Career origin story: Started in QA, self-taught programming, and earned promotion to development. Early .NET adopter from Beta 2 through 1.1, building enterprise deployment and licensing platforms for 15,000+ salespeople.
Software Developer / Software Tester
15,000+
Salespeople Served
.NET Beta 2
Early Adopter
Leadership Details
Early .NET adopter (Beta 2/1.0/1.1) supporting enterprise platform systems
Implemented Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) practices for delivery
Key Achievements
**Self-taught developer origin**: Began as QA tester, consistently found bugs, identified root causes in code, proposed fixes, and often implemented them independently
Dev manager recognized talent: "You're on the wrong team. You need to be on the development team." - earned promotion based on proactive contributions
Taught himself programming 100% on his own: Classic ASP, VB6, SQL Server, then transitioned to .NET
Built UUServe - a self-service deployment platform distributing software packages, installers (Wise, InstallShield, MSI) to ~15,000 salespeople in the field
Primary QA responsibility: Ensure deployment packages did not damage or destabilize user machines
Early adopter of .NET Framework from Beta 2 through 1.1 - learned the platform as it evolved
Implemented Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) practices across delivery teams
Built Platform Central, Software Licensing, and WorldCom Platform Agent features