Sara Morgan
6966 Elm Park Lane • St. Francisville, LA • 70775
CELL (225) 936-8190 • E-MAIL saram@saramorgan.net • WEBSITE saramorgan.net
PROFILE
I am a former MVP, MCSD and MCDBA and have written six books (mostly for
Microsoft Press). My first book was released in 2005, Building Intelligent .NET
Applications.
I am also a Certified Salesforce Developer and I am halfway through pursuing
the Salesforce Advanced Developer certification. I am also currently designing
a series of courses for Lynda.com about Salesforce development.
My greatest strength is the ability to understand highly complex systems and
then be able to communicate and train others how to use these systems. I
excel at working with undocumented and new technologies.
SKILLS
•.NET Framework – C# and VB
• Database design with SQL Server,
• Force.com and Apex Development
• Object Oriented Programming and
Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• JQuery and Javascript
Design Patterns
• Project Management tools such as
Microsoft Project and Visio
• Source code tools like git & svn
• HTML5, CSS3 and Bootstrap
EXPERIENCE
Custom Solutions, LLC
Independent Software Developer/Author
11/2005 to Present
2014 – Completed long term contract for Baton Rouge Board of Realtors
(GBRAR) and now designing a series of online video courses for Lynda.com.
2013 – Designed and implemented multiple C# .NET applications with a SQL
Server back-end for GBRAR. Created asynchronous-based ASP.NET app using
Google Charts. Also used webhooks to integrate SQL Server with Mailchimp
online service.
2012 – Architected and led a team in performing a major SQL and SFDC DB
restructure for Venyu that involved creating a new SQL Server DB to support a
C#.NET customer portal application. Scribe and queue-based publishers were
used to implement near real-time integration between the platforms.
2011 – Developed several Apex triggers and classes to support the integration
of a third-party quoting system for Venyu’s Salesforce CRM system.
2011 – Designed a Call Center Interactive Voice Response (IVR) application for
Venyu using Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX).
2010 – Developed DB application for CFO of Health Data Specialists to manage
and report on employee cost and revenues.
2009 – Wrote API documentation for the Office Communications Server
documentation team at Microsoft. Also authored a Technical White Paper for
the Microsoft IT Showcase group concerning deployment of OCS 2007.
2009 – Authored an article for MSDN magazine titled, “Simulating your world
with MSRS and a book for Microsoft Press titled, “Programming Microsoft
Robotics Studio”.
2008 – Authored 40 practice questions for Advanced Learning Systems, which
was used in the simulation of the 70-547 Microsoft Certification Exam.
2006 – 2008 – Co-Authored four books for Microsoft Press involving the
following subjects: Distributed Application Development, Web Application
Development, Developing ad Optimizing Data Access for SQL Server 2005 and
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 3.5.
2006 – Worked as a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft in developing the
Business Intelligence certification exams.
2005 – Developed an ASP.NET/C# portal application for Ginger Mae Financial
Services (GMFS). Also, developed an ASP.NET application used by the Call
Center to manage and route leads.
Public Systems Associates (PSA)
Lead Developer and Senior Architect
03/2002 – 11/2005
Developed, as part of a team, a large enterprise-wide ASP.NET application used
by City Legislatures. Specifically responsible for all web services consumed by
an external web application. Established development standards for the team.
Network Technology Group (now Venyu)
Senior Developer
05/2000 – 03/2002
Developed a series of web-based applications to improve workflow for timeentry, sales tracking and contact tracking. Functioned in the dual role as
Developer/Database Administrator and completed MCDBA certification within
a 3 month period.
EXPERIENCE
BS in Quantitative Business Analysis with an option towards Computer
Science, 1993
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
6966 Elm Park Lane • St. Francisville, LA • 70775 • CELL (225) 936-8190 • E-MAIL saram@saramorgan.net