Portfolio for Christopher Miller : Past Experience
IV4, Inc. (Integrity Networking Systems)
Freelance Consultant : August 2008 - Present (3.500 years)
ExtraDev, Inc.
Sr. Application Developer : May 1999 - March 2007 (7.833 years)
- Project Manager / Lead Software Developer: Requirements gathering, system design, and development of web/windows applications.
- Database Administrator: Manage 4 SQL Servers with a combined total of 37 large databases. This includes installing SQL Server updates and fixes, database performance monitoring, data integrity, database backup procedures, and disaster recovery plans.
- Website Administrator: Monitor 6 web servers. This includes installing Windows updates and fixes, website performance monitoring, system security, and new website creation procedures.
- Systems Engineer (both internal and for customers). This includes creating ASP hosted company domains, designing networks, building servers, designing procedures for software deployment, network monitoring, security, and general best-practices.
- Network support (including switches, servers, desktops and applications) for customers such as a local County Government (12 servers, 200 workstations, 400 users) and a local Advertising Agency (5 servers, 40 workstations)
- I have worked on over 200 consulting projects for Rochester area and upstate New York companies and local County Government offices.
- My work was featured in a Microsoft case study about a local bagel manufacturing plant featuring Windows Server 2003 and .NET programming of an Inventory Management Application running on a Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 2003 (mid-year 2002).
Columnist (Technical Writer) : May 1999 - 2004 (5.000 years)
- CodeAnimal - http://www.codeanimal.com
- 4 Guys From Rolla - http://www.4guysfromrolla.com
- InformIT - http://www.InformIT.com
- Write Active Server Pages (ASP) tutorials and sample applications
- Provide development instruction and best-practices
- Answer questions and solve difficult problems from readers
Wall Street Financial Group / Wall Street Offshore
Internet Development Manager : March 1998 - May 1999 (1.167 years)
- Keep online fund prospectus and report data up-to-date
- Design, create, and manage "Corporate" Extranet and "Offshore" interactive websites
- Administrative and management duties for over 300 Extranet users
- Provide level-three (L3) technical support for Extranet users
- Design layouts, Create custom graphics (buttons, logos, 3D text, banners, etc.)
- Promotion & Marketing of Web-sites (search engines, newsletter articles, etc.)
- Analyze and report Web Server statistics and logs to determine a strategy for future development