Andrew Hays

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Harvest, Alabama **749

256-***-****

abgjvo@r.postjobfree.com

Overview

Over fourteen years experience in information systems focusing on internet

technologies: internet site development, web application design &

development, systems integration and delivery management.

Experience

Hays Technical Services, Harvest, AL - June 2013 - Present

Senior WebSphere Commerce Developer and Administrator

Work with various clients as WebSphere Commerce Developer and

Administrator. Recent roles and projects:

. Serve as SME Consultant for WebSphere Commerce.

. Migrated a client from WebSphere Commerce V6 to V7.

. As Administrator, installation, setup, and configuration of WebSphere

Commerce software stack in multiple environments (QA, Stage,

Production).

. Appling Fix Packs and Feature Packs. Enabling features as needed.

. Tuned WebSphere Application Server for best performance.

. Setup and configuration of SOLR in a cluster and non-cluster

environments.

. Setup and configuration of WCBD as a central deployment server to

multiple environments.

. As Developer, migrated customizations, bug fixes leading up to go-

live.

. Working on WebSphere Commerce Mobile version of store set to go live

in first quarter 2015.

AT&T Hosting & Application Services, Huntsville, AL January 2009 - May

2013

USinternetworking, Huntsville, AL April 2007 - December 2008

Daniel IT Services, Inc., Athens, AL June 2001 - Present

Note: In April of 2007, Daniel IT Services was acquired by

USinternetworking. In January of 2009 USinternetworking was acquired by

AT&T and became AT&T Hosting & Application Services. The listed experience

below is from all three companies.

Senior IT Client Consultant - AT&T November 2011 - May 2013

WebSphere Commerce Developer and Administrator. Role and responsibilities:

. Installation and configuration of WebSphere Commerce software stack

including WebSphere Commerce Server, WebSphere Application Server, IBM

HTTP Server, IBM DB2 Database.

. Applying WebSphere Commerce Fix Packs and Feature Packs and enabling

features.

. As needed, serve as Tech Lead and WebSphere Commerce SME/Architect:

o Target - Part of team that consulted in pre-sales to acquire

contract. Once project started, was part of team that installed

and configured the WebSphere Commerce software stack to multiple

server environments.

o Elkay - Tech Lead

. Relocated WebSphere Commece application from Elkay hosted

environment to AT&T hosted environment.

. Installed and configured WebSphere Commerce software stack

in new environment.

. Migrated WebSphere Commerce application to AT&T

environment.

. Setup and configuration of WCBD as a central deployment

server to multiple environments.

. Setup and configuration of SOLR in a cluster and non-

cluster environments.

Associate Director of WebSphere Commerce - AT&T October 2009 - October

2011

WebSphere Commerce Delivery manager for the AT&T WebSphere Commerce

Practice. Role and responsibilities:

. Day-to-day management of a team of eleven developers

. Personal and career development for direct reports

. Resource management; work closely with project managers for resource

assignment

. Account Manager and escalation point for current WebSphere Commerce

clients

. Pre-sales role; meeting with potential clients, presentations,

creation of proposals and statements of work

. Assist/mentor WebSphere Commerce Architects/Developers

. Exhibit strong verbal and written communication to direct reports and

senior management

. As needed, serve as WebSphere Commerce Architect:

o Yankee Candle - Tech Lead to provide technical oversight and

leadership to the project and development team

o Carrot Ink - Provided technical oversight for migration of

WebSphere Commerce V5.6 to V6.0

WebSphere Commerce Architect - USinternetworking April 2005 - September

2008

Served as WebSphere Commerce Technical Team Lead and Senior Developer on

WebSphere Commerce Projects: involved in requirement gathering sessions

with clients; provided leadership in Define, Design, Build, and Deploy

stages if the Project Life Cycle.

. Tandus: Led team of five developers and served as Architect throughout

duration of the project.

o Participated in requirement gathering sessions with client

onsite and over the phone

o Wrote the Micro Design document that was used by the

development team to develop the store

o Migrated/upgraded from homegrown solution to WebSphere Commerce

V6.0

o Developed B2B carpet sample ordering store using Web 2.0

features

o Implemented Extended Sites store model to support international

rollout

. Conney Safety: Led team of six developers and served as Architect

throughout the duration of the project.

o Participated in requirement gathering sessions with client and

existing third party partner

o Wrote the Micro Design document that was used by the

development team to develop the store

o Migrated/upgraded from homegrown solution to WebSphere Commerce

V6.0

o Implemented B2B store model solution to provide Conney Satefy's

vendors customized shopping experiences/prices

. IBM

o Co-authored the WebSphere Commerce V6.0 certification tests:

Test 216 - IBM WebSphere Commerce V6.0 Administration and Test

217 - IBM WebSphere Commerce V6.0 Developer

o Co-authored the WebSphere Commerce V5.6 and V6.0 courses for

IBM WebSphere Education

o Co-authored the IBM Redbook Keeping Applications Updated:

WebSphere Commerce V5.1 to V5.6 Migration Guide

WebSphere Commerce Developer - Daniel IT Services/USinternetworking June

2001 - March 2005

Provided services for business internet site development, applications

development, and application integration. Design, develop and implement

custom business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce

solutions.

