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Ken Hoffman, VB.NET Developer in Chandler, AZ, United States
Ken Hoffman

VB.NET Developer in Chandler, AZ, United States

Member since July 20, 2018
Ken has over 20 years of experience as an independent contractor providing application development services to his customers. For the last 12 years, he has developed applications on the .NET platform. His motivation to deliver value-added solutions and pull projects through to completion has earned him the respect of his clients resulting in long-term relationships.
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Portfolio

Experience

  • ASP.NET, 12 years
  • VB.NET, 12 years
  • C#.NET, 4 years
Chandler, AZ, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio, Git

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on as the primary architect and developer was an application used extensively by the sales force of a major corporation.

Employment

  • Full-Stack Web Developer

    2016 - PRESENT
    Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (Contractor)
    • Worked with team to create an initial concept to obtain project approval and funding.
    • Developed the full-stack solution for application and supporting processes.
    • Implemented robust security measures to meet Department of Defense standards and requirements.
    • Created administrative module with complex user roles.
    Technologies: ASP.NET, SQL Server, Bootstrap

  • Full-stack Web Developer

    2006 - PRESENT
    Trelleborg Corporation (Contractor)
    • Created an eCommerce portal to automate and track online RFQs and Purchase Orders from high-value customers.
    • Created a product database application enabling the full management and multi-tiered pricing of multiple product catalogs.
    • Implemented a reporting system to generate various accounting and sales reports based on site activity.
    • Provided full-stack development for creation and maintenance of eCommerce portal and supporting applications.
    • Worked with management to identify value-added improvement opportunities.
    Technologies: ASP.NET, SQL Server

  • Full-stack Web Developer

    2000 - PRESENT
    Dataforth Corporation (Contractor)
    • Provided full-stack development of enterprise web site.
    • Managed several migrations to new generations of site features and capabilities.
    • Created a system configuration tool enabling customers to build, configure, and price data acquisition systems.
    • Implemented use of bootstrap in a website to facilitate a responsive UI.
    • Created sync processes enabling the site to perform real-time sync with email marketing database using REST API.
    Technologies: ASP.NET, SQL Server, Python, Bootstrap

  • Software Developer

    2002 - 2018
    Leading Semiconductor Manufacturer (Contractor)
    • Developed Windows desktop application to provide worldwide sales force with a repository of product data, search, and presentation capabilities.
    • Created the ability for an application to function without an internet connection, with a sync utility to update all data and content when the network connection was available.
    • Integrated several product search tools for a wide variety of semiconductor product offerings.
    • Created presentation system to auto-generate sales presentations from structured data and account for a wide variety of screen/projector sizes.
    • Developed several back-end batch processes to automate the transformation of data from a variety of sources to a common snapshot for client-sync availability.
    Technologies: VB.NET, ASP.NET, Access

Experience

  • Data Acquisition System Builder (Development)
    https://www.dataforth.com/data-acquisition-system-builder.aspx

    Created a data acquisition system builder application that will guide users through the creation of a viable data acquisition system.

  • Real-Time Interactive Demo (Development)

    I created a demonstration page in an ASP.NET website that enabled users to experience real-time feedback of a data acquisition system. This system included a live, low-latency video stream, and HTML5 interactive controls. I created a Python server component to interface with the hardware system API.

  • RMA Module (Development)

    I developed an online RMA feature to an existing website and integrated with existing user and admin roles database. The feature tracks RMAs through the entire process and makes status updates available at all times in both the customer and admin views.

  • Sync Feature (Development)

    I developed a synchronization feature for a desktop application. The network-aware sync feature managed data and collateral incremental updates and also managed feedback data to the server.

Skills

  • Languages

    C#.NET, VB.NET, SQL, HTML5, JavaScript, Java, Python 3

  • Frameworks

    ASP.NET, ASP.NET Web Forms, .NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, Bootstrap, AngularJS

  • Platforms

    Visual Studio 2017, Windows

  • Tools

    AspDotNetStorefront

  • Storage

    SQL Server 2008, Jet SQL

  • Other

    IIS

Education

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering
    1988 - 1989
    University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
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