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Eric Phan

Eric Phan

I am geek at heart that loves to learn and play with new technologies. I am grounded with solid object oriented programming principles, but spread my wings across most of the Microsoft product stack: from ASP.NET, WCF, Windows forms, Silverlight, Business Intelligence, PerformancePoint Services, VSTO to SharePoint.

Education

University of New South Wales 2002-2005

Degree: Bachelors of Engineering - Software Engineering

  • Graduated with first class honours
  • Thesis topic was “Natural Language Search Algorithms”
Skills

On the Microsoft Platform

  • C#, VB.NET
  • ASP.NET, WCF, Windows Forms, Dynamic Data, Silverlight, jQuery, VSTO, Windows Mobile
  • LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Entities (Entity Framework), nHibernate
  • SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, PerformancePoint Services
  • SharePoint 2007/2010 configuration and integration, Excel Services, PerformancePoint Services, Reporting Services Integration
  • Team Foundation Server 2010 migration, configuratio, customization and training


Management

  • Certified Scrum Master and Scrum Developer
  • Attended the Professional Scrum Developer Trainer course
  • Project manager for several projects at SSW
Experience

SSW Solution Architect - Neutral Bay, Sydney - 2005-now

Purveyor of code quality and advocate for learning, I have been tasked with the following at SSW:

  • Developer training
  • Software audits and code reviews
  • SSW Tech Breakfast speaker and trainer
  • Ran the UTS Short Courses for:
    • Developing Windows and Web Applications using Visual Studio.NET (C# and VB.NET) (2006-2009)
    • Microsoft SQL Server for Developers (2009-2010)
    • Microsoft SQL Server for Business Intelligence (2009-2010)
  • For more information about my activities at SSW see my employee profile at http://sharepoint.ssw.com.au/AboutUs/Employees/Pages/Eric.aspx

Some highlights include:

  • Helping Snack Brands Australia integrate a legacy SAP database with their current Microsoft Axapta solution to build a data warehouse and cube for their data analysis, reports and forecasting.
    Related Technologies: SharePoint 2010, Excel Services, Reporting Services, Integration Services, Analysis Services and PerformancePoint Services
  • Leading the development on a large rostering intranet website for a large Australian utilities company, to help them transition from a paper based system to an automated online system.
    Related Technologies: C#, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, LINQ to Entities, Silverlight, T4 templates, jQuery
  • Helping a Microsoft Gold Partner and ISV further enhance and develop their CMS and document management product to integrate with Office 2007/2010, SharePoint, TRIM and Interwoven Worksite.
    Related Technologies: VB.NET, ASP.NET, SharePoint Web Services, TRIM, Interwoven Web Services, WCF, VSTO, jQuery
  • Working with Maximus/Imprint Global to develop an online software as a service HR evaluation tool for managing employee competencies, skills and evaluations (360 degree surveys).
    Related Technologies: C#, ASP.NET, nHibernate, XSLT, Crystal Reports
  • Consulting with Count Financial about moving from Perforce to Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 and using Scrum as their development methodology
  • Helping SSW to be the first company to migrate their production TFS 2008 server to TFS2010
  • Developing presentation and training materials for Visual Studio 2010 and TFS 2010
References
Available on request