CHRIS NORTON

Senior member of custom SharePoint web parts product team

• Design and build SharePoint web part solution architectures using C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, XML web services
• Identified and eliminated application and browser page performance bottlenecks
• Migrating web parts using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to Silverlight for improved portability
• Provide technical support to team members and external, end-user customers
• Produce whitepapers, design documents, test scripts, and user manuals
• Implemented automated build system with code escrow procedures to reduce quality assurance efforts

We acquire vacant single family homes for 45-65 cents on the dollar and, with owner financing, re-market them for long term cash flow with a huge back-end profit. We help credit challenged buyers get on a path to home ownership and provide a safe, secure, healthy return to our investors.

Investor partnership opportunities are available. Contact for details.

Produced client-server tools for a multi-user, n-Tier enterprise solution for police departments. Volunteered duties included selection & implementation of development environment tools and process improvements.

• Designed and developed several multi-threaded, application and interface servers that enabled police officers to query intranet & extranet systems using LAN workstation & wireless client applications.
• Designed and developed wireless client applications which improved officer safety and saved lives.
• Utilized OOD/OOP techniques, UML, and RUP (Rational Unified Process) for the analysis, design and construction of enterprise software components.
• Single-handedly developed a client-server mobile solution that was endorsed by the state of Massachusetts as the best software available to remotely communicate with their criminal justice systems.
• Authored requirements, design, technical, support, administrator and end user documents.
• Researched and implemented Windows domain network for entire company.
• Identified and led an effort to define/implement process improvements that reduced development time by 50% and improved quality by 65%.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts that significantly reduced overhead for support department.
• Researched and deployed new software development tools. Trained engineering group in their use.
• Identified the need for and led a code cleanup project that resolved an estimated 400 bugs.

Started as a report writer, promoted to applications development then to systems development.

• Designed and coded enhancements to multi-user, multi-currency, global asset, trust accounting system.
• Assisted in porting of legacy system to multi-platform, n-Tier architecture to run on Windows and UNIX.
• Reduced support maintenance by co-developing new utilities and application support products.
• Developed and enhanced real-time and on-demand APIs for internal and external customers.
• Project management: authored design documents, provided man hour estimates and milestone planning.

Hired to provide telephone technical support for off-the-shelf consumer software. Volunteered to take over administration of company phone system.

• Provided telephone and email technical support for financial software and online user accounts.
• Administered network wiring, modem line pool and digital PBX phone system using self-taught skills.

Integrated interactive multimedia computing technologies to suit a variety of client applications

• Designed and developed interactive multimedia applications on Windows and Macintosh platforms.
• Collaborated with customers and developed prototypes with video staff.
• Applied visual design skills for UI development of Point-Of-Sale and information kiosk systems.

Six month co-op position while attending Drexel University

• Tested and verified assembly language modules for a submarine radio room project.
• Conducted implementation and design review meetings.  Drafted departmental project schedules.

Six month co-op position while attending Drexel University

• Designed, wrote, developed and tested in-house mainframe software tools with little supervision
• Taught myself the C programming language and related tool