Stephen M. McKamey

MyFamily.com 3.0 (ASP.NET 3.5, JsonFx, JBST, jQuery, JavaScript, Ajax, C#, SQL Server 2005)

• Wrote a proposal and lead an effort to rebuild the entire service from the ground up
• Ultimately achieved a better product with more diverse features, better performance, better security, all delivered in a shorter amount of time

MyFamily.com APIs (ASP.NET MVC 1.0, WCF 3.5, JsonFx, C#, SQL Server 2005)

• Proposed, designed and built OAuth-secured external APIs and an internal WCF services stack
• Enabled expanding our service beyond single web application into other areas such as an iPhone app

MyFamily.com 2.0 (ASP.NET 2.0, JavaScript, Ajax, C#, SQL Server 2005)

• Helped to define the technical solutions to business issues and adapt the existing solutions to new business needs
• Took the existing architecture to the limits of improving stability, performance and expanding features
• Built, and in several cases designed, the most technically difficult and commercially appealing features of the service

JSON serializer (JSON, C#)

• Features the most flexible JSON serializer available for .NET which allows converting to/from nearly any POCO type

Ajax framework (Ajax, JSON, JSON-RPC, JsonML, JBST, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET 2.0 / 3.5)

• Lightest and most intuitive Ajax Framework for ASP.NET 2.0+ with fast client-side templating and JSON-RPC services

Specification & implementation (JsonML, JavaScript)

• Designed and implemented extensions to JsonML for implementing client-side templates
• Familiar ASP / JSP style syntax gets compiled to 100%-pure JavaScript

Specification & implementation (JSON, JavaScript, XSLT)

• Original purpose was to transport HTML in JavaScript without escaping to giant strings but can be generally applied to lossless round-trip conversion between XML and JSON
• Currently being considered by ECMAScript / V8 community as a serialization format for ECMAScript ASTs and has been implemented in several JSON serialization libraries

HTML parser and filter library (C#)

• A light-weight HTML parser which allows filtering and munging of markup which does not need to be XHTML-compliant
• Features pluggable sets of custom HTML filters for easy implemention of white-lists or black-lists; can filter to any arbitrary set of tag / attribute / style

Cascading StyleSheet parser (C#)

• CSS compactor and syntax validator is a full recursive-descent parser for the CSS 3 grammar

XMP utility library (C#, WPF, XMP, RDF)

• Supports reading and writing XMP metadata found in serialized XMP/RDF and images
• Wraps the WPF methods with a simple comprehensive interface to extract XMP data

EXIF utility library (C#, GDI+, EXIF)

• Supports reading, writing and cloning EXIF metadata found in Digital Still Camera (DSC) JPEG photos
• Wraps the cumbersome GDI+ methods with a simple comprehensive interface

Unified RSS / RDF / Atom feed library (C#, XML)

• A complete object model for Atom 1.0/0.3, RSS 2.0, and RSS 1.0 (RDF) plus associated IHttpAsyncHandlers for generating feeds

MIME-Type utility library (C#, XML)

• Simple library with comprehensive MIME-Type database providing simple conversion between file-extension, content-type, etc.
• Data is XML config-based for ease of adding new or custom MIME types

Ajax photo gallery (Ajax, JavaScript, JsonFx, ASP.NET 2.0, C#, WinForm 2.0)

• Implemented app which reads and processes digital camera image EXIF data and allows to publish image galleries to a web viewer app
• Used "progressive enhancement" (or "hijax") techniques to provide standards-based accessible content

Personal résumé website (ASP.NET 2.0, C#, XML, XSLT)

• Converted résumé data into Résumé schema standardized by HR-XML Consortium and extended to give greater granularity to project history
• Using XSLT, dynamically generate multiple formats including XHTML, WordprocessingML, plain-text, JSON, HR-XML

Order Visibility (ASP.NET 2.0, JavaScript, ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0, C#, SQL Server 2005)

• Extranet portal for visibility into order status between enterprise buyers & vendors

Windows Live Mail (Ajax, JavaScript, C#)

• Implemented an audio player into email for inline audio attachments and features which support integration of voicemail and call logs

Mashup Demo (Ajax, JavaScript)

• Mashup proof of concept which integrated multiple cross-domain data providers in browser to produce single Ajax experience
• Demonstrated cross-domain communication without violating browser security restrictions

