Bill Christenson

Bill is currently a Senior Software Engineer for HealthMEDX and has been developing .NET applications since 2001. He has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in CIS.

Specialties: ASP.NET, .NET, VB.NET, C#.NET, WPF, Silverlight, WCF Web Services, XAML, SQL, SQL Server, HTML, AJAX, Android, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, SQLite

Bill also does freelance work through Paragon Concepts, LLC.

Education at a Glance:

Institution Related Fields of Study
College of the Ozarks
Major: Computer Information Systems
Minor: Business Administration
  • Fundamentals of Computer Science
  • Structuring Techniques (C++)
  • Data Structures (Advanced C++)
  • Database Systems
  • Programming Paradigms (Java)
  • COBOL
  • Systems Analysis
  • Architecture/Assembler
  • Advanced COBOL
  • Systems Design
  • Senior Project CS
Missouri State University
Master's of Science in Computer Information Systems
  • Information System Planning
  • Staffing the Information System Function
  • Network Planning and Administration
  • Information System Project Management
  • Comparative System Development Methodologies
  • Management of End-User Computing
  • Information System Management
  • Data Modeling and Database Administration
  • IT Legal Issues
  • Information System Resource Acquisition
  • Organizational Transformation
  • Special Topics in IS

Experience at a Glance:

Company / Job Title / Time Frame Responsibilities & Experience
 HealthMEDX / Senior Software Engineer / 2012-Present
  • Internal and External Technical Advisor
  • Research Technology and Software Development Trends
  • Author and Present Technical and Business Documents
  • Architect Complex & Multi-Functional Processes
  • ASP.NET development with VB.NET
  • Silverlight & WCF Web Services
  • WPF Windows Application Development
  • SQL Server & SQLite Experience
  • Mobile Application Development
 HealthMEDX / Software Engineer / 2010-2012
  • Mentor/Advise Software Developers
  • Research Technology and Software Development Trends
  • Architect Complex & Multi-Functional Processes
  • Coordination with Senior Mgmt, Analysts, QA, CS, etc
  • ASP.NET development with VB.NET
  • Silverlight & WCF Web Services
  • WPF Windows Application Development
  • SQL Server Design, Performance Tuning, Change Tracking, etc
 HealthMEDX / Senior Developer / 2007-2010
  • ASP.NET development with VB.NET
  • Silverlight & WCF Web Services
  • WPF Windows Applications
  • MS AJAX & jQuery
  • ASP.NET web control development
  • ASP 3.0 development with VB Script and COM
  • SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 development
  • SQL Server - BI Report development
  • Work in a team environment
  • Tech Document Writing
  • Software Versioning Techniques & Practices
 HFEC / Programmer Analyst / 2002-2007
  • SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Database Administration, Development, Warehousing, and Support.
  • SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Database Administration, Development, Warehousing, and Support.
  • C# Programming on both the .NET 1.1 and 2.0 platforms.
  • Microsoft Analysis Server (OLAP) administration & support.
  • SQL Server Reporting Server development & management.
  • Experience with setting up security, automated tasks, procedures, designing DTS packages, developing databases, and analyzing performance issues on a MS SQL Server 2000 Enterprise DBMS.
  • Developed all corporate current ticketing data warehouses & their data pumps from 3rd party applications.
  • ASP & ASP .NET development of company Intranet and Internet web applications.
  • Experience with Visual Studio .NET & Macromedia Projects for web, windows & database development & programming.
  • Currently used languages & technologies include: TSQL, Java, C# .NET, C++, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, XML, ASP .NET, & ASP.
  • Taught SQL Training courses.
HFEC / User Support Administrator / 2001-2002
  • Managed 3rd party IT work order database: “Track-IT!” & reports.
  • Handled all Help Desk calls and delegated tasks to the IT Team.
  • Purchased PC hardware and software.
  • Supported UNIX ticket operations on a RISC 6000 and associated equipment/hardware.
  • Installation and troubleshooting networking over Ethernet LAN/WAN.
  • Helped support Point-of-Sales hardware, software, and communications.
  • Assisted in supporting Silver Dollar City’s ticketing operations.
  • Assisted Network Administrator with managing User Accounts and permissions on Windows Server platforms.
  • Instructor of some of the corporation’s IT Security Training seminars.
  • Intranet ASP/SQL development.
  • Extensive troubleshooting & installation of PC hardware & software.
HFEC / AS400 Systems Operator / 2001-2002
  • AS400 software and hardware support/operations.
  • Manage AS400 print/job queues.
  • Assisted users with system jobs and print functions.
  • In charge of backup routines and documentation.
  • Periodic PC software and hardware support.