Michael Collins

Greenville, TX
mike.collins.1964@gmail.com
972-953-5131

Experienced .Net Developer skilled in C#, .Net, LINQ\PLINQ, Javascript, MVC, EF6, Powershell,
Bootstrap, jQuery, and SharePoint. Strong information technology professional with a Bachelor of
Science (B.S.) focused in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University-Texas.

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Sr. Information Systems Technologist

Raytheon - Plano, TX
January 2001 to Present
Rewrote SharePoint Full Trust Code using Microsoft’s PnP (Patterns and Practices) and CSOM (Client
Side Object Model). Created new CSOM code base for provisioning sites, applying custom branding,
and windows tasks for managing the configuration of provisioned sites. 
 
Used ASP.NET, MVC, jQuery, LINQ to Entities, Bootstrap, and Entity Framework to rewrite ColdFusion
applications in order to reduce licensing cost.  
 
Created SharePoint production and test environments. Provide administration, configuration, and
development support for SharePoint environments. Created SharePoint virtual machines for use by
developers when doing SharePoint development and testing. As a SharePoint developer created full
trust solutions for deployment within SharePoint farm. Created custom master pages and themes.
Created a full trust solution to authenticate users against LDAP. Created custom authentication
provider solution for managing external users connecting to SharePoint farm. 
 
Part of a team that creates and supports .Net web sites. Created a Windows application to remind
users to fill out their time cards.

Contract Programmer
MATRIX Resources - Dallas, TX
November 1996 to January 2001
Raytheon Systems, Garland, Texas. Responsible for the mainframe portion of conversion from CMS to
MPM. Implemented interface from APS to MPM and from CDW to APS. Purged unneeded records from
CIS database, freeing up over 80% of space being used. Responsible for applying and coordinating
PTF testing in order to upgrade CAS. Provide programming support as needed for various mainframe
systems. 
 
Litton Electro-Optical Systems, Garland, Texas. Sole programmer supporting CAS (Consolidated
Application Systems for A & D). Responsible for enhancements as well as production trouble
shooting. Automated weekly and monthly updating of date parms to eliminate human errors and
decrease batch cycle run time. Converted data from IDMS CAS database to downloadable files
for import into BaaN ERP system. Interacted with BaaN implementation team to define and map
required records for migration from CAS to BaaN. Provided reports and extract files for review and as
documentation for records being manually keyed into BaaN.

System Engineer
Perot Systems - Dallas, TX
March 1992 to November 1996
Responsible for making all necessary changes on the applications side of the Integrated Materiel
Management System (IMMS) for the upgrade from IDMS version 10.2 to version 12.0. This included
changing over 500 JCL jobs, compiling more than 600 COBOL programs, modifying 50 dialogs,
and coordinating changes to the security features of IMMS. Made JCL changes to minimize space
used by datasets, resulting in a $60.00 per day savings in DASD usage. Modified online dialogs so
that resources required for each user signed on to the IMMS system went down by 2300 bytes per
user. Responsible for designing and writing COBOL programs to extract weekly payroll information on
mainframe and download that data to a PC based federal tax reporting system. 

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems

DeVry Institue of Technology - Irving, TX
June 1989 to February 1992

Skills

C# (10+ years), Asp.Net (10+ years), LINQ (5 years), Sharepoint (10+ years), Powershell (10+ years)

Military Service

Branch: Army
Service Country: United States
Rank: Specialist/E-4
September 1985 to June 1989
BAMO Clerk/Aircraft Crew Chief - Specialist/E-4: As a computer programmer and operator used
a Burroughs minicomputer. Member of aircraft testing team, responsible for maintaining aircraft
structural integrity.
Commendations:
• NCO Professional Development Ribbon,  
• Overseas Service Ribbon (CONUS/Europe),  
• Army Commendation Medal,  
• Air Assault Badge,  
• Soldier of the Month (February 1986 and April 1988).