PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Application Architect / Development Team Leader with 20+ years of IT experience and a proven track record of applying technology to meet business objectives. Extensive hands - on experience in the design and development of multi-tier, web-based and service-oriented applications. Self-motivated learner who continually challenges himself to stay abreast of emerging technology trends. Project Management experience and a proven ability to lead and mentor others in Best Practices. Success-driven team player who continually meets and exceeds expectations.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Experienced in the design and development of modern, Web 2.0 applications integrating web interfaces with REST services via AJAX
• Experienced in architecting and implementing service-oriented applications (SOA) using Enterprise Integration Patterns
• Familiar with the implementation of JEE Design Patterns, particularly Model-View-Controller (MVC) for efficient software development
• Able to develop UML diagrams, e.g. Class, Activity and Sequence to effectively communicate architecture
• Expert knowledge of relational database design and development for both OLTP and OLAP systems
• Project manager, experienced in customer communication, objective setting, resource and budget management and project tracking

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Development Server-Side Programming: Java, JEE, JSP, JSF, JAX-RS, REST Services, Servlets, JavaBeans, JDBC, JMS, MQ, EJB, Message-Driven Beans,Web Services, WSDL

Client-Side Programming: Javascript, HTML, CSS, AJAX, Dojo, JSON, XML

Frameworks: JavaServer Faces, Struts, Direct Web Remoting (DWR)

Web / Application Servers: WebSphere Application Server, Apache, Tomcat, Silverstream

UNIX Skills: HP-UX, Linux, Shell script, Perl

Development Tools: Rational Application Developer, Eclipse, JBuilder, Dreamweaver, XML Spy Suite

3GL Tools: Microsoft Visual Basic, Powerbuilder

Data Warehousing Tools: BusinessObjects, Informatica PowerMart, Cognos PowerPlay and Cognos ReportNet

Office Automation Tools: Microsoft Project, MS-Word, MS-Excel, PowerPoint, VBA, Visio

Configuration Management: Rational ClearCase, Microsoft SourceSafe, CVS, Subversion, Git

RDBMS: Oracle, Sybase SQL-Server, DB2, MySQL, MS-Access

Database Programming: R, SQL, PL-SQL, Transact-SQL, Stored Procs, Functions, Triggers

Data Modeling Tools: ER-Win, S-Designor, Visio

Data Modeling Skills: Transactional Modeling (OLTP), Dimensional Modeling (OLAP)

Development Tools: SQL-Navigator, Toad, Xpediter/SQL, DB-Artisan, DB2 Admin Tools

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Whitehouse Station, NJ

Application Architect / Development Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of Confidential most widely-used web application, providing both employees and external agents the ability to search and view the contents of Confidential 's Commercial Document Archive.
• The application was one of the organization's first Web 2.0 apps.
• Designed and developed numerous message-driven and web services, which allowed both internal applications and external Agency Management Systems to integrate with critical data and functionality from Confidential 's Print Services Group.
• Lead Developer in Confidential ’s Integration Competency Center (ICC), a team dedicated to the swift orchestration of reusable services for use across the enterprise. Responsible for the development of mission-critical web service components for the booking of claims transactions for the Small Commercial Auto line of business.

Technologies: Java/JEE, WebSphere, RAD, JMS, Web Services, SOAP, WSDL

Confidential, Whitehouse Station, NJ

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team in the roll-out of a web content framework which was leveraged by over 400 global internet properties.
• The framework allowed content owners world-wide to quickly deploy websites with consistent look, feel, and functionality.
• Recruited and lead a team of 8 in the development of a web-based application which enabled marketing professionals across the enterprise to develop key artifacts as part of their annual marketing strategy.
• Managed a team of on-shore and off-shore resources in the development and on-going support of a Business Intelligence - Data Warehouse used by the Latin American Sales and Marketing team.

Technologies: Cognos PowerPlay, ReportNet, Oracle 9i, Unix Shell

Confidential, Monmouth Junction, NJ

Lead Systems Analyst - Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead architect and developer on the implementation of a new policy management system for Confidential ’s Professional Liability group.
• The application managed the full life cycle of the policy from submission and risk analysis through quoting and policy issuance.
• Responsibilities included design of the OLTP database, development of forms and business classes
• Project leader for design and development of departmental Data Mart for the analysis of premium & loss data extracted from databases of both corporate systems and departmental applications. Responsibilities included logical and physical design of a star-schema using LogicWorks Erwin.
• Evangelized the concept of dimensional modeling to the organization and mentored fellow team members.
• Responsible for the development, enhancement and maintenance of the corporate customer information database.
• Responsible for the development of multiple user interfaces to integrate with various commercial lines risk-analysis and policy processing applications.
• The application was an early example of multi-tier architecture.

Technologies: PowerBuilder; Microfocus COBOL with SP2; AS/400 COBOL with SDA; communicating with CICS as a transaction monitor to DB2.