Michael Bruno – .NET / Azure / AI Assisted Development

Professional Summary

Senior .NET/Azure Software Developer experienced in building cloud-native solutions, line-of-business applications, APIs, SPAs, and product integrations. Recent focus on AI-enabled application development and AI-assisted development workflows.

Development Skills

.NET / Web Development

C# · .NET 8/Core · Web API
Entity Framework · Repository patterns
.NET APIs with Azure AI Services
Angular · React · TypeScript
JavaScript · ASP.NET MVC / Razor
SignalR · responsive web UI

Azure / Cloud

Azure PaaS · App Services · Functions
Container Apps · Web PubSub
Bicep IaC · environment-scoped resource groups
Managed Identity · DefaultAzureCredential · RBAC
GitHub Actions · Azure DevOps · CI/CD

Data / APIs / Integration

SQL Server · Azure SQL · T-SQL
REST APIs · Azure API Management
JWT / token auth · App Registrations
Service Bus · queues · Event Hubs / topics
Event-driven / serverless · third-party integrations

RAG / LLM Development

RAG / Vector Search

End-to-end RAG pipeline · Azure AI Search
Vector similarity search · embeddings · grounding
Multimodal ingestion · AI captioning/tagging · cross-modal embeddings
Image + text retrieval in a shared vector space

LLM Integration / Retrieval Logic

Azure OpenAI · structured JSON-schema output
Intent routing: vector retrieval vs. SQL aggregation
Confidence-tiered retrieval / result handling
Prompt / instruction design

Agentic AI / Azure AI

Microsoft Foundry & Agents

Foundry Agent Service · build / deploy
MCP tool integration · grounded agents
Tool-enabled agent workflows
Foundry IQ · knowledge grounding
Agent Framework · Agent Development

Azure AI Services

Azure OpenAI · AI Search
Document Intelligence · AI Vision
Language · Content Safety · Speech
.NET / Azure PaaS integration

AI-Assisted Development

Claude.ai · Claude Code · Codex
GitHub Copilot · Cursor · NotebookLM
Human-in-the-loop build / review workflows
Front-end, backend & architecture use cases

Experience

Professional Development/AI Upskilling & Independent Project Work

Nov 2024 – Present

Hands-on .NET development integrating AI capabilities, Azure AI development, and evaluation of leading AI development tools such as Claude.ai, Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and Cursor. Tested capabilities, workflow fit, and productivity impact across front-end and back-end development scenarios.

Experience

Professional Development / AI Upskilling & Independent Project Work (continued)

Selected hands-on AI/cloud development and AI-assisted workflow projects.

RAG / Image Query

Multimodal RAG · Azure AI Search · cross-modal embeddings

Azure Foundry

Foundry agents · grounding · tools / orchestration

Azure AI Services

.NET / Azure PaaS integration

SPAs & Other Demos

.NET APIs · React/Angular SPAs · Azure PaaS demos

Senior Developer · Lincare · Clearwater, FL (Remote)

Apr 2023 – Nov 2024

REST API design, development, and production support across document and image processing pipelines.
Legacy .NET upgrades, Azure migrations, and TypeScript/SQL work to support core line of business applications.

Senior Consultant/Lead · Daugherty Business Solutions · Columbus, OH (Remote)

Mar 2021 – Jan 2023

Dev/tech scrum team lead on a financial services technology transformation; partnered with in-house developers to deliver a React SPA and Spring Boot APIs using SAFe Agile planning and sprint cadence.
Two additional engagements: 1) Azure modernization - Angular SPA, .NET APIs, JWT/OAuth auth, Azure DevOps CI/CD; 2) DevOps lead on an existing long-running client engagement.

Senior Developer/Lead · Magenic Consulting · Minneapolis, MN (Remote)

Jun 2016 – Mar 2021

Went from API developer to dev team lead on a multi-year project to build a global tax/accounting platform using Azure-hosted APIs and Angular SPA front ends. Platform handled multi-schema data imports and reporting.
Moved into a leadership role on the platform adoption team within the same Tax Platform engagement. Conducted solution architecture reviews, provided API design and extension guidance, and worked with dev teams on fit-for-purpose development.

Relocation — St. Petersburg, FL to Columbus, OH

Jan 2013 – Feb 2016

Software Developer - Short Employments and Contracting

Gannett Flemming (Tampa, FL), Lubrizol (Cleveland, OH), LBrands (Columbus, OH), FiServe (Columbus, OH)

Performed .NET MVC and API development on the LBrands retail inventory application. Maintained and extended a GPS-enabled mobile incident management system, WCF financial services APIs, and additional MVC applications across remaining engagements.

Earlier Experience - Tampa / Clearwater, FL

Planning Tech Inc. Full stack airport inspection solution and application support Jun 2008 – Apr 2012

King Engineering Lead Programmer; custom billing system, accounting integration Sep 2002 – Apr 2008

GTE / Verizon Several Contracts - Access DB work, Legacy VB to .NET upgrades Sep 2000 – Jul 2002

Education

Bachelor of Science, Economics · University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio