Engineer Manager

Robert G. Testa HP: 724-***-****

*** ******** **** ****: 724-***-****

Aliquippa, Pa. 15001 ********@*****.***

OVERVIEW:

I am a United State Air Force Veteran with over 20 years of IT experience. I have obtained 117 hours of college education towards obtaining my BS in Computer Science. My primary roles have been Senior developer, Software Architect, and in various hands on Development Manager/Director roles. I am highly skilled in the following technologies: Net, ASP.NET C#, VB .Net, MVC, Entity Framework, LINQ. I have predominately utilized Telerik with 3rd party controls over the entire Telerik Dev Craft suite of products. I have developed databases, stored procedures, triggers, jobs, and data schemas for MS SQL Server Oracle, and MySQL.

I am knowledgeable with design patterns and have worked and led teams in various SDLC environments. I am especially skilled with the AGILE methodology and have performed the role of SCRUM Master in numerous projects. I have also functioned as project manager and Business Requirements gathering and documentation. I am well versed with UML.

My career includes C++, JAVA, and even COBOL. I have experience with IBM WebSphere, Oracle Application Server, IIS, IBM MQ-Series and BEA WebLogic.

I have worked primarily in the Healthcare, Dod, and Financial industry market segments.

My oral and written communication skills have been lauded at all my positions and I pride myself in my ability to relate to internal and external customers and complete projects on time, with high quality, under budget.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lucas Systems Oct/2017 - June/2018

Manager Support Services Group

Managed 6 on site .Net developers/Support Engineers, Net developers/Support Engineers

My primary role is to manage day to day tasking of the Software Services Team in regards to prioritization and of Customer Issues and Enhancement requests and Mentoring of the development staff. The SSE engineers are all level 3 support staff. I have written policies and procedures for: SSE Cyber Security, Database management, Configuration Management, Release Management as well as Lucas best practices for .Net development. I participate in all deployment requests as an approver. I instituted an Agile Methodology Frame work for the SSE Lucas staff and am the SCRUM Master for the daily stand ups. I have evaluated tool sets to optimize the SSE group processes and implemented SPLUNK for Database management reporting.

Mortgage Connect Feb/2016 - Sep/2017

Manager Application Development /Architect

Managed 5 on site .Net developers, 6 off shore developers, 4 QA engineers, 2 Business Analysts.

Managed and developed 10 + projects modernizing the proprietary business application suite. This consisted of a ground up redesign of the Vendor and customer portals and various modules of the Enterprise application. Modules were Title Rate Calculator, Loan Closing scheduling and document deliver module, and Vendor management. All projects were developed in C# utilizing Entity Framework, WCF for HTTP services, Database(MSSQL) Stored Procedures, SSRS reports. Instituted logging framework utilizing Log4Net. Adhered to industry standard OOP principals and patterns. This was a hands on role where I designed and developed with the various teams as well as acting as liaison to the business leaders and users. Participated closely with C level executives for reporting and functional requirements gathering.

Westinghouse Dec 2013 - Feb/2016

Senior Engineer/Architect

Functions as development lead for multifunctional development teams. Design and develop various applications to support international work sites. All projects utilize Agile SDLC methodology. Architected and developed enterprise wide SOA to add real time capabilities to 12 enterprise applications. Developed Coding standards, IT Policy and Procedures.

Millennium Pharmacy Systems (MPS)

Manager/Senior Engineer/Architect - Oct 2011- Dec 2013

Designed, developed, and lead the ncpdp d.0 billing conversion project for MPS. Project completed 2 weeks early well under budget. Interfaced with various national payers for standard conformance and payer specific certification. Currently upgrading MPS ADT integration platform. Designed HL7 integration SOA platform to dynamically map submitted HL7 transactions to MPS business objects. Technologies utilized include: C#, .Net framework 4.0, MIRTH, MS Sql Server 2010. Service components developed utilizing SOAP based web services. Project is on time and under budget with phase 1 complete and 60 Long Term Care facilities currently in production on the platform. Integrated with various EMR vendors.

