Developer Development

Location:

Plano, TX, 75075

Posted:

March 09, 2010

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Dr. Michael Christiansen

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Home: 972-***-**** Cell: 972-***-****

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Key Points

> 20 years experiences as object-oriented architect, developer, and mentor.

. 15 years Java development experience.

. 10 years J2EE development experience.

. Team leader and mentor.

. Teaching undergraduate courses at UTD in SW Eng, OOAD, SW Arch, & Proj.

Mngt..

. SCJP Certification

> Current Technologies

. OO Languages include Java and C++.

. OO Methodologies include UP / UML.

. Application Servers / POJO Containers: WebSphere, Spring, Oracle,

Tomcat, and Weblogic.

. DBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and several others.

. ORM Tools: Hibernate, iBatis

. Rich-Client / AJAX: Isomorphic SmartClient, Dojo, DWR, and

others.

. Web Services: SOAP (JAXRPC / JAXM), WSDL, UDDI, etc

. J2EE Skills: EJB, JDBC, JMS, JCS, JSP, Struts, Tag Libraries,

Servlets, & JNDI.

. Java XML Tools: JAXP, JAXB, JDOM, DOM, & XHTML.

. JMX / SNMP services.

. Development Tools: Eclipse, NetBeans, RSA/RAD6, Ant, JUnit, CVS, &

JBuilder.

. Unix-based development and deployment on Linux, Solaris, and HP.

. Middleware packages include MQSeries, SOAP, CORBA & RMI.

. XML-based content management using XML / XSL and Cocoon.

. Unusual Java Technologies: Semantic Web (OWL / RTF), Java Groups, JXTA,

& JNI.

> Ph.D. in Computer Science with emphasis in OO reuse and framework design.

> Professional experiences include:

. Java applications and framework development.

. Rich-client GUI development.

. Web Applications Development.

. Embedded Java Applications.

. Web Services Development.

. Telemetry data acquisition, management and presentation.

. JMX & SNMP.

. Oracle 9i "DBA" experiences, design, development & deployment.

. Unix administration responsibilities (Linux, Solaris, HPUX).

. Designed and delivered SDK / application development frameworks.

. Decision support, data presentation and visualization applications.

. Portal design and implementation.

. Location-based services.

Employment History

Principle Software Engineer. Rockwell Collins, Richardson TX.

11/2007 - Present

At Rockwell I have been working on the Navy's E6 Block1 communications

upgrade project which comprises a communication system that monitors and

manages military messages across a range of transmitters and receivers.

Have worked extensively across all three tiers of this project i.e. Swing

GUI, Mid-tier message management, and multiple communication interface

processors. I have contributed the design of the high availability

solution, tuning and refactoring of EJB components for performance and

stability, GUI design, embedded Java apps, and the distributed cache.

Technologies include Oracle's Application Server (oc4j), Oracle DBMS, JMS,

Swing GUI, JCS, JNI, and general Java application programming outside of

the application server.

Application Development Specialist-Web, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas,

Richardson TX.

3/2006 - 11/2007

At BSBS (HCSC) I held a senior technical position and work as both

architect and developer in the development of Java / J2EE applications. I

led in the development of web services and three-tier web applications. I

shared in the responsibilities of interviewing and hiring decisions for

Java developers in my department. I also acted as an individual

contributor, prototyping and recommending solutions for: Rich-client (AJAX)

JavaScript GUI, Reporting solutions, Workflow (BPM), Portals, and other

technologies. I received monetary and recognition awards for my efforts at

BCBS.

Senior Developer, Sterling Commerce, Irving TX.

8/2003-3/2006

At Sterling Commerce I worked on three releases of Sterling's Control

Center product and was responsible for the design / implementation of

several components of this product. I was responsible for the development

of a SNMP interface between the Control Center management service and

services running on IBM OS/390 systems. Using the Quartz scheduler, I

designed and implemented a centralized task scheduling service. I

introduced a DAO-based persistence layer into its design. Using JFreeChart,

I provided a reporting service used to produce on-demand reports in PDF,

HTML, & CSV formats. I completed a feature called "Service Level

Constraints" which are rule-like descriptions of activities being

monitored by Control Center. I prototyped a generic management agent using

SOAP (Apache Axis).

J2EE Architect & Developer, SensorLogic, Addison TX.

