Brett M. Burkhart Online Resume & Portfolio 7545 McCrimmon Parkway www.brettburkhart.com Cary, North Carolina 27519 brett@brettburkhart.com 919.267.5765 Career Summary 13+ years of experience in full life-cycle development and design of n-tiered web-based and desktop applications involving both multiple products and multiple system environments Computer Languages XAML, C#, XML, XSLT, SQL, XHTML 1.0, CSS2, LDAP, JavaScript, VBScript, Visual Basic 6.0, SHTML, WDDX, ColdFusion Technologies & Operating Systems .NET Framework 1.0 - 3.5, Windows Presentation Foundation, TIBCO SmartSockets, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Web Services, ADO.NET, SQL Server, IIS, Windows Active Directory, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 Development Tools & Software Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend, Perforce, Subversion, MS Localization Toolkit, NUnit, XMLSPY, Visual SourceSafe, Site Server Commerce, MS Content Management Server, Photoshop, Illustrator Work Experience President February 2009 - present Burkhart Design & Development, Inc. Cary, NC * Provide a full suite of strategic creative services to companies with products in the financial, consumer, and enterprise industries to strategically innovate their business and create new opportunities. * Help clients envision and visualize their future through services including Product Ideation, User Interface Design, Information Architecture, Prototyping and Simulations, and Application Implementation. * Leverage emerging technologies to define and realize new products, services, and experiences in the web and desktop environments. Projects: Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. – Project Niagara * Working on a next generation application using the .NET Framework 3.5, C#, and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), targeted for the global algorithmic trading industry. * Responsible for the graphic design, visual layout, and user experience, as well as the development in C# and WPF, from prototyping to full scale implementation and deployment. * Followed the Model-View-ViewModel Design Pattern to facilitate the separation of the visual layer from the model layer and business logic. FileONE, Inc. – SystemWorks™ * Developed a set of ASP.NET AJAX-based screens to facilitate a Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Lien Search by the general public or users within a Secretary of State office. * Worked directly with the client to understand their business model and goals and then developed the layout and desired work flows for all the Lien Search pages. * Utilized the Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX to provide an elegant and desktop-like UX. * Developed C# business layer logic according to UCC rules and regulations. Senior UI Design Engineer March 2008 – November 2008 Open Finance Network Charlotte, NC * Responsible for leading the UI/UX design and development for the company's primary software platform built using .NET 3.5 and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). * Functioned as a Technical Architect, Design Analyst, Senior Developer, and provided visual design and interaction direction. * Worked in a mentoring role with the design and development teams to provide knowledge transfer of WPF and XAML. Projects: AGILE – The Advisor Control Center * Defined WPF application architecture with regards to the presentation layer, provided coding standards, demonstrated best practices and approaches to WPF implementation, and defined the Designer-Integrator-Developer collaboration process. * Worked with the product managers to gather requirements and created working prototypes and proof-of-concepts for complex screens in order to provide technical direction to development team. * Developed all the XAML visual styles, control templates, custom controls, and visual assets to provide a world-class user experience. * Created a WPF-based documentation SDK for developers to reference when needing information about the library of control styles, custom controls, color and font resources, and working examples. Software Consultant October 2007 - March 2008 Cynergy Systems, Inc. Washington, DC * Worked with clients to develop new products, services, and experiences in the web and desktop environment using the latest technologies including .NET 3.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation. Projects: Microsoft Corporation – Connected Services Framework * Developed a high visual fidelity WPF prototype to test out Microsoft's Connected Services Framework and demonstrate how it could be implemented as a kiosk application. Klein Decisions, LLC – K4 PlanGoals * Designed and developed an ASP.NET 2.0 financial administration application to facilitate the management of a hierarchical list of investment firm’s asset classes and their allocations, portfolios, funds, plans, and participant investments. Senior Developer, Digital Media Technology March 2005 – August 2007 frog design inc. Austin, TX / Paris, France * Provided senior-level strategic-creative consulting to Fortune 500 companies to help clients develop new products, services, and experiences in the web and desktop environment using the latest technologies including ASP.