Professional Profile

Experienced software engineer who is also a Certified project manager

Commercial construction project management

Diverse industry experience: financial, real estate, transportation, retail, telecommunications, healthcare and sports

Passionate about process improvement to raise quality and customer satisfaction

Security conscious regarding sensitive customer and business information

Manages geographically distributed teams

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Work Experience

Project Manager – Commercial Construction • Maven Steel • San Antonio, TX

12/2017 – present

Multiple projects ranging in valued between $70,000 and $1,500,000

Managed projects from bidding through completion

Responsible for keeping projects on budget and on schedule

Managed vendor relations

Formed new vendor relations

Improved existing process / scheduling for materials supply and delivery

Established proactive scheduling and budgeting when previously reactive

Senior Software Developer • The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

08/2017 – present

Instructed Testers on how to become developers.

oBasic to Advanced Java concepts; Core Java, Collections, Concurrency, Spring, REST

oUnit Testing with various frameworks; Junit, Selenium, Cucumber, SOAP UI,

oBuild automation / continuous deployment; Jenkins, Gradle, Maven, Ant, Make

An advocate for automation in operations and Unit Testing.

Full Lifecycle SDLC with multiple languages (Java, C, C++) in an Agile environment.

Built and modified multiple components in Java and React for an in-house continuous deployment system built around Concourse.

Individual Concourse stages were implemented in Docker containers.

Senior Software Developer • ETI Software • Atlanta, GA

08/2015 – 07/2017

Designed and implemented multiple software modules within an Operational Support Suite.

oModules include ATM switching fabric and Fiber To The Home (FTTH) residential devices.

oMany vendor systems (ATT/Lucent, Alcatel, Adtran, Tellabs, Huawei, Arris/Motorola, Genband, Metaswitch).

oSybase, CORBA, Java, CLI, Informix, Linux, Nominal time to provision 6 seconds, large acquisition of 3.2 million customers.

Refactored code for stability improvements. Many applications and libraries were overly sensitive to changes due to new requirements or defect reports.

Refactored code (C, C++ and Java) to support concurrency. Most code was not implemented nor designed to be thread-safe.

Scalable system from small local providers, entire municipalities to nationwide providers with millions of subscribers.

Added Voice capability (VOIP, SIP, POTS) provisioning to FTTH devices from multiple vendors.

Multiple interface protocols from industry standard to vendor specific (TL1, XML, SNMP, remote shell).

Designed and implemented using SOLID principles core C++ components as part of a migration to C++ from C.

An advocate for automation in operations and Unit Testing.

Full Lifecycle SDLC with multiple languages (C, C++, Java).

Designed and implemented a deployment automation (DevOps) system initially for internal use with planned expansion to customers.

oLeverages Virtualization of multiple guest OSes and Host environments.

Technical Project Manager • TransUnion • Atlanta, GA

10/2014 – 4/2015

Managed a short duration agile development project as a fill in for multiple staff members on medical leave.

Created and managed a budget of $1.4 million, which included software and hardware.

Drove for solutions to technical and non-technical problems.

Matrixed teams were primarily remote; 3 US cities and one overseas.

Worked with project sponsors, business owners, development, QA and infrastructure teams.

Monitored work progress and reported status to upper level management.

Project Manager / Technical Lead • The Blackland Group • Atlanta, GA

4/2008 – 10/2014

Created new business with positive cashflow within 3 months.

Wrote policy and procedure for the company based on state regulatory requirements.

oAccepted into the Medicaid system.

Maintained and enhanced a document management system a business rule system for government documentation compliance policy.

oREST API utilized in customizing the Alfresco document management system.

Designed, built and maintained a virtual infrastructure utilizing Windows, Unix, MySQL (DevOps).

Managed web marketing campaigns; SEO and site content.

Managed Information security utilizing SQL, Java, REST, JBPM, Tomcat, JBoss

Managed a staff of up to 28 people.