West Penn Allegheny Health System

Development Manager, Innovations Mar 2010 - Oct 2011

Managed 7 developers. Designed and developed Health System HL7 Integration platform project MIX. The MIX application is a loosely coupled Service Oriented Architecture topography that provided Electronic Medical Record (EMR) 3rd applications the ability to integrate Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and electronic order results to the various service locations within the Health system as well as integrating with 3rd party laboratory services platforms, specifically Quest and LabCorp. Integrated AllScripts EMR via ConnetR and Meditech laboratory module. All Service objects developed in C#, .Net Framework 4.0. Integrated components with Legacy MediTech, AllScripts Enterprise, CareStream and IBM Initiate EMPID applications.

National Reality Information Services.

Director Enterprise Software Group 2004 – Mar 2010

NREIS provides all mortgage related services to 2000 varied financial institutes and mortgage brokers. Responsibilities are to Design, Develop and Implement ASP.Net/Smart Client Application enterprise solutions. I manage a staff of 18 .Net Developers, 6 QA engineers, 2 Project Managers, 3 Business Analyst, 3 Database Administrators, and 1 Technical Writer. The solution encompasses a workflow engine, document storage and retrieval, B2B integrations via Web Services. Designed the enterprise SOA topography utilizing Web Services and WCF. Developed entirely in C# utilizing MS SQL Server 2000/2005 as DBs. I adhere to OPP best practices and have implemented common patterns and follow the MSF SDLC. I am responsible for evaluation of 3rd party tools for application integration. I utilize MS Project, Visual Studio .Net 2003/2005, .Net frame works 1 – 3, MS Source Safe, and MS Enterprise Manager in architectural design and requirements phases of the SDLC. Successfully implemented the following applications:

1.E-Commerce integration portal: The portal manages the entire product offering with the associated workflow rules and B2B electronic messaging. The portal averages between 40,000 and 60,00 transactions/day while servicing 21 separate B2B integrators.

2.Enterprise Framework: The SOA components of the Enterprise system that is comprised of 31 SOA objects. The objects are implemented as Web Services, Windows services, and WCF services hosted within IIS, XP Server 2003, and the HTTP/HTTPS protocol stack of the Windows Communication Foundation.

3.Customer Web Portal: This web application, implemented in ASP.Net 2.0 is the public facing application of NREIS. Enables order placement, order revision, order status tracking and customer reporting. Utilized Master Template architecture to implement customer views and branding based on customer specific views. The Web Portal is implemented on 2 load balanced Windows Sever 2000 machines and has operated with 99.8% uptime.

4.Vendor Web Portal: This web application, implemented in ASP.Net 2.0, enables NREIS vendors to receive, track, and complete work orders in an entirely electronic manner. Vendors have the ability to update all vendor specific data, i.e., name, address, TIN information. The vendors can view vendor invoicing and work break down reports.

5.Currently developing the Enterprise Mortgage System (EMS) that is the main workflow application for the enterprise that will support the current 1,400 plus employees, both on and off site. EMS is a Smart Client application that plugs directly into the SOA Bus and enables the NREIS Associates to complete all product requests in a secure manner. EMS interacts in real time with all SOA components and other EMS instances via messaging on a Publish/Subscribe based messaging system.

Tygart Technology, Fairmont West Virginia

Technical Director 2002-2004

Full time employee of Tygart Technology, responsible for all phases of a commercial, web based interactive training application. Directly supervised four (4) Java programmers, and one (1) Graphic designer. Responsible for user requirements definition, program management, design, development, and implementation of the application. JAVA 1.3 Applet application via signed applet, utilizing JBuilder, XML, Rational, MSQL, and Click to Learn Learning management system. Managerial skills include SBIR proposal creation and monthly client status reports. Personally developed numerous business object and a diagnostic rules engine utilizing Borland Jbuilder as an IDE.

