Technical summary

• Offering over twenty years of IT industry experience. David Wade is a detail-oriented, results-driven IT Specialist.
• A Senior Web Experience Factory and WebSphere Portal Developer, with extensive experience and expertise in the design and implementation of custom solutions in the manufacturing, retail, and education industries.
• David is a hands-on project leader / developer with a demonstrated ability to quickly learn new skills and technologies while keeping focus on the specific requirements of the customer.
• He has a proven track record of understanding complex business processes and developing solutions to improve those processes. David is passionate about learning new and existing technologies and to being able to translate that knowledge into successful projects.

Skills

Technical Roles

• Portal Team Lead, Developer
• Application Architect
• Consultant
• IT Manager
• Application Manager

Operating Systems

• IBM WebSphere Portal v8.0/7.0/6.1.5/6.0.1.5/5.X
• IBM WebSphere Server v 8.5/8.0/7.0/6.1/6.0.2.x,
• IBM Connections v4.5/4.0/3.0,
• iSeries
• Web
• HTML, Dojo, jQuery, JavaScript
• Languages
• Web Experience Factory 8.x/7.x, WEF
• WebSphere Portlet Factory 6.x/5.x, Java, SQL, RPGLE, COBOL, XML, XSLT
• Project Management
• Agile
• CVS
• Subversion
• Dimensions
• Rational ClearCase
• Rational Team Concert
• HP Quality Control,
• Development Tools
• Eclipse, SoapUI, Putty, Filezilla, Selenium

Professional experience

Davalen, LLC, Boston, Ma July 2012 - Present

Senior WebSphere Portal Architect

Senior WEF Developer/Architect

Consultant responsible for delivering applications using expertise, leadership, and development in WebSphere Portal and Web Experience Factory WEF / WebSphere Portlet Factory.

Clients / Accomplishments:

Confidential

• Application Architect / Team Lead for four concurrent portal projects.
• Wrote architecture documents for Retail portal.
• Using Agile practices organized and planned each sprint with using the priorities of the business.
• Made architectural and designs decisions
• Worked with business to refine user story requirements.
• Implemented best practices for Web Experience Factory development.
• Created proof of concepts for reusable components.
• Worked with services team to design SOAP and REST services.

IBM/ISSC

• Portal Lead / WebSphere Experience Factory Lead on Web and Mobiles Services project team responsible for B2B Agent portal.
• Portal Lead for release development using Agile.
• Created, estimated, and assigned tasks to the portal team.
• Teamed with Portal Architect to design Portal/WEF solutions for future releases.
• Responsible for training new staff on Web Experience Factory
• Documented and changed WEF structure and code in order for client to reuse as much as possible for the future customer portal

Confidential

Senior WebSphere Portal Architect

Senior WEF Developer/Architect

Consultant responsible for providing expertise, leadership, and development in WebSphere Portal and Web Experience / Portlet Factory.

Clients / Accomplishments:

Confidential Lead / Developer on eBusiness team responsible for Portal development across multiple cargo departments.

• Lead developer in creating CargoIntranet portal with initial booking application using WebSphere Portlet Factory.
• Converted existing external cargo web site to use WebSphere Portlet Factory running on a WebSphere Application Server. Conversion allowed the company to justify a project to completely rewrite the site and eventually move to portal.
• Portal Team Lead / Developer on Airport Services portal to convert multiple sites into portal. Working with .Net and Cognos teams to provide data to portal.

Confidential

Senior IT Specialist

Senior IT Specialist in the Portal, Content, and eCommerce practice PCE . The practice is responsible for providing project management, integration services, and e-business portals, content management, and e-Commerce solutions. Portlet Factory Lead for the practice.

Clients / Accomplishments:

Confidential

• Portal / Portlet Factory developer on a portal project to integrate with the SABA learning suite into portal.
• Developed UI to maintain Course Proposals with Portlet Factory using REST services to retrieve / maintain custom SABA tables.
• Single WEF developer of a Benefits Open Enrollment Portal that allowed the school system employees to enter their benefit elections thru the portal.
• Integrated web services from PeopleSoft.
• Worked with the Human Resources and Payroll teams to develop, test, and implement the portal.
• Delivered on time and enrollment was successful.
• Confidential Served as Portal Lead / Project Leader on the final phase of a project to convert a Struts desktop application to a Java Server Faces WSRP Portal.
• Managed and directed a team of 12 developers.
• Responsible for project planning of the final phase of the project.
• Confidential Brought in team to complete a Buyer Portal that allowed buyer to add new items for future catalogs.
• Setup WebSphere Portlet Factory US developer team
• Worked with existing India team to address architecture issues with previous phases.
• Directed the completion of final three phases using Portal and Portlet Factory best practices.
• Personally developed a Quick Search Portlet and implemented.
• Delivered the remaining portlets on time and successfully completed performance testing
• Confidential Worked as the Portal team lead and as a Portlet Factory developer on an education project to provide the country's largest school system with key student information from legacy systems.
• Transferred my Portlet Factory knowledge to other team members.
• Developed a major part of the Student Profile portal.
• Collaborated with other development teams to coordinate the development of the search portlets.
• Was promoted to Portal Team lead and successfully led the team in completing the final release on time.

Confidential

Manager of Application Development

Managed and developed enterprise applications on a heavily customized ERP system. Sole Java resource and primary Portlet Factory resource for WebSphere Portal projects. Separated legacy iSeries ILE applications into Model / View / Controller architecture. Duties included both planning and management of project and also hands on development.

Projects:

Dek Production Scheduling Portal

• Project Lead / Main developer for Production Scheduling Portal
• Created stored procedures from iSeries to retrieve/update production data.
• Developed Portlets using WebSphere Portlet Factory
• Saved 5 to 10 man-hours per week for each scheduler across four plants.

Customer Jobs Portal

• Converted original Job Tracking Portal from Java to Portlet Factory 6.0.
• Used Portlet Factory Profiling to distinguish customers from internal users.
• Used existing Java classes in Portlet to extract and display documents from legacy document system RVI .

Materials Management Portal

• Converted data information system Infomanager to portal application using Portlet Factory 6.0.
• Wrote stored procedures to extract information for data stores on SQL Server.
• Designed custom builders for Portlet Factory models.

Job Tracking Dashboard Portal

• Lead Developer on team to install WebSphere Portal 5.1.2 and develop a dashboard to display key information about production jobs.
• Developed Stored Procedures using ILE and embedded SQL to transfer data to DAO.
• Developed the themes, skins and screens for the Portal.

Paint Line Production

• Project leader and lead developer on upgrade of existing iSeries/Lansa application.
• Integrated with Omron PLC system to capture paint recipes setting and physical readings to create a recipe for future paint jobs.
• Learned proprietary language for Omron to assist consultant in design of recipe system.
• Setup MS Access Database and Visual Basic procedures to upload / download recipes from iSeries.

AR Invoice Application

• Converted legacy COBOL invoice program to current RPG ILE structured code.
• Wrote tool to aid conversion of COBOL programs to RPGILE.
• Developed print overlays using MS Word.
• Added files and programs for Unit level invoicing.
• Successfully tested and implemented company wide

Forecasting Application

• Worked with Sales and Administration users to convert Excel forecasting spreadsheet to iSeries application.
• Designed system to handle eight levels of forecasting.

Outside Processing Application

• Reduced manual process from 8 hours per lot to 1/2 hour.
• Replaced multiple spreadsheets and manual procedures.
• Designed, tested, and integrated with Jobscope ERP system.

Sales Analysis Application

• Used embedded SQL in RPGLE to pull sales and booking data into summary screens.
• Created and updated database triggers to maintain summary repositories.

Confidential

Systems Consultant

Consulted as a project leader, systems designer, and programmer with a wide range of companies. Successfully worked with ERP and retail application development. Worked both as an individual programmer and a developer/analyst on small and large teams.

Clients / Accomplishments:

Confidential

• Individually implemented new ERP system to 5 mills. Responsible for program changes, training and implementation.
• Wrote Automated Finished Inspection system at a yarn mill.
• Worked with users and management to purchase equipment needed
• Designed work flow to match how the cloth was inspected.
• Created new labels and setup printing procedures.
• Modified existing ERP system to run newly acquired pocket cutting mill in Texas.
• Modified System and Implemented.
• Successfully added alternate units of measure across system.
• Implemented inventory supply system across seven mills.
• Worked on team to implement new warehouse system at yarn mill.
• Worked with RF scanners to set up cycle counts.
• Became lead support for mill.
• Worked on team with Deloitte Touche
• Developed and implemented Accounts Payable system.
• Developed and implemented Accounts Receivable systems.
• Wrote Receiving and Reverse Receiving programs.

Confidential

• Worked on first iSeries
• Main developer to convert HP manufacturing system written in COBOL to as/400.
• Converted Fortran modules to RPG

Confidential

• Hired to finish conversion of system/36 to as/400.
• Successfully finished the conversion
• Maintained system for four years.
• Rewrote selected systems from system/36 environment to RPG III environment

Confidential

• Worked on team to convert PRMS programs
• Translated sales register data to an iSeries database.

Confidential

• Individually worked on task of converting current UPC system to the updated version.
• Implemented the code so that both systems would run parallel until it was time to switch.
• Learned label language for Zebra printers to change 80 barcode shipping labels and created new labels.
• Setup series of uploads/downloads from MS Access on PC desktops to iSeries.

Confidential

• Worked on team to implement Lawson upgrade on iSeries.
• Setup payroll link to PC uploads

Confidential

Data Processing Manager

• Hired from Multimedia to setup first division level IT Department for the Greenville News.
• Planned, purchased, and implemented new System/38 installation.
• Directed staff of operators and programmers.

Confidential

Assistant Data Processing Manager

Supervised Programming Staff supporting newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations owned by Multimedia. Promoted from successful role as lead programmer on application development.