Cecil Cossey
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Hamburg, AR, United States
Toptal member since December 7, 2021
Cecil is an entrepreneur who has worked at all levels of software development including full-stack developer, database architect, team lead, and business owner. He is an expert in .NET, C#, and SQL Server, and is well-versed in many other languages and platforms. He has developed apps with rich functionality, delivered flawless integrations, and trained clients to use these tools effectively. He is also a great communicator and takes pride in delivering efficient solutions in a timely manner.
Portfolio
Experience
- SQL - 15 years
- C# - 15 years
- JavaScript - 15 years
- .NET - 15 years
- jQuery - 10 years
- Web Scraping - 10 years
- Web API - 7 years
- .NET 5 - 1 year
Preferred Environment
Windows, Visual Studio, SQL, C#, .NET, Web API, Web App Design, API Integration, Custom Solutions, Software Architecture
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was a web app that provided an offline Google Classroom, allowing rural schools with limited bandwidth to thrive during a pandemic.
Work Experience
Senior Full-stack Developer
NBCE
- Rebuilt a suite of applications and underlying databases to increase efficiency and security by using more modern technologies.
- Helped minimize costs by updating the codebase to allow the merging of multiple web servers and multiple database servers.
- Worked directly with multiple departments to provide support tools for the suite of applications and databases using a single support application that uses single sign-on, allowing users to support a variety of applications and databases.
Owner and Full-stack Developer
Cossey Web Solutions
- Developed an application that provides scheduling, curriculum, instruction, offline Google Classroom downloads, discipline tracking, inventory tracking, and full student information systems integration between Google Cloud and IBM Cognos to schools.
- Trained school administrators and teachers on the most efficient ways to use the application and the most efficient team structures within the school to encourage team building.
- Provided support to over 10,000 users for over 150,000 lines of code.
API/Scraping Expert
Freelance Client
- Developed an app to monitor the status of real estate assets.
- Built the automation to maintain the real estate asset status using AI tools to ensure fresh, valid data.
- Added a customizable, web-scraping extension to the automation to ensure multiple data points for increased accuracy.
Senior Full-stack Developer
The Learning Institute
- Led a team of developers with duties including scheduling, architecting, designing, monitoring, and reviewing work.
- Developed a suite of web applications providing assessment building and data report tools to over 125 schools districts in the state of Arkansas.
- Assisted in designing algorithms, which performed at 85% accuracy, to predict future performance on standardized assessments by individual students.
- Received the Arkansas Business of the Year Award in 2010.
Experience
Arkansas Schools (AR Schools)
Arkansas High School Football Online
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Education
Master's Degree in Teaching Secondary Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Google API, Web API, X (formerly Twitter) API, Entity Framework, Google Cloud API, Google APIs, Google Drive API, REST APIs, Google Maps, Google Maps API, NetSuite API, React, Facebook API, jQuery UI
Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Visual Studio 2013, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio, Postman, IBM Cognos, Git
Languages
SQL, C#, CSS, JavaScript, C#.NET, VB.NET, HTML, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), Stored Procedure, VB, HTML5, Active Server Pages (ASP), CSS3, Java, TypeScript, PHP, XML
Frameworks
.NET, Bootstrap, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Web Forms, .NET 5, Entity Framework Core, OAuth 2, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, .NET 4
Paradigms
Web App Design, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), REST, Automation, Agile Software Development, MVC Design
Platforms
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Windows
Storage
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Google Cloud, SQL Server 2016, JSON, MySQL
Other
Software Development, Computer Science, Team Leadership, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software, APIs, API Integration, Full-stack Development, User Experience (UX), Back-end, Front-end, CSV, FTP, SFTP, API Management, Web Development, .NET Framework, IIS, Internet Information Services (IIS), Full-stack, Software Architecture, Web Scraping, Chromium, Webhooks, NetSuite, NetSuite CRM, SOAP, Custom Solutions, Legacy Code
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