Shawn Blades ady6e1@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Infosys

Technical Lead Aug 2017 – Present

! Worked on five contracts in the banking and investment domains and was called back to work on second position in different area of same company.

! Worked in a Project Management role in which I was the liaison for the offshore/onshore teams

! Used Agile Scrum methodology to increase capacity of offshore team

! Coordinated offshore assignments insuring on time delivery and proper utilization of resources

! Cleared any road blocks encountered by the offshore team

! Analyzed and estimated all work assigned to the offshore team

! Responsible for improvement of Agile Scrum methodologies

! Minimized issues between offshore/onshore teams due to time zone problem

! Worked on many different technologies including supporting and developing including taking the lead on Covid return to work using Java JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, Archibus and Oracle. hhgregg

Application Developer Mar 2015 – June 2017

! Part of a four person team including Manager, Technical Architect and two full stack developers

! Wrote Java(J2EE), CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, JSTL, JSP, HTML and Web Services to meet requirements

! Wrote SQL(DB2) and SQL(Oracle) for data feeds, SOLR indexing and access from Java to the database using JDBC

! Wrote and consumed SOAP Web Services and called upon Rest Web Services

! Wrote UNIX bash scripts and configured QuickBuild to automate manual processes

! Part of an on call 24/7 application incident management team

! Learned complex code base in four months which was two months ahead of schedule

! Took a leadership role in E-commerce team's Agile transformation process

! Handled lower level environment code deployments using QuickBuild

! Part of problem management team for escalated issues from incident management, enhancement requests and defect management

! Instrumental in bringing new developers on board, assisted in the interview technical screens, assisted in hiring decisions, and peer reviewing code

! Trained and fielded new developer questions

MISO

System Analyst II - (Development Focused) Oct 2012 – Mar 2015

! Took technical ownership of and leadership role of a developing application that had many defects that needed an exceptional amount of Java and SQL data changes

! Wrote complex SQL(Oracle) code to both remedy support issues and create issues to track and leverage the existing SQL(Oracle) to automate the majority of manual changes using Spring MVC framework and Eclipse to write Java(J2EE), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, Hibernate, SOAP Web Services and JSP to meet specifications

! Prioritized issues, defects and projects based on both my availability and contractors availability

! Wrote detailed specifications based on requirements and assigned to both myself and the contractors assigned to my application

! Managed all aspects of my application through the entire SDLC

! Estimated the labor required for updates to my application.

! Took a leadership role in the companies successful transformation into an Agile environment

! Part of a 24/7 application incident management team supporting sixty applications

! Learned the software base in four months which was two months ahead of schedule

! Able to effectively and efficiently communicate with the business, the technical team and management to minimize issues from arising in the future as well as communicating with stakeholders to insure everyone gets the information that is audience specific

! Part of problem management team for escalated issues from incident management, enhancement requests and defect management

! Completed project that resolved over 140 defects and enhancements on time and under budget

! Preformed peer reviews for all coding on my application prior to implementation

! Executed automated test suite using SOAPUI to insure all functionality was still intact after implementation and added any necessary test cases to the test suite to address any new or changed functionality to my application

! Insured all documentation was updated for any changes made

! Instrumental in demonstrating to auditors that all regulatory requirements were met and addressed any concerns that arose from the audits if any

Quick Solutions - McGraw Hill Contract

Software Engineer Jul 2012 – Aug 2012

! Analyzed software base to familiarize self with system at a very fast pace and was developing and contributing to the project in three days

! Wrote PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery and SQL to meet requirements

! Wrote JUnit Cucumber tests to test all software written in an Agile environment

! Used Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer development tools and Eclipse IDE to develop and debug software

Robert Half - Commanco Contract

Software Engineer Jun 2012 – Nov 2012

! Created estimates for fixing defects and required enhancements as well as writing requirements

! Analyzed software base to familiarize self with system with no documentation or assistance as last developer was only developer and he was no longer with the company

! Wrote Java and SQL using NetBeans to meet requirements Titan Resources - IBM Contract

WebSphere Portal Support Aug 2011 – Dec 2011

! Provided support to IBM's business partners for WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application Server

! Advised Business Partners on creating Portal pages and issues with those Portal pages Issues included installation errors, migration errors, upgrade errors, how to, performance and coding errors

! Debugged system log files and Java(J2EE) application log files Self Employed

Freelance Web Developer Mar 2010 – Jun 2011

! Wrote freelance software in Java, HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript for clients

! Experience with both Windows and UNIX environments Nationwide Insurance

Senior Analyst Sep 2000 – Mar 2009

! Centralized application support, joined this team to provide expert level application support on systems previously coded and supported

! Responsible for root cause analysis work to reduce incidents on those systems. Trained to support all claims desktop computers and AS400

! Trained others on team to support the systems previously developed and supported

! Analyzed and fixed production defects as well as developed for teams previously worked on

! Responsible for 24/7 production support; including debugging logs, system errors, and server errors

! Supported all desktop software including estimating software, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office products and connectivity issues

Senior Software Developer

! Maintained software for all claims vendors using Java and C++ for all claims settling applications using tools such as WebSphere IDE when working on Java and with Visual C++ when working on C+

+ using both DB2 and IMS databases

! Analyzed new projects to determine time and coding requirements as well as developing specifications and design documents

! Wrote new software and debugged existing for all systems interfacing with Nationwide's vendors

! Administer code reviews and work with Junior Developers, QA, Manager and Workstation Deployment team to implement projects as well as deploying any changes needed to internal servers

! Senior Developer on a major project to rewrite the interface with IBM Content Manager 8 which was a C to C++ conversion

Computer Programmer

! Maintained software for all of the online COBOL in Back Office Systems using tools such as; Expeditor, IBM debug tool, IBM Fault Analyzer, File aid, File Manager, ChangeMan, TSO, VMB, QMF, CA7, Platinum, Micro focus and Abend aid

! Wrote and updated batch programs and JCL jobs as well as maintaining real time claims system

! Integral part in major merge project and helped map data, gather requirements and develop specifications

Skills

Languages: SQL, Java, J2EE, J2SE, JSP, JSTL, EJB, C++, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, CSS, XML, JSON, SOAP Webservices, UNIX bash scripting, COBOL Frameworks: Spring, Struts

Design Patterns: MVC, Singleton, Factory, DAO

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Squirrel SQL Client, DB2 Visualizer, Toad, Toad Data Modeler, SQL Developer, IMS, JDBC, Hibernate, RSA, ACCESS, MongoDB

IDE: WebSphere IDE, RAD, Eclipse, Visual C++, NetBeans, STS Servers: WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Content Management, WebLogic Application Server 9, 11 and 12, Apache, JBoss Application Server 6 Testing: Manual Unit Testing, JUnit, Cucumber, Test Director, Test Track Pro, SOAPUI, TeamQuest

Platforms: Windows XP, Vista, 7, UNIX, Linux, Unix, MAC, IBM WebSphere Ecommerce, Confluence, Jira

Source Control: CVS, SVN, Perforce, Git

Issue Management: Jira, Remedy

Other Skills:, XMLSpy, SSH, winSCP, Putty, Super Putty, DynaTrace, Akamai, JMeter, SOLR, Google Analytics, QuickBuild, Microsoft Project, leadership, teaching and mentoring Education

DeVry University

- B.S., Technical Management (CIS): 2014 graduated Cum laude Franklin University

- Computer Information Systems (CIS): 2004

Columbus State University

- Computer Programming: 2001

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