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Projects: Hewlett-Packard Company – Total Care Advisor * Lead a team to do full UI implementation in XAML/C# using .NET 3.0/WPF for a HP support & system health application installed on every HP desktop and laptop running Windows Vista. Hewlett-Packard Company – SmartCenter * Developed a high visual fidelity prototype using .NET 3.0/WPF to provide the HP development team with the overall architecture and UI classes for the production Vista XBAP application. Hewlett-Packard Company – Consumer UI Toolkit * Designed and developed a WPF design library development kit, to be used by HP developers, to include all HP branded WPF assets into HP’s future WPF suite of products. Spare Backup, Inc. & Hewlett-Packard Company – Spare Backup * Migrated the company’s existing Spare Backup WinForms application to an HP branded WPF application, in roughly 4 weeks, using .NET 3.0/WPF. frog Client Resource Manager * Architect and built a C# API that exposed business objects which were persisted between two Active Directories. These objects used LDAP and functionality in the .NET Directory Services namespace to populate their properties along with creating and joining security groups used for restricted network file access and Microsoft SharePoint integration. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. * Built several global web sites for AMD in ASP.NET 1.1, using the Microsoft Localization Toolkit for the localization of content into multi languages. Lead Software Engineer March 2004 – March 2005 Builder Homesite, Inc. Austin, TX * Responsible for leading a team of four on-site developers, and a team of six offshore developers, to design and implement Envision™, a suite of .NET applications for the building industry. * Lead developer tasks included managing a small team of senior developers, communicating and working with a team of offshore developers, documentation of functional and technical designs, VSS management, tracking development progress, management of the issue tracking system, and other administrative duties. .NET Solutions Contractor August 2003 – February 2004 CyberTrader.com Austin, TX * Worked as an on-site contractor providing senior-level development services using ASP.NET, C#, .NET Web Services, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, and SQL Server 2000. * Developed around a full life-cycle process from the initial requirements gathering, design and development, to testing and publishing to production servers. Web Applications Developer May 2002 – August 2003 Access CoverageCorp, Inc. Charlotte, NC * Developed web-based applications using ASP.NET 1.0-1.1, C#, .NET Web Services, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, Visual Basic COM+ objects, and SQL Server 2000. Senior Developer/Consultant October 2001 – May 2002 Self-employed contractor Charlotte, NC * Developed sites in ASP.NET using C#, XSLT, ASP, and JavaScript, data driven by XML and/or a SQL Server 7.0/2000 database. * Responsible for the full life-cycle process from the initial requirements and contractual documentation, design and development, to testing and publishing to production servers. Senior Consultant April 1999 - October 2001 Osprey Systems, Inc. Charlotte, NC * Developed a variety of custom-built, multi-tiered applications using ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, ColdFusion, COM, DCOM, Site Server Commerce, and Pandesic, integrated into a SAP R/3 or SQL 7.0/2000 database. * Took on a senior and lead developer position with frequent domestic and international travel to consult clients and develop on-site. Systems Consultant August 1998 – April 1999 Computer Management Science, Inc. Charlotte, NC * Worked as an on-site contractor providing junior-level development services using ASP, Cold Fusion, and SQL Server 6.5. Computer Graphics Technologist October 1996 – August 1998 Barnhardt & Walker, Inc. Concord, NC * Conducted creative duties for the design, development, and production of web sites, brochures, artwork, logos, photography and related graphic materials. * Responsible for the full life-cycle process of client’s web sites. Sites were designed in Photoshop and FreeHand, developed in ColdFusion and/or static HTML. Education Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Bachelor of Science, Computer Graphics Technology, 1996 Microsoft Certified Professional * Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET exam: 70–315 completed: 7/22/2005 Brett M. Burkhart · 7545 McCrimmon Parkway · Cary, North Carolina 27519 brett@brettburkhart.com · 919.267.5765 · Updated on 1/7/2010