Objective

To serve as a Software Technology Architect/Technology Manager/Director who designs and builds advanced software solutions. I want to work for a company that is technology savvy, has a good vision and a great team environment.

Education

Experience

• I am responsible for all software development, strategy and architecture. This includes mobile software strategies to enable wireless business applications including design of our next generation wireless software. Responsible for design of next generation wireless middleware (OptiPath). This wireless middleware provides a layer of isolation between applications and specific wireless protocols. This middleware will pick the best network based on business rules. In addition to being responsible for development and the construction of the infrastructure necessary for the company to deploy Internet and Web Applications. The job also includes all hiring to build a team, managing assignments, and tracking progress as well as helping with any technical designs or issues that may arrive. Overall environment includes wireless software systems, server processing, mobile communications software, and internet based applications.
• Development Manager (design/architecture and some coding) for the release of the OptiTrac Product, a GIS/Tracking application, which utilized the Java Environment (1.2 and 1.3) using Java Applets, EJB's, and JMS. OptiTrac gives an office worker a GIS/Map interface for tracking and managing all of their Mobile Resources.
• Built and designed the OptiForm which is a wireless forms generation and processing system built using Java and XML technologies. OptiMessage product which provides for wireless Text Messaging, OptiEmail for wireless E-mail and OptiWeb to enable wireless Web Browsing.
• Designed our JMS based Wireless Gateway System which is responsible for all message based communications to/from all wireless devices. Allows server side programmer to encapsulate all their business logic in Message Driven Beans and provides for separation of the business logic from the wireless middleware system.
• Built Web infrastructure utilizing ColdFusion and Spectra for Web Content.
• Built Java Applets, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), JMS, and Servlet infrastructure utilizing WebLogic Application Server.

• Started public Web site in 1994. Built Extranet environment for Union Pacific Railroad and Web environment for 8 subsidiaries of the Union Pacific Corporation.
• Responsible for setting standards and guidelines for WebSite by leading cross functional WebSite Steering Team.
• Built the Web Technology Group to manage the Web environment, guidelines, standards, and select/evaluate Web development tools.
• Ported DOS/Windows dial-up software for customers to the Web.
• Built first interactive Web application using Java Servlets to IBM Mainframe. Designed GUI interface and infrastructure necessary to get data from IBM mainframe.
• Built re-usable Java class libraries to make it easier for developers to build Java Web applications. This provides a base set of objects that Servlet developers start with. Integrated a Metrics Gathering System which allows monitoring of all applications and their internal performance (built using Java RMI).
• Lead effort to convert Web applications to Tuxedo messaging.
• Developed applications using Java, ColdFusion, Tuxedo and some Perl.

• Lead education effort of Web Technology Group to ensure that senior management and other departments were appraised of technology available to them and our customers.

• Worked on business reengineering project to accelerate mortgage application process from 60 days to 4 days.
• Researched Workflow automation systems for use across several projects.
• Helped design a data archiving system using C and Informix.

• Worked on Passenger Revenue Accounting system.
• Build reusable application logging system, password synchronization process, and checkpoint/restart structures.
• Supported and built imaging/OCR system for scanning airline tickets which were then processed through the Passenger Revenue Accounting system. Used FileNet imaging system with Sun Microsystems servers.

• OS 1100 systems development for MCB (Message Control Bank) which is the internal message architecture of the Operating System. Served as 2^nd level product support. Helped develop first UNIX based software to allow remotely loading Communication servers (CMS).
• Responsible for on-site support at BellCore (Bell Labs before the break-up) of the MCB (Message Control Bank).
• Worked on COBOL conversion project to move systems from one database product to another database product.

Technology

J2EE, HTTP (WebSite Pro, Apache and IIS), HTML, Java, CGI, ColdFusion, SourceForge, Eclipse, JBuilder, C Language, Perl, Assembler, COBOL, Multi-tiered Architectures, Messaging using Tuxedo, UNIX – sockets, named pipes, shared memory.

Operating Systems

Sun Microsystems, Windows NT, AIX, HP-UX, AT&T System V, and OS-1100.

Education

Beyond my Masters degree I have had training in C++, Rational Rose modeling tools (UML), and various quality programs.