PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Twenty years total IT experience including 12 most recent years of increasing responsibility pursuing a Software Configuration Management (SCM) focus specializing in the IBM Rational set of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) tools such as ClearCase, ClearQuest, RequisitePro and IBM RAD (Rational Application Developer formerly Websphere Application Developer) and Build Forge. Successfully completed a broad range of projects fulfilling roles as Build/Release Engineer, Visual Studio Build Master, ClearCase Architect/Administrator, ClearQuest Architect/Administrator, Requisite Pro Architect/Administrator, Perl Developer, VBScripting Developer, C++ Developer and Build/Deployment Tools Designer and Integrator. Project environments included Windows, UNIX, Linux and Windows/Unix Interop plus a range of build - deploy technologies including VisualStudio MFC(C++), VisualStudio.NET, J2EE WebSphere and Active Perl.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology & Tools: IBM Rational ClearCase 7.1.0.2, ClearCase UCM, ClearCase Web Client, IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.0.2, ClearQuest Windows, ClearQuest Web and Eclipse Clients. ClearQuest TestManager, (ClearQuestTM) ClearCase/ClearQuest UCM for Windows, ClearCase/ClearQuest UCM for UNIX/Linux, IBM Rational RequisitePro, IBM Rational SoDA, IBM RAD (Websphere Application Developer) 7.0.1, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe and Mercurial. Adobe FLEXlm Licensing, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting (VBScripting), .NET, Cygwin, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Front Page, Crystal Reports, Oracle 11i, PL/SQL, Oracle Stored Procedures, Toad, Jakarta Tomcat, Corel Draw, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe FrameMaker 7.0, Solaris 9.0, VBScripting, Perl, SuSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, bash (Bourne-again shell), ksh (korn shell) Mac OSX (bash) vi.

PROJECT HISTORY:

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Configuration Management SME

Responsibilities:

• Configure, maintain and utilize the tools infrastructure for CMS’s HIGLAS project to continually upgrade General Ledger Systems used for payments to medical profession for both Medicare and Obama Care. HIGLAS is an Oracle COTS product that requires constant development of both data and code upgrades and the integration of same.
• The build/deployment environment utilizes ClearCase, ClearQuest and Build Forge creating packages and deploying into a seven-level test and production environment.
• Baseline promotions use a hybrid ClearCase UCM - Base ClearCase methodology.
• Created Quarterly Branches in ClearCase, using legacy shell scripted and orthodox UCM methods to synchronize Quarterly and Transition Streams with Production Instances.
• Created custom reports for Project Management Office utilizing Perl, raw SQL and ClearQuest APIs avoiding the necessity to purchase Crystal Reports.
• Provided remediation for ClearCase Configuration support issues without resorting to IBM Rational since vendors did not have access to Government IBM Support.
• Maitained and updated ClearCase triggers to control access within the overall LDAP acheme.

Confidential

Configuration Management SME

Responsibilities:

• Developed and managed a product build infrastructure using IBM Rational ClearCase UCM ver. 8.0 along with continuous integration tools in the delivery of a COTS-based enterprise tax system (ORACLE ETPM) for our State of Ohio Department of Taxation client. This was an agile (SCRUM) project and the role directly engaged and interfaced with SCRUM teams and the Department of Taxation’s technical staff on a daily basis.
• Evangelized the PMO, successfully gaining assent then, architected a multi-stream, multi-project IBM Rational ClearCase UCM development environment using recommended baselines to deliver changes between release streams and to automate merge conflict resolution.
• Supervised the migration of all legacy code and data into the new UCM development environment.
• Utilizing the above UCM solution, supervised Development Leads and Senior Build Engineer in the twice-daily migration of three concurrent releases of Java Code and Oracle ETPM packages to six Windows and two AIX test environments.
• Designed and Created PowerPoint-based ClearCase Basic Training Classes for Developers who had never used ClearCase UCM. Created separate training deck for ClearCase Administrators. Delivered both levels of training to developers and project management.
• Successfully brought project up to first “go-live” event and trained my successor before rolling off.

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created a new IBM Rational ClearCase UCM Implementation in a Windows environment.
• Migrated legacy J2EE code, creating an entirely new PVOB/Project/Component structure.
• Created a ClearCase Automation Library of Perl scripts covering all major “Cleartool” functions then collaborated with WebSphere Admin to integrate those scripts into the WebSphere deployment process.
• Mentored J2EE developers in ClearCase UCM concepts with one-on-one training sessions, Step-by-step Word documents and a special PowerPoint Introduction to ClearCase UCM.

