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Alan P. Barber

Software Developer, Computer Scientist, Scrum Master, & Crohn’s Disease Fighter

Barber Investment Group

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Biography

Software Architect, Application Developer, Web Developer, & Database Developer. I specialize in Software Development with a focus on Architecture and Design. I have worked with both hardware and software throughout my career. I mainly develop for the Microsoft .Net stack.

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Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Crypto-Currency
  • Distributed Computing
  • Software Architecture

Education

  • Exam 70-480 - Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, 2014

    Microsoft

  • Professional Scrum Master I, 2012

    Scrum.Org

  • BS in Computer Science, 2004

    Bowling Green State University

Experience

My professional work history.
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Senior Consultant

Improving

Mar 2012 – Present Columbus, Ohio
A consultant providing development services with specialization in KnockoutJS, AngularJS, ReactJS, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, C#, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Azure based technologies.
 
 
 
 
 

Consultant

Quick Solutions (now Fusion Alliance)

Jan 2011 – Mar 2012 Columbus, Ohio
A consultant providing development services with specialization in ASP.NET, C# and Microsoft SQL Server based technologies.
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Programmer

Corporate Research International

Nov 2005 – Jan 2011 Findlay, Ohio
Web Developer, Database Administrator, Phone Systems. I may have been a programmer by title but I was the manager of all things IT. I dealt with both software development as well as hardware issues.

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The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic): 10th Anniversary Edition

A short book review of The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic): 10th Anniversary Edition by David Emerald
Mar 13, 2019 2 min read

How to install Hugo on CentOS with CPanel

This is a quick tutorial on how to install Hugo on a cPanel web server running CentOS Linux
Jan 30, 2019 2 min read

Video Monday | SQLite: The Database at the Edge of the Network

Feb 29, 2016 1 min read

DinnerLab Review - Columbus - February 13th, 2016

About DinnerLab DinnerLab is a company that runs what are known as pop up restaurants. You buy tickets for a unique and one of a kind …
Feb 13, 2016 2 min read

How To Customize The Git For Windows Bash Shell Prompt

Have you upgraded to the latest version of Git for Windows and found the default prompt to be a bit annoying with the new added and …
Dec 30, 2015 2 min read
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Talks

Talks available for user groups, code camps, and conferences.
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Blazor - Taking .Net to the Spa

Blazor lets you build interactive web UIs using C# instead of JavaScript.
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Passwords Don't Work! Using Two Factor Authentication To Secure Users

The Internet is a dangerous place and user passwords aren’t safe. Enter Two Factor Authentication (2FA) to the rescue!
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Polly - The .NET Resilience Framework

Polly is a .NET resilience and transient-fault-handling library.
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Projects

Open source projects I work on!
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Microsoft.Logging.Splunk

A Microsoft Logging provider for Splunk Http Event Collector (HEC) Sender.

NLog.Targets.Hadoop

A NLog target for saving application logs to Hadoop (HDFS)

log4net.Appender.Splunk

A log4net appender for Splunk Http Event Collector (HEC) Sender

NLog.Targets.Splunk

A NLog target for Splunk Http Event Collector (HEC) Sender

CodeKatas

.Net Code Katas - A prebuild Kata project that already includes tests and base classes.

TwoFactorNet

A library that provides support for the creation of One Time Passwords.

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