Summary
John Cardenas is a Senior Developer specializing in the Microsoft stack with over a decade of hands-on experience building custom solutions, improving user experience, and managing enterprise IT systems from SharePoint and Active Directory to Azure SaaS. Based in San Jose, he combines deep C# development skills with practical expertise in networking, security, System Center, SCCM, and BI using the SQL Server/PerformancePoint ecosystem. A proven collaborator and communicator, he has progressed through roles across San Jose Water Company from desktop support to senior engineering, which gives him rare end-to-end insight into both user-facing workflows and backend operations. He pairs ITIL-informed operational discipline with a knack for translating infrastructure capabilities into tangible productivity gains for teams.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Transfer, Business, Transfer, Business at De Anza College
BS, Business - Information Systems, BS, Business - Information Systems at San José State University
Branham High School