Full-stack software consultant
Govind
Tanda.
Three-plus years building government tax and revenue software with C#, .NET, and SQL—from fraud detection and real-time verification to legacy modernization and performance optimization.
Selected work
Software Consultant, Fast Enterprises
2023–2026
Led a complete redesign that replaced mail-based verification taking up to 10 days with real-time authentication, partnering directly with the client to validate requirements and guide implementation decisions.
Coordinated 10+ testers across 300+ scenarios and demonstrated the system to multiple tax commission departments.
Verification time
10 days
to real time
User satisfaction rose from 3 to over 4.5 stars.
Implemented job-scoped caching that increased average nightly batch-processing throughput from 1,300 to more than 4,000 items per minute, based on 30-day averages before and after implementation.
Optimized SQL queries for real-time workflows and moved 20+ non-time-sensitive queries into overnight batch processing, reducing peak-hour database load. Resolved a payment redirect failure that generated six to eight monthly support tickets.
Items processed per minute
Before 1,300After 4,000+More than 3× the throughput.
Converted 40+ VB applications to C# across fraud detection, e-services, and returns subsystems, refactoring legacy code and documenting VB business rules.
The work reduced migration risk and simplified future troubleshooting and maintenance.
Applications migrated
40+
Across three areas of the tax system.
Fraud detection
Owned a fraud-detection subsystem supporting a state revenue agency processing more than 1 million individual and business income tax returns each year. Delivered enhancements that helped audit teams identify returns requiring investigation, then mentored a developer for a year to independently maintain the subsystem.
1099 tax reporting
Translated stakeholder requirements into development specifications and facilitated meetings with 20+ stakeholders to align scope and timelines. Evaluated 1099 upload formats and defined an XML ingestion, data warehouse transformation, and IRS export pipeline for the compliance-critical first release.
Background
Bachelor of Computer Science
Thompson Rivers University
2018–2022
Hands-on development paired with requirements gathering, testing, and direct collaboration with government teams.