OBJECTIVE

To play a lead role in developing, maintaining and providing customer support for large web-based business solutions. This position should provide technical and leadership challenges for an aggressive and creative individual with a proven track record of accomplishment. I have been exposed to numerous silos of development, customer support and leadership roles in Healthcare, DoD, Dot-Com start-ups, E-Commerce, Insurance Healthcare and Life and Financial.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Seventeen Years of Progressively Responsible Experience designing, implementing and providing customer support and maintenance of complex distributed e-business and e-commerce solutions resulting in documented ROI
• Multi-Platform, Multi-Language Skill Set that includes Java, J2EE, EJB, MDB, Web Services, Messaging JMS , JAAS, JAXB, Servlets, OOAD, RUP, Design Patterns Including MVC , User Interface Design, Agile Methodologies Scrum , JSP, JSF, PHP, Struts 1.x and 2.x, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Application Developer, Rational Application Developer, Oracle OC4J, JBoss, SQL Server Strong Database skills, ie, SQL
• Customer Support and Issue Tracking Solutions Experience such as BMC's Remedy, Rational's ClearQuest and Borland's StarTeam.
• Strong Analytical and Process-Oriented Abilities utilizing Object-Oriented application modeling and design, the Rational Unified Process and the Software Development Lifecycle methodology.
• Recognized Leader satisfying such roles and responsibilities as Development Team Leader, Lead Architect, Steering Committee member for establishing an OO Development Strategy and Steering Committee member for Software Development Life Cycle implementation

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Title: Sr. Java Developer

• Employed by Tractor Supply Company of Brentwood, TN for the purpose of joining the team responsible for upgrading their E-Commerce internet site running on IBM WebSphere 6, to version 7. Also responsible for taking high-level documentation and interfacing with third party companies such as Google to ensure a high a rating as possible for searches involving goods as sold by Tractor Supply.
• Confidential code as well as Java JDBC libraries and code ensuring it would be compatible with version 7, making modifications as necessary. Also, to complete the upgrade, I provided Tier II and Tier III customer support until all issues were resolved. Technologies used were WebSphere Commerce Server 6 and 7, Remedy 7, Java EE 5, DB2 6.0.

Title: Software Engineer

Confidential optimizes train schedules, loads, speed. In essence, this is a air-traffic control system for rail transportation companies.Confidential end code and database rows having the possibility of being non-unique. Provided OO analysis and design as well as Java coding using the Agile Scrum methodology. Also provided Tier III customer support after implementation and integration into Production. Finally, responsible for various source code and documentation maintenance. Technologies used were J2SE 1.6, Oracle 10, SQL, JDBC, Eclipse, Remedy 7, Subversion, WebSphere 7.0.

Title: Sr. Software Engineer

Confidential by Primus Software for the purpose of developing the FCC Reportable Monitoring Application for Cox Communication Inc. From a technical requirement document, provided OO analysis and design. Also, provided all the implementation via Java 1.6 Agile-based coding. Also, was responsible for a implementation that would work in a clustered application server environment. Finally, provided Tier III customer support.

Project s :

that run every ten minutes. Provided senior level Java development for the polling application that incorporates JDBC to query NetCool for Cox ISP customers' downtime. The second process uses an algorithm to total customers' downtime. Next, a custom API produces Remedy 7.4 trouble tickets which purpose is to trigger generation of the required reporting to the FCC. Finally, again through JDBC, each transaction is logged to a Oracle database. Technologies used were J2SE, NetCool, Quartz, Oracle 10, SQL, Eclipse, JBosss 5.1, Remedy 7.4.

Title: Technical Architect

Confidential by Apex for the purpose of joining the newly formed Technical Architecture Team within BBVA Compass Bank. I was responsible for assisting with the modeling and design of the core architecture stack that interfaced with legacy COBOL applications on the main frame to provide a SOA-based backbone of services to feed a variety of web-based Teller, Customer Relationship Management tools and utilities.Confidential Provided senior level OOAD /Java architecting and Agile-based Scrum development for a new SOA-Based set of web services to be accessed through an ESB and be consumed by the enterprise. Provided testing and Tier II and Tier III customer support through initial release and customer acceptance. Technologies used were Rational Software Architect 7.5 and WebSphere 7.5, WebSphere ESB, Java EE 4, JMS, Rational's ClearQuest for issue tracking, Oracle 10g.

Title: Sr. Java Developer

Confidential WPS for the purpose of continued development and enhancement of the TriCare portal Java/J2EE based . Responsible for Java design, writing of technical specifications, coding and Tier III support. Also responsible for converting TriCare portal s from using JCS Java Caching System to WebSphere DynaCache. Technologies used included Java EE, JSF, JSP, RAD 7.0, HTML, CSS, Javascript.Confidential Provided senior level OOAD /Java architecting and development for new enhancements. Also responsible for coding bug fixes for existing code. Finally, completed the research, implementation, transition plan and Production roll-out to convert all TriCare portals to WebSphere DynaCache. Technologies used were Rational Software Architect RSA J2EE, Design Patterns,Agile Methodology, WebSphere Commerce Server 6.0, DB2 Struts, Web Services, JAXB, JDBC, JSP, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, HTML and Javascript.

Title: Sr. Java Developer/Architect

Contracted for the purpose of enhancing existing Java applications, as well as architecting, developing and supporting J2EE Intranet-based applications to support engineering and manufacturing of commercial and military aircraft parts. This was a unique opportunity as I would be the single person responsible for all aspects of managing GKN's Intranet applications Hardware, Operations, Java Development and Level I, II and III support.Confidential This Enterprise Java application provides a web-based interface that, while interfacing with the company MRP system to generate serialization numbers the MRP mainframe COBOL program that produced the serial numbers was wrapped with a web service for manufactured parts, also interacts with a laser-engraver printer driver and the Windows system registry in order to laser engrave 2-D barcodes and serialization information on labels for aircraft parts. Also architected an additional project, the Parts Shortage Report. Being much more than a Java-based report, this web application also interfaces with a web service on the companies MRP system to provide an XML based service that produces a web front-end to the generated report and also incorporates an open-source Java framework POI that produces Windows Office-based documents an Excel spreadsheet in this case. Provided senior level OOAD /Java architecting, development, maintenance and all Customer Support. Technologies used were J2EE, Design Patterns, Apache Tomcat Application Server 6.1, Eclipse Ganymede, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2003, Struts, JAXB, POI, Spring, Hibernate, JDBC, JSP, Javascript.

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Title: Sr. Programmer/Analyst III Expert

Contracted for the purpose of providing senior level Java/J2EE analysis, design and development skills to enhance, add functionality and optimize the next release of a high-volume, J2EE, web-based system accessible through the US Air Force Portal Running on the GCSS-AF Framework . Also responsible for testing, issue resolution and customer support of the new release.Confidential and going to upwards of 300K users, this Air Force Portal system deployed on the GCSS-AF portal is used by personnel from the Pentagon to the Work Center level. Designed to assign and track a trainees progress through their chosen career path at the lowest level, this application also provides Air Force high ranking officers and owners of entire Career Field training programs the ability to dynamically modify career field education and training requirements as well as generate a myriad of reports on training activities of Air Force personnel. Provided senior level OOAD and Java development. Worked on defects of the prior release, any code changes to ensure the release would run on WAS 6.1 as well as refactoring and optimizations for the next release. Finally, coded new functionality into the new release. Technologies used were J2EE, Design Patterns, WebSphere Commerce Server 6.0, RAD 7.0, Oracle 10g, Struts, JDBC, JSP, Javascript, Rational Tools, PVCS and Mercury QC for issue tracking.

Confidential

Title: Sr. Java Consultant

Confidential a campus with over 6,000 people, this large facility including IT serves the entire state of Florida providing recognized high-quality healthcare insurance. I was contracted to provide maintenance and coding of enhancements as well as production support for the application Auto-Enrollment. Also, was chosen as Team Lead responsible for Technical Design and coding for the next release of the product O65 Over age 65 Auto-Enrollment.Confidential validation and data manipulation are done there. It is then put into a queue for CIP to pick up. CIP looks for things like prior contracts, special riders, etc. CIP then formats the application into XML and places into a queue to be looked at by an Underwriter. Once the Underwriter has OK'd the application, it is then placed into the main queue, ADS this is my area of responsibility . After many business rules are successfully applied the application is turned into copybook format and sent to the mainframe. Finally, a XML reply is put on a queue which Siebel Picks up to close the loop. Technologies used were Siebel, IBM MQ, WebSphere Application Server6.1, RAD 7.0, Rational ClearCase, JMS, Agile Methodology, JAXB, JAAS, JUNIT, Design Patterns, MDB's, as well as POJO's.

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Title: Java Developer/Analyst II

Confidential responsible for assisting management with the IT policies and integration to adhere to the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC and mentor prior COBOL developers lacking an in-depth understanding of each tier involved in a multi-tiered software solution.Confidential transactions and reporting would be handled by web service calls to Fidelity's SOA enabled Xpress product. The first SOA conversion and my first assignment was to assist with integration of NCRs best-of-breed online banking solution to the Fidelity Xpress SOA tier. The Fidelity Xpress SOA tier was implemented as Stateless Session Beans that made calls to mainframe web services that had wrapped COBOL CICS programs. Was responsible for coding EJBs Stateless and Message-Driven to pull data from the mainframe CICS programs to the web server back-end. Technologies used were IBM MQ Series, WebSphere Application Server 6.1, RAD 7.0, Rational ClearCase, JMS, JUNIT, SOAP, Design Patterns, Stateless Session Beans and MDB's.

Title: Java Developer

Contracted for the purpose of providing Java architectural and development abilities, J2EE application server deployment duties, Java/J2EE analysis, design and coding, testing, maintenance and support of a major new professional military education and training initiative, the Distance Learning Masters Degree program. This web-based solution, coded using the COTS online education base framework, Blackboard, allows Air Force Officers stationed around the world to receive their Masters Degree online rather than having to leave their posts for extended periods of time.Confidential the Distance Learning Masters Program was designed to be an online equivalent to the resident program of the Air Force's Air Command and Staff College. The DLMP is an accredited, Masters Degree awarding program soon to be implemented by other Air Force Colleges as well as via the AF Portal GCSS-AF Framework: A Java-based framework that provides security services, SSO capabilities and a catalog of web service wrapped COBOL applications on various AF mainframes . I provided Java J2EE design and coding of EJB's, MDB's, set-up of Topic and Queues on Oracle's Advanced Queuing AQ product. Assembled and deployed to OC4J 9.1. Incorporated servlets, JSP's, JSF, Struts, JMS, JAAS, JAXB, JMS and web services in a multi-tiered, SOA-based environment.

Confidential

Title: Java Architect/Developer, Team Lead

Confidential application administration, WSAD skills and Java/J2EE analysis, design and coding. Team Leader for the architecture, development and implementation of CIGNA's first major J2EE portal-based system. Also responsible for .war file assembly, builds and deployment to WAS 6.1, as well as WebSphere Application Server 6.1 User, Group and Role administration.Confidential is the access point to all of CIGNA's reporting applications and tools. Designed and implemented a stateless session EJB that interfaces with LDAP and SAS, enabling the portal with single sign-on capabilities SSO . Also, converted an Excel/Access/VBA database system over to a J2EE architecture which uses stateless session EJBs as well as CMP Entity beans. Designed, installed and configured a SQL 2000 database to serve as User meta-data storage. Also architected and developed a Java-based framework in which the new portal system extends. The system developed using J2EE, EJB's MVC and DAO design patterns, Agile Methodology, MQ Series, JDBC, WSAD 5.1, WebSphere Application Server 5.1 and 6.1, JSP, Javascript, SAS, DB2 UDB, SQL Server 2000.

Title: Java Programmer/Analyst

Confidential implementation of modifications to a J2EE, web-based system for United States military forces accessible through the US Air Force Portal,GCSS-AF. Also responsible for assembly of application builds and deployment to WebSphere.Confidential This system tracks the usage of spare parts within various weapon systems used by the United States military. Accessible from the AF Portal GCSS-AF Framework: A Java-based framework providing security services, SSO capabilities and a catalog of web service wrapped COBOL applications on various AF mainframes , the system also interfaces with several weapon systems contractors for Supply-Chain management purposes. Responsible for back-end Java coding as well as front-end Javascript maintenance and coding. Also responsible for enhancement testing and Level III support. The system was developed using J2EE, EJBs, MVC and DAO design patterns, Messaging, JDBC, WSAD 5.0, Rational Application Developer 6.0, converting the source code from WebSphere Application Server 5.0 compatible to 6.0, JSP, Javascript and Oracle 9i.

Title: Java Consultant

Contracted for the purpose of providing senior level Java development. Assisted in the design, development and implementation of a J2EE, portal application for active and retired United States military personnel.Project s : RAOL This simple yet effective web-based system for the United States military forces allows visitors to a military base pre-register online before the actual visit for a variety of services, such as military ID card replacement, CAC card replacement, visitor passes, vehicle stickers, etc., versus experiencing a long wait at the actual time of the visit. System developed using J2EE, MVC and DAO design patterns, JDBC, Eclipse, WebSphere Application Server 5.0, JSP, Javascript and Oracle 9i.

