Edward H. Ferking III
Senior Full Stack .Net Developer / Analyst
Birmingham, AL 35223
Cell: (205) 641-4184
Email: eferking@f3csi.com

TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
  • Experienced Senior Full Stack Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry.
  • Skilled in application development, systems administration, database development, requirements analysis, and business consulting.
  • 25+ year background in diverse facets of development, encompassing analysis, design, development, and execution of business software solutions.
  • Extremely skilled and intuitive in adapting to software and development environments.
  • Highly adept in computer modeling and analysis of complex systems.
  • Well-read and knowledgeable on design, database, UI, UX, and development topics
  • A creative thinker with a track record of finding innovative and often outside-the-box solutions to complex and daunting problems.
EXPERIENCE

Senior Full Stack Developer / Analyst
Jack's Family Restaurants, Birmingham, AL (03/2024 to Date)

  • Refactored / rewrote several internal applications utilizing various tools and technologies
    • Front-End - Vue, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript
    • Back-End - Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, MySQL, SQL Server, Restful API's
    • Other - Trello, GitHub
  • Worked onsite with a small team of developers in an Agile environment

Senior Full Stack .Net Developer / Analyst
Avenu Insights & Analytics, Birmingham, AL (02/2020 to 03/2024)

  • Designed, developed, maintained, and enhanced numerous web applications utilizing various tools and technologies
    • Front-End - VB.NET, C#, .Net Core, ASP.NET, Angular, Vue, JavaScript, TypeScript
    • Back-End - MVC, Restful API's, SQL Server
    • Reporting - SQL Server Reporting Services, ActiveReports, Crystal Reports
    • Other - Jira, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, Git, Microsoft Teams
  • Co-developed, managed, and enhanced an intranet (C# / Angular / SQL Server) and extranet (VB.Net / ASP.net / Vue / SQL Server) application with 10,000+ users
  • Completely overhauled and redesigned a legacy (ASP.net / VB.net / SQL Server) application with 200+ web forms
  • Provisioned, configured, managed several 99.999% uptime web servers / applications
  • Worked 100% remote with a team of developers, analysts, and product owners in an Agile environment
  • Authored, tested, and deployed data / schema conversion scripts for high availability databases
  • Worked with source control and CI/CD systems throughout the release and development process

Senior Full Stack .Net Developer / Analyst, Owner / Operator
F3 Solutions, Birmingham, AL. (1/95 to 02/2020)

  • Designed, developed, and managed numerous desktop and web (intranet and extranet) applications utilizing various tools and technologies
    • Client - VB.NET, C#, WinForms, ASP.NET, VBA, VB, ASP, Access, Excel
    • Server - SQL Server, Firebird, SQL Compact, DBase, SSIS, Sharepoint
    • Third Party - DevExpress, Infragistics, Telerik, Red Gate
  • Designed, developed, and managed a desktop application for a public insurance adjusting company through 3 different application lifecycles (originally developed in Microsoft Access, converted to Visual Basic / SQL Server, and eventually converted to .Net WinForms / SQL Server)
  • Designed and developed an application that tracked millions of dollars in daily shipments of crude oil for a large refinery using WinForms and SQL Server. Application allowed for offline data collection / printing on tanker trucks with a sync mechanism once they reached cellular coverage. The application also integrated with company-wide billing and reporting systems.
  • Designed, developed, and managed an application for end-to-end (from lead management to sales to order fulfilment to debt collection) management of a telemarketing company using various technologies (VB.Net, VB, ASP.Net, SQL Server, MS Access). Designed, developed, managed and optimized application databases containing over 100 million records.
  • Designed, developed, and managed a web-based reporting tool for a refinery using ASP.Net, VB.Net, VBA, SQL Server, and Sharepoint. Features included a multifaceted role and user based authorization system, cell-by-cell storage in SQL Server and presentation of excel spreadsheets in a web based format, user configurable reporting, integration with numerous external systems via FTP, SQL Server Integration Services, Red Gate Synchronization, flat-file import, and third-party application automation.
  • Provided business consulting, software development, and IT support for various industries (telemarketing, insurance, financial, industrial, retail) and company sizes (small to Fortune 100)
  • Integrated applications with merchant services, shipping systems, predictive dialers and various other external systems
  • Created web designs, ecommerce sites, static web sites, graphics, and other miscellaneous web related content.
  • Authored marketing website content, software manuals, technical reports, proposals, use-cases, and project plans.
  • Configured and managed various high availability Windows servers (file, mail, web, database, surveillance, etc.) Provisioned, managed, configured, installed PC's, servers, network wiring, routers, switches, etc.
  • Managed employees and general day to day operations of the company.

Senior Programmer / Analyst
Southern Nuclear, Birmingham, AL (4/19 to 10/19)

  • Upsized an Access split database to an Access front end for SQL Server.
  • Authored various stored procedures, views, functions, and conversion scripts.
  • Performed ad-hoc queries and data analysis.
EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering: (9/90 to 5/95)
University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, Florida 33620.

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
  • Development Products / Technologies
    • .NET / VB.NET (all versions 1.0 through 16.0) / C# (all versions from 7.0 through 10.0)
    • Visual Basic (all versions from 2.0 through 6.0), Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
    • Visual Studio (all versions from Visual Studio 97 through Visual Studio 2022)
    • Microsoft Access (all versions from 1.1 through Access 2016)
    • Asure DevOps, Git, Team Foundation Server, Visual SourceSafe
    • Angular, Vue, ASP.Net, Active Server Pages (ASP)
  • Databases
    • SQL Server (all versions from 7.0 to SQL Server 2019)
    • Oracle (version 8)
    • Firebird SQL
    • DBase
  • Technologies, Languages
    • VB.Net, C#, VBA, VB
    • T-SQL, PL/SQL
    • ADO.Net, ADO, DAO, ODBC, Oracle Objects
    • TypeScript, Javascript, VBScript, HTML, XHTML, XML, JSON
    • COM, DCOM, REST, SOAP
  • Other
    • Office (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook)
    • QuickBooks
    • Adobe Photoshop
CERTIFICATIONS
  • MCSD - Microsoft Certified Solution Developer: Visual Studio 6.0 (#B335-1556)
  • MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional (#B335-1553)