Software Engineer

James Beninga

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Meadow Vista, CA 95722 ***@*******.***

Software Engineering Professional

Results-driven software engineer offering extensive experience within both Fortune 500 and startup environments.

Able to incorporate user needs into cost-effective, secure and user-friendly solutions known for scalability and durability.

Innovator of next-generation solutions, systems and applications fueling major improvements to the bottom line.

Proven leader and project manager; drive system architecture decisions and lead projects from concept through the release process.

Technology Summary

Languages/Programming: Java, J2EE, C/C++, C#, HTML, XML, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Bash

Systems: Linux, Unix (AIX/Solaris/HP-UX), Windows Server 2012

Networking: TCP/IP, SFTP, FTP, HTTP/S

Databases: DB2, Oracle 8/7, Informix, MS Access, mysql, SQL Server

Professional Experience

YNOT ENTERPRISES, LLC – MEADOW VISTA, CA

Managing Director, 2011 to present

Consultancy focused on web application architecture, design and development, enterprise architecture, and software development methodologies. Accomplishments:

For a mid-sized manufacturing client. Provided an assessment and analysis of the Information Technology department. Presented findings and approach to executive management. Recommended short-term actions and long-term strategic direction. Implemented short-term actions and began working toward long-term direction. Implemented actions resulted in a 5 to 1 payback.

Designed, developed and turn over to clients the www.senseis.com website. Website featured a discussion board for the “Science of Happiness” course from UC Berkeley.

Designed, developed and turned over to clients the www.readyreplay.com web application. Site was built utilizing a MEAN stack. The site featured a horizontally scalable web application running on Heroku, accessing a MongoDB instance hosted on compose.io. Also stored video clips in Amazon S3 and served them via Amazon Cloudfront.

For a mid-sized manufacturing client. Functioned as an Agile Coach while the organization was moving from a waterfall organization to introduce iterative methods. Coached daily stand-ups, sprint retrospectives, sprint planning meetings. Introduced the organization to continuous integration and testing practices.

PROLIN – ROSEVILLE, CA

VP of Software Engineering, 2010 to 2011

Responsible for all aspects of running the company’s engineering organization. Led a team of software engineers in development of a server program for the ITSM market. Accomplishments:

Located & staffed development team to deliver product.

Led agile development team to deploy into production new product offering in six months.

Functioned as the Product Owner and Scrum master.

HEWLETT-PACKARD – Roseville, CA

Master Software Engineer, 1994-2000 & 2007-2010 Product Manager 2000-2003

Senior Software Engineer, 1988-1993 Project Manager, 2003-2007

Software Engineer, 1982-1988

Develop, maintain, and support application programs for operations and performance management markets. Working in C++/Java and related tools. Analyze code for system testing and debugging; create test transactions to find, isolate and rectify issues; Lead an architecture team to refactor the programs. Accomplishments:

Managed portfolio level research agenda with HP Labs and transitioned market leading discovery and agent technology from research prototype to product capability.

Led, architected, and participated in the design, testing, and deployment of client/server, multitier/multithreaded applications.

Developed new procedures for requirements gathering, needs analysis, testing, scripting and documentation to strengthen quality and functionality of business critical applications.

Developed large-scale, portable, thread-safe and ultra-high performance foundation and application infrastructure libraries.

Trained and mentored junior programmers in programming methodologies and best practices.

Education/Awards

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA – Iowa City, IA

MS in Computer Science

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY – Ames, IA

BS in Computer Science

Awards

HP Research Fellowship

HP Stock Option Grants

Available for Relocation

References upon request

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