General Profile

Highly self-motivated and goal-oriented professional committed to continuing a long-term career in web/database application development and web design.

Most recent position held as a Senior Software Engineer for over six years at Online Insight - providing ecommerce automation solutions for health insurance companies. A small organization attempting to penetrate new markets.

At Online Insight, my efforts where focused on database driven web applications, client/server relational database applications, and general website development. Conception, development and maintenance of core platform portals (Customer, Broker/Agent, Employer, Carrier, Underwriter). The last two years had been dedicated to the development and successful deployment to clients of a new Agent/Broker highly configurable commissions solution. The core task of the system was to administer payments and incentivizing sales.

Seven month’s contract experience as a Java Web Developer & Database Architect for Ambac Financial - large established organization providing financial guarantees and financial services to clients in both the public and private sectors world-wide. Member of Ambac's first web developer team dedicated to creating innovative web based client facing subscription based solutions.

Sixteen month’s experience in as a Programmer / Database Architect / DBA for ARTINFO.com - an online destination of Louise Blouin Media, a leading cultural media group.

Eight years of hands-on and diverse experience in Programming and full software life-cycle development with two UK based contract research companies servicing many Fortune 500 companies.

Computer Skills (Windows OS)

Java (v8) ● J2EE ● JSP ● JSF ● Servlets ● Spring 2/3/4 MVC framework (Webflow, Tiles, Freemarker, JSTL, EL) ● Struts 1.x & 2.x MVC framework (Tiles, JSTL, EL, JDBC) ● Hibernate ● Tomcat ● Jetty ● Database Architect / DBA (MySQL, SQL Server, Access, Paradox) ● JPA ● Hibernate ● SQL ● JPQL ● Query Optimization ● Flyway (DB schema versioning) ● Subversion SVN, Git ● Maven ● Jenkins ● HTML5 ● CSS ● Bootstrap ● Ajax ● JavaScript ● jQuery ● JSON ● Groovy ● iText ● Eclipse IDE ● Intellij-Idea IDE ● XML ● VBA (Access, Word, Excel) ● ObjectPAL (Corel Paradox) ● Photoshop ● Illustrator

Experience

Nov.2010 ~ Feb.2017

ONLINE INSIGHT [onlineinsight.com] ~ Atlanta

Senior Software Engineer

• Web app development utilizing Spring 2/3/4, WebFlow, RESTful services, Hibernate, JPA.

• Implemented extensive asynchronous functionality for highly interactive sites – front-end development utilizing JSP’s, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery.

• HTML5 & manual CSS creation.

• Built complex relational application schema, implemented backend business logic.

• Unobtrusive logging of client business processes utilizing AOP.

• Dynamic pdf report generation utilizing Groovy.

• Database administration and versioning. [cont

• VCS with SVN and later improved with Git for coordinating dev team.

• Troubleshoot live data issues for clients.

Projects:

• Conception and full development of Agent portal, Carrier portal, Underwriter portal.

• Development and maintenance of Consumer portal.

• Sole developer on highly configurable module for broker commissions.

• On-going development and maintenance of core Empower Health Platform.

Mar.2010 ~ Sept.2010

AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP ~ Financial District, NYC

Java Web Developer & Database Architect (contractor pos.)

• Web app development utilizing Struts 2.2

• Development of Java classes and JSP’s.

• Built complex relational financial application schema, implemented all backend business logic.

• Design, development, maintenance, and administration of multi-user relational database.

• Implemented extensive asynchronous functionality for highly interactive site.

• Robust relational database table design & data structures.

• Database optimization / performance tuning. User level security.

• Extensive SQL code for data retrieval (Stored Procedures, Views, Triggers).

• Managed team of front-end developers.

Projects:

• Built highly successful municipal finance web application; Diver by Lumesis [lumesis.com]

July.2008 ~ Mar.2010

LOUISE BLOUIN MEDIA [artinfo.com] ~ NYC

Programmer, Database Architect / DBA

• Design, developed, maintained, and administrated of multi-user relational database desktop applications accessed by home workers via VPN.

• Re-write legacy database systems. Extensive data normalization for database system migrations brought in-house from out-sourced vendors.

• Web app development utilizing Struts 2.x and JSF frameworks.

• Development of Java classes and JSP’s.

• Semantic tagging.

• Managed team of beta testers.

Projects:

• Critical re-design of legacy database managing global publications for art gallery exhibitions.

• Migration of core company data from SQL Server (failing server) to MySQL.

• Staged re-build for the companies’ key global art sales database; Initial stage to create temporary frontend to allow access for new data-entry personnel. Subsequent stage a full schema re-working, migration, and full desktop app.

• Subscription based client access (Servlets, JSP’s) to art sales data via artinfo.com

May.1998 ~ Dec.2006

SAFEPHARM LABORATORIES, INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY SERVICES ~ Derbyshire, UK

Senior Analyst / Programmer

• Lead Database & Web Developer – sourced/implemented project development tools & technologies.

• Design, developed, maintained, and administrated of multi-user relational database applications for laboratories, multi-departmental, and multi-system environment.

• Re-write legacy database systems. Extensive data normalization for system migrations.

• Robust relational database table design & data structures.

• Database optimization / performance tuning. User level security.

• Extensive SQL code for data retrieval (Stored Procedures, Views, Triggers).

• Design & development of multiple large MS Access / VBA front-end applications accessing MySQL back-end.

• Write and automate reports in reporting services against MySQL database.

• Created, managed, and promoted company and sister company websites, including development and maintenance of secure site intranet.

• Web application development utilizing Struts 1.3 MVC framework. Development of Java classes, Servlets and JSP’s. Server-side / client-side Form validation. Extensive use of Tiles templates for efficient page creation.

• Raw XHTML & manual CSS creation (table-less design).

• On-going Search Engine optimization.

• Adherence to Web Standards & GUI best practices.

• Web application database data retrieval/updating/reporting. User level security.

• Designed graphics & photography for web / marketing / advertising.

• Software / hardware support and troubleshooting.

• Liaison with directors and all levels of management.

Certifications

• Sun Certified Programmer, JAVA 2 Platform 1.4

• City & Guilds 424, Advanced Applications Programming in C

• National Vocational Qualification in Using Information Technology Level 2

Education

• COMPUTEACH INTERNATIONAL Ltd - City & Guilds 424 in Advanced Applications Programming

• SIGHT & SOUND Ltd - Information Technology NVQ

• BOURNVILLE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN

• ST. PHILLIP’S 6TH FORM COLLEGE

References

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