Website Architecture (ASP.NET 2.0, C#)

• Single website drives underlying functionality for many organizations so requires complete customization by each client
• Architected a highly customizable web framework allowing re-skinning, content editing and configuration by client admin

CSS Editor (WinForm 2.0, C#)

• Internal tool for customizing the complex stylesheets which drive webpage structure and look and feel
• Customer service staff used WYSIWYG editor to build skins for clients without knowledge of CSS or XHTML

MapPoint Integration (ASP.NET 2.0, C#)

• Added location mapping and driving direction functionality to website by integrating Microsoft MapPoint services

Jan. 2005 - May 2005Business Intelligence Pilot Portal (SharePoint Portal Server 2003, C#)

• Designed & built Custom Web Parts featuring Web Part Connections, Asynchronous data fetch, credential impersonation, Web Services, dynamic UserControl instantiation, LDAP AD lookup, SPList creation & manipulation, data caching, custom security

Jan. 2005 - May 2005BI Data Extraction Service (Windows Service, C#)

• ETL process allows offline data sources to be automatically imported into SQL Server for report generation
• Continually running background service responds when new documents are uploaded to file share by data source owners

Active Directory Search Tool (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

• UI wrapper for LDAP utility written to manage and abstract Active Directory queries

Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2005ExecFlash Portal (SharePoint Portal Server 2003, JavaScript, XML)

• Portal serves as a central location for ExecHot data (Executive Hot Issues), CompHot (Competitive Hot Issues), Active Pipeline data, as well as bringing together communications, alerts, resource links, and reports which these executives access on a frequent basis

Cascading StyleSheet Color Shifter (WinForm, C#)

• Manipulates CSS files using lazy-loading RegEx recursive-descent parser (CSS 2.1 grammar)
• Provides interactive UI for user to shift color palette of CSS by hue, saturation or brightness

June 2004 - Aug. 2004Server & Tools Scorecard Prototype (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

• Designed & built custom templating system and custom DHTML connected WebPart-style portal

April 2004 - June 2004SMSG Finance Dashboard Prototype (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

• Designed & implemented lightweight templating system for pages & user controls which was then used by rest of group for the implementation of several apps and prototypes

Client Web Site Templates (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

Asynchronous Code Generator (WinForm, C#)

• Post-compilation utility which leveraged Reflection & CodeDom generation for converting all methods flagged with custom attributes into asynchronous Begin/End method pairs

Teamwork (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

• Bug Fixes & upgrade feasibility assessment

Corbis.com (ASP.NET control library, C#)

• Custom Web Server Controls (e.g. Liquid Layout)

Register.com / eNom API wrapper (Class library, C#)

• API Wrapper: Mapping layer for existing XML-based calls

Partner Extranet (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

• Implemented application, Custom Server Controls and page templating system

Teamwork Billing System (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

• Implemented a credit card billing system into existing ASP.NET web app along with additional bug fixes & app enhancements

Task-List.NET (ASP.NET 1.0, SOAP Web Services, C#)

• Fuzzy logic based personal task manager for natural, intuitive ordering of tasks

TerraStitcher (WinForm 1.1, C#)

• Implemented a high-resolution satellite image browser using Microsoft TerraServer Web Services

WS-Dot Traffic Meter (ASP.NET 1.1, C#)

• Implemented traffic app which consumes live Washington State Dept. of Transportation data

RenderTool (MFC, Visual C++ 6.0)

• Designed & implemented 3D Rendering Engine & Fractal Mountain Generator
• Phong, Gouraud Rendering of 3D-objects entirely in software without 3D library (i.e. no DirectX or OpenGL)
• Generates realistic fractal mountains, complete with terrain (water, trees, snow)

CS-145 (Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0)

• Taught object-oriented concepts, data structures, and algorithms

CS-211 (PLT Dr. Scheme)

• Taught LISP-like functional programming concepts, recursion, simple UI

MAVRIC Project (Robotics, ActivMedia Saphira, C)

• Project focused on artificial intelligence & embedded systems research
• Implemented "Adaptrode" neural network & robot behaviors

Western Washington University Web Site (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

• Designed and implemented an overhaul of the main WWU website

• Helped build templating system for client sites
• Acted as technical liaison of the startup company, guiding the direction for the technology department