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Christopher J. Bales

Huntsville, AL

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About Me

Passionate full-stack programmer with 15+ years of professional experience specializing in the .NET ecosystem. Proven track record of designing, engineering, and maintaining enterprise-scale web applications, database solutions, and inventory management systems for both commercial and DoD clients. Committed to continuous learning, modern engineering practices, and integrating emerging technologies like local AI orchestration.

15+

Years of Experience

Building enterprise-scale web applications across the .NET ecosystem

DoD

Cleared Professional

Active Security Clearance
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AI

AI Integration

Building RAG LLM systems, Langchain, and agentic orchestration pipelines

10+

Companies Served

From high-traffic gaming platforms to DoD inventory systems

Technical Skills

A deep toolkit refined over 15+ years of enterprise development

.NET Ecosystem Advanced

.NET 1–11 C# VB.NET MVC Blazor MudBlazor Dependency Injection Middleware APIs Microservices Full-Stack Architecture
Proficiency 95%

Data & Storage Advanced

T-SQL PostgreSQL DB2/iSeries MySQL SQLite DynamoDB Redis Entity Framework Migrations
Proficiency 92%

Frontend & UI Advanced

TypeScript JavaScript jQuery HTML5 CSS3 Sass Bootstrap Bulma Material UI
Proficiency 90%

DevOps & Tools Advanced

Git TFS Visual Studio VS Code Rider SSMS TeamCity CI/CD
Proficiency 88%

Testing & Security Proficient

NUnit Selenium MS Sockets FORTIFY Qodana STIG Compliance
Proficiency 80%

AI Tools & Other Familiar

Langchain .NET RAG / Embeddings Claude Code Codex Ollama Python Ruby on Rails Java PHP OAuth 2.0 D3.js
Proficiency 70%

Professional Experience

A career built on delivering enterprise solutions

T&W Operations

Software Developer

Huntsville, AL

Mar 2025 – Present
  • Architect and develop an RFID-based inventory management system utilizing a .NET 8 API and a Blazor WebAssembly (WASM) SPA.
  • Design and program a COLTS-based supplemental web application to support a UAS warfighter inventory system in .NET 8.
  • Architect and develop a customer-facing .NET web portal for managing licenses, media-based tutorials, online quizzes, and software management.
  • Develop and maintain a web-based LLM with Langchain and a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) vector embedding to retrieve customer-centric data.
  • Manage TeamCity — Create CI/CD Pipeline for continuous Test and Delivery.

System Studies and Simulation, Inc.

Web Developer

Huntsville, AL

Oct 2024 – Jan 2025
  • Designed and engineered a training platform using .NET MVC, transitioning from an existing non-normalized legacy SQL Server database design.
  • Maintained and supported a critical ongoing Costpoint/Deltek data synchronization system.
  • Managed internal .NET MVC tracking tools managing time-sensitive corporate events including employee onboarding and termination.

Gleason Research Associates

Software Developer

Huntsville, AL

Jan 2019 – Feb 2024
  • Designed and engineered full-stack .NET web applications for government-related inventory management.
  • Spearheaded the transformation of the corporate intranet portal, migrating a legacy PHP website into a modern .NET Core framework integrated with Costpoint Deltek contracts.
  • Formulated and executed FORTIFY Static Code Analysis scans to ensure strict adherence to STIG security standards.
  • Mentored junior developers in enterprise software design patterns, architectural concepts, and engineering best practices.

PeopleTec, Inc.

Web Application Developer

Huntsville, AL

Oct 2018 – Jan 2019
  • Implemented complex features for a custom .NET MVC web application leveraging DevExpress and DevExtreme plugins.
  • Built dynamic PivotGrid and PivotChart data visualizations to handle generic user data queries.

Bank Independent

.NET Developer

Decatur, AL

Jan 2018 – Sep 2018
  • Designed and developed custom internal banking software using .NET MVC alongside a standalone WPF desktop application under Git and TFS version control.
  • Maintained, optimized, and generated analytical reporting for legacy database solutions on DB2/iSeries platforms.

Gleason Research Associates

Software Developer

Huntsville, AL

Aug 2016 – Dec 2017
  • Developed a full-stack inventory management and traceability web solution for DoD and commercial clients utilizing VB.NET, SQL, Entity Framework, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Maintained legacy inventory systems (ASTSInventory.com) to support evolving client requirements.
  • Collaborated daily with project stakeholders, requirements analysts, and QA teams to deploy robust web platform capabilities.

Curse, Inc.

.NET Web Developer

Huntsville, AL

Feb 2014 – Jul 2016
  • Designed and implemented core features for major high-traffic, in-production gaming websites using C#, MVC, SQL, and JS/Ajax/jQuery.
  • Created and maintained database importer utilities transferring large datasets across Redis, MySQL, MS Access, and proprietary constructs to SQL Server.
  • Partnered directly with product teams to build and scale massive web communities, including minecraftforum.net, diablofans.com, and mtgsalvation.com.

Apogee Informatics, Inc.

Software Engineer

Madison, AL

Sep 2013 – Feb 2014
  • Served as the primary full-stack web developer (VB.NET) and systems engineer for core Apogee Informatics web initiatives.
  • Managed high-level engineering refactoring efforts, new feature development, and complex bug resolutions.

Analytical Mechanics Associates

Programmer Analyst

Huntsville, AL

Mar 2013 – Sep 2013
  • Built a custom C++ data importer tool to extract data from a proprietary Cradle Requirements Traceability database into MySQL.
  • Developed Bash shell and Ruby scripts to automate data pipeline processes for a major Requirements Management database.
  • Served as Primary Investigator for the SharePoint Architecture Plan supporting the Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC).

Curse, Inc.

Technical Support Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Apr 2010 – Mar 2013
  • Deployed critical software updates (.NET MVC) and coordinated complex database schema updates across production web environments.
  • Developed and maintained an internal C# Windows Forms financial reconciliation application processing financial institution reports into Access databases.
  • Engineered automated Unit and Acceptance testing suites utilizing Selenium Web Driver, NUnit, and AutoIT scripts.

Education & Certifications

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Mathematics Minor

University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2012

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts

Music

University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008

Certifications

Additional Certifications

Microsoft Front-End Developer

Professional Certificate

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Building Data Lakes on AWS

Professional Certificate

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Contact Information

Phone

256.348.2577

Location

Huntsville, AL

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