References

Here are some excerpts from reference letters written by client managers after engagements.

"Phil took over a struggling data warehousing effort as the lone ETL developer. He redesigned the architecture and cleaned up the existing code so that the project could move forward. He stuck it out through a difficult project with sparse documentation and even offered his assistance after he had transitioned off the project. A true professional."
- Edward Van Ness, Sr. Engineer, Agile Technologies, 2011

"Phil is a seasoned IT professional with very good skills in the general Microsoft Arena and specifically around SQL Server. His attention to detail serves them well in the SQL arena, but in addition it serves him well in his ability to plan out longer migrations and projects, and make sure that all steps are documented, tracked, and effectively executed."
- Phillip Knowles, Director of IT Infrastructure, Stratix Corporation, 2009

"Phil used his knowledge of SQL Server, Windows Communication Foundation, and other Microsoft technologies to take the lead in building new data synchronization techniques based on the Synchronization Services from Microsoft."
- Dan Homrich, Chief Technology Officer, Stratix Corporation, 2009

"Philip's primary skills and talents include his ability to analyze complex business and technical challenges and to deliver high-quality solutions.  His foresight and quality of work means he usually gets things right the first time and saves us the trouble of re-working his solutions."
- W. Michael "Mickey" Haynes, VP Product Development, Retaligent, 2006

"...he has been an integral part of our production development team, with diverse contributions ranging from product requirements definition, product architecture and integration systems development, to mobile application development and scalability testing."
- Bryan Amaral, VP, Symbol Technologies, 2004

"He is our resident software technologies expert, particularly on Microsoft technologies, but also on general software development practices and procedures.  Phil is one of the people we turn to when we need someone to pioneer a new coding practice, or dig down deep into a particular technology."
- Glenn Froemming, Manager of Platform Technology Development, WebTone Technologies, 2001

"He is able to research a subject or issue, balance the priorities of cost, effort, complexity and performance and make usually a number of sound proposals to address it."
- Paul Dobson, VP Product Development, WebTone Technologies, 1999

"...he has proven to be very qualified technically and he has always put in the time and effort necessary to help us make our delivery dates.  Phil looks for ways to improve the code on which he works rather than simply implementing those changes that are specifically asked of him."
- Charles Kandzierski, Sr Director, Product Development, Sales Technologies, 1998

"I will not hesitate to recommend Mr. Shaffer for any software analysis, design and development effort requiring a high degree of knowledge, experience and technical abilities."
- J. Rafael Garcia, Manager of Software Development, SAIC Inc., 1997