Career

Download my resume… click here. Phil Burns
USAF Graduation

Software Architecture, Management & Development

Strategic Planning * Team Building & Leadership * Enterprise Solutions * Software Architecture * Business Analysis

C#, Design Patterns & Object Oriented Programming Expert
Senior Technology Leader with 20+ years of experience in software architecture, development, team building and project management for web and desktop applications. Passionate about leadership and solving complex business problems with elegant and impactful solutions; highly skilled in grasping, planning and building to the big picture.

Skill Summary

Expertise: Microsoft Stack; C#, .Net Core, Application Architecture, Design Patterns, SQL Server, OOP, Agile/Scrum, CRM
Languages: C#, VB.Net, C++, Java, PHP, TSQL, VB6
Web Technologies: ASP.Net, Angular, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, JQuery, Ajax, JSON, SOAP, REST
Microsoft Technologies: Visual Studio, TFS, WPF, WCF, ADO, Entity Framework, LINQ, ASP.Net MVC, Dynamics CRM
Databases: SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, T-SQL
Tools/Technologies: MS Reporting Services, EDI, BI, SaaS Models, SOA, Dynamics CRM
Business Domains: Logistics, Transportation, Warehousing, CRM, ERP, TMS, Document Mgmt, WMS, EDI, AP, AR, GL, Payroll, HR

Professional Experience Snapshot

  • 20+ years of professional Software Development
  • 10+ years designing, modeling and managing databases
  • 12+ years professional development with .Net
  • 10+ years Leading Development Teams
  • 10+ years Architecting and Building web based applications
  • 10+ years Project Management

Professional History

Sr. Development Manager – Centrify – May 2018 – Present
Senior Software Development Manager over Apps and Integrations for Centrify, an Identity As A Service company.  Managed 15 developers and led them through new feature development and production support. Spearheaded Agile development process changes and helped guide the company through acquisition. Significantly reduced production escalation issues by streamlining the escalation process and provided further training and education to the support team.
Laid off during latest company restructuring event.
Software Engineer V – LDS Church – 2016 – 2018
Senior Engineer in the Facilities Management Portfolio building out a complete infrastructure and architectural replacement system to manage hundreds of thousands of church-owned facilities across the world using the most modern .Net solutions available.
System is primarily composed of numerous micro-services built using .Net Core with a REST implementation and Angular front-end. Designed to integrate with numerous existing systems while handling millions of accounting and management transactions.
Application Architect – SolutionStream.com – 2015 – 2016
Neways International: Team created Neways rebranding to Modere.com. New website included back-office functionality and numerous upgrades and additions for 18 world-wide markets using ASP.Net MVC, WebAPI and AngularJS.
Young Living: Team upgraded old website to modern technology using Angular on TypeScript with ASP.Net back-end REST interfaces. Built new E-Commerce Platform including Auto-Ship and MLM back-office management for their new website.
InsideSales.com – Development Manager/Architect – 2014 – 2015
Manager, Architect and Lead Developer converting InsideSales.com’s PHP and SalesForce based Sales Platform to .Net and integrating it into Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM environment. Member of the company’s Domain Platform Architecture team responsible for architecting the integration and interaction Enterprise Services.
Pearson Education – Application Architect –  2013 – 2014
Architected Pearson’s next generation of Online Testing and Certification Systems integrating web & windows-based environments for all Microsoft, HP, Adobe and other certification testing.
American Preppers Network – Lead Technologist – 2010 – 2015
Responsible for all technology development and management. Architected and lead the development of a complete overhaul of the companies over 65 websites to integrate them all to drive increased traction and retention.
LaneLinks Technology – Technology Director – 2008 – 2010
As Technology Director for a backhaul management company for private fleets, managed building a community based Private Fleet Marketplace using .Net technologies to allow shipping and trucking companies to connect and consign Backloads.
PRT Research – Lead Technologist/Owner – 2006 – 2008
PRT Research designed technologies to turn the internet into a database using custom built research and data acquisition systems using mass anonymous proxy spidering engines featuring our contextual search engine called TagJungle.
Provo Labs – Chief Technologist/Founder – 2005 – 2006
Co-founded Provo Labs, Utah’s first Internet Incubator with Paul Allen. Managed all software projects for the 13 companies that were launched. Most successful startup was FamilyLink, which raised over $1.5 million and was acquired by MyHeritage.
The Gatherers – Lead Technologist/Owner – 2000 – 2005
Consulting company specializing in Enterprise Business Shipping, Warehouse Management, CRM and Site/Asset Management systems.
Significant Clients/Projects Included: Corning Glass, General Marble, Hamilton Beach, Warner Lambert, Fuji Film
Sentry Financial
Designed and Architected TeamWork, an N-Tier Enterprise Lease Management CRM in .Net.
LDS Church
Designed and built enterprise publishing management and scheduling systems using the .Net beta.
Avysta Software
Developed an early Customer Resource Management (CRM) with full integration into Lilly ERP.
Aspen Distribution – Software Engineer – 1996 – 2000
Projects focused on augmentation of the warehouse management system, generally in EDI and shipping applications.
US Air Force – Information Manager – 1992 – 1996
Primary duties included supporting all squadron computer systems and providing data management for the squadron. Served in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in Operation Desert Watch, received an Honorable Discharge.

Community Service & Leadership

  • Volunteer, Boys and Girls Club of American Fork
  • Served on the Utah County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team
  • Volunteer work with multiple childhood cancer organizations
  • Served on multiple Disaster Response teams
  • Volunteer, Stage Lighting & Technical, Highland City Arts Council
  • Volunteer Data Analysis, Software Development & Tech Support for “Cannon for Congress” & “Billings for (Provo) Mayor”
  • Created & hosted the monthly “Utah Facebook Developer Garage”
  • Organized and hosted the quarterly “Utah Bloggers Blood Drive”
  • Organized “WordMob” and brought Seth Godin to Utah to speak
  • Organized and hosted Utah’s first monthly “Utah Geek Dinners”
  • Organization Officer for the Utah County .Net Developers Group