Johann Montfort

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Introducing the SCRUM and AGILE methodologies and serving as SCRUM Master at Enhesa, which helped the project flow by decreasing the time of producing testable software by at least 50%.
Involved in building the intranet infrastructure using tools such as LLBGenPro as the ORM, SQL Server 2008 as the database management system, C# to create the specialized modules for the main dashboard, following the MVP design patterns.
Mentoring the junior staff to make the move to .NET.
Leading the intranet project and liaising with the IT Director on technical decisions and giving technology presentations to mentor junior staff.

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Involved in the creation of a tool at Microsoft, that facilitates the localizers to localize the live spaces suite of applications found in live.com.
I also created a Data Access Layer for the website, which made use of LINQ to interact with the BLL. I used LINQ2SQL to leverage from the advantages of dynamic creation of DAL code.
I was also responsible for the migration of data from the old database, which was used for the prototype, to the fully developed product database. I created all the scripts that were used for the migration and also the new stored procedure scripts.
We used the Scrum methodology during this project, that made it more dynamic since the team was always aware of what all the members were doing. We used user stories to define tasks.
TFS was used to log all the bugs that were found during testing and before a release was issued. A set of PBI’s (Product Backlog Items) were worked on after every release

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Created a new system were developers can create web forms easily with pre-programmed ASP.NET tags and controls. Attributes can be attached to these controls to change their behavior. This system was implemented for a website for Curach Consulting (www.curach.com) and the client was really happy with the outcome.
I also did major enhancements to the Siternity Content Management System, such as better management of data with the use of caching, and a new User Management system, using the ASP.NET 2.0 Membership and Roles API.
I also used my experience to mentor junior developers in the easy migration from classic ASP and PHP to ASP.NET. I also suggested and implemented a versioning software (SourceSafe) to better manage the projects and the .NET Framework at Webtrade, and I was also responsible for guiding the junior developers to use this system.

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My task is to make changes to the present .NET 2.0 windows application and as a first line support person. I am also responsible for the maintenance of the SSIS packages to transfer data from the main database to the database on-line.

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My task at EI was to work on their online forms application. Apart from this web application, I also used Altavista to create visual forms from XML files. The process was that the forms where created normally in Visual Studio, and then with the help of a class, which XML tags were created. These XML tags where rendered and converted in Altavista to create these visual forms. These forms where then transformed to PDF and RTF, so that the client can print what he had entered in the online forms.

After these forms where created, a lot of testing was required to verify that these were working correctly and without any flaws. After the Unit Testing, there was also the System Testing whereby all the forms where tested simultaneously. After these tests, I also did an accessibility test to verify that the forms where also accessible by visually impaired clients.

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I was assigned on this 3 week project which consisted of an application for one of their clients.

My task was to do enhancements to an exisiting application written in ASP.NET 2 and do the necessary bug fixes.

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I was hired by X-Communications as an ASP.NET developer and worked on 2 projects. I built a database driven CMS using C#, Ajax and SQL Server 2000, couple with a powerful search for specific cars.

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I created a cms system for one of their websites which read data from a third party XML API, through http request and process this XML information into a class in the project to insert the data into the database. The Front-end of the system consisted of an online booking system whereby the customer would book holidays with any extras that he may request.

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In this 4 month project, I was involved in 4 projects. The largest one was for the Department of Education of NSW whereby the school administrator of the system could input events and opportunities that his school would be involved in throughout the curriculum. The second part of the system consisted of a main console where a super admin could add schools, school admins, regions and access levels to this application.

The other 3 projects were enhancements to existing ASP.NET applications.

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I started my career as a web developer with Icon Studios. When I joined, I was the first web developer there, so my task was to change this company from a pure multimedia company into a fully fledged web development company. I worked on various websites from property development to e-learning sites to product catalogue sites. During my time there, I also started the process of converting the company to a .NET development company, and I also managed to get my MCSD.NET while working with Icon Studios.

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I started my IT career with Crimsonwing, working mainly on COBOL, CICS and DB2. I was always involved in teams and worked with one of the major retailers in the UK, Safeway.