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Software Configuration/Release SME

Responsibilities:

• Wrote a project plan scheduling three iterations of software releases of 6 drops each. Assigned resources to tasks in each iteration. Followed up on two in-house third-party vendors for timely completion of deployment dependencies.
• Closely collaborated with project Environments Specialist on the status of Test and Production Environment stand-ups, and the proper provisioning of same. in anticipation of the promotion of a given baseline into a higher test or production environment.
• Authored Release Management Best Practices Guide for use in the present project, which is purposed as a prototype for the Enterprise moving forward.
• Collaborated daily with the Enterprise Software Configuration Manager and weekly with the Corporate Configuration Management Group to prepare and maintain an information flow on the status of the SCM process-improvement project to Lowe’s Corporate Executives.

Confidential

Senior Software Configuration Management (SCM) Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a member of customer-liaison team, supported requirements-gathering sessions with client.
• Collaborated with consulting team on analysis of elicited requirements providing subject-matter expertise on technical questions and SCM best-practices based upon RUP, CMMI, and CobIT 4.1
• Using MS Windows, PowerPoint and Excel, provided initial drafts of project deliverables.
• Authored internal documents by researching unfamiliar technical subjects, digesting research materials and creating understandable introductions to the subject in question. This included creating Confidential internal White Papers on subjects such as Mainframe SCM methods, Provided final editing, and proof-reading on project deliverables remediating problems with typographical errors, grammar and writing style

Confidential, Folsom, CA

Senior Software Configuration Management (SCM) Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Build/Release Failure-Analysis and Remediation. Handled build failure notices on both ClearCase and Mercurial Build Servers. Examined server logs and xml output determining causation and effecting a solution.
• Performed as Mercurial Administrator. Created new repositories along with user-roles for Intel’s Enterprise Access Management (EAM) system. Owned both the Production and Sandbox Environments, each having more than twenty distinct code lines. Produced both cloned repositories and roll-backs of corrupted repositories as needed.
• As ClearCase SME, acted as escalation point for more difficult ClearCase administration problems for local VOBs as well as ClearCase MultiSite replicas in Folsom, California; Gdansk, Poland; Jerusalem, Israel; Bangalore, India and Chandler, Arizona. Using Perl and CAL, Created and maintained ClearCase triggers and ran scripts on all MultiSite replicas using remote access tools.
• Mentored junior tool-developers in Base ClearCase usage using both command line and ClearCase Windows GUI methods.

Confidential, San Francisco

Senior Software Configuration Management (SCM) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performing as ClearQuest developer, using the IBM Rational ClearQuest API, created Perl interface to Remedy Message Broker which facilitated exchange of information between ClearQuest workflows and Remedy workflows on issues of mutual interest.
• Created Perl application that polled ClearQuest on a half-hourly schedule, performed queries against the ClearQuest database, massaged and formatted that data into a form that would be acceptable to the Java Message Broker application. Message Broker then updated Remedy using the API tools available in that application..
• Wrote ClearQuest API scripts, using ClearQuestPerl, for both parsing incoming and forming outgoing data to be shared with Remedy application.

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Senior Software Configuration Management (SCM) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Using IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest, configured and added several classified UCM ClearCase Linux codelines to customer’s previously all Base ClearCase development environment.
• Performed as ClearQuest architect, creating two totally new implementations of IBM Rational ClearQuest, designing and developing state-transition models and user-interface forms for each ClearQuest workflow.
• Designed and delivered ClearCase/ClearQuest training to engineers and administrators.

Confidential, Mobile, AL

Senior Software Configuration Management (SCM) Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As ClearQuest Developer, created a new Enterprise-wide ClearQuest schema to integrate various ClearQuest, ClearCase-UCM and RequisitePro implementations. Schema included a state-transition model with 32 states along with a complex permissions structure.
• Used ClearQuest API and Perl to design a method of submitting records from customer sites to Rational E-mail reader, reducing consumption of ClearQuest licenses.
• Mentored client in data migration issues involved in a merging of US and Canadian ClearQuest schemas, performing various prototype data-exports and imports using the ClearQuest export-import utilities.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Software Configuration Management (SCM) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As ClearQuest Schema Developer, created new stateless record types and new record type families for ClearQuest.
• Created new ClearQuest parent/child reference-list fields with VBScript hook coding to enforce process model.
• Migrated 10,000-row Mantis third-Party bug-tracking database to existing IBM ClearQuest database. Data migrations included massaging data when target database had different column-names. Created Perl scripts to parse the in-coming data files to make them compatible with the target DB.
• As Perl Developer, created alternate Perl versions of all ClearQuest VBScript custom hooks in anticipation of moving to UNIX ClearQuest Eclipse Client. Fully tested the resultant ClearQuest/Perl instance against the source ClearQuest/VBScript instance in a Unix test environment.
• Using Crystal reports, XI, created complex reports including a Defect Arrival Rate by Release Report, ClearQuest/Crystal queries, and new Crystal report formats.

