PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Manager - IT Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working with our internal customers on a daily-basis to build trust, to gather and refine user stories, to help them conceptualize a solution, to walk them through solution options with benefits, consequences and recommendations, and to push the solution from inception to transition into our product environments
• Working with our vendors/contractors to walk through the goal of each Sprint, to collect and evaluate realistic acceptance criteria, and to lead and guide them through the necessary implementation steps. At certain times performing some key development with them so that best practices are followed and maintained.
• Working with other Confidential IT teams and team leads to maintain governance at a project and platform level.
• Working with other Confidential Lines of Services (functional areas) to proactively follow up on major issues, risks, and dependencies as it relates to our projects’ scopes.
• Working with junior developers and associates to periodically coach and mentor them by example

Environment: Salesforce Java 7 .Net/C# RESTful web services SQL Server MongoDB ORACLE Windows UNIX/Linux several open source frameworks STS/Eclipse IDE Maven/Gradle Bash Junit Git Jenkins/Hudson

Application Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Moved Alchemy to its elevated state of being shared throughout our client delivery teams and preparing the application to move into a micro services platform. I've been a major instrument in performance tuning the embedded rules engine.
• Implemented point-based decisioning features around dynamically built lists, cumulative campaigns, and inclusion/exclusion rules for items in a customer's shopping cart.
• Introduced a standard mechanism for database migration and versioning, and developed our team's SDLC.
• Implemented SKU (product/category/inventory) features for decisioning.
• Implemented a highly-scalable and performant batch framework based on Spring Batch called, "Alchemy Batch" which processes transactions and accounts in the tens of milliseconds.
• In the testing arena I implemented an acceptance test framework based on Cucumber and Selenium and a performance test framework for generating data, and running a test harness to issue millions of transactions in a multi-threaded environment. I've also mentored around testing and TDD through workshops and presentations.
• In the devops arena I strategized around micro services and worked with Hudson/Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, Artifactory, and Docker.
• Lead and delivered PCI training sessions, and assisted in the on boarding of 12 new developers through interviews, and participated as an Advocate for new employees.

Environment: Java 7/8 & Java EE 6 Drools, Spring Batch Spring Data Spring Data Rest Soap/RESTful web services Postgres MongoDB Hibernate Windows UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat JBoss/Wildfly several open source frameworks STS/Eclipse IDE Maven/Gradle Bash Junit Cucumer/Selenium SVN/Git Jenkins/Hudson Artifactory Docker

Development Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the application development including design, development, implementation, risk and controls
• Led two software development teams of permanent employees and vendor teams from 20+ developers in size
• Built strong business/client relationships with the senior business leaders associated with this project; build and sustain strong relationships with these client groups and contribute to strategic product roadmaps
• Worked with the development teams, architects, UX design teams and product partners to devise and develop a useful and usable client experience
• Ensured we have buy-in from all the stakeholders, track issues and manage project risks
• Migrated Risk Management applications into a fold of other similar operational support management applications

Environment: Java 6/7 & Java EE Spring Framework Hibernate Soap web services Oracle MongoDB Windows UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat Maven Junit SVN several open source frameworks

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As part of Enterprise Fleet Management group, I implemented several key web services by transforming deliverable content through new web services which tied into their existing client and contract-based legacy systems.
• As part of Confidential (Healthcare exchanges) group, I implemented several Spring Batch jobs to manage a variety of accumulation counters (trackers) around the behavior of the healthcare exchanges and customer activities.
• Performed project tasks independently and remotely
• Anticipated client needs and formulate solutions to client issues
• Reviewed deliverables for accuracy and quality in person with 25% travel
• Provided coaching to junior staff
• Contributed to new proposals for development based on business value

Environment: Java 6/7 & Java EE Spring Framework Spring Batch Hibernate Soap web services Rabbit MQ Oracle Windows UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat IBM Websphere Nexus Maven Junit SVN several open source frameworks

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As part of Enterprise Fleet Management group, I implemented several key web services by transforming deliverable content through new web services which tied into their existing client and contract-based legacy systems.
• I implemented several Spring Batch jobs to manage a variety of accumulation counters (trackers) around the behavior of the healthcare exchanges and customer activities.
• Performed project tasks independently and remotely
• Anticipated client needs and formulate solutions to client issues
• Reviewed deliverables for accuracy and quality in person with 25% travel
• Provided coaching to junior staff
• Contributed to new proposals for development based on business value

Environment: Java 6/7 & Java EE Spring Framework Spring Batch Soap web services Hibernate Rabbit MQ Oracle H2 Windows UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat IBM WebSphere Nexus Maven Junit SVN several open source frameworks

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed a highly scalable cloud computing usage reporting and billing system. The billing and reporting provided information around VMware StaaS, PaaS, CaaS, and IaaS utility usage for AT&T personal and business customers.
• Architected, designed, and implemented key internally and externally facing systems using a variety of protocols (messaging, ftp, smtp, web services, and database) for AT&T customers and end users.

