Dan Wygant  email me

Fun with C#
 + AJAX-ified controls for President of Earth vote:
  Prez Of The Earth
 + ClickOnce WPF ICALCS editor:
  Acl Editor
 + Silverlight 2 from Unix (ask me how to .XAP):
  I've done What lately?

MVP Windows Server Customer Experience

Founder of Huntsville Users Groups
Visual Studio.Net Users Group (VSdotNetUG.org)
Huntsville Windows New Technology Users Group (HUNTUG)
and the local Special Interest Group (SIG) HowToVS.NET

Volunteer
 + International dotNet Association
 + User Group Liaison for Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana  + Culminis (aka IT Pro Advisory Council) founding Board Member

Writing
OLE4DM Article
Presenting ActiveX
- Ch 11 [DocObjects]
- Ch 12 [ISAPI Filters]
MFC ISAPI Extensions
- Part 1 Article
- Part 2 Article
OLE DocObjects
- Ch 11
VJ++ Article 

Good Works
The RetirementPlan Co
TriDeum
PathGroup
Dialogic Communications
Majestic~Systems
Intergraph

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Objective:
I am seeking a Senior Consultant or Scientist position using Visual Studio 2008 [C# (C Sharp), and VB (Visual Basic)] Sql Server 2008 to develop Silverlight 2/WPF/ XAML, and ASP.Net AJAX applications. My main interest is creating WPF/WCF/WF/Card Space, ClickOnce/SmartClient programs with C#, ADO.Net, Linq, and SQL Server Database Applications. New technologies that interest me are Peer-to-Peer or distributed computing applications, Mobile applications, B2B or WebServices, ADO.Net Database Applications, Imaging & GIS, and 2D/3D Graphics. I prefer team-oriented environments with positive work values.

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Pure Mathematics, Florida State University
Completed Major requirements for a Bachelor in Science in Computer Science

Qualifications:
I am a founding Board Member of Culminis.com and was awarded MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) status for Windows Customer Experience again for work with Microsoft and the local Windows community. My most recent experience was with The Retirement Plan Company, XML-based dynamically creating AJAX server controls for a question and answer composite control which presents a collection of highly configurable CSS Themed and Skinned composite controls for investors to setup a plan based on questions and answers. As a bonus, I used LINQ for many of the for loops and for dynamically declated events, including Client-side Validator Controls.

• As the Founder and leader of the Huntsville VS.Net Users Group, and in my day-to-day work I am constantly exposed to all the complexities of VS.Net, VB/VC++6. Over two decades of work in computer science has provided me with broad expertise and great depth in so many areas needed to accomplish any task.
• I've worked on Windows NT since its first version was released. Previous to this I have worked on a wide variety of UNIX platforms such as Sun Solaris, HP-UX, and Intergraph Clix. I worked on Visual Basic 1.0 and Visual C++ MFC 1.5 and have been using VB and VC++ ever since for the extreme RAD. Most recently I’ve used Visual Studio.Net (VC#, VB, VC++), SmartClient (href/exe), Winforms (desktop), Webforms (ASP.Net) and WebServices in Windows XP.
• My projects always use Object Oriented Programming [OOP], in particular Windows XP using C#. I've been using Object Oriented Programming and Design techniques for about 20 years, even before C++.
• As Founder of the Huntsville Windows New Technology Users Group and the Huntsville Visual Studio.Net Users Group (VSdotNetUG.org) I've been helping to bring excellent technology presentations to Huntsville every month. This has helped to broaden my scope and helped train the Huntsville’s entire Windows community (1300+ members). I served as the first Chairman of HUNTUG, as S/W Review, Book Review, Public Relations and trained virtually all board members.
• My work with INeta.org as a User Group Liaison for Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana has helped a number of VS.Net Users Groups organize and bring excellent technical presentations to their members.
• I have written extensively for Windows NT Magazine, and was a member of their Technical Review staff. This gave me an advanced view on emerging technologies. I wrote three chapters in two separate books, both from Sams.net Publishing, part of the Macmillan Publishing Company.