Damon McGraw

Damon McGraw
damon.mcgraw@watchland.org
Blacksburg, VA 24060

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a challenging position as a Software Engineer allowing for personal growth and professional development.

EXPERIENCE:

Senior Software Engineer, Sungard, Blacksburg, VA
March 2007 - Present

Developed/supported ASP.Net based management/monitoring tools for forms processing system (FormWorks Navigator).
Developed/supported a Windows service which manages distributed work-flow tasks for FormWorks (FormWorks Agent)
Manage and maintain the continuous integration system based on CruiseControl.Net.
Designed & Developed prototype OCR web service and small silverlight client to demo it
Created a light weight job manager and scheduler to the FormWorks agent component.
Developed the backend for a browser based keying/validation solution.
Joined an existing group and and helped them reach their product release milestone in 8 months

Senior Software Engineer, Honeywell/POMS corporation, Blacksburg, VA
June 1995 - March 2007

Designed and developed various software components for an MES system geared toward the pharmaceutical industry.
Designed and developed a report generation/printing system using XML/XSL-FO as the engine for generation of PDF reports.
Helped design and code a web based MES solution.
Lead the team responsible for integration with plant floor controllers using serial communications and OPC technology.
Projects have a high degree of integration with several components. This forced us to work as a team to ensure that changes were coordinated in various components of the product.
Developed Database backed web front applications using the Microsoft .NET framework (ASP.NET)
Developed software to communicate with and control plant floor devices through the OPC standard.
Built an IDE for a custom language including GUI layout tool
Implemented a serial communications layer which served as the basis for Scale reading and control

Computer Instructor, Future Kids, McLean, VA
June 1993-September 1994

EDUCATION:

BS Computer Science 1995
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

SKILLS:

Programming Skills:

I have worked extensively with both C and C++ under a variety of operating environments, including Windows, several flavors of UNIX, and even OS/2 once upon a time. I am familiar and comfortable with both the Microsoft Visual Studio tools and the standard GNU development tools (gcc, gdb, make, etc.)
C# and the .NET framework on both Microsoft and the Mono platforms
Used XML, XSL, XSL-FO technologies for the purpose of report generation
Used XML, XSL technologies for the configuration/migration of data
Proficient with HTML and CSS
PHP web development
Unit test development and automation using NUnit.

Administration Skills: