Hi, I'm Rodney Vinyard. I'm a senior, hands-on, full-stack software developer with 25+ years of experience, specializing in test-driven development, databases, and scalable architectures. I design inventive, focused software solutions and love turning complex problems into reliable, maintainable code. I'm an effective communicator and writer who helps teams perform better and clients stay happy. I’ve led DevOps for Power Apps, Dataverse, and cloud-native projects, and I’ve earned active US DoD secret clearance and public trust credentials. I enjoy modernizing legacy systems, improving performance, and delivering practical software that users actually love.

Rodney Vinyard

Hi, I'm Rodney Vinyard. I'm a senior, hands-on, full-stack software developer with 25+ years of experience, specializing in test-driven development, databases, and scalable architectures. I design inventive, focused software solutions and love turning complex problems into reliable, maintainable code. I'm an effective communicator and writer who helps teams perform better and clients stay happy. I’ve led DevOps for Power Apps, Dataverse, and cloud-native projects, and I’ve earned active US DoD secret clearance and public trust credentials. I enjoy modernizing legacy systems, improving performance, and delivering practical software that users actually love.

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Hi, I’m Rodney Vinyard. I’m a senior, hands-on, full-stack software developer with 25+ years of experience, specializing in test-driven development, databases, and scalable architectures. I design inventive, focused software solutions and love turning complex problems into reliable, maintainable code. I’m an effective communicator and writer who helps teams perform better and clients stay happy.

I’ve led DevOps for Power Apps, Dataverse, and cloud-native projects, and I’ve earned active US DoD secret clearance and public trust credentials. I enjoy modernizing legacy systems, improving performance, and delivering practical software that users actually love.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Software Developer VB6, VB.NET WinForms & SQL Server 2014 at Constellation Software Inc.
April 1, 2025 - April 1, 2025
Contributed to Cultura division with dozens of VB6 and VB.NET WinForms projects; navigated 2M+ lines of code across VB6 (*.vbg) and VB.NET (*.sln) projects; fixed and documented 12 Jira issues; debugged a VB6 button that launches a VB.NET form by attaching the VS2019 debugger and resolving the underlying VB.NET issue.
Software Developer .NET ASP.Net Web Forms & SOAP Services, SQL Server 2022 at IntelliBridge (USDA)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Centralized USDA Users and Roles in a single SQL Server database; improved SOAP Services performance by implementing a TimerLogger and thorough input/output lineage logging; multi-thread tested SOAP services; identified slow data fetches and throughput bottlenecks; built deployment steps for Web.config transforms.
Software Developer .NET Core 6.0 Web API, Bootstrap & jQuery UI at Dynamo Technologies (USDA Forest Service)
April 1, 2024 - April 1, 2024
Lead developer for the public plantatree.fs.usda.gov site; implemented .NET Core 6.0 Web API and frontend UI; managed DevOps for Power Apps, Power Pages, and Dataverse; produced a version upgrade via packages.json and npm; created a USDA GitHub branch and merged changes into AWS CI/CD pipelines; led internal Dataverse (Model Driven) app development and solved 30+ GitHub issues related to Dataverse tables and flows.
Software Developer & Architect - Blazor, .NET Core 6.0 Web API at Gritter Francona
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Prototype Power Apps, Blazor, and .NET Core 6.0 Web API; created an Azure DevOps Git repository; repaired legacy on-prem Windows Server Git repo; improved error handling and introduced auto-email notifications for .NET exceptions; delivered UI enhancements using Blazor and RESTful APIs; collaborated with VA project stakeholders.
Azure, Java, SailPoint, SQL Server at Zigabyte (DoD, DISA)
June 1, 2023 - June 1, 2023
Translated a Windows PowerShell script to Java to perform HTTP posts with SSL certificates to SailPoint; created a SailPoint Rule in Java BeanShell; built reusable logging and configuration helpers; integrated Java-based SailPoint workflows with SQL Server stored procedures; used Eclipse IDE, SailPoint IDE, and SSMS in an Azure VM.

Education

Bachelor of Science at Rutgers College of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - November 16, 2025

Qualifications

Active US DoD Secret Clearance
January 11, 2030 - November 16, 2025
Public Trust PIV Access Card
January 11, 2030 - November 16, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Professional Services, Other