Michael R. Kost, PMP
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ORACLE ADF DEVELOPER / / SCRUM MASTER
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Profile
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Skilled in roles as an ADF Developer, a Scrum Master, and a
Project Manager for both large and small organizations; looking
to continue work as an Oracle ADF developer.
* Proficient in developing ADF Business Components and ADF Rich Client Faces
* ADF/JDeveloper/ 3 years || Java / 5 years || Oracle DB development and administration / 15+ years
* Technical Project Management / 15+ years
Technical Areas of Expertise
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* Oracle ADF 11R2 * Java Server Faces 2.0 * Java EE 6 / XML * JDeveloper 11R2 * Oracle 10g, 11g
* PL/SQL * Toad * Groovy / Expression Language * Logical/Physical database design * Unix / Linux
Core Management Capabilities
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* Software Delivery Process Management * PMBOK - Project Management * Project Plan Development
* Deliverables, timelines, expectations * Agile / Scrum –Development * Medical & Pharmaceutical Claims
* Advanced data analysis skills * Offshore Resource Management * Sarbanes-Oxley IT Compliance
* IT Governance * Big 4 Consulting * Excellent Communication Skills
Professional Experience
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The MRK Group, Inc – Professional Services - 6/2004 – Present
DairyLand Power Cooperative - LaCross WI. | 10/2011– Present | Oracle ADF Developer / Telecommute
– Technology: ADF 11.2, Java EE 6, JDeveloper 11R2g, Oracle 11g, Web Logic
– Industry Sector: Power Generation and Delivery
* Development of a Material List / Estimating Process embedded in the companies Project Management Application
* Developed Task Flows Page Navigation with embedded regions and parameter passing to coordinate Bindings.
* Developed SQL Queries, Database Tables, Foreign Keys, Sequences, and Triggers
* Page Templates, Master-Detail Forms, Parameterized Where Clauses
* Manipulation of Data Controls, Application Module, Bindings, Client Interface , and associated Java Classes
* RowIterator & RowSet manipulation including use of JUCtrlHierBinding
mrk enterprise – Lititz PA | 2/2009 –Present | Oracle ADF Developer / Telecommute
– Technology: Java EE 6, JDeveloper 11R2, Oracle 11g, Oracle Business Components
– Industry Sector: Stock Market - Technical Analysis
* Architect and software developer of a Stock Trending Web application built on ADF Faces
* Constructed the Business Domains (Entity Objects), the Data Models (View Objects),
and Custom Data Services to extract and analyze daily stock transactions from the Oracle Database.
* Use of Java to access the Data Models – View Object Generated Java Code – ViewObject Impl / ViewRowImpl / etc
* Override of Base classes (commit, execute, etc) to effect behavior
* View criteria, auto-suggest behavior, and search bind variables, LOV
* Use of Groovy for Bind Variables, DBSequences, Attribute Default Values
PHH Mortgage - Mt. Laurel NJ | 12/2010 – 10/2011 | Oracle ADF Developer / Scrum Master
– Technology: Java EE 6, JDeveloper 11g, Oracle 11g, Web Logic, Oracle Business Components
– Industry Sector: Mortgages
* Application developer for a Mortgage Application.
* Integrated ADF with current login capability
* Added PL/SQL packages
* Tuned Application Modules to improve performance / passivation
* Setup Metadata services
* Coordinated activities with offshore resources
* Web Logic Administration
Barclays – Wilmington Del –US Credit Card Division | 3/2010 – 12/2010 | Project Manager / Contractor
– Technology: Java, Web Services, XML, TSYS
– Industry Sector: Online Credit Card Application and Instance Credit
* Project Management of Online Credit Card Applications and Instant Credit in the Partner online purchase path
* Data Feeds and report integration with credit card transaction management systems at TSYS
* Development of company wide Data Marts
Healthcare Data Management, Wayne PA | 2004 – 2007 | Director of Technology
– Technology: MS SQL Server 2000 (Development / DBA) / DTS / Windows Server 2003 / VB - ASP
– Industry Sector: Medical and Pharmacy Insurance Claims
* Responsible for developing and managing client’s audit processes and timelines
from contract definition, to claims analysis, to presenting audit results including the
coordination of data feeds, data analysis and mapping, QA, testing, and automatically
generating client’s final deliverable, a “Summary of Findings”, in the form of a Microsoft Word
documents with detailed audit results, summaries, and next steps to reconcile audit findings.
