I'm David Parvin, a Senior Programmer/Analyst at Cougar Mountain Software since 1996. During that time I have gained experience designing, developing, testing, and maintaining enterprise accounting and payroll software. Extensive experience in C#, VB.NET, C++, SQL Server, automated testing, DevOps, and Agile development practices. Proven track record of delivering business-critical software used by thousands of organizations.

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise accounting, payroll, and business management applications.
• Develop software using C#, VB.NET, C++, SQL Server, XML, and JSON technologies.
• Participate in architecture, code reviews, defect analysis, and feature planning.
• Contribute to Agile development processes and cross-functional teams.
• Create and maintain automated unit tests to improve software quality and reliability.
• Mentor developers and assist with technical problem solving.
• Collaborate with product management, QA, and support teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.

• Over 30 years developing commercial accounting and payroll software.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing large enterprise codebases.
• Extensive work with automated testing and software quality initiatives.
• Contributor to build automation, package creation, and CI/CD processes.
• Active maintainer of open-source .NET libraries.

• Strong communicator and team collaborator
• Regular contributor to architectural and planning discussions
• Writer of readable, well-documented code that's easy for others to follow

Boise State University
Bachelor of Arts – Computer Information Systems

Here are some of the libraries and tools I've created or contributed to:

• PropertyGridHelpers – Utilities and editors for enhancing WinForms property grid functionality.
• EventLogHelper – A simple, testable, and customizable event logging utility for .NET.
• Versioning.Common – MSBuild targets for generating consistent assembly version information across projects.