Work

or, how I got here

Work History

Principle Software Engineer

Lead Checkout Team developing new Checkout system for Ticketmaster
Designed new system based on AWS Lambdas, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Nextjs/ReactJs, and GraphQL

Lead Software Engineer

Working with the Commerce Resale team to improve the Ticketmaster API services
Developed new Spring Boot based Api Integration services for Ticketmaster Partners
Converted OnPrem hosted Java Microservices to AWS hosted Kubernetes

Founder

Developed Service Management SAAS application to assist Service Providers in fulfilling Service Requests and Orders
Technologies include: Dropwizard, Angularjs, Bootstrap, Hibernate, Docker/AWS, RXJava
Hosted on AWS using EC2 and Docker containers

Java Architect - Assorted Projects

Lead one of the Teams upgrading Farmers Claims Software for $100 million HEART project
Converted VB/.Net Document Processing systems to Java Services based Web Applications, using Spring/Hibernate and AngularJS
Integrations with many technologies, including Siebel, Oracle Service Bus, Filenet, Thunderhead, and recently Salesforce
Set technology direction for multiple teams using both Java and .Net technologies

Java Architect - Claims Document Processing

Designed and built collection of 28 Sub-Applications to handle Farmers Claims Document Processing, based on previous VB/.Net applications
Architect/Lead on team of 5 developers to start, expanded to team of 20
Built Correspondence Generation flow, including System Generated Letters requested via Websphere MQ/XML from other systems
Spring/Hibernate, deployed in Websphere, AngularJS/Bootstrap frontend (originally Adobe Flex/Flash)

Lead Software Developer

Designed and developed Commercial Test Lab Applications using J2EE, Spring, and Hibernate
Collected Business Requirements and generated Technical Requirements and Specifications
Implemented business services for multi-tier architecture hosted in JBoss
Followed Scrum agile development methodology, including daily Scrum meeting, weekly iterations and daily integration testing among team members
Upgraded LabManager application to Eclipse RCP and J2EE, with EJB3, Hibernate and Spring Services

Project - TestManager

Developed automated test execution system to complement LabManager lab hardware management system
Implemented POJOs with EJB 3.0 annotations and followed a domain driven design approach in the business layer
Utilized Eclipse RCP for Presentation
Eclipse RCP, J2EE (EJB 3.0, POJOs), Spring, Hibernate, JBOSS 4.3, Postgres, Linux, Subversion

VP, Application Development

Worked with Business Units and development team turning business ideas into requirements and technical implementations
Architected enterprise scale projects, including Enterprise Preference Management System (4+years, 50+ team members), using .Net, Biztalk, SOAP
Managed a team of 9 developers tasked with rewrite and performance improvements to the most impacted outside applications

Enterprise Application Architect

Upgraded Countrywide’s Loan Processing infrastructure, taking it from 80k messages per day, to 600k messages per day, developing an n-tier architecture and enterprise services
Member of the Central IT Architecture committee, to guide technology direction for the company
Managed a team of 6 developers in developing and supporting key enterprise applications
Developed using J2EE, SOAP, UDDI, XML, SQL, CVS, Eclipse, Hibernate, Struts, MsSql

Project - eLink

Designed distributed n-tier software system to process and route messages from 2000+ branches and 150 servers
Replaced older system, improving message handling from 80k messages per day to 600k messages per day, and improving uptime from 80% to 99.99%
Services developed with J2EE, JINI, RMI, SOAP
Management site built using JSP, Servlets, Hibernate
J2EE, JINI, RMI, SOAP, Ant, Tomcat, MsSql, CVS, Hibernate, Servlets, JSP, Windows

Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead

Designed and Developed key systems, using J2EE, Servlets, Swing, SQL, Oracle
Trained and mentored team members in advanced Java skills and Application Design
Architected and developed Customer Service ‘Cockpit’ using Swing, J2EE services, and Oracle, connecting to many outside systems, including credit card processing, phone system, 3rd party order fulfillment, data warehousing, and email archiving

Project - Cockpit

Analysis, design, and development using Swing and J2EE services
Designed UI, improving Customer Service response times by making key information more accessible with fewer clicks
Integrated with Phone System, pulling customer information based on customer phone input
Load Balanced 10 backend servers using BigIP, and shared User Session State for high availability
J2EE, Swing, CVS, Oracle, Voyager, Linux

Research Assistant

Provided technical advice and implementation assistance for a variety of projects, assisting research scientists
Developed Data Mining application for web activity monitoring using J2EE(Servlet, JSP, JDBC)
Developed Computer-Aided manufacturing Design tool for General Motors Auto Designers using Java and Swing

Lead Software Engineer

Designed and Lead Development of suite of Java Applications for Enterprise Customers
Provided Technical Leadership for early stage Startup
Implemented Communication and Collaboration Applications, including Chat and CRM tools