Thomas Liao is a senior software engineer with over 30 years of experience developing software solutions using technologies such as C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, XML, and JavaScript. He has expertise leading teams and delivering custom applications to meet clients' specific needs. Currently he works as a solutions engineer providing extensions to a media asset management product.

1. Thomas Liao (978) 277-9023
421 Teel Road, Winchendon, MA 01475 liaothomas@hotmail.com
Profile
A Software Engineer with a combination of deep technical skills and over thirty years of real-world engineering experience
in architecting, designing and developing solutions for a broad array of applications. During my career, I have been the go
to person when moving forward technologically. I have a passion for quality software and am eager to join a team of
motivated developers focused on creating solutions that unlock the user’s potential.
Skills
• Expertise in C#/.NET 1.0 through 4.5, ADO.NET, Web Services including interoperability troubleshooting, XML,
C++, Object model design, Object Oriented Programming, Object Oriented Design, ASP.NET MVC framework(1
through 4.5), Entity Framework, LINQ and LINQToSQL
• Excellent skills with ASP.NET, Win Forms, ASP.NET Web Forms, SQL Server (2005 – 20012), Highcharts JS
library, XML Schema, DHTML, AJAX, jQuery and JavaScript
• Experience with COM, ATL, MVC 4, MSTest, CodedUI, Specflow, InstallShield, nHibernate, UML, CSS, WPF,
XAML, XSLT and WCF.
• Knowledge of MVC 4.5, Website security, Test Driven Development and Dependency Injection
• Developed .net applications using SQL and LINQ. SQL Server and Oracle as the data store.
• Experience leading software projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Job History
Senior Software Solutions Engineer November 2013 to Present
Avid Technology Burlington, Massachusetts
As part of the Professional Services group, I provide workflow specific extensions and customizations of the Media
Asset Management product. As each end user’s needs are specific to how they work, implementation can require
anything from scripting to C# multitasking distributed solutions. Agile and scrum have been embraced by the
organization. An important part of the job is to understand the requirements distinct to each media organization
and leverage the best balance of tools to provide cost effective and complete solutions.
Lead Software Engineer February 2012 to November 2013
Press-Ganey, Associates Lexington, Massachusetts
Hired to full time position at end of 6 month contract. Continuing to extend Improvement Portal application using
MVC 3, javascript, jQuery, highcharts JS and C# 4. Key resource in the creation of the Quick Reports, Reports
Export and Emailing features. Team leader of Agile team.
Software Engineer July 2011 to January 2012
Highview Partners Braintree, Massachusetts
6 month contract to hire with Press Ganey. Update and extend Improvement Portal application using MVC 2 & 3,
javascript and C# 4.0. Team leader for one of the two teams using Agile development approach.
Co-founder June 2009 to July 2011
GroceryJudge Winchendon, Massachusetts
Design and develop web application to help people to get more from their food dollars. Main site leverages MVC
Framework, ADO .NET Entity Framework, LINQToSQL, JavaScript, DHTML and AJAX. Web forms with Ajax controls
and the data model from the main site used for administrative site. Partial goal of enterprise is to leverage the latest
features of the .NET Framework. Recently converted application to leverage Visual Studio 2010 features.

2. Thomas Liao
Principal Software Engineer II November 2005 to June 2009
PhaseForward Waltham, Massachusetts
Software design and development of next generation applications serving the clinical trial market using .NET 1.1 and 2.0.
Member of team to architect and develop common application framework. Projects include being the key developer on
cross application data synchronization solution between a data warehouse application and a data entry application and the
design, development and management of a customizable job scheduler service that allowed for flexible scheduling patterns
in a scalable production environment and framework features such as a class factory to instantiate any class by logical class
name based on the current state of the application configuration file and a WS-Eventing implementation.
Principal Software Engineer May 2005 to November 2005
InMagic Woburn, Massachusetts
Software design and development of information management and dissemination application with user customizable
browser interface using .NET 1.1 and SQL Server. Uses Remote service access through .NET remoting and web services. I
architected, designed and developed the feature that allows customer users to define their own UI for accessing and
delivering their information to remote sites.
Principal Software Engineer November 1999 to May 2005
OneSource Information Systems, Inc. Concord, Massachusetts
Software design and development of business intelligence delivery over the internet using .NET 1.0 and 1.1, C++, COM
and OLEDB. Projects include coordination and development of XPATH interface to Oracle data warehouse where I
developed the text search parsing and translation engine, design and development of company’s first .NET web services to
access business intelligence data using .NET beta 2 (Demonstration application was a PDA capable browser UI that was
highlighted at the Microsoft .NET launch) and before introduction of web services designed and implemented a web
interface to deliver business intelligence data using OLEDB providers in C++ with web input as SQL like statement and
output as XML. Created an OLEDB provider interface to commercial text database that allowed querying the text
document data from within SQL Server (A SQL like command language was used to improve immediate usability).
Systems Consultant 1991 to November 1999
UnumProvident Portland, Maine
Software design and development of internal business applications for deployment on the OS/2 and Windows platforms.
Projects include creation of RPC layer to allow cross machine interop between the mainframe as business service provider
and PC clients running custom OS/2 and Windows applications (RPC layer developed in C providing a COM interface) and
OS/2 and Windows API level programming to interface Power Builder application to commercial word processing
application using C.
Senior Programmer/Analyst 1984 to 1991
United Engineers, Inc. Owego, NY
Company was a software contractor to IBM. Projects included both applications for internal IBM use using PL/1 and
commercial products using for PS/2 deployment using C and the OS/2 API.
Education
Ithaca College -- Graduated: 1984
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Television and Radio Minor: Computer Science
Honors: Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
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