Garrison M. Brinkmann

5609 Sandbrook Lane
Hilliard, Ohio 43026

(614) 266-8948

Objective

Deliver first-class software with a high-performance team in an energized work environment

Accomplishments

Owned WCF-based data synchronization system servicing 370+ distributed databases

Secured organization’s software in aggressive 2½-month PCI Level 1 certification process

Designed enterprise billing system for 1.5 million online banking customers

Successfully managed full-time and offshore resources in high-profile projects

Reduced coding effort 60% through automated generation of repetitive, low-value code

Rolled out WCF service infrastructure that minimized development and deployment costs

Increased IT group’s codebase stability and decreased project delivery risk via asset governance

Technologies

.NET Framework 3.5

WCF

SQL Server 2008

Subversion

C# / VB.NET

CodeSmith / T4 Templates

SQL Reporting Services

Borland StarTeam

ASP.NET

Altova XML Spy

SSIS

TFS

JavaScript

SOA Logidex

Oracle

IBM ClearCase

CruiseControl.NET

XML Schema & XSLT

SharePoint

HP Quality Center

Generics & Lambdas

Model-Driven Arch.

Fog Creek FogBugz

UML Diagrams

Employment

Feb. 2009–
Feb. 2010

Sr. Developer/Architect, e-Play, LLC, Columbus, Ohio

Roadmapped SQL Replication replacement and owned WCF-based, template-driven data synchronization system for distributed network of movie & game kiosks, maximizing C#, DDL, and T-SQL templating

Created message-inspecting WCF app framework and advised others on how to leverage it

Resolved esoteric security issues for highest level of PCI certification; conceived comprehensive application inventory to enforce consistent identification and authentication practices

Assisted development manager in release planning and resource allocation in agile environment

Nov. 2008–
Jan. 2009

Developer/Analyst, Artromick Automated Products Group, Columbus, Ohio

Analyzed and enhanced WCF inventory solution for medication-packaging robot

Feb. 2007–
Nov. 2008

Application Architect, BMW Group Financial Services, Columbus, Ohio

Acted as analyst and domain architect on 30+ projects; defined service and batch interfaces; helped data architects with schemas; documented flows and current/future system states

Owned model-driven architecture that protected service contracts from ad hoc changes, promoted best practices and reuse, enhanced discoverability, and minimized time-to-market; in a recent contract-heavy project, delivered 90% of the code in 5% of the development hours

Created SharePoint-based project portfolio system that synchronized with budget system; leveraged SharePoint web services to programmatically manipulate and aggregate portal data

Governed nomenclature and taxonomy across growing catalog of business services and entities

Sept. 2002–
Feb. 2007

Development Lead, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (CIG), Columbus, Ohio

Owned billing system spanning SQL Server and Oracle that generated fees for products across three LoBs

Managed eight resources between Columbus, Chicago, and India

Provided business intelligence on products such as Bill-Pay, Quicken, Tax/Payroll, and ACH

Absorbed tripling of customer base while improving system’s processing time by 800%

Loosely coupled components, which eased testing and resulted in effortless conversion to SSIS

July 2002–
Sept. 2002

Developer/Analyst, Affiliated Resource Group, Columbus, Ohio

Refactored Cheryl’s Cookies’ inventory tool; designed database for patient research group

Aug. 1998–
May 2002

Senior Developer, Clarity Consulting, Chicago

Designed search facility in Brandes Investment Partner’s web site, which was nominated for a
Microsoft Certified Partner Award

Created Solaris/Oracle/C++/CORBA/Java/SOAP web service for Microsoft; was published on MSDN and was demonstrated in PDC 2000’s keynote address

Conceived code snippets for 30 .NET Framework classes for Microsoft’s MSDN Library

Replaced an Arthur Andersen intranet site with asynchronous version that boosted performance for remote workers by 20x over full page refreshes; used XMLHttpRequest before AJAX became popular

Wrapped compilation and deployment capabilities around Arthur Andersen’s VSS repository

Created lightweight XML parser for Bear Stearns’ COM-mainframe bridge

Implemented Ameritech’s pay-for-performance business intelligence system; pilot tracked dozens of metrics across hundreds of employees

Nov. 1996–
Sept. 2000

Developer/Tester, Electronic Vision, Athens, Ohio

Enhanced medical-asset-tracking web application with security, sophisticated searching, record-locking, and browsing capabilities

Rigorously tested interactive medical training program

Designed bug-tracking system that eased defect entry, prioritization, and resolution

Public Appearances, Certifications, and Organizations

Lectured at Ohio University’s MIS Department on the software development lifecycle, including roles and responsibilities, challenges of corporate IT culture, and problem-solving in a team environment

Presented at Central Ohio’s .NET Developers Group on MapPoint and customized data access layer with strongly-typed DataReaders

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer

Member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity

Education

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Minor in Telecommunications