1. Larry E. Somers
MCP, MCAD.NET, MCSD.NET
22 Brisa Fresca, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Phone: 949-709-4766 Fax: 949-709-4729
Cell: 949-521-3700 Email: lsomers@somertyme.com
SharePoint Architect
Over 12 years of experience developing and architecting on premise, cloud and hybrid based SharePoint
solutions. With focus on implementation of large scale highly available enterprise farms. Extensive
experience on performance tuning and wide area network optimizations, that delivers high customer
satisfaction. Well versed with all aspects of SharePoint features, including collaboration, branding, web
apps, office integration, and workflows. Experience with 2007 -> 2010 -> 2013 -> large
upgrade/migrations.
Professional Experience
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (2007 - Present)
SharePoint Architect/Development Lead, Principal
 Architected and implemented Broadcom Enterprise SharePoint 2007, 2010, and 2013 Farms to
support over 15,000 employees world-wide.
 Very high performance – average page loads <2 seconds with no cache, 0.5 seconds prime cache
 On time and on budget migrations of SharePoint 2007 to 2010 and 2013.
 Part of Microsoft’s SharePoint 2016 early adoption program
 Implementation of numerous custom web part, apps, & features
 Designed and developed custom SharePoint solutions, SharePoint hosted and Provider hosted
apps with SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio.
 Experience in development for UI responsive designs (i.e. Bootstrap)
 Experience at management of global .NET & Java development teams
EMC, Irvine, CA (2004-2006)
Solutions Architect
 Analyze customer requirements through use cases, ORM, shadowing, and other methodologies.
 Design and implement customized SharePoint Portal for Edwards Air Force Base, including
custom web parts and event handlers.
 Designed, developed, and deployed custom search to search SharePoint, Open Text, and File
Servers for Edwards Air Force Base.
 Develop C# ASP.NET/ADO.NET and Windows document management applications based on
customer requirements.
 Experience with 3rd party ASP.NET controls (Infragistics).
 Design normalized SQL Database, indexes, SQL queries, and stored procedures.

2. FileNet, Costa Mesa, CA (1996-2004)
Project Lead
 Project Lead software architect responsible for new feature design, development, and support
of FileNet n-tiered, multi-threaded, client-server, enterprise content management application
with data mining capability.
 Designed and implemented ASP, .NET, ADO.NET, .NET WIndows, and Windows Services.
 Designed normalized SQL database tables, indexes, stored procedures, SQL queries & triggers.
 Designed and implemented both client and mutli-threaded server (middle-tier) components,
including COM/DCOM & Active X components in VC++ and VB.
 Worked with Director of Engineering, Product Marketing, Professional Services, and customers
to identify user and business requirements and develop functional specifications for product
releases.
 Wrote Usability Design Process white paper used for evaluating interface design and FileNet.
 Designed and implemented client and server side n-Tier components in C++.
UNISYS, Mission Viejo, CA (1990-1996)
Senior Software Engineer
 Selected as a core member of Unisys Object Oriented Development Team.
 Designed and implemented several C++ components for a Windows application generator tool
that generated cross-platform client-server applications for Windows, UNIX, and Unisys O/S.
 Designed and implemented C++ Exception Handling mechanism prior to its support in MS
Compiler.
 Following ISO 9000 Quality Assurance training, I defined and implemented several software
quality development processes used by our team.
MicroExpert Systems, Calabasas, CA
Developer of MS Window- based Artificial Intelligence Software
Project Manager - Intelligent Systems
 Architected and managed a small team of software engineers that implemented Artificial
Intelligence simulation systems for U. S. Army, Redstone Arsenal.
 Assisted in the design and development of Laser Docking Sensor software for NASA's Space
Shuttle.
 Carried out research and published unique methodology for measuring the cognitive complexity
of the Man-Machine Interface, published in NASA Proceedings.
 Held Secret Clearance.

3. Oklahoma State University, Technical Branch, Oklahoma City, OK (1985-1989)
Assistant Professor & Department Head in Math/Science
 Managed approximately 25 full- and part-time faculty members, dept. budget, and curriculum.
 Designed and implemented unique instructional methodology employing microcomputer test
grading, using Scantron OMR, that significantly improved student test scores in math and
science courses.
Head of Computer Assisted Instruction
 Designed and implemented the University's first Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) lab for
students.
 Developed instructional courseware and trained other instructors in courseware development.
 Developed, with colleague at Central State University, microcomputer grade-book software
application that integrated with mark-sense reader for test grading.
 Designed and developed first microcomputer-based software ever used in Oklahoma to
calculate, in the field, the results of the University's annual 5-K, 10-K, and 1-mile Run/Walk
event.
Education and Certifications
SharePoint Administrator Training Mindsharp
SharePoint Developer Training Mindsharp
Microsoft MCAD/MCSD (C#) .NET Certification MCP ID: 3188404
VB.NET Certification Developmentor
COM Programming Certification Developmentor
Postgraduate Compute Science Courses UCI, OSU, CSU, CSUN 1982-1985
Master’s Degree University of Oklahoma
Bachelor’s Degree Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI
Technical Skills
Project management. SharePoint 2007, 2010, 2013, MS Workflow Foundation, InfoPath, JQUERY,
C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, XML Web Services, TransactSQL, C++, ATL, COM, COM+,
Visual Studio .NET, CSS, UML & ORM Modeling, SML Spy, VB6, JAVA/VB Script, Microsoft Project.