Henry D. Nissenbaum
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Experienced hands-on manager and engineer with a broad base of software, service
and network experience. Driven by the challenge to build and to lead by example.
Summary of qualifications
Excellent technical leadership skills, combined with the ability to swiftly
obtain additional technology expertise. Effective at organizing and directing
teams that are goal and customer oriented.
Excellent software design and architecture skills including object based and
distributed software technologies, as well as embedded and real time software.
Expertise in agile development methodologies, including requirements management
within an iterative process, and the decomposition of large projects into
workable team efforts.
Experienced at building and managing engineering teams that are geographically
distributed and organizationally diverse. Successfully built and managed
engineering teams for startups.
Experienced in managing software projects across the entire life cycle.
Expertise in discovering and communicating customer requirements, and in
translating those requirements into deliverable specifications.
Experienced in delivering enterprise and service provider class systems and solutions.
Extensive experience with open source software and its use in commercial applications.
Technologies:
Languages and Platforms:
Core Java, Scala, Tomcat, Spring, Hibernate, Play Framework, Wicket, GWT,
JSP, JDBC, JDO, JPA, J2EE, EJB, Lucene, SOLR, Compass,
Adobe Flex and ActionScript, LiveCycle Data Services, Flash Media Server
C#, .NET Web Services, Mono
Objective C, iOS, XCode
C, C++, JavaScript, Perl, UML, XML, SOAP, CORBA, PL/I, Pascal, LISP, various Assembly languages
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Unix, MacOS X, real time, and proprietary systems.
Databases:
MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Informix, Berkeley DB
Networking:
HTTP, RTMP, TCP/IP, LAN, W-LAN, ATM, TDM, LDAP, SNMP, Firewalls
Education
NYU-Poly; Brooklyn, New York
MS Electrical Engineering with concentration in Computer and Communications
Engineering
BS Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude
Brooklyn College; Brooklyn, New York
Undergraduate Pre-Engineering program
Professional memberships
Member Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Publications
A Directory-Hosted Network Management Information Model: A CIM/DEN Implementation,
Henry D. Nissenbaum; Bell Labs Technical Journal, October-December 1999.
Staff Experience
Bootstrap Software New York, NY 2010 – Present
Practice Director
Leading large and mid scale web application design. Managing design and implementation
with agile teams located in three countries.
Introduced new agile development process to the organization while assembling and
leading several new development teams.
+ Advertisement Management service integrated with DoubleClick for Publishers.
Built using the Play framework and MongoDB for persistence.
+ Real time distributed data collection and mining solution for real estate data.
Distributed and clustered solution using a Java Message Broker.
+ Dynamic search based web applications Wicket with JavaScript front ends accessing
Java server applications implementing a set of services including Lucene for
search and Hibernate for persistence. Integration with third party information
stores using SOAP and RESTful web services
Sales Graphics New York, NY 2008 - present
Director of Engineering
RIA SaaS built using Enterprise Java – Tomcat, Spring, Hibernate, LCDS – server,
and Flex dynamic front end. Incorporated Streaming video services via
Adobe Flash Media Server
Managing all engineering for provider of enterprise sales presentation software and
services.
Formed new engineering team; lead product planning, architecture and software
engineering and service delivery for a new Rich Internet Application service for
Presentation management.
Delivered the new software system on schedule and under budget.
AuthentiDate Berkeley Heights, NJ 2006 - 2007
Senior Director, Products & Technology
B-to-B and B-to-C eCommerce solutions for Healthcare built using Java Web
Technologies: Tomcat, Hibernate, Spring, Struts, JavaScript, XForms.
Responsible for product and service delivery activities of a provider of authenticated
document workflow solutions including product planning, research and development, and
service operations.
Successfully reorganized multiple product development teams, introducing process
improvements and engineering discipline. Established effective communication
between engineering and other business teams within the company.
TheInfoPro New York, NY 2005 - 2006
Managing Director
Director of Information Security Research at an independent research company and
supplier of market intelligence and consulting services for the Information
Technology industry.
Developed broad range of industry expertise on enterprise information security
covering network, desktop, and infrastructure security solutions.
Guided the expansion of the company into enterprise identity management consulting
services for solution providers and enterprise users.
Passlogix Incorporated New York, NY 2003 - 2005
Chief Software Architect
Windows client services implemented in C#/.Net and C++/COM. Web Services in C#/.NET and Java.
Provided hands on engineering and product planning leadership to a privately held
software company in the security and identity management industry. Principal
responsibilities included managing the engineering organization and representing
that organization with vendor partners.
Successfully led effort to expand company from a single product vendor to becoming
a broader based industry participant.
Palm Solutions Group New York, NY 2002 - 2003
Groupware Engineering Manager
Mobile Palm client application; Server middleware multi-threaded Java gateway;
Integration backends for MS Exchange, Lotus Domino, and IMAP servers.
Provided the technical and planning leadership, including a hands-on engineering
role, for the successful delivery of the groupware product.
Responsible for all components of the system including: The Palm client application
on multiple device types using varied wireless communications technologies; Server
middleware component – a Java stateless gateway; Groupware specific backend components.
Issanni Communications Inc. Eatontown, NJ 2000 - 2002
Director, Management Software Engineering
Led and supervised all management software development including device
instrumentation, command line interface, SNMP agent, remote Java based Element
Management System, and local configuration datastore.
Initiated and formed the management software team of a startup networking company
building a new class of Broadband Remote Access Server (B-RAS) products.
Individually responsible for initial core architecture, design and development.
Designed, developed and maintained personal ownership of an automated code
generation tool (compiler) for device instrumentation and for multiple interface
(C and Java language) implementations.
Bell Laboratories; AT&T and Lucent Technologies 1988 - 2000
Development Manager 1999 ñ 2000
Managed and led a focused engineering team, in defining and developing a new set of
Directory Enabled (DEN/CIM) Configuration Management applications in support of the
Lucent (formerly Ascend) Pipeline Access Router products.
Engineering Manager and Research Liaison 1997 - 1999
Manager responsible for productization of Bell Laboratories Network and
Service Management research technologies.
Design Supervisor/Member of Technical Staff 1991 - 1997
Lead design engineer responsible for the network and systems management of several
voice and data communications products. Performed the strategic product planning
of management software tools and applications.
Prototyped and validated software technologies for use in network management
applications targeted at enterprise and carrier customers.
Member of Technical Staff 1988 - 1991
Systems Engineer for AT&T DEFINITY PBX. Work included defining packet data
features, developing software maintenance plans, and specification of a PC based
provisioning and management tool from its concept trial through several releases.