Skills Matrix - Aaron Stewart

For easy reference, I have outlined my key skill areas so that it can be quickly ascertained if they line up with any requirements without having to actually read my CV.

Programming
C#	Expert	Used professionally since 2001. Kept up to date.
VB.NET	Advanced	Used mainly for ASP.NET applications.
T-SQL	Advanced	Used extensively in almost every employ from CRUD to financial data warehousing. Kept up to date.
ADO.NET	Advanced	Used extensively in almost every employ in a variety of levels of operation.
XAML	Good	Used in the creation of commercial applications.
ASP.NET	Advanced	Used in the creation of both intranet and internet applications.
HTML	Advanced	Used extensively in almost every employ. Kept up to date.
CSS	Advanced	Used extensively in almost every employ. Kept up to date.
Java Script	Good	Used mainly for website enhancement.
XML, XSL, XSD, Xpath	Good	Used as required in application development.
VB 6.0	Good	Used in many line of business applications.
VBA	Good	Excel and Access applications. Business automation.
ASP (VB Script, J Script)	Advanced	Used in many line of business intranets.
C/C++	Good	Was advance, but out of date.
Experience
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)	Advanced	Used to produce commercial applications.
MVVM	Advanced	Thorough understanding of concepts achieved through writing MVVM framework.
Windows Forms	Advanced	Windows forms thoroughly used, in both standalone applications and as part of a larger solution. System tray and command line applications also written.
Windows Services	Advanced	Fully installable windows Services written, mutli-threaded and controlled through remoting/WCF interfaces.
WEB Services / WEB API	Advanced	Designed and implemented WEB based protocols for both backend and front end services. Used SOAP, .NET WEB Services, and REST.
WEB / Intranet Sites	Advanced	Used extensively to create a variety of database backed sites using ASP.NET forms to MVC with Razor.
JQuery	Good	Used for website enhancement as required.
Bootstrap (responsive design)	Good	Used for website enhancement as required.
ADO.NET	Advanced	Used at every level throughout many projects. Technology used: native SQL, OleDb and ODBC.
LINQ	Advanced	Used in daily development activities.
Entity Framework	Advanced	Used to back commercial websites, and desktop applications.
Data warehousing	Advanced	Several warehouse solutions created using SQL databases optimized for reporting purposes. Extensive use of stored procedure and functions for reporting.
Reporting Services / Designer	Advanced	Used extensively.
Crystal Reports	Advanced	Used extensively, both in desktop applications and intranet solutions.
Coding Quality	Advanced	Coding standards and best practices employed whenever possible to deliver quality product.
Design Patterns	Good	Good understanding of the concepts achieved.
Unit Testing	Good	Used as required.
Networking	Advanced	TCP/IP and UDP used in synchronous and asynchronous mode. Examples include a HTTP server, an SMTP client, and a finder for network services.
Remoting / Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)	Good	Used to control Windows Services, share common resources and as application back ends.
JSON	Advanced	Wrote a JSON serializer/deserializer. Used for all object cross boundary needs.
XML	Good	Used for storing settings, serialization, data provision, data extraction, etc. All levels used from reader to document to XPath queries.
Graphics	Good	Advanced GDI+ and image manipulation. Examples include WEB image rendering, owner drawn controls.
Threading	Advanced	Used extensively, both in a server/service capacity and in a forms capacity to perform background tasks or stop the GUI from freezing.
Automation (COM / Office)	Good	Automation of Word, Excel, Outlook and third party products undertaken, both early bound and late bound.
Windows Integration (API)	Advanced	Windows API harnessed to manipulate the Shell, install services and provided DDE functionality amongst other things.
Standard Template Library	Good	Knowledge now old.
Tools and Servers
Visual Studio	Advanced	Used extensively in every employ. Kept up to date.
SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio	Advanced	Used extensively since available.
SQL Server Management Studio	Advanced	Used extensively in every employ.
SQL Server Profiler	Good	Used for optimisation, debugging (especially Entity Framework), and reverse engineering.
Microsoft Azure	Good	Used SQL server, IIS, Service Bus and Storage Tables in commercial solutions.
JetBrains Resharper	Good	Used for daily coding activities.
JetBrains dotTrace / dotMemory	Good	Used to debug and optimise application performance.
Team Foundation Server	Good	Used in daily activities, and source control.
SQL Server	Advanced	Used extensively in every employ, as the backbone of various applications including WEB, desktop, Windows Services, WEB Services and data warehousing and reporting. Databases solutions designed and maintained from VisualStudio including features ranging from CRUD operations to advanced financial reporting stored procedures.
SQL Server Extras	Advanced	Server Agent, Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services all used in a production environment.
Microsoft Access	Advanced	Applications written using both local data storage and SQL server as a data store.
Microsoft Office	Advanced	Automated from the inside and outside, using VB, VBA and C#.
MySQL	Adequate	Used as a .NET data source.
Vocational
Investment Finance	Good	Production of financial fact sheets from trade records to final reports, including all calculations, thoroughly understood. Including equities, bonds, property and hedge funds in a complex investment hierarchy.
Machine Control	Good	The problems surrounding controlling machinery at binary level well understood, including asynchronous messaging and state management.