Jonathan Vukovich Senior/Lead Web and Applications Developer Home: 303-663-4624 | Mobile: 303-898-7320 Email Address: jon@vukovich.net Web Site: http://www.vukovich.net/ COVER LETTER Dear Sir or Madam:     Since 1996 I have been heavily involved in web and applications development. Shortly after working for my initial clients in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I moved to Denver, Colorado to fully pursue my career in this field.     Over the years I have worked for various corporations using different technologies for a wide range of business ventures. I am well versed in both Microsoft and open-source technologies. My view is that the use of technology is a means to an end: succeeding. Keeping an open mind to all available solutions allows one to make more clear and knowledgeable decisions, which is why I enjoy learning and using different tools, for both clients and my own interests.     During these past years, I have gained immeasurable experience as a Senior/Lead Web and Applications Developer in the ever-changing climate of the technology world. In conclusion, I understand what it takes to design, build and implement projects at various levels and objectives. I work well in team situations or independent projects, and feel I would be a strong asset in any position. Best Regards, Jonathan Vukovich OBJECTIVE     My objective is to be a key senior/lead web and applications developer in a fast-paced work environment. I enjoy working with others and being part of a team. I place communication and team work as a top priority. WORK EXPERIENCE Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Senior/Lead Web and Applications Developer Englewood, CO (Corporate Office) Feb 2006 to Present I am currently the primary director for all of Red Robin's web-based applications and projects. Including me, our team consists of two database administrators and another applications developer. We report to the Director of Applications Development and the CIO. As the senior/lead web and applications developer my responsibilities include: developing web and utility applications in .NET (C#), domain and hosting management, disaster recovery planning, source control management using Subversion (for the entire team), working with SQL Server 2000 and 2005, writing reports using Microsoft Reporting Services and assisting the rest of the team with legacy applications written in Visual Basic 6. Most of the applications I develop are web-based and are used by the corporation for internal needs. Several tools are used directly by our restaurants (approximately 300 stores) spread out across North America. One of my proudest accomplishments was building a restaurant paging utility. In the restaurant, the manager carries a PDA with them while on the floor. My tool triggers pages (i.e. pager messages) to the manager as the point-of-sale platform identifies important notifications: such as reminding team members to take their breaks or if inventory is running low. Red Robin's IT department is a diverse, ever-changing climate, with projects ranging across all scopes of the business. My previous positions and experience have brought a solid foundation to provide the team more stability and utilize newer technologies to further support a growing, successful corporation. Orange Glo International Contractor (Part Time) Englewood, CO Feb 2006 to Present Orange Glo hired me as a contractor to continue maintaining their applications and systems as needed. I have worked on several projects – updating the fulfillment application for USPS SmartPost compliance, recovering source control disasters (hardware failures), providing technical documentation, teaching ASP/VBScript classes to other IT departments and providing general technical counsel as requested. A letter of recommendation is also available upon request. Contact John Arendt at 303-859-3892. Fresenius Medical Care Contractor (Part Time) Lexington, MA Dec 2005 to Present Darrell Kauthen, a former co-worker from Quovadx, joined Fresenius Medical Care as their Director of Development in mid-2004. He approached me in late 2005 to see if I could help his development team with a web-based touch screen application they were creating for their kidney dialysis clinics spread out across North America. I have been their primary user interface developer. I am working with HTML, JavaScript, JSP, Java, Struts, Tiles and Taglibs. The rest of the platform architecture includes Ant, Ajax, FOP, Hibernate, JavaMail, JUnit, Spring, Velocity, oc4j, Oracle (database server) and XDoclet. Contact Darrell Kauthen at 720-261-6268. Orange Glo International Senior/Lead Web and Applications Developer Englewood, CO Jan 2004 to Feb 2006 I was the senior/lead web and applications developer for Orange Glo International (the makers of OxiClean, Kaboom and other cleaning products). My team consisted of a project manager, database administrator and a quality assurance tester. I was primarily responsible for in-sourcing an e-commerce platform that was originally developed and maintained by an outsourced vendor. The platform technologies included ASP/VBScript, Commerce Server, SQL Server, and .NET (both C# and VB.NET). Immediately