Technical Director for West Virgina One Stop project. One Stop enables business owners to register their business on line with multiple WV government agencies applying for a DBA, Sales Tax permit, Alcohol Beverage Permit, and Workman’s Compensation. . Responsible for user requirements definition, program management, design, development, and implementation of the application. . The application is hosted on MS 2000 server via IIS with .net. Application coded in C#, ASP.Net Using Visual Studio .Net. Browser support for IE 5.0 and above. The deployed database is MS SQL Server 2000 and is accessed via ADO within the .Net framework.

Project documentation for UML Data Flow diagrams, ER Diagrams, Use Cases developed with MS Visio.

Consultant to FiServ 2001-2002

Consultant as Senior application engineer for the InformEnt Solution application. Responsible for Design, Development, and implementation of a web based GUI for CRM application. The application enabled end users, financial institution customer service representatives the ability to query the enterprise database and select customer products via a GUI interface without knowledge of SQL. The interface implemented a tree menu structure for data element selection and the ability to drag and drop desired data elements. The user selection criteria, the where portion of the query, was availed via drop down selection boxes. Project completed on time and under budget.

Consultant to Billing Zone 2001

Senior Java developer for a B2B EIAPP project. Responsible for evaluating, selecting, and integrating Java based web report generation tool. Design, develop and deploy Web Based reporting. Developing application to J2EE standards with JDK 1.3. Utilized EJB, Servlet and standard Class portions of J2EE. Integrating E-Reports report engine with browser interface, mining data via JDBC utilizing SQL for an

Oracle 8I database. Design utilizing Rational Rose 6.0 following UML guidelines.

Pittsburgh, PA 2000-2001

Principal Consultant

Keane

Consultant as Senior application engineer to Gordon Food Service, Grand Rapids, MI. Designed e-commerce B2B invoice payment system utilizing Solaris, WebLogic as Web server platform and IBM MQ, with clustering, for mining of legacy data. Data messaging in XML format, W3C SAX parser utilized for population of data objects. Engineered all technical aspects of application utilizing Rational Rose and applied the Ration Unified Process (RUP) as the System development cycle. Developed class, object, and E/R diagrams. Defined and developed unit and regression test plans. Two-month engagement. Managed technical team of 4 Java coders.

Consultant to Federal Express, 4-month engagement. Designed and developed middleware application, Solaris platform, to accept and transmit BellSouth RIM pager messages from server to end delivery personnel two communication. Integration of data with RPG based legacy application on AS400 utilizing IBM MQ Series. Utilized Java 2EE, servlets, IBM MQ Series.

Consultant to WESCO, 3-month engagement. Reverse engineered a WESCO proprietary B2B application for the purpose of application enhancement and technical documentation. Produced 107-page technical specification document for use by all WESCO and contract programmers. Technology implemented: Visual Basic, COM, MS Transaction Server, IIS, Palm Web Clipping, PQA Builder.

Lenders Service Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 2000-2000

Senior Web Developer

Architected E-Commerce B2B mortgage product solution. Implemented with BEA WebLogic, Java2EE, EJB’s, servelets, JSPs, and Oracle 8I. Lead project team of 8 coders, 1 DBA. Responsible for overall project, development of application Schema, all documentation and test criteria, in accordance with CMM level 2 standards.

Project Technical lead and architect for re-engineering of an Automated Property Valuation System B2B and B2C application. Utilized: Oracle Application Server 4.08, Java2EE, EJB’s, servelets, JSPs, and Oracle 8I.

Functioned as in house technology review team engineer. Implemented and evaluated numerous 3rd party applications to include, Active Software, IBM Web Sphere, Visual Age, Rational Rose.

IntelliDyne, LLC, Falls Church, VA 1999-2000

Senior Systems Engineer

Cradle to Grave development of interactive, Web based Resource Tracking Program. Database design, development of ER diagrams, Data Dictionary, coding with Visual Basic 6.0, VB Script, Java Script, Java 2.0 with Swing components, Active Server Pages, testing and implementation.