Senior Developer / Architect • OpenLCB and JMRI OpenSource projects • Atlanta, GA

10/2009 – present

Designed CANBus hardware for model railroad communications system.

Contributor to protocol design and implementation which have been adopted by the industry standards organization.

Implemented a rudimentary proof of concept iOS application for remote communications to the railroad control system.

Software implementations of the protocols have been done for 8-bit and 32-bit processors including multicore ARM processors, PCs, Mac and iOS platforms using C, C++, Java and Objective-C.

Project Manager / Technical Lead • The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

11/2005 – 4/2008

Managed relationships with business partners with teams up to 25 people on multiple projects through a full SLDC.

Improved efficiency of testing by 80%.

Status reporting to mid and executive management

Designed and delivered Java/J2EE web services to produce sales receipt images, authorize credit card transactions, record sales transactions for financial settlement.

oPCI Compliance

Reengineered systems to satisfy new industry requirement for privacy protection

Solid working knowledge of credit processing.

Advocated for and defined department configuration management policy and procedure

oRelease manager

Senior Developer • The RAD Works • Atlanta, GA

5/2005 – 11/2005

Defined and implemented a unified build environment for construction of Java and CORBA C++/Java based applications.

Actively working on developing software for the Department of Defense.

Project Lead / Senior Architect • Bank of America • Atlanta, GA

4/2002 – 5/2005

Managed multiple simultaneous projects.

Managed onshore and offshore teams of up to 26 people.

Defined project scope through business process reengineering.

Improved project delivery by defining Software Configuration Management procedures.

Reduced errors and improved quality by applying Six-Sigma principles.

Improved inter and intra-team communication through introduction of an issue tracking system.

Reduced Operational and Disaster recovery procedures 80%.

oReduced recovery costs through improved technology leveraging on-site personnel rather than specialized resources.

oImproved system performance by 300%.

Developed a utility to identify and apply differences between large binary files (system updates and images).

oReduced DevOps deployment and execution times by 90%.

Project Manager / Senior Architect • Norfolk Southern • Atlanta, GA

5/1998 – 4/2002

Reduced weekly management meeting times by 80%.

Provided technical and project management for a multi-year project and numerous short duration projects.

Managed a team of 10 people.

Coordinated project tasks with multiple internal departments.

Responsible for business requirements engineering, product deliverables, project planning, execution and tracking and quality control.

Introduced a development SDLC reducing implementation time of deliverables by 75%, additionally improving customer acceptance.

Worked with corporate management to improve status reporting, reducing weekly meeting times from 4 hours to 15 minutes.

Conducted design sessions with business partners and end users.

oDesigned the graphical user interface.

oAuthored Use Cases, UML models and user interface storyboards.

Integration of legacy applications extending their effective lifetime and value to the company.

Improved JDBC connection performance by 5000% by introducing a connection pool.

Designed and implemented a Swing based GUI client with extensive use of custom controls.

Made extensive use of design patterns.

Evaluated use of J2EE application servers but determined they did not meet customer stability requirements.

Designed and implemented a project web portal to improve communication within the project team as well as to end users and sponsors. This portal was built from leading Open Source products.

Introduced OOA/OOD practices in an organization beginning to embrace object oriented languages.

Completed a Y2K conversion and certification of an application critical to railroad operations and safety.

Senior Systems Engineer • Manhattan Associates • Atlanta, GA

1/1998 – 5/1998

Developed multiple lightweight client/server applications using CORBA v21, C++ and ORACLE on HP/UX. Each application satisfied specific functions of warehouse operation. This architecture of small goal oriented applications allows for a high degree of customization without significant effort. This is a critical issue in order to respond to the unique demands of an ever-expanding customer base.

Produced UML models for each application.

Enabled Manhattan Associates to satisfy goals relating to its IPO.

