Bryan Boettcher

Taylor Summit Consulting, LLC

Software Architect / Lead

2023-present

Technologies used: C#, .NET Core, WebAPI, MSSQL, Azure, AWS

• Focus on rapid development, quick to market applications with high maintainability and reliability
• Strong focus on cloud-native and distributed applications

Kansys, Inc.

Software Architect / Lead

2020-2023

Technologies used: C#, .NET Core, WebAPI, MSSQL, CI/CD, DI

• Developed highly repeatable process to streamline and parallelize development of a Web API
• Kept unit test code coverage at 85% and integration test coverage at 95%
• Implemented numerous strategies to optimize utility of code for maintenance developers
• Established a continuous integration pipeline with automated tests, and pull requests
• Created asynchronous task-based library for database access with MSSQL

Henry Wurst, Inc. / Mittera Creative Services

Sr. Software Developer

2018-2020

Technologies used: C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC Core, NoSQL, CI/CD, DI

• Implemented numerous industry-standard practices to modernize a development shop
• Developed and open-sourced a distributed, queue-driven application architecture for processing and manipulating data
• Wrote RESTful APIs in ASP.NET Core (WebAPI) to feed the data ingestion and processing
• Mentored junior developers, managed an intern, and helped coach other team members with development with design meetings and code reviews
• Created databases using MSSQL for storing and processing captured metrics data from running systems
• Created data stores using RavenDB for object storage and manipulation
• Wrote libraries to simplify access to MSSQL using an abstracted Repository pattern, backed by Dapper
• Diagnosed intermittent failures of existing systems, designed fixes, and deployed to production
• Implemented automated unit testing during the CI process using a spec-flow style syntax built upon NUnit & NSubstitute automocker
• Designed and architected applications from scope meetings through implementation, releasing to production, and subsequent maintenance

Service Management Group

Sr. Software Developer

2016-2018

Technologies used: C#, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC, NoSQL, Java, Spark, DI

• Diagnosed and fixed numerous performance issues increasing application response time by 80% in some cases
• Implemented a search system using ElasticSearch, exposed via a stateful REST API
• Improved existing unit testing patterns, allowing for easier onboarding by newer developers
• Performed in-depth troubleshooting of 3rd-party vendor-supplied system to fix numerous production bugs in their code
• Mentored junior developers with code reviews, coding challenges, feedback sessions, and pair programming
• Refactored legacy code into generics-driven design, allowing for far easier maintenance and modification

iModules Software

Sr. Software Developer

2014-2016

Technologies used: C#, .NET 4.0, ASP.NET WebForms, DI

• Heavy focus on application performance, gaining 95% improvements in some areas
• Introduced sustainable unit testing patterns
• Utilized AJAX via ASMX handlers to provide a interactive user experience on corporate websites
• Introduced repeatable design patterns for maintaining code
• Heavy focus on modernizing legacy code during maintenance
• Implemented several new features in proprietary Android mobile app
• Mentored junior developers

VI Marketing and Branding (via AdvantageTech)

Sr. Software Developer

2014-2014 (6 mo contract)

Technologies used: C#, .NET 4.0, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, JQuery, MySQL, DI, MSMQ

• Brought several processes related to agile development, like kanban, ticketing systems, user stories
• Standardized hybrid AngularJS/ASP.NET MVC application to ASP.NET MVC
• Standardized hybrid MySQL/MSSQL dual-database structure to MySql
• Led discovery of application requirements and integration with multiple vendors
• Implemented API access for uploading to Vimeo.com
• Implemented API access for document-to-PDF converter

Ticket Solutions, Inc. / VeriShip, Inc.

Software engineer / Team lead

2011-2013

Technologies used: C#, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC, MSSQL, DI, MSpec, MSMQ, ORM (Entity Framework), TPL

• Increased company revenue 150% while cutting hosting costs by 75%, with no change in sales, by improving efficency of code
• Brought effective unit testing to development, increasing code coverage of the core application to 90%, trapping hundreds of regression bugs in just 18 months
• Integrated new technologies and development practices with a legacy 1+MLOC codebase
• Implemented standard patterns, allowing multiple developers to begin contributing to codebase with less ramp-up time
• Lead of the "middleware" team, over 5 people
• Designed a system which can report the individual status of several dozen audit points over millions of packages per week with under 100GB/yr database growth

Softek Solutions, Inc.

Software engineer

2006-2011

Technologies used: C#, .NET 4.0, WPF, VB6, DI, Web Services

• Designed, architected, and helped manage the transition of core application from VB6 to C#
• Overhauled build process, bringing a two hour build down to under 10 minutes, requiring no special software
• Created installers in WiX for client and server applications
• Created a multi-threaded, asynchronous, responsive and fluid UI in C# Winforms
• Adapted the WPF design pattern to Winforms, for a developer-friendly blend of familiar surroundings and high testability.

Cities Unlimited

Software engineer / Information Systems manager

2001-2006

Technologies used: PHP, MySql, Linux

• Created e-Commerce application for customer-driven advertising, utilizing AJAX for a richer client experience
• Created a web-based advertising platform capable of targeting individual zip codes while handling hundreds of requests per second
• Maintained and improved several in-house applications written in VB4
• Maintained clustered forward-facing web servers and a database back end, running Debian Linux
• Maintained workstations and internal infrastructure, including updates, backups, security, firewall, RAID
• Automated several processes with Excel and VBScript, saving hundreds of hours of manual labor