after the in-sourcing project was complete, my projects consisted of patching and re-writing many parts of the platform. For example, I had to re-write the entire back-end system for processing infomercial orders (.NET / C#). This included credit card authorization integration with a major electronic payment company, customer account management and order management. I was also responsible for various other back-end processes, as well as a customer service application, the main e-commerce site (GreatCleaners.com) and various brand websites (OxiClean.com). During my two years with Orange Glo, my main goal was to get approval for a complete re-write of the entire e-commerce platform using .NET / C# and SQL Server. I did a lot of research and development with the following tools in order to prepare for the project: ASP.NET, C#, NAnt, NUnit, NDoc, Nini, NCover, FxCop, CruiseControl.NET, Microsoft Enterprise Library Application Blocks (primarily the Data block), log4net, iTextSharp and ReSharper. My background experience with Java was a great foundation for the new platform. Orange Glo also utilized my technical documentation and analysis experience to organize their projects and estimate appropriate timelines. For example, I reviewed and revised all work / change orders for outsourced development parties (when applicable). I also introduced standard documentation procedures and formats to my management team, who had little to no knowledge in this area when I was hired. More recently, I worked with the development team to adopt the Rational Unified Process. We were primarily planning on using this model for the e-commerce platform re-write. I was also responsible for configuration management using Visual Source Safe (old repository) and CVS (new repository). I also played a strong roll as the backup graphic designer. For example, our main designer was on maternity leave for quite some time, so not only was I responsible for all development, I also had to create banner ads, web designs and marketing prints. My tremendous amount of responsibility at Orange Glo truly highlights my ability to handle multiple tasks and utilize a wide range of skill sets. My bi-yearly review documents are available upon request. In February 2006, the company shifted their business plans to focus on retail sales and projects. My team was split apart and integrated into the retail IT department. The future of my position was unclear, so I accepted an offer with Red Robin Gourmet Burgers as their senior/lead web and applications developer. Orange Glo immediately hired me as a contractor to continue maintaining their applications and systems as needed. A letter of recommendation is also available upon request. Contact John Arendt at 303-859-3892. Quovadx Senior/Lead Web and Applications Developer Englewood, CO Jun 2001 to Nov 2003 At Quovadx, I worked with development teams on various projects. My position required highly adaptive skill sets, as I had many projects and responsibilities. On some projects, I was designated as the only web designer. For example, I solely developed the entire user interface for a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan patient care application. Research and development was also one of my strongest skills with this company. I developed many solutions and approaches that have helped both clients and internal departments. For example, I created a correspondence solution that utilized rich text documents. The system would merge data into rich text document templates to be printed systematically or locally within a J2EE web application. This discovery and design resulted with sales leads and drastically helped sway over a million-dollar client contract. Other clients I worked with through Quovadx included Sony, Healthnet, Cigna, Aetna, MedUnite and ProPath. My utilized skills included XML, XSLT, XSP, HXML, Oracle, PHP, MySQL, Tomcat, WebLogic, Java, CVS, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Linux, Solaris, graphic design and extensive research and development. I was let go due to a reduction in work force. A letter of recommendation is available upon request. Contact Eric Wiley at 303-956-1064. Foundation Consulting Group Senior Web Developer Englewood, CO Mar 2001 to Jun 2001 I worked directly with various clients, primarily transportation department government agencies, to estimate time, develop, debug, and deploy large-scale web applications. The majority of my time at FCG was spent maintaining and adding new functionality to the New Mexico State Highway Transportation Department intranet. I also worked on a Visual Basic driver that communicated with highway vehicle speed monitors via a COM port. I also did some customization and integration with ArchIMS mapping software. The main technologies I used at FCG were ASP, IIS, Visual Basic, SQL Server, HTML and JavaScript. I was referred to Quovadx by Paul Janney, a former co-worker from GrowZone and who is now a lead designer at Land's End, as his replacement at Quovadx. GrowZone Senior Web Developer Englewood, CO Jan 2000 to Mar 2001 I worked with a web development team on various projects, such as a corporate website, a business-to-business e-commerce website and