SUMMARY:

• Significant experience as an architect and a developer delivering systems and applications software on a broad range of platforms using various technologies.
• Expert in Distributed Computing Technologies and their use in business process modeling and in the implementation of business object frameworks and application systems.
• Outstanding leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Experienced in guiding executive management in the implementation of leading edge technology.
• Expert in the capacity planning and performance analysis of information technology systems.
• Previously active in industry efforts to define and standardize distributed computing technology and reference architectures with the Object Management Group ( Confidential ).
• Experienced teacher and instructor.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• WebLogic Server
• Oracle/ Confidential Tuxedo
• Oracle Service Bus
• Oracle Coherence
• Oracle SOA Suite
• Oracle JDeveloper / ADF
• Oracle Mobile App Framework (MAF)
• Oracle Communication Services G/K
• Java - Core Concurrency/Multithreding/ Dist Transaction Management
• C/C++
• WLST/Jython
• Haskell ( Academic only )
• Javascript
• XML Schema and Relax NG
• XSLT and XQuery
• Unified Modeling Language
• Spring Framework
• Hibernate Framework
• Apache Cordova
• Solaris / HP UX / Confidential
• Linux ( RedHat / CentOS / Oracle UEK )
• VMWare
• Docker
• IBM MQ Series
• IBM Websphere
• JBoss
• DB2 Universal Server
• Oracle/RAC RDBMS
• Tomcat / Jetty
• Java Enterprise Edition
• RESTful / Web Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

J2EE Architect/ Dev /Weblogic Expert

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assist Oracle customers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia ( Confidential ) with all parts of the enterprise technology life cycle surrounding the selection and effective application of Oracle Products and Java Enterprise Edition technology in general.
• These include logical, physical, and deployment architecture design and validation; application design, development and review; reference architectures; enterprise SOA migrations, and Java best practices.
• Lead the implementation of the Java Secure Socket Extensions ( Confidential ) TLS v 1.x Secure Socket Layer ( SSL ) protocols in customer J2EE production environment for Confidential compliance.

Confidential, Champaign, IL

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of the Java Secure Socket Extensions ( Confidential ) TLS v 1.x Secure Socket Layer ( SSL ) protocols in customer J2EE production environment for Confidential compliance.
• Worked with Oracle Product development to provide TLS v1.2 implementation for Confidential .

Confidential, Champaign, IL

Responsibilities:

• Led team developing mobile analytics application for deployment on Android and iOS devices.
• Programmed “front end” mobile device using Oracle’s Mobile Application Framework with Java/Javascript/Cordova components.
• Programmed “back-end” REST services using Oracle Fusion Middleware products.
• Mentored staff members.

Confidential, Manila, Philippines

Responsibilities:

• Led team analyzing persistent performance issues on Globe’s Exalogic / Oracle Service Bus recharging and billing platform.
• Implemented monitoring regiment to monitor key metrics on JVM and OSB.
• Mentored key staff.
• Developed longer term stabilization plan for executive management.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led “proof of concept” pilot project to integrate carrier’s Confidential data network platform with Oracle Service Bus using Oracle Communication Services GateKeeper.
• Provided architectural and implementation assistance for large Confidential project.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed architecture to enhance WebLogic cluster stability and performance in distributed transaction contexts.
• Isolated and corrected various Weblogic Server stability problems.
• Provided mentoring to development staff on Java EE technology issues.
• Provided mentoring to support staff on WLST. and WebLogic Server operations and best practices.
• Provided technical leadership and vendor support for upgrade migrations of WebLogic Server.
• Provided WebLogic Server support to applications supporting 300 million users in South East Asia ( Maxis, Telekomsel, and XL Datacom, Globe.)

Confidential, Warren, MI

Responsibilities:

• Performed architectural assessments and performance analysis of various Java EE applications hosted on WebLogic platforms.
• These applications supported worldwide vehicle engineering and manufacturing.
• Developed AspectJ based Java framework for workload characterization of WLS environments.
• Redesigned Java EE application components to improve performance, scalability, stability, and security.
• Implemented tools and process for enhanced operational monitoring of key applications.
• Isolated and corrected application threading and concurrency issues.
• Provided mentoring to development staff on Java EE technology issues.
• Provided mentoring to operations support staff on WLS operations and best practices.

