Resume
Tony Graves
Chicago, IL
Solutions Architect & Developer
Professional History
Assistant Vice President, Application Development
Mesirow Financial
Chicago, IL
MAY 2022 - PRESENT
- Assisted with projects in Azure-Devops, SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online migration, Agile Project Management and migration of Infrastructure as Service(IaaS),Platform as a Service(PaaS)
- Researched Application Architecture for classic ASP.net application, build components and migrate to React Application.
- Conducted Site Reliability and Pen Testing for various Financial Apps for Capital Markets, Traditional Asset Management, Investment Banking, Advisory and Legal Compliance department with acceptable reliability ratios of over 98 percent.
- Managed cloud services in AWS :EC2,CloudFront,Kubernetes,Autoscale,Identity and Access Management and in Microsoft Azure -APIs, SQL Server Administration.
SKILLS + TOOL STACK
Leadership Skills
Management and Coaching
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
Decisiveness
Dependability
Integrity
Insightful
Stability
Full Stack Engineer, PMO
HNTB
Chicago, IL
OCT 2019 - May 2022
- Lead C#, SharePoint/ASP.NET/MVC, Angular Developer.
- Developed software applications for construction management, document controls and cost estimating in a .NET Technology Stack: ASP.NET Core MVC, SharePoint versions 2013, 2019 and SharePoint Online, P6, Ecosys, Catapult B2G and e-Builder.
- Built a Data aggregation and Reporting Tool (DART) Dashboard – An MVC API backend Application that integrated various databases from construction management applications: P6, Ecosys, Catapult, B2G and e-builder.
Senior C#, ASP.NET/MVC SharePoint Developer
HERE Technologies
Chicago, IL
JUL 2015 - OCT 2019
- Developed and managed software projects in SharePoint framework: SharePoint Online and on-Premises intranets and websites with customizations, workflows, and updates.
- Maintained and optimized company’s intranet written in ASP.NET, by applying optimization techniques such as branch optimization, in lining, dead code elimination and working closely with DBAs
- Built Global Map SharePoint application a server-side application in SharePoint 2013 for tracking Legal documents in specific host countries.
Contract SharePoint Developer
Walgreens
Chicago, IL
FEB 2013 - JUL 2015
- Developed and managed software development projects in SharePoint 2010 and 2013 intranets and websites with customizations, workflows, and updates to templates.
- Assisted in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, and postproduction support.
- Completed highly visible applications known as Threat Map Report and Visual Center Command
Campus Web Manager
Indiana University NorthWest
Gary, IN
MAY 2011 - APR 2013
- Conducted a needs assessment of campus web infrastructure, identifying current and future content needs and priorities; developed project plans and goals for web redevelopment in association with Marketing and Communications Team and campus departments.
- Built wireframes of proposed update of campus site; developed and implemented web content policy for updates, developed training and web standards guidelines using Hannon Hill Cascade Server.
- Assisted in hiring, supervising, coaching and providing oversight and priorities for a staff of nine programmers and content editors.
Core Skills
Cloud Skills
.NET Development Stack
Instructional Design
Scripting
Reporting Tools
Software Development
UI/UX
Databases - SQL and NoSQL
Content Systems
SharePoint and SPFx
Tools
Visual Studio
Cloud Agnostic- AWS, Azure
Azure DevOps
System Architecture
Design Systems
Jira
Microsoft 365
Prototyping
Sketch
Whiteboards
Software Testing
Senior Application Developer
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
JUN 2009 - MAR 2011
- Developed software programs- Share Point Applications and databases- that aided in the faster processing of proposals and grants from origination, submission, and electronic archiving.
- Authored system processes to enhance the disseminating of pertinent information on large departmental website spanning three core business units: Pre - Award, Post – Award and Contract Management using Windows Workflow Foundation
- Conducted training for managers and core staff on various applications such as Share Point, Coues and intermediate to advanced reporting queries
Education
Calvin University
Bachelor of Business Administration
Computer and Information Sciences
DePaul University
School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems
Institute For Professional Development
JUN 2006
- .NET Developer Program
- SQL Server Database Administration
Purdue University
College of Education, Learning Design and Instructional Technology
Hammond, IN
SEP 2009 - JUN 2011
- Gain vital knowledge and explore innovative techniques to maximize learners' potential.
- Deliver effective instructional materials whether you're teaching in a classroom or training in a boardroom.
Cloud Skills Course Work at UT Austin (January 2023)
University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
Texas Executive Learning
Austin, TX
JUN 2022 - JAN 2023
- A cutting-edge cloud program that leads by examples, the PGP-CC, offered in collaboration with Great Learning, is designed to produce qualified leaders in the emerging cloud technology. With 100+ hours of instructional content, more than 90+ cloud services and 15+ hands-on labs & industry-relevant projects, we make sure that our learners gain a solid foundation by learning about the top platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud.