Keith Paquette
Pittsfield
Summary
- 25+ years – Extensive professional IT, leadership, and application development experience in private and government sectors
- 20+ years – Delivering complex, senior-level web/API application, DevOps solutions.
- 20+ years – Broad eCommerce knowledge with major organizations spanning different industries.
- 5+ years – Billable technical consulting with leading firms
- Leadership style based on productivity, critical-path success factors.
- Development Team Lead – oversee daily operations across multiple teams (15+ resources)
- Led two major website redesign projects for Connection and the City of Tampa (FL)
- Full-Stack Principal web developer; specializing in Microsoft, .NET, and front-end technologies.
- Comprehensive Content Management System (CMS) knowledge of Sitecore and Umbraco.
- Microsoft Certified Azure Developer (passed AZ-204 exam)
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Development Technical Lead
Connection, Inc.
09.2011 - Current
- Team Lead – manages daily operations between several teams including development, QA, and product/project management (15+ resources)
- Team Lead – conduct code reviews, mentor team members, manage support schedule (10+ resources)
- Project Lead – Completed web CMS migration from Sitecore to Umbraco, resulting in a six-figure annual cost saving.
- Project Lead – Coordinated, developed module and custom functionality for website redesign.
- Development Lead – Bill & Hold inventory management used by top customers (i.e., Tesla)
- Development Lead – Terms & Conditions integration with Microsoft subscription purchases
- Development Lead – Search-As-You-Type feature in main search bar via cloud-based provider Rezolve Ai, formally known as GroupBy
- Subject Matter Expert/developer for Sitecore and Umbraco web CMS
- Release Manager/Scrum Master – managed over 30+ web deployments over two years.
- Proficient in responsive, front-end web development
- Passed AZ-204 exam to obtain “Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate” Certification
Senior Consultant
Catapult Systems, a Quisitive Company
03.2011 - 09.2011
- Client: Serve Virtual Enterprises, Inc., an American Express Company
- Member of Serve’s Backend Services team
- Developed applications to integrate Serve data with American Express and other external systems.
- Redesigned over a dozen backend processes to use new class architecture, reducing maintenance by 75%.
- Onboarded and mentored four (4) new backend team members.
Senior Applications Programmer
City of Tampa
03.2004 - 03.2011
- Project manager for website redesign project
- Recipient of “Best of the Web” award in 2007
- Led a team of four (4) to develop a Google Maps application displaying Stormwater Projects
- Provided briefings to senior level management.
- Section-lead responsible for managing work programs and schedules for two (2) team members.
- Contributed to and participated in annual performance evaluations.
- Developed and managed technical strategies
- Conducted job interviews and performed mentoring duties.
- Architect of application development and DevOps platforms used by multiple teams
Senior Consultant
Keane, an NTT DATA, Inc. Company
06.1999 - 10.2003
- Client: State of Maine’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles
- Led and managed technical deliverables of presentation-tier components for critical Use Cases
- Assisted in the development of presentation-tier architecture using Oracle-based front-end tools.
- Designed complex user interfaces compliant with ADA requirements using Dragon software.
- Developed and tested web pages on a J2EE platform
- Recipient of customer-sponsored Excellence in Customer Service award for service delivery
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH05.1999
Skills
- C#
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS (Less)
- ASPNET
- Bootstrap
- Web services/APIs
- JSON
- SQL Server
- Sitecore and Umbraco CMS
- GIT
- Jira
- Bitbucket
- TFS
- Jenkins
- Visual Studio
- Azure
- Okta
- Veracode
- ServiceNow (support)
- MS 365 Suite
- Agile/DevOps/Scrum processes
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
- Credential ID: BF220BD7BCDCEC9B
- Certification number: B58TD0-50F1A4
- Earned on: 2022-09-28
- Expires on: 2026-09-28
- Link - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/users/keithpaquette-4369/credentials/certification/azure-developer
Timeline
Development Technical Lead
Connection, Inc.
09.2011 - Current
Senior Consultant
Catapult Systems, a Quisitive Company
03.2011 - 09.2011
Senior Applications Programmer
City of Tampa
03.2004 - 03.2011
Senior Consultant
Keane, an NTT DATA, Inc. Company
06.1999 - 10.2003
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Southern New Hampshire University