  • Built ASP.NET/SQL-based websites for local dealerships.
  • Technologies: ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight, WPF, SQL Server
2000 - 2009

Self-Employed, Freelance Web Developer

  • Design and develop web sites for local small businesses (real estate, property management, online retail, travel).
  • Technologies: ASP.NET, SQL Server, JavaScript, PHP
1993 - 1999

Microsoft Corp, Software Design Engineer

  • Designed and implemented the foundation of Windows Forms in the .NET framework.
  • Developed Windows forms engine in Java (Visual J++).
  • Worked on all aspects of the Visual Basic forms package. Main areas of ownership and expertise were ActiveX control (OCX) hosting and creation.
  • Technologies: Win32, COM, C++, Java

Experience

http://harrysautomall.com

Harry's Auto Mall (Development)

Web site for local car dealer. Provides complete inventory searching, sorting, and filtering.

Skills

Languages

XML, T-SQL, C++, C#, JavaScript, Java, PHP

Frameworks

COM, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, .NET, Win32

Tools

Microsoft Visual Studio, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop

Platforms

Windows, Windows Server, WordPress, Linux

Storage

SQL Server, MySQL

Libraries/APIs

jQuery

Paradigms

Agile software development

Education

1988 - 1993

Bachelor of Mathematics degree in Computer Science

University Of Waterloo - Waterloo, Canada