. Carrot Ink: Provide WebSphere Commerce implementation, administration,

customization and managed hosting services.

o Migrated the Carrot Ink website to IBM WebSphere Commerce V5.1.

Redesigned the site to accommodate customer self-service

applications, new catalog display/navigation and order

processing

o Integrated Verisign Payment Authorization with WebSphere

Commerce

o Migrated the Carrot Ink website to IBM WebSphere Commerce V5.6

o Integrated Coremetrics site analytics

. State of Oregon: Provided implementation, administration, and

customization.

o Migrated the State of Oregon from WebSphere Commerce V5.4 to

V5.6

o Developed a template store based on the ConsumerDirect starter

store that the State of Oregon used for different agency

specific stores. Developed and deployed four stores based on

this template

. SourceOne Healthcare Technologies: Assisted with design, architecture

and development of two stores running WebSphere Express

o Integrated SkipJack Payment Gateway with WebSphere Commerce

. Panasonic: Implemented WebSphere Commerce as single integration

platform.

o Migrated homegrown customizations to WebSphere Commerce

o Migrated from WebSphere Commerce V5.1 to V5.6.

MCBA, Inc., Huntsville, AL August 1997 - June 2001

WebSphere Commerce Developer May 1999 - June 2001

Designed, developed and implemented custom business-to-business (B2B) and

business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce solutions.

. Designed, developed and implemented a vertical industry portal for

Eforay HVACindustry.com. Implemented e-commerce store and auction

functionality using WebSphere Commerce V4.1.

. Designed, developed and implemented a retail store front for Home Spun

Country. Implemented e-commerce store functionality using Net.Commerce

V3.1

Marketing Representative August 1997 - May 1999

Contacted existing customers concerning upgrading existing

software/hardware; also ensured existing software/hardware was Y2K

compliant.

Education

Industry Certifications

IBM Certified Application Developer, WebSphere Commerce V7.0, April 2011

IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Commerce V7.0, April 2011

IBM Certified Application Developer, WebSphere Commerce V6.0, January 2007

IBM Certified System Administrator, WebSphere Commerce V6.0, November 2006

IBM Certified Associate Developer, WebSphere Studio V5.0

IBM Certified Deployment Professional, WebSphere Commerce V5.6, December

2004

IBM Certified Specialist, WebSphere Commerce V5.1 Implementation, July 2001

IBM Certified Solutions Expert - WebSphere CommerceSuite V4.1

Implementation - November 2000

IBM Certified Solutions Expert - Net.Commerce V3 - October 1998

Professional Education

WebSphere CommerceSuite V5.5 Migration, IBM 2003

WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5, 2002

WebSphere CommerceSuite V5.1 Administration, IBM 2000

WebSphere CommerceSuite V5.1 Customization, IBM 2000

WebSphere Application Server, Advanced Edition V3.0, IBM, 2000

WebSphere CommerceSuite V4.1 Administration, IBM 1999

WebSphere CommerceSuite V4.1 Customization, IBM 1999

Athens State University

B.S., Computer Science

Computer Skills

Programming Languages

Java 2.0/J2EE API (Servlets, JavaServer Pages, JavaBeans, EJB's, JDBC)

HTML/XML

Ajax/Dojo

JavaScript

SQL

Net.Data

Visual Basic / VB Script

C++

Database Management

IBM DB2 7.x/8.x/9.x

Oracle

Microsoft Access

Web Application / e-commerce Servers

WebSphere Commerce Server 4.1/5.1/5.4/5.6/6.0/7.0

IBM Net.Commerce 3.x

WebSphere Application Server 3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x

Lotus Domino R5/R6

Web Servers

IBM HTTP/Apache Web Server

Application Development Tools

Rational Application Developer 6.x/7.x

WebSphere Studio Application Developer 4.x, 5.x

WebSphere Studio 3.x/4.x

WebSphere Commerce Studio 3.x/4.x

Visual Age for Java 3.x/4.x

Operating Systems

MS Windows NT 4.0/2000 WS & Server

IBM AIX 4.x & RS/6000 SP

AS400

iSeries

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