Environment: Java 6/7 & Java EE Spring Framework VMware RESTful web services Rabbit MQ Oracle H2 Windows UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat Maven Junit SVN/CVS several open source frameworks

Senior Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Set up a build, test, deploy infrastructure using TeamCity as the Continuous Integration server, Confidential as the version control system, and maven/ant as the build and dependency management tools.
• Successfully deployed all infrastructure through CI Server
• Instilled best practices to a team of over 20 developers.

Environment: Java 6/7 & Java EE Spring Framework Windows UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat Maven Junit Team City Star Team SVN Jenkins Nexus several open source frameworks

Application Architect - Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed a RESTful web services reference implementations for several projects using HATEOS principles
• Advised project teams on tactical and strategic architecture solutions
• Led an effort to develop a multiyear road map for their enterprise data management and content management system team.

Environment: Java 6 & Java EE Spring Framework Hibernate RESTful web services JIBX & JAXB Oracle H2 MySQL UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat Jenkins Jersey Maven Junit SVN several open source frameworks

Technical Architect - Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed SOA strategies for Disney's Next Generation Experience
• Implement RESTful services solutions for hotel reservation fulfillment
• Led a team of 15 and mentored their staff in Java/J2EE platforms, Agile, and Scrum.

Environment: Java 5/6 & Java EE Spring Framework Hibernate Java web services via Axis 2 IBM WebSphere JIBX & JAXB Oracle HSQLDB MySQL UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat Jenkins Jersey Maven Junit SVN several open source frameworks

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for employing engineering best practices using Agile development processes, automated builds, releases, object oriented design & development for the Global Metals Desk of Bear Stearns.
• Most notably, I developed a highly scalable multithreaded trading system whose main responsibility is to coalesce trades for maximum execution performance. I used J2SE, ESB (Tibco EMS) over JMS, the Spring framework and Sybase most of which was developed using Scrum.
• Responsible for project websites in our area used by our traders to find technical support, economic calendars & used by our internal team as a common portal for project information.

Environment: Java 5/6 & Java EE Spring Framework Hibernate TIBCO EMS JIBX & JAXB Oracle Sybase HSQLDB UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat Cruise Control Maven Junit SVN several open source frameworks

Senior Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Server-side development for the Order Market Intelligence (OMI) system, integrating a new Market Data Server into OMI (Java), standing up and maintaining Production and Disaster Recovery sites (Java, shell scripting), training Level 2 operates on how to maintain OMI and creating an OMI Run book, setting up cluster failover for JMS brokers (Sonic MQ, Java), and augmenting build, test, and release processes (Maven, shell scripting)
• I developed an eTrading application utilizing Tibco Rendezvous messaging software. The application was written using Java Server side technology and Win Forms C# 2.0(VS .Net 2005) on the client side.
• The application was implemented using Agile and TDD methodologies. Responsible for Java server-side development, configuration management, metrics gathering, automated testing frameworks and calibration. my major responsibilities and day-to-day activities in this position included: Leading a team of 4 to deliver a portion of the brides.com website and admin tools, delivering incremental software releases as the Scrum Master, and designing & implementing along with the rest of the brides.com team.

Environment: Java 5 & Java EE Spring Framework Hibernate Sonic MQ JIBX & JAXB Oracle Sybase HSQLDB Windows UNIX/Linux Apache Tomcat Cruise Control Maven Junit SVN several open source frameworks

Senior Java Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Establishing and cultivating customer relationships, demonstrating exceptional expertise on the Java platform, supporting and managing development projects in any part of the life-cycle and in a variety of roles, and consulting customers on architecture and pattern driven solutions over the course of 15 different projects.

Environment: Java & Java EE Spring Framework Hibernate Sun One Application Server Weblogic IBM WebSphere IBM MQ Oracle Sybase HSQLDB MySQL H2 Informix Windows SunOs/Linux Apache Tomcat Cruise Control RUP ILOG JRules Netbeans several open source frameworks