6/2002 - 8/2003

Designed and implemented many components of SensorLogic's Telemetry

Application Server including portal, reports generation, and DBMS. These

efforts were implemented on Weblogic's Portal (Weblogic 7.1) Server and

Oracle 9i. Specific responsibilities included installation and maintenance

of development and production portal installations on RedHat. Developed

initial prototypes and production portal. Developed a tabular and chart-

based reports service using Espress Reports integrated with the portal

server. Developed several EJB components used in the implementation of user

navigation through the data model.

J2EE Developer / Contractor, Nokia, Irving TX.

6/2001 - 6/2002

Worked at Nokia on the Mobile Positioning Enabled Server (mPES).

Implemented on Weblogic's application server, mPES uses the LIF protocol to

provide a service-level interface to Nokia's GPRS location server. My

contribution was to design and deliver services that allowed mPES users to

schedule periodic reports for a given set of subscribers.

Other responsibilities at Nokia include the evaluation of a migration to

the Websphere server, MQSeries, and the implementation of a clustered

server architecture. I also helped with the test and validation process

during two point releases.

J2EE Architect, Mentor, & Developer / Contractor, ACS Retail Solutions,

Dallas TX.

3/2001 - 6/2001

Worked with ACS on the development of ParadigmPlus, a server implementing

the remote configuration of fuel dispensers (gas pumps) for convenience

store chains. My primary role was as a Java / J2EE architect, mentor, and

developer. I participated in the design process and was responsible for the

design / development of communication services between Weblogic's

application server and the remote convenience stores. I also mentored the

team in J2EE technologies including JMS, JDBC, and EJB development for the

Weblogic 6.0 server. Used JNI to interface with an ACS-specific messaging

library needed to communicate with the convenience store servers.

Framework Developer / Part-Time Contractor, RTS Wireless System, Plainview

NY.

8/2000 - 3/2001

Design and delivered a J2EE enabled SDK / framework for the RTS Advantage

Server. The SDK is used to implement client applications interfacing to the

Advantage server though the WCTP protocol. WCTP is a protocol aimed at

implementing two-way wireless services. WCTP messages are based on XML over

an HTTP transport layer. The delivered product included the Servlet-based

API, a gateway simulator application, documentation, and several template

applications.

J2EE Developer / Part-Time Contractor, Nortel, Richardson TX.

8/2000 - 12/2000

My second contract with Nortel was spent developing a demonstration

wireless portal, example wireless applications, and designing profile

management services for wireless portals. The sites demonstrated location-

based wireless services and made use of MapQuest location services. A

specific example is "Movies-To-Go" which demonstrated theater location

lookup based on handset location and included browsing of current showings

and on-line ticket purchasing

J2EE Develper / Contractor, Geoportal (Ericsson), Richardson TX.

3/2000 - 8/2000

Contributed to the architecture, design, and integration of a location-

based portal developed by an Ericsson startup. Lead the integration of the

portal services implemented using WebLogic's application server.

Web Developer / Contractor, MCI, Richardson TX.

9/1999 - 3/2000

Responsible for the client side of Advanced Communications Services (ACS),

an MCI service that provides webcasting of live and prerecorded

presentations. This was an advanced webcasting service that integrated

streaming video with slides, chat, and branding capabilities. I developed

several server and client side Java applications for this project. This

includes the use of JSP / Servlets under JRun on Apache. Also developed

several client-side interfaces using Applets / HTML / JavaScript. I

researched and deployed RedHat servers in an effort to migrate ACS from

Solaris to Linux.

Web Architect & Developer / Contractor, PageNet, Plano TX.

8/1998 - 9/1999

Software Architect & Developer / Contractor, Nortel, Richardson TX.

1/1994 - 8/1998

Smalltalk Developer, Thesis Inc., Dallas TX.

4/1993 - 1/1994

Computer Specialist, Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory. Dallas TX.

11/1990 - 4/1993

Computer Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Greenbelt MD.

9/1989 - 11/1990

Research Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX.

7/1986 - 9/1989

Education

. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering. Southern Methodist Univ. GPA

3.8.

Graduated 1989.

. M.S. Computer Science and Mathematics. Univ. of Texas at Dallas. GPA 3.6.

Graduated 1986.

. B.S. Computer Science and Mathematics. Univ. of Texas at Dallas.

Graduated 1984.

Academic Accomplishments

Part-time faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. Teaching

undergraduate software engineering, software architecture, project

management, and object-oriented programming.

Have taught courses in Java, XML, EJB, Database Systems at CCCCD and other

schools.

Have made senior management presentations on object-oriented software

development and technologies.

Authored and presented a three-day course on object-oriented design and the

Fusion method at E-Systems.

Authored other shorter courses and presentations on X-Windows, CORBA, and