Ronald Henderson

Corporate Support Developer

• Application and database development for Citizant's internal web applications utilizing MS Visual Studio .Net 2019 (C#), SQL Server 2019, and Team Foundation Server (TFS).
• Led daily scrum meetings and developed user stories.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD) Tech Lead for IRS (Contractor)

• Provides DevOps CI/CD Pipeline services to projects (CloudBees Jenkins/Bash/PowerShell/MS DOS/Apache Groovy). This includes source code pulls (ClearCase, Rational Team Concert and GIT/GIT Hub Enterprise), build automation (Ant, Maven, and MSBUILD), unit test coverage reporting (JaCoCo), code quality reporting (SonarQube), security scans (AppScan), artifact storage (Nexus), and deployment to on-premises and cloud servers (Bash/PowerShell/MS DOS).
• Designed Unix JBoss deployment scripts as a configurable Unix script framework, and extended to this other CICD frameworks including database and .Net deployments for on-premises and cloud projects.
• Lead application development teams in setting up their CICD environments in CloudBees Jenkins.
• Mentoring new members of the CICD team and led knowledge transfer transition meetings with Citizant staff and incoming contractors.
• Maintains Agile project cadence through creating and maintaining user stories within the sprint, participating in daily scrum meetings, backlog grooming and retrospective sessions and presenting completed work to all stakeholders at end-of-sprint meetings.
• Contributes to the DevOps Center of Excellence, and Community of Practice within the Enterprise by leading working sessions with application development teams, engaging in continuous improvement initiatives and writing project documentation.

Senior .NET Developer, Web Services for IRS (Contractor)

• Provided Operations and Maintenance support for multiple internal IRS intranet applications. Worked closely with IRS Management to keep projects in alignment with user requirements, project roadmaps, and Service Level Agreements.
• Creation and modification of SQL scripts (TSQL), stored procedures and Agent jobs Transact SQL with MS SQL Server.
• Database Administrator (DBA) duties included optimizing queries and indexes, performing database backups, restores, Database Mirroring and Replication, creating Maintenance Plans, and database dictionaries.
• Advised the IRS DBA staff on creating and maintaining database Maintenance Plans, index tuning and performance tuning, and ETL solutions for assigned projects.
• Also advised IRS DBA staff on Disaster Recovery (COOP) procedures for mirrored and non-mirrored SQL Server database instances.
• Used MS Visual Studio 2008, 2010,2015 and 2019 to maintain and enhance ASP.Net/C# Web applications, services and Web Services.
• Used HTML4, HTML5, ASP.Net, CSS3.0, JavaScript and jQuery for User Interface development.
• Refactored older .Net projects to later versions to improve maintainability, performance and security.
• Managed web deployments on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 utilizing Internet Information Server (IIS) versions 7.5 and 8.5.
• Documented MS Visual Studio code and configuration changes, SQL Server and IIS configuration and management, along with detailed deployment documentation for assigned projects.

• Coordinated resources for multiple software integrations into an enterprise Salesforce application.
• Worked with staff on point applications for Tableau and the enterprise data warehouse.
• Negotiated with external companies for licenses and resources relating to ongoing projects.
• Worked in MS Project to create plans for assigned projects.

Software Analyst/Developer and Development Team Lead (Contactor) for Texas Department of State Health Services - Women, Infants and Children Program (DSHS WIC)

• Led multiple teams on critical maintenance and development projects including the planning of resource allocations and creation of development and testing estimates.
• Led transition from IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest to MS Team Foundation Server (TFS). This included creating WIC business workflows, adapting the Application Lifecycle Management template to business needs, training developers to use Visual Studio 2012 for TFS integration, training other stakeholders in use of SharePoint project web portals, and guiding the team in documenting requirements (user stories), defects, and other work items. This effort resulted in an immediate improvement to software quality, delivery times, and significantly increased backlog velocity.
• Created the data service that transports data between WIC clinics and DSHS, including the software update solution used by WIC to maintain software at over 500 sites across Texas.
• Conducted code reviews to improve the quality of software.
• Created and maintained software systems and processes to support mainline business processes.
• Analyzed legacy software to make improvements, create system documentation, and runbooks.
• Served as the primary point of contact for identification and resolution of process interruptions and errors.
• Communicated issues and solutions to executive, management, IT staff, and stakeholders.
• Helped maintain Agile project cadence through creation of user stories, and participating in and leading daily standup meetings.
• Project Management for WIC initiatives which included overseeing requirements, deliverables, schedules, and securing resources for each project.
• Communicated with executive, management, internal staff, and external stakeholders to convey project progress, opportunities and risks through reports, presentations and focused content.
• Partnered with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements for both new and existing projects.
• Worked with executives, management, business analysts, developers, and testers to create project plans that identified major deliverables, milestones, risks, and timeline.
• Engaged with developers and testers to assess and mitigate risks, removing roadblocks and ensuring project goals were met.