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George O. Full stack developer

George O.

  • Nigeria
  • Full-time (40 hrs/week)
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  • A proficient software engineer with close to a decade of experience in maintaining and building applications for small and medium-sized businesses in Nigeria and the US.
  • Familiar with modern software architecture practices, design patterns, and developing solutions based on the Microsoft stack for backend or cloud services and angular framework for frontend user interactions.
  • Looking for an opportunity to develop my passion for building maintainable software applications that would provide great user experiences and meet my goal of developing solutions that would improve people’s lives in various industry sectors.
  • I am offering a proactive approach with a determination to learn and meet all assigned goals/objectives as an effective team player.
  • Willing to relocate on request after proof of competence.

Github: https://github.com/georgeorhewere

Skills and experiences

Skills and experiences

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

JAFFA TECHNOLOGIES JUNE 2013 – FEBRUARY 2021

   Responsibilities

  • Collaborating with team members in Nigeria and Lebanon to develop, support, and scale .Net applications used by our clients.
  • Attending weekly and on-demand standup sessions with project manager, testers, and user contacts to develop optimal specifications, help prioritize user stories and resolve any blocks to fixing bug issues.
  • Leading the system design and development of new features or enhancements to ensure reliable and scalable solutions are implemented using appropriate architectures and technology frameworks.
  • Administering the Kaban boards on AzureDevops, sprint planning, allocating tasks to team members, and monitoring progress on tasks.
  • Assisting other team members with their research, code reviews and provide recommendations in finding appropriate solutions to development challenges.
  • Serving as the technical contact for bug reporting and change requests with external teams. Troubleshooting bugs and follow up with clients to point of resolution.  
  • Writing well-designed, testable, and maintainable code.
  • Facilitating the in-house training sessions among team members.

   Achievements

  • Successfully completed reverse engineering and migration of client’s legacy scheduling application through 2 framework cycles. This was from Silverlight to AngularJs and is currently migrated to Angular 9.
  • Successfully helped in the complete migration of existing Microsoft .Net custom-developed solutions to an Azure cloud platform.
  • Successfully completed and delivered 95% of requested new features and enhancements from our clients to the production environment for state-wide use.
  • Introduced unit testing methodology and created test suites for projects which improved development efficiency by 10% and reduced time needed to resolve bug issues.
  • Introduced continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) on Azure DevOps to our test and live environments for our user-facing applications. This helped in the early catching of build issues and improving the rollout time for new features.

 

SOLUTION DEVELOPER

EMMINENT SOFTWARE MAY 2012 – MAY 2013

 Responsibilities

  • Collaborated with a team to develop and support HR and knowledge management applications for company clients using SharePoint.
  • Implemented defined user stories from specification using .Net platform (visual basic, C#, and Sql).
  • Wrote reliable, maintainable, and extensible code in a team environment using Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
  • Developed manual tests for software components to ensure conformity to user requirements, detect and correct errors, improve performance, and upgrade UI.
  • Consulted with clients concerning the maintenance and performance of software systems.

   Achievements

  • Completed 45% of user stories for a custom recruitment form system used by the HR department of a client to allow the creation of custom forms for different HR hire types.
  • Successful deployment of an internal knowledge management portal on the SharePoint platform that facilitated search and collaboration on documents among users.

 

FACULTY INSTRUCTOR

IDM-NIIT March 2010 – May 2012
  • Provided student training (lectures and assessments) to over 100 students over 2 academic sessions in the following technologies:
    • SQL Server
    • Sun Java Frameworks
    • .Net technologies using Visual Studio (C# and Visual Basic)
    • Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML
    • Project Management
  • Implemented the following applications to improve customer service to students in the education center.
    • SMS Gateway Application
    • Customer Relationship Management Software.

 

NCC Education Course Facilitator

IPMC November 2006 – July 2009
  • Trained over 100 students in 3 academic sessions of 1st (IDCS) and 2nd (IAD) year students in the following modules of study.
    • 1st year: System Development, Structured Programming  Methods, VB.net, Developing a Website, Computer Technology
    • 2nd Year: Database Design and Development, Business Systems Analysis, Business systems Design
  • Provided assessment and evaluation of trainees by way of tests and assignments and guidance to students in solving NCC Education practical assessment projects on the above modules
  • Assisted in defining specifications for the procurement of computer software and services needed by students in the computer lab as part of their training;
  • Assisted the Lab Technician in the Administration of computer software and hardware in the computer lab.

 

Educations and Certifications

University Of Wales

BSc. Business Computing and Information Systems

2007 – 2009

Activities and Societies: Instructor for NCC Education IDCS and IAD Programs

IPMC

Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies - Programming

2005 -2006

Prince 2 Foundation

AXELOS Global Best Practice

Issued November 2015, no expiration date

MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Data Access Issuing authorityMicrosoft

Microsoft

Issued January 2013, no expiration date

MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Web Applications

Microsoft

Issued September 2012, no expiration date

MCPD: ASP.NET Developer 3.5

Microsoft

Issued August 2011, no expiration date

Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) 11g

Oracle

Issued May 2011, no expiration date

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