on Sep 4
Alan Barber
Dublin, OH, United States
alanbarber.com
@alanbarberI'm an Application Developer, Web Developer, Database Developer & occasional Database Administrator. I specialize in Microsoft .Net Software Development with a focus on SQL Server Database Design and Administration, but I have worked with both hardware and software throughout my career.
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Consultant, Improving Enterprises, Inc.
March 2012 - Current
Provide onsite .Net and SQL Server developer services for client projects.
Consultant, Quick Solutions, Inc.
January 2011 - March 2012
Provide onsite .Net and SQL Server developer services for client projects.
Senior Programmer, Corporate Research International
September 2007 - January 2011
Web Developer, Database Administrator, Phone Systems. I may have been a programmer by title but I was the manager of all things IT. I dealt with both software development as well as hardware issues. My goal was to always look for the best technology to help the company service it's clients better!
Programmer, Corporate Research International
November 2005 - September 2007
Web Developer, Database Administrator, Phone Systems. I may have been a programmer by title but I was the manager of all things IT. I dealt with both software development as well as hardware issues. My goal was to always look for the best technology to help the company service it's clients better!
Education
Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, Bowling Green State University
1999 - 2004
Active memberships
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Falcon .NET Association (FNA)
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Open Source
ConsoleToolBox
Bitbucket, Apr 2012 - Current
ConsoleToolBox is an open source c# library that provides a set of useful tools for building .net console applications. (Note: Once I officially release version 1.0.0 I will open up the Issue tracker and Wiki)
Writing
A pitch to move to a virtual machine based development environment
I recently moved to a VM (Virtual Machine) based development work environment and wanted to share my experience with others and provide some tips for getting started.
Reading
The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
Code Complete
Steve McConnell
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
Andy Hunt
Tools
Epson Equity II+, Intel 80286 12Mhz, 4MB Ram, 20MB HD, CGA Graphics
Visual Studio 2010