AJ Tatum

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ABOUT ME

Senior .NET Software Developer, IT Business Analyst,, Technologist

After discovering my passion for bringing the human side of technology & web development to help individuals and organizations level up, I never looked back. I truly enjoy working within the technology field as I have the opportunity to work with others to figure out not only what they want, but why they want it. I want to feel what they are envisioning. Afterwards, I can look back and know that not only was the right solution implemented, but a great relationship was also cultivated.

I look forward to utilizing my 20+ years of wearing many hats involving technology and my 10+ years of .NET C# Web Development to help teams and organizations level up.

Experience Summary:
20+ years’ experience with:
• Standard Web Technologies
• Online Marketing & Advertising
• Business Development
• Relationship Management

10+ years’ experience with:
• .NET Web Forms/MVC/API using C#, VB, or Classic ASP
• Visual Studio, SQL Server, LINQ, and Entity Framework
• Source Control (SVN & Git)
• Windows Server 2008; IIS, SQL Server, Active Directory & GPO, Exchange
• General Technology Infrastructure
• Product/Project Management
• Google Analytics

5+ years’ experience with:
• DevOps (Development Operations): GitLab CI and Octopus Deploy (OctoDeploy)
• Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, HipChat
• New Relic Services
• Agile/Scrum Methodologies
• WordPress Customization

Additional Experience with:
• Microsoft Azure
• Office 365 Management

English

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined June 2017

EXPERTISE

Web Development

20 years experience

I have over 20 years of experience working in the web development space, starting with my first business and website FinHeaven.com in 199...

I have over 20 years of experience working in the web development space, starting with my first business and website FinHeaven.com in 1996. Since then, I've kept up to date on the latest technologies and changes happening on the frontend and backend for developing web applications.

SEO API HTML HTML5 CSS3 jQuery AJAX Bootstrap CSS JavaScript

10 years experience

Self taught .NET/C# Developer with over 12 years of experience. I've developed multiple types of .NET projects such as WebForms, MVC, Web...

Self taught .NET/C# Developer with over 12 years of experience. I've developed multiple types of .NET projects such as WebForms, MVC, Web API, WPF, and more. I've used tools built in from Visual Studio, Telerik, and Kendo UI. Experience in setting up solutions using best practices by separating out the multiple layers into individual projects, utilizing Dependency Injection, and utilizing abstraction, inheritence, and interfaces.

Microsoft SQL Server

12 years experience

With the background from C# mentioned, SQL came along with it at the same time. Have experience with preventing sql injections, stored pr...

With the background from C# mentioned, SQL came along with it at the same time. Have experience with preventing sql injections, stored procedures, and how to make queries run as efficiently as possible by having the right indexes on a table.

Stored Procedure LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)Sql injection

Stored Procedure LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)Sql injection Entity Framework Query OptimizationSql Server Management StudioIndexing

DevOps

6 years experience

Learning more about DevOps and implementing it and seeing jaws drop when you can deploy an application with a push of a button is the mos...

Learning more about DevOps and implementing it and seeing jaws drop when you can deploy an application with a push of a button is the most amazing feeling ever.

Performance Optimization GitLab CI/CD Testing

Performance Optimization GitLab CI/CD Testing Continuous IntegrationContinuous deliveryContinuous Deployment Octopus DeployMaking developers happyImproving new developer onboarding processJenkins

SQL

10 years experience

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EMPLOYMENTS

Founder, IT & Business Consultant

Leveled Up Solutions

2017-04-01-Present

Established relationships with businesses to assist them with their technological needs Provided infrastructure advice to small and medi...

Established relationships with businesses to assist them with their technological needs Provided infrastructure advice to small and medium sized businesses to ensure their needs were being met currently and in the future Coordinated with technology partners to provide full service solutions Developed new websites and renewed overall web presence

WordPress

Consulting

Business development

WordPress

Consulting

Business development

Business analysis

ASP.NET MVC

ASP.NET

Founder & Executive Director

Active For Recovery

2014-04-01-2017-08-01

Raised awareness of addiction recovery, mental illnesses, and ending the stigma surrounding them by hosting annual biking events and supp...

Raised awareness of addiction recovery, mental illnesses, and ending the stigma surrounding them by hosting annual biking events and supporting those that needed help Worked closely with Metamorphosis of Alachua County to raise awareness of their program and treatment facility Utilized WordPress and plugins to handle forms, membership, and search engine optimization.

WordPress

Event Management

Confluence

WordPress

Event Management

Confluence

Business development

Startup development

Nonprofit

Senior Web Developer & DevOps

OPIE Software

2013-09-01-2017-04-01

Increased revenue and improved the process of on-boarding new integrated suppliers using automated scripts, JIRA and developing a closer ...

Increased revenue and improved the process of on-boarding new integrated suppliers using automated scripts, JIRA and developing a closer relationship with the business development team Introduced a new line of revenue by developing interfaces to QuickBooks, Lawson, and Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains Coordinated with clients, designers, developers, and upper management to rewrite legacy applications using the .NET MVC Framework, with extracted data models, data access layers, and unit testing Implemented systems to allow for automated testing, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and performance tracking (GitLab, Octopus Deploy, New Relic) Executed & maintained Atlassian's JIRA, Confluence, and HipChat products to increase organizational transparency and communication. Technologies Used: ASP.NET C# & VB MVC, Attribute Routing, ASP.Net Identity, .Net WebApi, AutoFac, WPF Forms, Telerik Components, Classic ASP, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, SQL Server, Entity Framework Code First, Linq, and utilizing third party APIs.

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)

Telerik

Autofac

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)

Telerik

Autofac

Web api

ASP.NET

VB.NET

Attribute routing