a business-to-consumer marketing website. In my first project, I acted as lead ASP developer to create an employment search website. The system averaged over one thousand active companies in its first year of use. Another product we developed, NurseryTools, provided web-based marketing solutions to the garden industry. We used Java, JSP, Oracle, XML, XSL, Apache, and Linux to create NurseryTools. In my position, I worked extensively with HTML, JavaScript, JSP, Linux and XSL. One of my greatest accomplishments was learning and developing with FOP, which was used to generate Adobe PDF documents using XML and XSL. The company closed due to depletion of funds. A letter of recommendation is available upon request. Contact Gus Zader at 757-420-4848. AtTheFort.com (Winston-Fox) Senior Web Developer Fort Wayne, IN Aug 1999 to Oct 1999 AtTheFort.com was a business website portal for the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. I kept the website updated and was involved in solving technical issues with customers and business partners. I also assisted in developing new internet marketing strategies. We used HTML, Javascript and Microsoft Frontpage 2000. The company closed due to financial problems. A letter of recommendation is available upon request. Contact Clark Rogers at 219-744-9217. Professional Medical Billing. Webmaster (Part Time) Fort Wayne, IN Jun 1998 to Jan 2004 I designed and maintained the corporate website while working closely with the Director of Operations in 1996. I also researched and placed the company with a website hosting provider and maintained server activities. This included setting up email accounts, WebTrends reporting and domain name registration. This was a contract position that spanned over two years. In 2003, I was contracted again to work with a new Director of Operations. My duties included web design, hosting maintenance and technical recommendations. Until mid 2004, I hosted and maintained a Sharepoint Portal Server for Professional Medical Billing. Contact Joseph Vukovich at 260-627-7583. EDUCATION IVY State Technical Institute General Education, Course Credits Fort Wayne, IN 1997 to 1998 I enrolled in basic courses such as math, english and economics at IVY State Technical Institute to attain acceptable credits to transfer to Full Sail technical college in Orlando, Florida. At the same time, I became heavily involved in web design and development, working for AtTheFort.com and Professional Medical Billing. A year later, I decided to make my career as a web designer and developer. By the end of 1999, I moved from Indiana to Colorado and began working at GrowZone. Indiana - Purdue University 3D Modeling and Animation, Course Credit Fort Wayne, IN 1997 to 1998 I had an interview with the art professor at Indiana - Purdue University to gain acceptance into a 3D Modeling and Animation class, even though I did not have the necessary prerequisites to participate. I attained a 4.0 grade point average in this single course. The professor provided a letter of recommendation to help with my transfer to Full Sail technical college in Orlando, Florida. International Business College Graphic Artist, Course Credits Fort Wayne, IN 1997 I was planning on earning a Graphic Artist Associates Degree from International Business College. While going to school, I became more heavily involved in 3D modeling and animation and decided to transfer my existing credits to Full Sail technical college in Orlando, Florida. Upon learning that my credits at International Business College would not be accepted at Full Sail, I enrolled at IVY State Technical Institute to attain acceptable credits. Leo Jr./Sr. High School Graduated Leo, IN 1992 to 1996 Winner of Fort Wayne Newspaper's Sterling Sentinel Art Award and Scholarship Nomination. SKILLS Name Experience Level 3D Studio Max Intermediate Adobe Photoshop Intermediate Active Server Pages (VBScript) Expert Ant Intermediate Apache Web Server (1.x & 2.x) Intermediate ASP.NET Intermediate Cascading Style Sheets Expert Cold Fusion Some CruiseControl.NET Expert CVS Expert DotNetNuke Intermediate Delphi R & D FOP Intermediate FxCop Intermediate Hibernate R & D HTML Expert HXML (Quovadx, Proprietary Server Language) Expert iBATIS.NET R & D iTextSharp Expert Java (J2EE) R & D Java (Servlets) Intermediate Java (Swing) R & D Javascript Expert Java Server Pages Intermediate JBoss Application Server R & D Linux (Slackware, RedHat), Solaris, Unix Intermediate log4j R & D log4net Expert Macromedia Dreamweaver Expert Macromedia Flash Some Macromedia Fireworks Expert Maverick.NET Expert Microsoft .NET (C#) Expert Microsoft .NET (VB) Intermediate Microsoft Access Expert Microsoft Enterprise Library App. Blocks Intermediate Microsoft SQL Server Intermediate MySQL Expert NAnt Expert NCover Expert NDoc Expert NHibernate R & D Nini Expert NUnit Expert NVelocity Expert Oracle Intermediate PHP (4 & 5) Expert Rational Clearcase Intermediate ReSharper Expert Spring Framework R & D Spring Framework.NET R & D Smarty Expert Struts R & D Tomcat Intermediate Velocity Expert Visual Basic Expert WebLogic Application Server R & D XML Expert XSL Expert   Additional references are available upon request.