David Wimbley

Talented Software Developer with a strong passion and desire to always keep learning. Current interests include C#, Entity Framework, Ruby, Powershell, and Wcf.

dwimbley@outlook.com http://www.davidwimbley.com

Code/Free Components/Downloads

It's A Trap

Unhandled Error Exception Handling

It's A Trap - Unhandled Exception Handling Components

Unhandled Error Exception Handling for Winforms, Wpf and ASP.NET MVC. DLL's include a Devexpress version of It's A Trap along with a plain Winforms version of It's A Trap. Using this component, it is as easy as inserting the following line in the Main() method of your Program.cs file.

using ItsATrap;

Application.ThreadException += TrapHook.CatchUnhandledExceptions;

Simply reference the ItsATrap.dll file in your project, add the using ItsATrap; namespace to the top of your file and the line above an your application is now catching unhandled exceptions.
This component is also customizable using the following nodes in your appsettings App.config file.

Downloads

It's A Trap - Winforms
It's A Trap - Winforms (Using DevExpress Components)

Contains Devexpress Dependencies, only need to reference the ItsATrap.dll in your project, make sure the devexpress dependencies are deployed with your application however.

It's A Trap - WPF (Coming Soon)
It's A Trap - ASP.NET MVC (Coming Soon)

Employment

2013

present

Yodaware Solutions Inc

Software Developer

Planned, designed, developed a web based policy administration system targeting the auto insurance industry. System was developed using C#, Entity Framework, ASP.NET MVC 5, Web API, jQuery, and Html/CSS. Utilizes Amazon Web Services for infrastructure but built to be easily adaptable to other cloud based platforms and local hosting.
Developer tools included Subversion, Jira, Confluence, Fish Eye, and Continuous Integration utilizing Team City allowing for one click deployments to all environments.
Created and implemented a custom rating and rules engine that is configurable by the end user along with managing multiple rate revisions. The rating and rules engine provides extreme flexibility for customers as business rules were not hard coded and allows management of rate revisions by the customer for improved speed to market when implementing new rates.
Also built IVR line, custom imaging solution, windows service based job scheduler configurable from user interface, customer facing point of sale portal.
Worked closely with MGA partner to implement system as desired by industry experts with practical functionality to assist in day to day activities.
Built custom photo request/processing application to assist in new business and claims processes. Allowed internal users to text or email links to insureds/claimants to gather photos of vehicles based on business rules.

2011

2013

Palm Insure, Inc.

Lead Application Developer

Developed a Policy Administration, Claims and Billing system for non-standard automobile insurance program using .NET/C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server 2008, DevExpress Components/ORM, Winforms, and WCF hosted on IIS.
Created automation scripts using Selenium for Web based platforms and Python for the Desktop based platforms for QA.
Worked directly with CIO, Underwriting Manager, and Claims Managers to determine system requirements.
Installed and maintained Windows Server 2008 R2 (Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, etc…), Linux (Subversion Source Control) and Cisco Networking Technologies.
Designed, developed, and implemented custom document imaging solution.
Created custom Issue Tracking and Wiki software to assist in fulfilling audit requirements.
Implemented reports based on State and OIR requirements.
Provided post-implementation support and resolved issues.

2010

2011

Cisco Systems

Technical Support Engineer

Managed suite of applications across 10 Government and Global Enterprise networks, including the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and General Electric.
Maintained 20 Solaris based Cisco Network Collectors performed daily system administration and monitoring tasks.
Wrote scripts for automation in Shell, Perl, and Ruby for server based tasks.
Created plug-in to Remedy 7 ticket system used in customer facing web portal.
Created command line tool used by a large automotive manufacturer to collect large amount of data quickly and store in accessible file format.

2009

2011

Little Red Bird - Remote

Web Developer

Responsible for Web Development portion of large scale projects.
Constructed a fully functional, cross browser compatible web site based on a pre-designed layout.
Gathered business requirements and developed customized complex web application solutions. Designed portals to allow for statistical tracking, information processing, and bulk import/export of data.
Researched and implemented new technologies for client projects.

2009

2010

Christian Community In Action

IT Support

Developed web presence for Christian Communit In Action using Wordpress for easy content manangement
Created custom web based CRM for financial outreach arm of organization. System tracked client information, generated financial reports, categorized clients based on benefit requests using color coded system.
Recommend/Implemented affordable solution for in house hosting of CRM and other applications