Excellent, professional track record in software development and management. Project management and development budgetary control. Cross-Functional team development, leadership & support. Solid experience in technical sales and strategic business development. In-depth due diligence and analysis in system design and architecture. Exceptional skills with the Microsoft Technology Stack, broadening out to mobile devices using html5, css3, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, Sencha Touch, and native applications for Android and iOS. • An Expert Software Engineer with deep background and skills in software development, systems architecture, research and prototyping, and new product, processes, etc.; • A Technological Professional with experience in various business cultures, operational models, processes; outstanding skills in front-end and back-end development; • A Project Manager with the ability to break large projects into smaller components to drive efficiency in design, estimating, delegating, and delivery; • A Visionary with talent for anticipating customer/client demand and crafting innovative software solutions; • An Entrepreneur who sees business opportunity and has ability to turn a wide range of ideas into viable products and services; • A Strongly Ethical Leader whose belief in accountability has instituted practices and policies focused on the company’s best interest; a project and company-focused individual who delivers on a grander scale; • A Highly Inquisitive Professional who stays on the cutting edge and constantly seeks and explores new technologies and frameworks; and • An Effective Communicator with a strong profile in client relations and staff development, and translation of technology to lay people.

Senior Software Development Manager @ From February 2015 to Present (11 months) Manager of Application Development @ From October 2013 to February 2015 (1 year 5 months) Software Engineer III @ From November 2012 to October 2013 (1 year) Director of Software Engineering / Software Architect @ Oversee two direct reports. Responsible for software architecture, design of custom software solutions, defining requirements, researching and determining technologies to use (framework, architecture). Lead teams in technical software development and maintenance. Work with outside vendors to integrate custom and off-the-shelf software systems. Accountable for designing and delivering architecturally sound software solutions on time, within budget, and achieving or exceeding business needs. Oversee training for staff and other department employees. • Designed coding standards and software development design patterns for FPA that implement software layers, reproducible components, and recognizable code. • Designed, developed and implemented a new conference registration system for FPA that reduced the work-load for staff when configuring each conference while also providing a supreme user experience for users and providing all the desired functionality. • Developed four apps for mobile devices utilizing mobile web concepts (html5, css3, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap) as well as native apps for Android and iOS. From August 2009 to November 2012 (3 years 4 months) .NET Architect/Sr. Developer for Financial Planning Association @ Hired as contractor on a project basis to design and implement a replacement for FPA’s primary public-facing web application. Tasks also include mentoring and managing current on-staff development team. Was subsequently hired full time by FPA to oversee all development work. • Designed and implemented a robust, scalable and easily maintainable web application that provided consumers the ability to search for Financial Planners using several mechanisms including geographical location radius searches utilizing geocoding addresses and search terms. • Wrote prototypes to help the business determine requirements during the requirements gathering process to accelerate the design process. • Developed a Member Counts System – a reporting system using OLAP principles that reports all association membership changes, used by executive staff for forecasting and reflecting on a monthly basis their membership. • Created a CEU Import System that imports spreadsheets that contain data for members’ continuing education hours to import into the system to reflect the credits they should receive. Conversion from the previously manual process saved significant data-entry time. • Completed a project-based contract early to implement and in remaining contract time completed more projects at client’s request. From December 2008 to August 2009 (9 months) Owner @ Co-founder of this software development services company. Oversaw software development projects with responsibility for meeting project schedules and maintaining client relationships of more than 35 customers. • Developed, implemented, and supported manufacturing fabrication and logistics system that provides inventory management, quoting, fabrication schematics, scrap minimization, and billing integration. • Sold and implemented additional features to provide clients with an integrated technological solution to their business needs. • Developed hybrid methodology for project implementation resulting in 60% increase of team productivity, using .NET, SQL Server, SSRS, and XML. • Solved a data reporting problem for a company operating a non-customizable legacy system and improved the timing and usability of reports tracking revenue, costs, insurance billing and other operations-related factors. • Established a system of software to create a custom e-commerce web application for a bike shop. • Devised an algorithm for minimizing scrap for a fabrication company, netting a 20% reduction. From December 2003 to December 2008 (5 years 1 month) Senior Software Developer @ Responsible for design and development of software solutions for internal and external uses as well as primary customer contact concerning development effort and project status. Worked very closely with clients to determine requirements and design, and manage changes. Served as advanced source of knowledge for the entire development team. • Led major integration development project with high visibility for very large client, using .NET, SQL Server, BizTalk , XSL, and XML. • Developed software for internal issue-tracking system. From January 2001 to December 2003 (3 years)

Not Complete, Computer Science @ Colorado State University From 1992 to 2000 High School @ Germantown Academy From 1991 to 1992 High School @ Colorado Springs Christian School From 1989 to 1991 Grant Shoemaker is skilled in: C#, .NET, SQL Server, XML, JavaScript, Web Services, ASP.NET, HTML, SQL, T-SQL, Software Development, Visual Studio, AJAX, IIS, Requirements Analysis