CS Seminar – Real Usage of Azure Cloud Database, Josef Wagner
Friday, October 17th, 2014 in ENGR 103
All students are welcome to attend!
PIZZA PROVIDED!
Josef Wagner, Senior Software Developer at MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. will present on “Real Usage of Azure Cloud Database.” With over 15 years of experience as a developer/software engineer, Josef commands the ability to apply the system development life cycle from the inception through implementation phases.
At MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. Josef developed and maintained a custom CRM application for internal sales teams and managers, in addition to several other internal/external applications using ASP.NET.
About the Company:
MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. is a publicly-traded international animal health products distributor based in Boise, ID. A company that has been in the veterinary industry since 1980, MWI markets and sells pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, and numerous other specialty and veterinary products to customers in the personal pet and production animal markets. In the fiscal year 2013, sales contributed to over $2.3 Billion in revenues making MWI a leading distributor of animal health products in the US and UK.
MWI has been in the news recently as a result of a number of acquisitions. In the past year, MWI acquired IVESCO Holdings LLC, a competing distributor in the veterinary space, and Vetspace, a developer of specialized software for the veterinary industry which includes both traditional and cloud-based practice management software. Prior to the acquisition, Vetspace was said to have over 1,000 installations in the UK market and annual revenues of over $7 Million. The Vetspace acquisition added to an already expansive list of value-added services the company provides to clients. MWI has also recently announced plans to build a new distribution center in North Carolina, increasing its distribution network to fifteen centers.