Confidential

Title: Chordiant Integration Consultant

Contracted and implemented enterprise level applications using J2EE, EJBs, Messaging, various design patterns extending the Chordiant CRM framework. Provided both front-end and server-side development as well as Rational Rose modeling for the METCARE project.Confidential Provided both front-end and server-side development as well as Rational Rose modeling for the METCARE project. Technologies used were Java, J2EE, EJBs, various design patterns, Javascript and the Chordiant CRM framework. Server-side functionality was implemented after first modeling business objects in Rational Rose according to customer requirements and Chordiant best practices, next the developer completed procedures for Chordiant to generate the back-end Java code. Front-ends were implemented using CAF , CCABE Chordiant proprietary frameworks JSPs and Javascript. Additional technologies, were Ant, Eclipse, JDBC and WebSphere 5.0.

Confidential

Title: Java Consultant

Confidential Air Force that plans, tracks and reports on training activities of enlisted Air Force personnel. The Officers responsible for enlisted Air Force personnel can track their progress through the courses that are required to be completed for the chosen job field. Courses can also be maintained by Officers. Also, enlisted personnel can sign-in and track their courses for job assignment.Confidential of web service wrapped COBOL applications on various AF mainframes system designed for the United States Air Force that plans, tracks and reports on training activities of enlisted Air Force personnel. Provided senior level OOAD and Java development as well as Level III support.. Technologies used were J2EE, WebSphere Application Developer 5.0, WSAD 5.0, Oracle 9i, Struts, JDBC, JSP, Javascript, Rational Tools, ClearCase and ClearQuest.

Confidential

Title: Software Engineer

Primary responsibilities include designing, architecting and implementing web-based E-Commerce systems for the healthcare industry. Also responsible for mentoring less experienced team members in Object-Oriented design and implementation, OO patterns and frameworks. System enables automated processing of seamless, secure transactions, end-to-end E-Commerce transactions and data capture with hundreds of healthcare trading partners. Systems developed using J2EE, OOAD, RUP, Design Patterns including MVC , JDBC SQL 2000 back-end , Commerce One Framework , XML, JRun, TomCat and WSAD as the IDE.Confidential procurement solutions for healthcare trading partners. Commerce One's framework was used as a baseline, then custom enhancements and code modifications were implemented based on customers business needs. Also was responsible for coding back-end Java objects that convert X-12 EDI orders to XML documents. Technologies used were Java JDK 1.4, Servlets, JSP, JavaScript, XML, EDI, SQL Server 2000

Confidential

• Supply Improvement Initiative projects. Supervised up to 9 team members, setting goals and milestones, interfacing with project and upper management, provided individual reviews, responsible for keeping the project on time and budget. Provided Level II III support. Also, provided high-level consulting services for implementing corporate-wide solutions, development strategies and methodologies.Architected and implemented web-based applications on the Microsoft platform COM, VB, SQL Server, ASP as an Applications Engineer. One of the first HCA developers to be re-tooled to perform server-side development on the Java platform: J2EE, OOAD, RUP, Visual Age, WebSphere, Design Patterns including MVC , XML during tenure as a Sr. Applications Engineer through tenure as a Consulting Applications Engineer.
• Confidential new enterprise patient accounting system supporting all 200 HCA hospitals. Provided application architecture design and consulting in conjunction with HCA's development partner, Cap Gemini Ernst Young. This new Java-based distributed system replaces a set of legacy mainframe COBOL applications that handle patient admissions, discharges, transfers and patient billing. Also, as one of the first two HCA employees to be re-tooled to the Java platform, provided education support curriculum development, testing and knowledge transfer to re-train the 20 mainframe COBOL developers assigned to assist CGE Y in development of this business solution. Technologies used are Java JDK 1.3, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, EJB, WebSphere Application Server 3.5, IBM Visual Age Confidential
• Lead Architect and developer of the ICU product. ICU was the flagship product of HCA's Internet Initiative, ehc.com. EHC an E-Commerce solution, launched in 1999 with a HCA Vice President, a Director of Technology and myself, now employs 40 people. ICU, nearly nine months in development, allows HCA's 200 hospitals to create and manage their own Internet presence via a browser-based front end. Technologies used were VB, COM, MTS, SQL Server 7.0, ASP, JavaScript and XML