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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, NH
05.1999

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
Keith Paquette