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Smarter Agent – VP Technology / 12/2007 – 1/2009 ( Mobile Phone Applications
– Technology: Oracle 10g (SQL Development / DBA, Spatial), Linux, Java, JBOSS / Mobile Phones
– Industry Sector: Real Estate, Mobile Phone Applications
Hands-on manager responsible for client delivery timelines from contract to “Go-Live” on mobile phone devices and Web;
* Day-to-day management of developers and operation of a 3-Tiered mobile application as well as offshore resources
* Responsible for the successful 7/24 management and operation of 50 unique data feeds to a live Web site & mobile app
* Improved the ETL process by introducing a means to quickly map data features using Natural Language Processing
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Cabrini College – Associate Professor - Information Science & Technology / 2003 – 2005
* Drexel University & Montgomery County Community College - Adjunct Professor ( 2003- 2004
* Courses included: Knowledge Based Systems, Decision Support Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Database Systems
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CDI Innovantage – National Practice Lead / 2001 – 2002
– Technology: ERP, CRM, Call Centers, Web and Data Warehouse
– Industry Sector: Consulting, Manufacturing, Government, Pharmaceutical
Responsible for identifying and resolving client’s technical requirements then providing the technical solutions
and management oversight including; project initiation, definition, scope, budget, resource planning, execution,
control, and closing.
* Presented technical designs, scheduled progress reports, and strategy to client’s C Level executives
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4anything.com - Director of eCommerce Development / 2000 - 2001
– Technology: MS SQL Server 2000 (Development / DBA) / DTS / Windows Server 2003 / VB - ASP
– Industry Sector: ecommerce
Responsible for the architecture, development, and operation of seven eCommerce sites, an LDAP integration project,
and a large Oracle data warehouse implementation.
* Responsible for developing budgets, project scope definitions, activity sequencing and duration estimates,
project schedule, organizational and staffing plan, staff acquisition, communication, risk management and control,
team development, quality plan and quality assurance, cost control, and schedule control.
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Deloitte and Touché - Manager / 1996 - 2000
– Technology: UNIX, Oracle, PeopleSoft
– Industry Sector: Big 4 Consulting, Cable, Retail, Government.
* Presented technical designs, scheduled progress reports, and strategy to client’s C Level executives
* Data Warehouse and Corporate Portal – Managed the operation of a large cable company’s SAS data warehouse
this data warehouse aggregated the rollup of subsidiary companies profit and loss statements. SAS, Oracle
* Large Oracle Development Project – Redesign and implementation of the NJDOL tax form process.
Responsible for Oracle technical architecture and the database’s logical and physical design.
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Boeing Corporation / 1991 – 1996
– Technology: Oracle 7, 8, 9 (PL/SQL / DBA) / AI Technologies (C/C++, LISP, Smalltalk, NLP, Neural Nets)
– Industry Sector: DOD
* Oracle Database Developer and Administrator
* Artificial Intelligence Specialist
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Education
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Business Foundation Classes – Temple University
Post Graduate studies towards Ph.D. Cognitive Science – Brown University
MS, Computer Science – Lehigh University
BS, Computer Science – East Stroudsburg University
Certifications
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Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified through the Project Management Institute (PMI) - 10/2009
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Penn State Great Valley, School of Graduate Professional Studies
My ADF Blog
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Sleepy Cat Blog – Created October, 2011
http://mrk-group.blogspot.com/
Resume of Michael Kost, PMP