Kevin Bluer

Currently responsible for the development and management of an array company wide SharePoint-based Intranet, Extranet and Internet sites. The role also encompasses the management of onshore and offshore development teams, as well as relationships with the respective business stakeholders. In addition, the role includes the oversight and development of a number of in-house Microsoft .NET based applications.

Technologies actively in use include Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0, Silverlight (and SketchFlow), Microsoft CRM 4.0, FAST, and Office 2010.

This role was entirely onsite at JP Morgan Chase in New York City, working on the migration from Lotus Notes to MOSS, ASP.NET and Exchange from both a technical and delivery perspective.

The project involved the migration over 100 Notes databases (applications) spanning a range of types including libraries, calendaring, alerting, mailing, as well as completely bespoke.

A large offshore team was used for a percentage of the development and as such the role involved the management, coordination and delivery from the various locations and resources. Additional activities included daily client interactions, collation and delivery of reports, and information gathering from across the organization.

Initially brought in as a Microsoft .NET developer in the Global Banking and Markets division. Subsequently joined the Project Server and SharePoint roll-out team after completion of the initial contract. Involved in the entire lifecycle from requirements capture, planning, deployment and ongoing customisation and evolution of the solution.

Technologies used within the role included MOSS, Microsoft Project Server 2007, Windows Forms, ASP.NET (C#), SQL Server 2005 (including Reporting Services) and Visual Basic for Applications.

Typical projects during this role included a wide variety of web-based .NET applications that ranged from one to six months in duration. The role would typically cover the entire development lifecycle from requirements gathering and functional specification writing, through to development and testing. Ongoing support for the applications and solutions was also fundamental

- Primarily a Microsoft SharePoint and .NET orientated contract but development included SQL Server 2000, K2, Active Directory and general web-application development
- Primarily role required the me to be onsite with clients whom included Diamond Trading Company (De Beers), UK Sport, South West London Strategic Health Authority, Kroll OnTrack

- The projects primary goal was the replacement of the existing company-wide Intranet supporting approximately 2,000 people across the geographically dispersed business. The initial phase of the project began with the Intranet replacement which took approximately 3 months. Beyond this the focus turned to the development of an Extranet portal that Land Securities began trialling with some of their larger clients
- The Intranet solution was based entirely on Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and included wide range of bespoke web parts written in C# and custom ASP.NET-based applications that were integrated into the portal interface
- The role also included the carrying out of a series of in-house training sessions on both the .NET Framework and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies

This role was based onsite at O2 and included working as part of a large development team creating a company-wide HR suite to replace the legacy PeopleSoft system. Work units were typically provided by a team of dedicated Business Analysts against a set of predefined Use Cases

- This highly visible role centred on the management of Microsoft UK external Partner website from an infrastructure, development and editorial perspective. It involved working a number of US based teams during the roll-out of global applications that impacted the UK, as well as managing relationships with a number of Microsoft’s external suppliers
- Typical technologies used included HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, Microsoft Content Management Server 2002, and a number of in-house source control and management systems