Profile
Discerning, creative, results driven technology leader with a proven history of successful project implementations. Possesses a heavy background in software engineering that assists with a deep understanding of technical challenges and project returns based on business needs. A history of success in leading, designing and implementing flexible IT infrastructures, motivating IT teams and consistently communicates technical details to individuals of varying levels of technical understanding.
Master of Software Systems
Concentration in Object Oriented Development & Design Education
B.S. in Computer Science
Technical Expertise Languages: Java, ActionScript 3, Javascript, HTML, SQL
OS: Windows and Linux (Redhat and Ubuntu)
Technologies/Architectures: JSP/Servlets, Adobe Flex & Flash Builder, BlazeDS, Spring, IBatis, Mate, Pentaho, XML, JEE, AXIS, JDBC, EDI, Javaserver Faces, Facelets, JAXB, LDAP, Swing/AWT, CXF WebServices, Spicelib, Box2D, Apache Derby, Red5
Tools: Eclipse, Apache Tomcat, Resin, Subversion (SVN), CVS, Perforce, Oracle, SQLServer, MySQL, Ant, Maven, JBoss, Mule ESB, Oracle Transportation Management (OTM)
Experience 11/2009 - present Confidential, Dayton, MN
Chief Information Officer
In this role I am responsible responsible for all technical and informational needs for the entire organization. This includes 24x7 system uptime, IT project completion and accountability, IT budgeting, vendor relations and all systems supporting the organization. An equal mix of managing, leading, resource allocation and hands on development is necessary in this role.
Managed and lead the Information Technology department of this third party logistics (3PL) provider, which is specifically made up of two business units (infrastructure and software development) and maintains an annual budget of $1.5MM. Focused on rapidly delivering value and ROI for all business areas including transportation, warehousing, distribution, fulfillment and supply chain management. Rebuilt the IT department by segregating the department into two distinct business units. This was quickly followed by filling each business unit with new hires that possessed the proper professional and technical skill set mix. Ensured project completion and delivery for an offsite backup strategy that involved moving all internal data and virtual machines into an Amazon S3 cloud storage configuration. Successfully championed, planned and lead a SQLServer 2000 to SQLServer 2008 upgrade for the enterprise wide system. This involved multiple areas of expertise including object deprecation, regression testing, network modification, application development and a tangible return on investment analysis. Established a \'preferred vendor\' program for all IT related purchases, which gave the organization on, average an 8% savings across the board. This also allowed the organization to target shorter term vendor agreements (1 year or less) for many services. Negotiated a cellular service agreement with a single vendor that reduced the overall expense by 44% based on a one-year term. This included hardware and rate reduction. Responsible for all IT projects to ensure accurate estimating, implementation and deployment by all technical resources involved. Oversaw and ensured the completion of virtualizing all mission critical IT infrastructure devices by using VMware running on a high-end SAN setup. This allowed the organization to virtualize over 60 servers (actual hardware); drastically reducing the total cost of ownership of maintaining the previous infrastructure. Lead the successful planning and implementation of an offsite disaster recovery/business continuity data center that mirrored the existing production environment. This minimized the organizations exposure to risk from disasters and ensured the organization met customer service agreements by providing a solid business continuity plan. Created and chaired the IT steering committee, which defined, prioritized and assessed the organizations business needs relating to technology and information. Members of the committee included key stakeholders and department managers. This committee also served as a means to propagate IT vision and progress for the organization. Designed and implemented a Java UI scanning application that allowed users to scan barcodes directly into the system via a browser front end and a Java backend for utilizing BlazeDS for the messaging between the two. Implemented and designed a set of Webservices to allow an automated data interchange between a new client system and the in-house system which allowed for completed automation of the new customer. This development eliminated the need for hiring new personal and account managers to maintain the new customer business. 1/2008 – present Confidential, Dayton, MN
Enterprise Architect
Responsible for the software engineering department and all deliverables from this group. This included full ownership of all technical and architectural decisions, the decision to build vs. buy applications, and how to allocate resources to ensure project goals were met.
Managed and lead the software development team. Performed annual employee reviews. Lead the move to consolidate many disparate development environments into a single set of complementing technologies. This included a) standardizing on Java for server side applications b) standardizing on Adobe Flex/ActionScript 3 for all web client side applications c) creating a coding standard and d) documenting in detail the existing systems. Designed and implemented the next generation custom third party logistics system for use across the entire organization by internal and external users. This includes integrating off the shelf packages into the legacy system. Designed and created a new service and application layer that used BlazeDS, Spring and IBatis for the Java server side within Tomcat. Its purpose was to deliver swf applications to end browsers along with the necessary data sets. The applications were created in Flex and would serialize/deserialize AS3 objects into Java POJO’s via BlazeDS using AMF over HTTP. Performed all interviews for the Information Technology department and responsible for choosing the best fit candidates. Designed and implemented a Java UI scanning application that allowed users to scan barcodes directly into the system via a browswer front end and a Java backend by utilizing BlazeDS for the messaging between the two. Created a document storage GUI that enabled users to scan, OCR reading of barcodes, file searching and uploading of the documents to an OpenKM document repository. Webservices were used for communication between the GUI and OpenKM. Designed and lead the implementation of a transportation specific EDI message subset system to parse (receive) and create (send) EDI documents for vendors and customers. Financial and near real time status updates were incorporated. 10/2006 – 1/2008 Confidential, Bloomington, MN
Web Architect Lead
Lead the technical design to migrate an existing traditional jsp/servlet web application into a rich UI web framework, Flex 2. This project included migrating the server side, messaging and UI component tiers into a loosely coupled system of well accepted technologies as a prototype. A RESTful implementation of necessary WebServices was used as the messaging middle tier. The messages within this middle tier contained serialized Java & ActionScript objects in a XML format. Performed phone screens and face-to-face interviews for potential web and pure Java applicants. Assumed technical responsibility for web development decisions and direction while leading the web development team. Created requirements and technical design documents for a wide range of audiences from business stakeholders to developers. Lead the research and selection efforts for the next Java web framework that would be implemented for new and existing web applications which required a non-plug-in approach for browsers. The end user focus of this effort was for customers that reside outside the company network. The technologies evaluated were Stripes, Struts 2, JSF, Wicket, GWT, Tapestry and Spring MVC Webflow. Lead the organizations technical adoption of a new technology, Adobe Flex, as a replacement for the legacy user interface infrastructure. This involved getting many groups of people on board, including technical developers, marketing and business developers. 1/2006 – 10/2006 Confidential,St. Louis Park, MN
Lead Programmer Analyst / Software Engineer IV
Solely responsible for all technical aspects of projects including: design decisions, architectural plans, compliancy documents and technical diagrams. Create functional design documents and wrote technical specifications based on business requirements. Resolved technical problems and communicated findings to technical and non-technical staff. Organized and assigned tasks and provided clear and timely documentation with status updates. Created preliminary project estimates with input from colleagues on the business and technical side. Guided projects along the entire software development lifecycle and signed off on all technical decisions along with acceptable technical risks along the way. 1998 - 2006 Confidential, Golden Valley, MN
Senior Software Engineer
- Helped produce and maintain a large client/server team project by carrying it through the entire software development life cycle. The system is a 3-tiered setup with Java clients, a relational database and C++ servers. TCP/IP was used to establish communications between all modules. The design of the system was based on a stripped down SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system. The software could communicate with hundreds of thousands endpoint devices in the field. The Java clients quickly became web applications that would communicate with all endpoint devices.
- Mentored and monitored interns during their Java development phase.
- Interviewed potential employees for software development positions within the company. Technical and personal assessments were performed.
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