JASON FABRITZ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Certified Developer (MCTS, MCSD) with professional programming experience in commercial, government and university environments.

• Supporting application development for the technical communications group using ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server 2008 and other Microsoft .NET technologies in a small team environment.
• Established an automated continuous build system for the group and introduced test driven design concepts into a number of internal projects.
• Researching emerging technologies, such as WebMatrix, to help support technical direction decision making within the group and server as a mentoring resource to other developers.

• Member of a large diverse team supporting the development of a large system supporting analysts.
• Collaborated with UX designer in developing user interface components using .NET and WPF technologies to search, browse, display and edit information.

• Software lead in a small team that developed a website facilitating the management of external requests for test event data.
• Designed a user interface prototype for the web portal incorporating guidance from existing documentation and conceptual prototypes creating the initial specification for the user interface of the website.
• Co-Authored the software implementation plan presented to the sponsor prior to commencement of development.
• Architected and implemented the core technologies of the initial design pilot.
• Established and maintained the automated continuous build system for software components, integrating test driven design concepts into the project.
• Maintained the project SharePoint site and supported the SCRUM master by taking meeting minutes and performing other coordination activities.

• Member of a team of developers maintaining databases and software to support the analysis of device test and evaluation data using Microsoft .NET and SQL Server technologies.
• Major contributor to the redesign of the core database containing test and evaluation data to align with emerging analysis needs.

• Created components facilitating the communication between an automobile loan marketplace and an existing loan finance processing system using .NET, XSLT and iTextSharp.

• Created an interactive website interface to network alarm monitoring and notification dispatch system using Java and XSLT to run inside the Tomcat servlet container.
• Designed the core MySQL database that acts as the central integration point for system components.
• Enhanced the web user interface with Java Applets that provide a VT-100 console interface to interact with various remote components through the Emergency Network Specialist (ENS) network device.

• Implemented user tools that provide access to the Emergency Network Specialist (ENS) network device using Java and the Swing user interface elements.

• Designed and implemented components of the next generation of NOAA Fisheries shipboard data acquisition systems using C#, SQL Server and Oracle.
• Member of the NOAA Fisheries data acquisition system database design team.
• Prototyped user interface concepts to facilitate brainstorming activities for meetings with Fisheries stake-holders.

• Redesigned the next generation of the NOAA Ship Tracking (ShipTracker 1.0) interactive website and supporting service software to include additional functionality and leverage ASP.NET, SQL server and ESRI technologies.

• Refactored an existing pier-to-pier Microsoft MFC based suite of applications designed to automate the collection of biological and oceanographic measurements and observations during trawl-based NOAA Fisheries surveys.
• Identified and eliminated existing defects, including memory leaks, and implemented enhancements desired for the point release.
• Provided on-site technical support during the initial deployment of the new software.

• Provided miscellaneous consulting services including development of prototype information systems and interactive websites for the generation of dynamic reports utilizing Java, XSLT and MS SQL Server Technologies.

• Designed and implemented software to estimate planning level cost for sewer conveyance improvements.

• Created client-server program facilitating customer comment data entry and reporting activities utilizing Visual Basic, C++, JavaScript and an embedding the Internet Explorer ActiveX control for reporting.

• Member of a federated team of developers building various data management solutions using Microsoft Office InfoPath, SharePoint Server, SQL Server Reporting Services and other .NET 3.0 technologies.
• Designed and prototyped utilities and core technology components used by other members of the team on various sub-projects.

• Member of a team building the next generation of thin client applications for FINRA’s Dispute Resolution division using .NET 2.0 technologies and the IBM Informix database.
• Participated in the full lifecycle of the project including producing architectural and design artifacts, unit tests, completed code and documentation.
• Introduced developer unit tests to the project.

• Assisted in internal research projects and proposals integrating the use of Microsoft Office InfoPath, SharePoint Services and BizTalk 2004.

• Designed and implemented a mapping website and associated server software providing access to Beluga Whale satellite transceiver tracking data through an ArcIMS web interface.
• Assisted in initial installation of server software and deployment of the prototype system.

• Created a website and associated server software providing a consolidated view of budgetary information stored in multiple laboratory-level budgetary databases.
• Designed for a heterogeneous hosting environment that included multiple vendor technologies including .NET and Cocoon 2.0.
• Worked with financial officer to identify business rules and desired new system functionality.

• Designed and implemented a website and associated server software that provides near real-time access to NOAA vessel locations and observed weather information using Java, MySQL and ArcIMS.
• Assisted Principal Investigator in presenting at NOAA Tech

• Designed and implemented an intranet website and associated server and administration software providing access to current budgetary information for project leaders and scientists throughout the laboratory using Visual Basic, Access, XSLT and IIS4.0.
• Created additional administrative applications allowing financial officers the ability to grant or deny access to users of the system.
• Worked directly with the project sponsor to identify business rules and desired functionality.

• Designed and implemented a framework of tools produce formal Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata from scanned observational data sets using Java, MySQL and XSLT.
• Included in the toolkit a graphical user interface to edit metadata contained in the central data store, and various diagnostic tools to examine data at various states of translation from one form to another.

• Designed a software library providing tools to manipulate and translate in-house NOAA data formats to and from popular Geographical Information Systems, including the ESRI Shapefile format and the ArcIMS server.

EDUCATION

University of Iowa - B.S., Civil Engineering, 1992, Magna Cum Laude
University of Washington - M.S., Civil Engineering, 1995
University of Washington - National Science Foundation Fellow 1992-1994, 1996

PUBLICATIONS

Fabritz, Jason E. and Nancy N. Soreide, "Using Java, XML and XSLT to Create Secure Internal Access to Local NOAA Research Science Project and Budget Information", 18th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology AMS, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, FL

Jason E. Fabritz and Donald W. Denbo, "Automated Scanning of Observational Datasets for the Generation of Formal Metadata", 18th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology AMS, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, FL

Fabritz, Jason, Joel Massmann, and Derek Booth, "Development of a Three-Dimensional, Numerical Groundwater Flow Model for the Duwamish River Basin", Center for Urban Water Resources Management, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 1998.

Fabritz, Jason, "A Two Dimensional Numerical Model for Simulating the Movement and Biodegradation of Contaminants in a Saturated Aquifer", M.S. Thesis, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

Rockville .NET User Group, Rockville, MD, November 2010
Capitol Area Silverlight Study Group, Laurel, MD, October 2010
Rockville .NET User Group, Rockville, MD, Spring 2009
Reston Microsoft Code Camp, Reston, VA, June 2006
Rockville WinProTeam .NET User Group, Rockville, MD, November 2005
XML User’s Group, Redmond, WA, December 1999

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified SCRUM Master (2009)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (2007)
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (ID: 3448471) (2006)
Java Programming Certificate, University of Washington Extension (2000)
C++ Programming Certificate, University of Washington Extension (1995)

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

.NET, WPF, ASP.NET/MVC, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic, C++, J2SE (JDK 1.4, 1.3, 1.2), HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Erwin, Enterprise Architect, BizTalk 2004, Tomcat, ArcIMS, Windows, Linux