Paul C. Fountain

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - .Net Framework 2.0 Windows Applications
Certified June 25, 2007
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Attended 1992-1994 (5 semesters), Major: Computer Science
Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM
Graduated 1992

WORK EXPERIENCE

InsureMe, Englewood, CO www.insureme.com
Senior Software Engineer May 2006 - present
Responsible for development across all tiers of InsureMe's service-oriented architecture (SOA), driving a high-volume, high-availability production website with over $50k in revenue per day. Development lead with ultimate responsibility for CRM, corporate accounts, and billing systems. Responsible for building and releasing software to staging and production systems. Converted numerous mission-critical ASP.Net websites, ASMX/SOAP web services, and mid-tier applications from Visual Studio 2003 and .Net 1.1 to Visual Studio 2005/2008 and.Net 2.0 and 3.5. Maintenance of legacy products, as well as new development of a Windows product in C# with CAB/SCSF and Windows Forms. Completed numerous external XML interfaces via XSLT, web services, and HTTP Post, quickly converting business opportunity into revenue. As a senior software engineer, my responsibilities extend beyond programming to design, architecture, estimation, code review, purchase evaluation, and training.
Sungard Insurance Systems, Aurora, CO www.sungardinsurance.com
Quality Assurance Engineer August 1998-May 2006
Developed a fully automated testing framework for data regression and user interface testing of Sungard's flagship product, Enterprise Portfolio System (EPS). Developed test applications in Segue SilkTest with 4Test scripting language, interfacing to Microsoft Access, SQL Server, and Sybase SQL Anywhere databases. Developed a variety of internal tools and utilities with .Net C#, Visual Studio 2003 and 2005, for tasks such as build and configuration management, installation testing, test database administration, test case and test plan management.
Thinkstream, Aurora, CO www.thinkstream.com
Quality Assurance Analyst January 1997-August 1997
Lead QA Analyst for Thinkstream's retail software packages. Maintained test plans and results in Microsoft Access.
Pacer/CATS (now Clarity Commerce), Englewood, CO www.claritycommerce.com
Quality Assurance Analyst January 1995-October 1996 and August 1997-August 1998
QA, Support, and Installation services for an enterprise-level point of sale and back office accounting system used by movie theaters, amusement parks, and stadiums. Maintained and supported systems with Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, and SQL Server.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming and Testing
- C#, VB
- Object-Oriented design and analysis
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008
- Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.5
- Windows Forms
- Microsoft Patterns and Practices, Composite Application Blocks (CAB), Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF)
- Microsoft Source Safe
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008
- Microsoft Access
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- MySQL
- Nunit
- Segue SilkTest/4Test
- Selenium

Web Development
- ASP.Net
- HTML, XHTML
- CSS
- XML, XSLT, XSD
- IIS Administration
- Web Services
- ASMX, SOAP, WCF, SOA
- High-Volume, High-Availability, Multi-Tier, Clustered Environments
- PHP
- IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome
- Cross-Browser Compatibility
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Fireworks

General
- Member of Denver Visual Studio User's Group
- Software Design and Architecture
- Technical Training
- Code Review
- PC Hardware and Networking, TCP/IP
- Customer Service
- Excellent communication skills, in both technical and non-technical contexts
- Great desire to learn new tools, techniques, and languages
- Demonstrated ability to self-teach and learn quickly
- Understanding of business issues and ability to make development decisions from a business perspective

References Available Upon Request