Confidential, Annapolis Junction, MD

Software Configuration Management Consultant / Build/Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created an entirely new J2EE/.NET development environment using ClearCase UCM, the RAD IDE and two ClearQuest instances for a team who had never worked with each other.
• Developed several ClearQuest workflows which processed general defects, enhancements and tracked the program’s physical assets such as custom install media, hardware, tangible documents and COTS install media.
• Functioned as Build/Release Manager during development stage creating a ClearCase UCM single-stream strategy using Rational RAD (formerly Websphere Application Developer) to accommodate the Agile-like Development model of this project. Collaborated with lead developer on branching, merging and baselining issues.
• Owned J2EE Build, Deployment Process on two J2EE components building complete distribution and staging versions of .jar, .war, and .ear archives, in RAD using ANT from UCM baselines in ClearCase, deploying into both TEST and PROD Websphere environments.
• Collaborated with Oracle DBA to integrate ClearQuest instance with Crystal Reports Xi and Crystal Reports Enterprise following the requirements of Project and Program Managers.

Confidential, Calabasas, CA

Software Configuration Management Consultant / Buildmeister / Tool Developer

Responsibilities:

• Owned VB.NET build/deploy process for IDEA, a B2C support site for Confidential Merchant Services support representatives, releasing three to four weekly deployments to TEST, UAT or PROD environments
• Managed VB6 and VB.NET Visual SourceSafe repository, creating branches for bug fixes and enhancements along with creating accounts, permissions and other administrative tasks.
• Created customized scripts for automating VB .NET deployments to TEST, UAT and PROD environments.
• Owned Build/Release function, coordinating DBA and Developer contributions into .NET releases to customer-facing support sites.
• Maintained and improved legacy BASH deployment scripts to run on Windows systems using Cygwin.

Confidential, Novato, CA

Release Management Lead / Rational ClearQuest Architect

Responsibilities:

• Member of RUP (Rational Unified Process) coordination group of IBM Consultants and Fireman’s Fund IT managers, validating all process-adoption conformed to RUP and other industry-standard SDLC best-practices.
• Consulted IBM’s project architect in accordance with General Release Plan for EPAS project.
• Provided consulting on structuring release environments for ten contributing codelines using several SOA technologies (.NET, WAS, WICS, J2EE, Java 2.)
• Set up and provisioned environments for System Testing, Performance Testing, UAT, CERT and Production using IBM LPARs in Boulder, CO.
• Created IBM Rational ClearQuest Instance using a foundation of IBM DB2 along with Defect-tracking workflow for Business Rules Validation. Provided both thick client and web interface. Downloaded and installed Apache Tomcat, compiled, installed and set up IBM Rational ClearQuest Web interface as an alternative to the default Windows-based thick client used by ClearQuest.
• Integrated Fireman’s Fund existing Mercury Test Director with new Rational ClearQuest instance, providing a pathway between ClearQuest Defects and Mercury test cases.
• Created ClearQuest Web Training for Testers and Test Leads
• Prepared environments for compatibility with Rational ClearCase UCM so that deployment scripts could use UCM baseline promotion-levels to track code into targeted environments.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Rational ClearQuest Schema Architect / Tool Developer

Responsibilities:

• Created four new SOx-compliant ClearQuest workflows for both Windows XP and New ClearQuest Web Clients. Designed and developed state-transition models and User-Interface forms for each module, according to client’s requirements list.
• Heavy development of Visual Basic Script hooks to control access, data entry requiredness and to notify users and managers, based upon type of event, role and project affiliation.
• Wrote and executed test plans for exercising each module in both Windows XP and New ClearQuest Web clients for both Websphere development and QA Testing Groups

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Build/Release Coordinator Consultant / Tool Developer / ClearCase Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and coordinated build environment for two concurrent major releases of HP RISS information lifecycle management product being developed using Java and Object-oriented Perl for both Unix and Windows platforms.
• Owned complete build process for Windows and UNIX product builds, created shell scripts that called appropriate Ant Build.xml files for specific version, product and target environment.
• Debugged build failures by analyzing Ant logs. Collaborated with developers on rectifying cause of build failures.
• Maintained a CVS repository of legacy code. Periodically pulled CVS code from repositories and produced builds using legacy build scripts.
• Consulted client on ClearCase UCM-based build process improvement, creating code-freeze access control and automating the pulling of code from remote multi-site repository in Andover, MA.
• Automated builds for both Unix and Windows regions using Perl and bash shell scripting, creating crontab on Unix server which kicked off a build each hour of the night.
• Created new UCM projects along with required build environments, using existing foundation baselines.
• Worked directly with Java and Perl developers and managers to solve ClearCase support issues and to facilitate delivery and rebase of developer streams.
• Created iso files and CD release media for both Windows and Unix testers for bi-weekly code drops.
• Created custom Web-based automated reporting tools using Perl, ClearTool and Web design tools.
• Created Build/Release Procedural Manual, documenting all recommendations and process improvements implemented during my engagement