Senior Systems Engineer • Scientific Atlanta • Atlanta, GA

6/1997 – 2/1998

Built and performed on-site installation of satellite ground stations. Clients being foreign and domestic government agencies. Installations exist at global extremes from desert to polar locations, with Antarctica being one of the least accessible.

Due to system and data criticality I provided Quality Assurance and reliability engineering due to:

oSome systems located in arctic regions and must be remotely controlled for extended periods

oExpensive data that could potentially lost if not retrieved.

Developed control libraries for new instrumentation.

Built complete systems from in-house frameworks and libraries to reduce cost.

Ported applications from HP/UX to Windows to extend product lifecycle and market share.

Senior Object Oriented Designer/Developer • IBM–Early, Cloud & Company • Atlanta, GA

10/1996 – 6/1997

Modeled existing business processes with UML.

Defined User Interface Design Guidelines.

Mentored junior staff on C++ programming techniques.

Technical Lead • Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games • Atlanta, GA

8/1994 – 10/1996

Produced project deliverables for 1 of 9 team sports and the software framework for all of team sports.

Managed the technical direction of a team of 12 developers.

Managed operations for a team of 25+ volunteers during live sporting events.

Defined project scope, estimated work, planned deliverables ensuring on time delivery.

Architected the framework for a sports statistics entry system.

oA pluggable application suite engineered for 11 different sports, eliminating much duplicate code.

oRaw and calculated statistics delivery to television, scoreboards and print exceeded performance criteria.

Software configuration manager for 9 of 37 total sports applications.

Technical leadership of volunteer staff.

Championed use of automated testing, improving turnaround of regression testing cycle from 2 weeks to 4 hours.

Performed knowledge and skills transfer in Japan of the frameworks for use in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.

Senior Software Engineer • Delta Airlines • Atlanta, GA

3/1994 – 8/1994

Reengineered applications from 16-bit to 32-bit implementations.

oApplications are critical to handling of passengers and baggage.

oOld and new applications interoperated during the migration.

Interfaced to external hardware via serial connections.

Improved performance of the database backend by an order of magnitude.

Technical Lead • IBM – Northern Indiana Public Service Company • Chicago, IL

12/1992 – 3/1994

Authored and taught new developer training class satisfying the business needs to reduce the learning curve. Resulted in an improvement of 85%, reducing time from 4 weeks to 3 days.

Developed multiple utility functions and user interface components.

Managed multiple third party vendor development teams.

Senior Software Engineer • Dynamic Media • Atlanta, GA

6/1992 – 12/1992

Designed and developed the multimedia, audio and video library of a talent industry casting application.

Senior Software Engineer • IBM • Boca Raton, FL

7/1991 – 5/1992

Created test plans and scripts for IBM development tools.

Tested and debugged development tools and the OS/2 graphics engine.

Designed and developed an automated GUI test tool which was released as part of the OS/2 Developers CD-ROM.

Senior Software Engineer • Bellsouth Information Systems • Atlanta, GA

8/1990 – 7/1991

Developed call center agent management system.

Operations Manager • New York State College of Ceramics • Alfred, NY

9/1987 – 7/1990

Operations management of academic research computers and laboratory equipment.

Skills Summary

Project Management

Skill

Years

Skill

Years

Process Improvement

9

Six Sigma

4

Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

5

Quality

4

Metrics

7

Work Breakdown Structure

11

Project Planning

15

Project Scope

19

Resource Allocation

9

Requirements Engineering

19

Agile

4

Languages / Tools

Skill

Years

Skill

Years

Java

16

C (Microsoft, IBM, HP, SUN)

26

C++ (Microsoft, IBM, HP, SUN)

20

Objective C

2

Assembler

4

LEX/YACC

2

PERL

8

REXX

4

UNIX shells

10

IBM Open Class Library

7

DB2 (SQL, DBA)

