John Zabula

A Senior .Net Developer with 12+ years of experience in architecting, developing, debugging, and implementing collaborative solutions using C#, ASP.NET, .Net framework, MS SQL Server, IIS, Visual Studio, and Azure DevOps for project management applying best practices and standards in software development. A business-savvy technical resource with knowledge and proficiency in the ICT space competent in engaging stakeholders and leading cross-functional technical teams to deliver valuable products. An experienced trainer, mentor, and believer of active learning to team building for high performance. A practitioner of agile software development practices, scrum, in the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) with extensive experience in Logistics, Education, Retailing, Contact Centres, and Utility Companies.

EXPERIENCE PAST 12 YEARS: (development experience: 10+ years; management experience: 10+years) 

Company: Basenet Solutions, Senior .Net Engineer / Lead Consultant                                   2010 – to date 

PROJECTS

Client: GMR Freights (South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland)

Project: Cross Border Freight Services back office and customer gateway applications for tracking parcel delivery, PDF document generation 

Result:  Improved data uptake efficiency by 60 %, providing customers track and trace feature that handles 200k+ parcel status requests per month; Self-services gateway for paperless document sharing initiative.

Activities: SDLC, Code-first database design, migrations, Integrations to external services, coding, release management (UAT and Live servers), Training Users, reviewing analytics and Elmah Errors log. 

Tech Stack:  Azure DevOps, Clean Architecture, Entity Framework, MS SQL Server, C#, Web API, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, jQuery, Datatables, Mail Jet Integration, Hangfire, AutoFac, ITextSharp, Elmah, Telerik Controls

Client: Emergency Assist 991 (Botswana)

Project:  Rapid Response Incidents tickets application development

Result:  Improving agent’s data capturing, and retention for compliance and reporting. 

Activities:  SDLC, database development, managing development team, ASP.NET Core web app development.

Tech Stack:  C#, ASP.Net Core, Razor Pages, Azure DevOps, Clean Architecture, Dapper, JavaScript, jQuery, Datatables, AutoMapper.     

Client: Security Systems (Botswana)

Project:  Country-wide SMS Notification for property surveillance.

Result:  Decoupled SMS services by implementing Enterprise Messaging Queue processing 300k+ SMS /month.

Activities: SDLC, RabbitMQ integrations, Console and Windows Form app development, Client Reporting.

Tech Stack:  C#, Console, WinForms, Dapper, MS SQL, RabbitMQ, AutoMapper, AutoFac  

Client: Ministry of Education (Botswana)

Project:  Technical Education Certification Process Quality Assurance

Result:  Certification process audit automation, Data Replication, Improved efficiency and reliability in result processing for certification.  Ease of access to data for stakeholders, Course eligibility controls. 

Activities: SDLC, Code-first database design, migrations, coding, code reviews, and pair programming with interns. IIS Deployment (UAT and Production servers)

Tech Stack:  Layered Architecture, Entity framework, Web API, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Hangfire Integration, AutoFac, IIS, MS SQL + Replication

Bachelor of Business Administration | Andrews University, Michigan, USA 

Major: Management Information Systems; Minor: Management

Software Product Management Capstone | University of Alberta(Coursera)

Introduction to Software Product Management  |  Software Processes and AgilePractices  | Client Needs and Software Requirements   |  Agile Planning for Software Products | Review and Metrics for software Improvements  |  Capstone Project

Microsoft Specialist C# | Certification #: F329-0591

Microsoft Certified Professional |Certification #: F329-0589

Microsoft Certified |Azure Fundamentals