Project Technical lead for the implementation of new integrated 5 metro-area WAN, LAN, Wireless, Systems, and E-Commerce solution for the world’s 3rd largest auction services company. E-Commerce and inventory control system coded with Visual Basic 6.0, VB Script, J Script and utilizing ASP’s via Windows NT Server 4.0 and IIS.

Cradle to Grave development of interactive, Web based Resource Tracking Program. Database design, development of ER diagrams, Data Dictionary, coding with Visual Basic 6.0,VB Script, Java Script, Active Server Pages, testing and implementation.

Project Technical lead for installation of 400 personal computers at 375th Medical Hospital, Scott AFB., Analysis of LAN requirements, installation procedures to include personnel training and configuration of GHOST master images.

Project Technical lead for installation of 2805 personal computers at 11 Air Education and Training Command Hospitals around the U.S.

Responsible for management of 60 technicians, analysis of LAN requirements, installation procedures to include personnel training and configuration of GHOST master images.

Project Technical lead and Coder for the design and development of a new Java-based, secure, interactive video-teleconferencing s/w solution. Developed system requirements and coded entirely in Java, utilizing J++, Java Media Kit, Windows API calls.

Led 4 R&D prototyping efforts for new integrated LAN/WAN, h/w, s/w, peripherals, VTC, and Wireless solutions for the Air Combat Command, DoD/HA, and DoD Advanced Technology Integration Center

Developed and Administered Corporate Systems Engineering Development Program which graduated 2 Senior Systems Engineers and 4 Junior Systems Engineers in 8 months

BTG, Inc., Fairfax, VA 1997–1999

Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer and Project Leader for the development of a new medical outpatient tracking and analysis system using Visual Basic 5.0, SQL, Java, ASPs, and Business Objects. Employed MS COM and DCOM standards. Database design, development of ER diagrams, Data Dictionary, coded with Visual Basic 5.0, testing and implementation.

Re-engineered $3 Million dollar DoD Global Video Teleconferencing Solution. Designed a hybrid multipoint communication infrastructure utilizing ISD and ATM protocols. Configured 32 Tandberg Codecs and integrated 17 Picturetell codecs to adhere to H.323 and T.120 IEEE standards. Developed Web based scheduling and VTC call system using Visual Basic 5.0,VB Script, J Script, and Active Server Pages.

Developed web-based health care software for the DOD Medical community. Out Patient Tracking, Appointment, and metric system. Database design, development of ER diagrams, Data Dictionary, coding with Visual Basic 5.0, VB Script, Java Script, testing and implementation. NT 4.0 Server Platform, IIS 4.0 with option pack 4. ASP development.

Designed, developed, configured, and installed new Teleradiology Systems and s/w for the Veterans Administration

United States Air Force Lackland, AFB 1977–1997

Superintendent Information Systems (Last USAF Position)

Designed, developed, and implemented software to support remote out patient health care delivery and business performance metrics analysis. Web based solution utilizing IIS 4.0 and Active Server Pages.

Designed, developed, and implemented Regional reporting system utilizing Business Objects, Visual Basic, CGI, PERL and Sybase.

Developed Database Schema and established Business Object Universes customized for 19 Air Force Sites to enable remote reporting and data analysis for CHAMPUS Database.

Integrated Business Objects reporting capability with legacy Visual Basic client soft ware via ODBC and VBA.

Developed and Implemented training courses and course s/w for system administrators throughout DoD Tricare Region VI

Developed CBT for Continuing Medical Readiness Training used by over 20,000 students.

Developed, implemented, and administered regional Web site to include C-2 level security.

Designed and Developed medical reporting solutions using Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Visual Basic and other tools

System Administrator for Sun, DEC, HP, Compaq, Data General, and other system platforms

WAN/LAN administrator for Tricare Region VI

Processed Air Force sensitive medical expense data.

Maintained legacy COBOL systems.

EDUCATION:

110 Credit hours Park College St. Louis, Mo.

B.S., Computer Science.

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