Confidential, Champaign, IL

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical leadership and vendor support for migrations to WebLogic Server 11g and Tuxedo.
• Provided support for periodic rollout of maintenance/enhancement releases of core enterprise application suites.
• Identified architectural alternatives to enhance WebLogic cluster stability in distributed transaction contexts.
• Isolated and corrected application concurrency and threading issues.
• Isolated and corrected various Weblogic Server and Tuxedo stability problems.
• Provided mentoring to development staff on Java/J2EE technology issues.
• Provided mentoring to operations support staff on WebLogic Server operations and best practices.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led the effort to plan and implement WebLogic upgrade migration of the core order entry and inventory management ( Confidential ) application.
• Reconfigured JMS components for enhanced performance through the use of Distributed Destinations.
• Developed training plans for key support staff members.
• Provided mentoring to operations support staffs on WebLogic Server operations and Best Practices.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Responsibilities:

• Performed architectural assessment of large Java EE analytics/reporting applications hosted on WebLogic..
• Identified architectural and design alternatives to improve scaling and stability issues.
• Isolated various WebLogic clustering problems.
• Isolated and corrected JRockit JVM memory management issues.
• Provided mentoring to development and operations support staffs on Java EE technology and WebLogic Server operations.

Confidential, Hoffman Estates, IL

Responsibilities:

• Provided Tuxedo upgrade migration support.
• Provided Tuxedo training and mentoring support to staff.
• Identified configuration changes to enhance Tuxedo application performance.

Confidential, Lansing, MI

Responsibilities:

• Performed architectural assessment of large JavaEE claims processing applications hosted on WLS..
• Performed Guardian analysis to identify critical security and stability maintenance outstanding against production environment WebLogic Server and Confidential clusters.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Provided security assessment of existing Weblogic configurations.
• Deployed/configured Aqualogic Service Bus for use with Aqualogic BPM.
• Deployed/configured Aqualogic Business Process Manager.
• Identified / resolved various Aqualogic BPM issues pertaining to development of automated sales application.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Led effort to isolate persistent stability issues on WebLogic Server clusters for large Struts based real estate image vending application.
• Led the effort to characterize and configure JRockit JVM memory management for improved performance.
• Led effort to plan migration strategy to WebLogic 10.0.
• Developed prototype WLST scripts for automated WebLogic 10 domain creation.
• Performed problem diagnosis and isolation of persistent Tuxedo issues on pricing back-end services called from Java EE applications.
• Provided mentoring to staff on Java and Tuxedo technology issues.

Confidential, St. Louis, Missour

Responsibilities:

• Performed an architectural assessment and performance analysis of a large Weblogic JMS Java EE application. Identified architectural and design enhancements to support scaling this application to 5.5 million users. Identified tuning recommendations to improve performance on existing Confidential platform.
• Provided technical leadership and product expertise to bring a large Confidential application portfolio in-house to reduce ongoing monthly hosting expenses.
• Developed deployment architecture and configuration to support high Portal transaction volumes on Linux platforms.
• Provided technical leadership and product expertise to migrate applications from Confidential 8.1 SP 2 to Confidential 8.1 SP5. Identified product and platform issues, developed. circumventions, and escalated problems with Confidential engineering.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Responsibilities:

• Performed an architectural assessment and performance analysis of two large Weblogic 8.1 SP5 JMS (IBM MQ Series ) Java EE applications. Identified architectural and design enhancements to support scaling these applications to significantly larger workloads
• Developed and implemented workload characterization and performance assessment methodology, tools, and metrics for iterative performance assessment and improvement..
• Identified tuning recommendations to improve performance on existing HP/UX platforms.

Confidential, Schaumburg, Illinois

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Co-Architect and lead developer for a Java Service Oriented Architectural ( SOA ) framework and application to handle tax data consolidation and reporting for a major Midwestern energy utility and trader with business operations in eleven (11) states.
• This framework was based on Agent Oriented technology. It used software agents to apply complex business rules to data sourced from six different application systems in different states and lines of business to generate a consolidated tax position for this enterprise. It was hosted by a Java EE application container and used the Apache Struts framework to facilitate presentation layer generation.
• Used Weblogic Scripting Tool and Ant to support testing and automatic build/deployment of application.
• Implemented Bugzilla for defect reporting and resolution tracking.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Architect and Project lead

Responsibilities:

• Architect and Project Lead for a Java EE project in support institutional equity trading Confidential FOC.
• Provided mentoring and technical leadership in early adoption Java EE project to develop and integrate new equity trading applications with their existing IBM mainframe, IBM CICS, and IBM DB2, Tibco Messaging Bus infrastructure.
• Architect and lead developer for a Java framework and application to integrate backend business systems with the Salesforce.com Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform for a major mid-western waste management firm. This framework employed the Saleforce.com Web Services API and Apache Axis to integrate existing Peoplesoft and Oracle 10g applications with SalesForce.