13

ORACLE

1

Sybase

5

MySQL

5

JDBC

13

J2EE

5

IBM Websphere

3

Git

3

Jboss

1

Apache

8

Tomcat

2

Informix

4

Paradigm Plus

4

Rational Rose

2

HTML

9

DHTML

2

Javascript

5

XML

10

SOM (CORBA)

3

ORBIX

1

Microsoft Project

6

VOICEXML

<1

Forte for Java

3

Net Beans

5

IBM Visual Age

2

Eclipse

10

CVS

6

PVCS

10

ClearCase / ClearQuest

2

Subversion

7

WebServices

3

JUnit

10

Analysis/Design Methodologies

Skill

Years

Skill

Years

UML

13

Design Patterns

16

Jacobsen - Use Cases

13

Booch

5

Rumbaugh

2

OMT

3

Fusion

3

Rational Unified Process

5

Operating Systems / Graphical Environments

Skill

Years

Skill

Years

UNIX (SUN, HP, IBM, Linux)

18

Swing/AWT

7

Windows

15

OS/2

11

Presentation Manager

11

VAX/VMS

5

X Windows (Toolkit, Motif)

2

NeXTStep

2

Hardware / Protocols

Skill

Years

Skill

Years

PC

25

IBM mainframe

7

VAX/PDP-11

4

IBM RS/6000

8

DECNet/LAT

4

TCP/IP

17

Meridian SL-1

1

HP-PA/RISC

3

CICS

2

SICL

1

SUN – SPARC

6

HPIB

3

Serial

12

MQSeries

4

JMS

5

SOAP

6

Technologies by project

Senior Software Engineer • ETI Software • Atlanta, GA

8/2015 – present

C ● C++ ● Java ● TL1 ● Sybase ● Informix ● Jira ● Confluence ● SDLC ● PVCS ● Subversion ● Git ● Eclipse ● Web Services ● SOAP ●TCP/IP ● Agile ● User Stories ● XML ● Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) ● Multi-threading

Project Manager • TransUnion • Atlanta, GA

10/2014 – 4/2015

Microsoft Project 2013 ● CA Clarity ● SDLC ● Web Services ● SOAP ●TCP/IP ● Agile ● User Stories ● XML ● Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) ● Quality Center

Project Manager / Technical Lead • The Blackland Group • Atlanta, GA

4/2008 – 10/2014

Microsoft Windows (XP) ● Java 1.6 ● SCM ● JDBC ● JMS ● Web Services ● SOAP ●TCP/IP ● Use Cases ● UML ● XML ● Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) ● REST ● Maven ● JUnit ● SoapUI ● Apache ● J2EE ● SDLC● Multi-threading

Senior Developer / Architect • OpenLCB and JMRI OpenSource projects • Atlanta, GA

10/2009 – present

Microsoft Windows (XP) ● OS X ● SCM ● iOS ● Git ● Eclipse ● ARM ● Atmel ● CANbus ● Eagle PCB ● Kicad ● Open Office Suite ● Maven ● JUnit ● XML ● SDLC● Multi-threading

Technical Lead / Project Manager • The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

11/2005 – present

Microsoft Project ●Microsoft Windows (2000, XP) ● HP-UX ● AIX ● Java 1.3- 1.6 ● SCM ● JDBC ● JMS ● WebServices ● WebSphere ● SOAP ●TCP/IP ● Use Cases ● UML ● XML ● Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) ● ClearCase ● ClearQuest ● Maven ● Ant ● JUnit ● SoapUI ● Apache ● Struts ● JSP ● J2EE ● SDLC● Multi-threading

Senior Developer • The RAD Works • Atlanta, GA

5/2005 – 11/2005

Microsoft Windows (2000, XP) ● C++ ● Java 1.4- 1.5 ● CORBA ● SCM ● TCP/IP ● Use Cases ● UML ● XML ● Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) ● CVS ● Subversion ● Maven ● Ant ● JUnit● Multi-threading

