Michael Knopf

Principle Software Developer

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL. through Abacus Tech Corp

• Application development in Microsoft Silverlight, WCF, MS SQL 2005 & 2008, C#, and ASP.NET utilizing a Test Driven Development (TDD) approach
• Provide full life cycle software/web development support and guidance for a CMMI Level 3 software development team
• Develop web applications using .NET framework and technologies
• Design and implement business logic and data layers for web applications
• Design database tables, write stored procedures, and user defined functions
• Work with the test team to identify and repair any bugs
• Provide status reports to supervisor, department manager, and client on a weekly basis
• Provide training and guidance to other software engineers as necessary
• Application architecture and implementation in C#.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, MS SQL, and Silverlight, using Visual Studio 2008, NUnit Testing Framework
• Many design patterns are used throughout the systems development
• Object Oriented Programming design principles used throughout.
• Custom built business objects and collection including extension methods
• .NET Web Services in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application design
• Data encryption
• MS SQL Stored Procedures
• Object Relational Mapping (ORM)
• Development under tight time constraints
• Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 and 7
• JavaScript and jQuery
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) controlled user interface
• Visual Source Safe

Senior Developer

Team Zone Sports Tampa, FL.

• Application architecture and implementation in C#.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, MS SQL, and Silverlight, using Visual Studio 2008, SubVersion (SVN), Team Foundation Server 2005, TestDrivent.Net, and Database Migrations
• In-depth use of ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC Framework, CSS, HTML, Test Driven Development, Object Relation Mapping (ORM), Web Farm hardware infrastructure, and jQuery JavaScript libraries
• Many design patterns are used throughout the system including the Factory pattern, and Polymorphic Association
• Object Oriented Programming design principles used throughout.
• Application built to run in a high-transaction environment utilizing proxy server for request distribution, web farm server set up, mirrored database server implementation
• Custom built business objects and collection including extension methods
• .NET Web Services in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application design
• Data encryption using .NET Membership Services and hashing algorithms
• MS SQL Stored Procedures
• Object Relational Mapping (ORM)
• Continuous development integration and Automated build and production release system using CruiseControl.NET
• Development under tight time constraints
• Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 and 7
• JavaScript and jQuery used throughout
• Microsoft AjaxToolKit
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) controlled user interface
• Team Foundation Server and SubVersion (SVN) Source Control systems

Senior Developer

New Edge Interactive Gainesville/Ocala, FL.

• Developed and maintained Web sites and Web applications running on Microsoft’s .NET platform
• Complex project development including e-commerce, intranet/extranet applications, intense security and data encryption, fully dynamic web applications
• Application architecture and implementation in C#.NET, ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, T-SQL, ORM, MS SQL, using Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008, Team Foundation Server 2005, TestDrivent.Net, and Database Migrations
• NET Web Services in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application design
• Data encryption using .NET Membership Services and hashing algorithms
• MS SQL Stored Procedures
• Object Relational Mapping (ORM) data model
• Continuous development integration and Automated build and production release system using CruiseControl.NET
• Development under tight time constraints
• Internet Information Services 6 and 7
• JavaScript and jQuery
• Microsoft AjaxToolKit
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) controlled user interface
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Visual SourceSafe, Team Foundation Server, and SubVersion Source Control systems
• Business consulting
• General business operations manager

Project Manager, Developer

352 Media Group Gainesville, FL.

• Coordinated and managed all project aspects including communication between client, development staff, third party service providers, and technical support
• Managed all large retainer clients company wide
• Application architecture and implementation in C#.NET, ASP.NET, MS SQL, HTML, CSS, T-SQL, using Visual Studio 2003
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) controlled user interface
• MS SQL Stored Procedures
• Development under tight time constraints
• Internet Information Services 6
• Consulted with programmers, designers, and senior developers throughout the development life cycle

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Associate of Arts

Certified Internet Webmaster Associate Certification

• ASP.NET
• Silverlight
• C#.NET
• HTML
• CSS
• MS SQL
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques
• JavaScript and jQuery

• Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/7
• Windows Server 2003/2008

• Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2002/2003/2005/2008/2010
• Microsoft Expression Blend 3/4
• MS SQL Server 7/2000/2005/2008
• MS VSS
• Team Foundation Server 2005
• MS Access 2000
• All Microsoft Office Programs
• Adobe/Macromedia Fireworks