Jason Pharr
Software Engineer
Grenada,MS
Summary
Detail-oriented, organized, and meticulous employee. Works at a fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success. Highly skilled software development professional bringing enormous talents for intelligent software design, development, and integration. Offering advanced knowledge of in-demand programming languages. Background writing code and developing systems for Manufacturing/Automation applications. Complex problem-solver with an analytical and driven mindset. Dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives according to tight schedules while producing impeccable code.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
20
20
Programming languages known
Work History
Business Analyst / Software Developer
Advanced Distributor Products
01.2017 - 10.2023
- Built, tested, and deployed scalable, highly available, and modular software applications to fulfill user specifications using .NET framework
- Wrote and implemented many scripts to enhance user experience and integrated various fixes with PowerShell and VBScript
- Modified existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, and improve performance using C#, C++, Visual Basic, Python, ASP.NET, and various other languages
- Implemented innovative systems for PLC data collection, RSLogix utilization, and AllenBradly integration via Ignition Automation/OPC-UA
- Diagnosed and repaired Opto-22 module interface errors and fuses for air handler station testing
- Developed, implemented, and optimized stored procedures and functions using Microsoft SQL
- Optimized server performance, SQL indexes, and hardware/software infrastructure
IT Project, Risk and Audit Coordinator
Scalable Solutions Consulting
03.2011 - 02.2016
- Monitored system logs for all company computers and devices to maximize uptime
- Defined security requirements for computer systems, including mainframes, workstations, and personal computers
- Kept up-to-date on new developments in computer and network vulnerabilities and data encryption
- Proposed technical feasibility solutions for new functional designs and suggested options for performance improvement of technical objects
- Spear-headed major migration projects for over 200 users, spanning desktop to ThinkPad and operating systems migrations, achieving on-time completion with 100% budget adherence
Business Analyst
Grace Covenant Church
11.2009 - 04.2011
- Developed and maintained effective and user-friendly help desk systems
- Wrote complex deployment scripts to install and configure software remotely
- Implemented new hardware and software in live environments with little or no downtime, while managing hundreds of users in an academy environment (students/teachers/faculty)
- Maintained Active Directory, Exchange, Microsoft Server, SQL Databases, and VMware vSphere to manage multiple virtual servers
- Insured data integrity by providing backup solutions to keep redundant copies of all server / user data
- Upgraded and repaired hardware on site, and performed software upgrades
Software Developer
ECDS EmpowER
04.2008 - 11.2009
- Programmed software for hospitals using VB.NET, and MS Access (VB6/SQL)
- Managed databases and wrote queries / stored procedures for clients using SQL 2000/2005
- Provided emergency tech support to hospital IT during night shift hours
- Developed tools to implement upgrades more efficiently, which greatly lowered deployment time and saved hospitals hours of down time
- Created custom diagnostic tools to quickly run queries and display important program information in an intuitive user friendly GUI, which drastically reduced support and open ticket times
Store Manager and Systems Administrator |
Gamer's Edge Café
02.2006 - 02.2008
- Built 20+ custom gaming computers, saving thousands of dollars in hardware costs
- Wired the store's networking, and oversaw all router/port configurations
- Managed active directory, and wrote scripts to implement user data into adaptable cafe software
- Wrote software to better manage group policy objects, which limited user access to the registry, system files, and inappropriate websites
- Performed store management duties, such as hiring staff, opening and closing the store, and maintaining a safe and fun environment for cafe customers
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration - Partial
Holmes Community College
Grenada, MSBachelor of Science - Information Technology - Partial
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SCSkills
- Windows / Linux / CNC / RSLogix / ESXi / QlikSense / Ignition / Highjump / Kepware
- VBScript / VB6 / VBNET / ASPNET / SQL / JavaScript / C# / C / Python / PowerShell
- Website and portal monitoring
- Efficient NET design and development
- Network maintenance/optimization
- Strong resourcefulness/adaptability
- Acquire new skills extremely quickly
- Data backup and retrieval
- IT security best practices
- Large-scale data center management both on-site and remote
- Microsoft MSCA/MCSE Certified Web application implementation
- PLC integration using IIoT technology
- Hardware/software diagnostics, troubleshooting, and repair
- Configuration management
- Cybersecurity analysis
- Testing and deployment / IIS
- Performance and scalability optimization
Certification
TRAINED IN DBA, MCSA, MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, CISSPA, MCDST, A+
References
Available upon request
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Timeline
Business Analyst / Software Developer
Advanced Distributor Products
01.2017 - 10.2023
IT Project, Risk and Audit Coordinator
Scalable Solutions Consulting
03.2011 - 02.2016
Business Analyst
Grace Covenant Church
11.2009 - 04.2011
Software Developer
ECDS EmpowER
04.2008 - 11.2009
Store Manager and Systems Administrator |
Gamer's Edge Café
02.2006 - 02.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration - Partial
Holmes Community College
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology - Partial
Winthrop University
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