Project Lead / Senior Architect • Bank of America • Atlanta, GA

4/2002 – 5/2005

(NT, 2000, XP, 2003) ● IIS (4.0 – 6.0) ● PERL ● HTML ● CGI ● C ● C++ ● Java 1.1.8 - 1.5 ● JDBC ● DB2 5.2; 7.2; 8.2 ● MySQL 3.2.26-5.0 ● SharePoint ● Linux ● Security ● PVCS 7.1 ● SCM ● Scarab ● OS/2 ● TCP/IP ● Use Cases ● UML ● XML ● CMM ● Six Sigma ● Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) ● Microsoft Project ● SDLC ● Maven ● Ant ● Apache ● Junit ● Multi-threading

Project Lead / Architect • Norfolk Southern • Atlanta, GA

5/1998 – 4/2002

Java ● RMI ● Threading ● Swing ● JDBC ● Sybase jConnect ● JMS ● MQ Series ● XML ● Sybase ● UML ● Use Cases ● CVS ● Bugzilla ● make ● Apache ● Perl ● PHP ● MySQL ● Unix ● Windows NT ● Visual C++ ● TCP/IP ● IBM Websphere ● BEA ● Perl ● MySQL ● LDAP ● Java Webstart ● Junit ● Log4j ● Microsoft Office Suite ● Microsoft Project ● SDLC ● Ant ● Multi-threading

Senior Systems Engineer • Manhattan Associates • Atlanta, GA

1/1998 – 5/1998

C++ ● Corba 2.1 ● Orbix ● Oracle 7.0 ● HP-UX ● Paradigm Plus ● PVCS ● UML

Senior Systems Engineer • Scientific Atlanta • Atlanta, GA

6/1997 – 2/1998

C ● HP-UX v9.0 ● Windows NT ● X Windows: Motif ● HPIB ● TCP/IP sockets ● Continuus ● Multi-threading

Senior Object Oriented Designer/Developer • IBM–Early, Cloud & Company • Atlanta, GA

10/1996 – 6/1997

C++ ● OS/2 ● Use Cases ● Fusion ● AIX ● DB/2 ● RS6000 ● Rational Rose ● UML ● Multi-threading

Technical Lead • Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games • Atlanta, GA

8/1994 – 10/1996

C ● C++ ● OS/2 Warp ● Presentation Manager ● DB/2 ● TCP/IP ● NetBIOS ● REXX ● Multi-threading

Senior Software Engineer • Delta Airlines • Atlanta, GA

3/1994 – 8/1994

C ● OS/2 1.3 and 2.x ● DB/2 ● TCP/IP ● Serial ● Multi-threading

Technical Lead • IBM – Northern Indiana Public Service Company • Chicago, IL

12/1992 – 3/1994

C ● IBM C/Set/2 ● OS/2 2.x ● DB/2 ● CICS ● LU6.2 ● Microfocus Cobol

Senior Software Engineer • Dynamic Media • Atlanta, GA

6/1992 – 12/1992

C ● OS/2 2.x ● Presentation manager ● Multimedia: Audio, Video MPEG 1.0, ActionMedia/2 ● Multi-threading

Senior Software Engineer • IBM • Boca Raton, FL

7/1991 – 5/1992

C/Set2 ● OS/2 1.3 and 2.x ● Workframe/2 ● Multi-threading

Senior Software Engineer • Bellsouth Information Systems • Atlanta, GA

8/1990 – 7/1991

C: Microsoft C, VAX-C ● OS/2 1.3 ● VAX/VMS 5.4 ● Telephony ● IVR ● DECVoice ● ACD ● Meridian SL-1 ● ISDN ● Multi-threading

Systems Manager • New York State College of Ceramics • Alfred, NY

9/1987 – 7/1990

C ● Fortran ● Assembler ● Lex ● Yacc ● VAX/VMS 4.4 to 5.4 ● PDP RSX-11M ● UNIX BSD 4.3 ● Solaris ● Multi-threading

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