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Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Palo Alto, California, Us

As a Senior Solutions Architect I work directly with customers (both Pre and Post Sales) and users to help them understand how they can use Hazelcast to achieve better performance and reliability. In addition to supporting a Regional Sales Manager I am a Hazelcast advocate who loves to conduct training sessions, talking at conferences, being active in the community and consulting on distributed computing problems. Additionally, I contributed to Hazelcast Best Practices, AWS Deployment Guide, and dozens of Product enhancements. I design and recommend solutions, create performance analysis, and document best practices. Provide architecture for AI and mission-critical applications, such as real-time inventory, Payment Solutions, and fraud detection.Here are a few examples of how I have assisted customers:• Capital One Payments – Using my in-depth product knowledge provided technical expertise to help them achieve the lowest latency of all Hazelcast customers along with the largest dataset. Message Driven Architecture using Hazelcast as a Finite State Machine coupled with co-located processing in a very large-scale distributed compute. Deployed originally to bare metal on AWS followed by Helm Charts, and finally Kubernetes Operator. Champion of numerous product requirements that were later rolled into the General Availability.•Dow Chemical - Delivered a full stack reactive solution for vehicle telemetry. Employing realtime data analytics with machine learning to facilitate use cases such as: Driver rating and ranking, vehicle wear rating, dangerous behaviors, and cost savings •AT&T Common Cache – Evangelized Hazelcast products and services from my previous work at AT&T. Help architect the largest Hazelcast cluster. This is an L2 Cache fronting Cassandra. Hundreds of deployments using OpenStack.• SoftComputer Lab ISS – Lead the architecture which enabled an 8000% improvement in performance by using Hazelcast IMDG for all the lab data versus the use of Oracle.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

I work as part of a cross-functional software team, delivering new and innovative platforms, products, and/or product functions for schools, districts, and states across the country.I work with technology leadership and product management to define the systems architecture for products that align to strategic business goals as well as technology principles and practices.I work with application architects in agile feature teams to build consensus around overall system architecture and provide implementation guidance as needed.I also contribute to continuous improvement of software development best practices in the areas of coding tools, languages and APIs, as well as software design and development processes.Assisting in interviewing, hiring, and retaining the best software development talent.I migrated the core curriculum solution from a monolithic GRAILS application to a series of micro services based on DropWizard, Swagger, and Angular. I introduced Hazelcast as the In Memory Data Grid replacing both ElastiCache/MemCache and Kafka/Eventing. I also performed numerous proof of concepts along with capacity planning testing to vet out various architectural strategies and production runtime tuning. I also introduced Google's PageSpeed which lead to drastic reductions in page load times. Ultimately leading to the use of Docker with Elastic Beanstalk and DynamoDB.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Facilitate planning and functional design sessions to support requirements and business solutions. Utilizing Apache Camel, OSGi, and Groovy to provide dynamic scalable solutions.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Invented Nimbus. http://cloud.nimbus.att.netChange the world by leading the architecture and technology standards for AT&T's Service Delivery Platform for delivering 1st and 3rd party applications to Web, IMS, and Mobility.Designed and implemented an elastic cloud solution for EIP. Mastered the following technologies: • Open Stack & Eucalyptus • Hazelcast • Apace Camel • Grails • Groovy • Riak • RabbitMQ • STOMP • Swagger

Duluth, Ga, Us

Working to achieve system performance in a way that reduces risk and improves cost-effectiveness and time-to-market for performance-critical systems (specifically Time Warner Head End). Utilizing a holistic and quantitative approach to performance, without compromising on other system qualities like flexibility, maintainability, reliability, and usability.

Irving, Texas, Us

Introduced GRAILS by implementing MyActions.McKesson.com. Portal for performing workflow automation (approve PTO, purchase requisitions, new hires, etc) and workflow notification.Weblogic 10.3 clustered solution.

I implemented software development best practices, mentored the staff, and introduced the following:Continuous Integration Server - build, test, labeling, and deployment automationWebLogic 10.3 (Clustering, Hot Deployments, and Best Practices)Grails, Groovy, Spring, Hibernate, and QuartzAjax, YUI, DWR, and Prototype (Initially prototyped using GWT)Wiki - Knowledgebase, Development, Support, Enhancements I worked directly with the project champion about the idea of new workflow automation tool that would significantly reduce the time for managers to perform daily operations such as approving Paid Time Off, Ordering new Hardware, Software, and Services. Furthermore, it would be a centralized location for all employees unified messaging. Not only did I design, architect, and implement the entire project I trained both the development and support staff on Grails, Spring, Hibernate, WebLogic 10.3 Clustering, hot deployment, and created a Wiki for centralized information. I participated in numerous roles, responsibilities, and projects while keeping the project on plan. The application is currently deployed to all employees (~50,000).

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

Introduced SCRUM and continuous integration which improved their software development process and provided a higher level of quality. Mentored numerous critical staff members on BEA best practices. Introduces automated unit testing. Designed, implemented, and mentored support staff on a new Contracting tool. Improved profits by reducing time to market on new products and expediting the escalation process for Contract disputes

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

I worked with the project champion to design an automating tool to improve contract negotiations and contract renewals utilizing:Grails, Groovy, Spring, HibernateAjax, GWTWebLogic 10.3 Clustering.Net 3.5 Integration Introduced SCRUM and continuous integration which improved their software development process and provided a higher level of quality. Mentored numerous critical staff members on BEA best practices. Introduces automated unit testing. Designed, implemented, and mentored support staff on a new Contracting tool. Improved profits by reducing time to market on new products and expediting the escalation process for Contract disputes .

Santa Clara, California, Us

Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Designed and implemented a cluster based solution to discover up to three degrees of separation between two distinct entities using a vast array of heterogeneous data. Worked with third party vendors to implement deterministic rules for data extraction. Installed and configured a four node multi CPU cluster on 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Proved scalability for the experiment utilizing Tibco Service Oriented Architecture.Sisters of Mercy (Collection of ~60 hospitals), Lead and mentored the architecture team and set the enterprise standards for both internal and external communications. External communications utilized EDI and HIPAA transactions while the internal communications were more Service Oriented. Hired a team of 12 to design, develop, and deploy the solution. Utilized a Web 2.0 front end with GWT and BW. Implemented Business Partner Agreements and Service Oriented Architecture.

Trained, certified, and implemented with the following products:* Business Works* Business Connect (EDI, HIPAA, HL7)* Business Events* Enterprise Messaging Services* Rendezvous* Google Web ToolkitOffice of the Director of National Intelligence, Designed and implemented a cluster based solution to discover up to three degrees of separation between two distinct entities using a vast array of heterogeneous data. Worked with third party vendors to implement deterministic rules for data extraction. Installed and configured a four node multi CPU cluster on 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Proved scalability for the experiment utilizing Tibco Service Oriented Architecture.

Collection of ~60 hospitals), Lead and mentored the architecture team and set the enterprise standards for both internal and external communications. External communications utilized EDI and HIPAA transactions while the internal communications were more Service Oriented. Hired a team of 12 to design, develop, and deploy the solution. Utilized a Web 2.0 front end with GWT and BW. Implemented Business Partner Agreements and Service Oriented Architecture with such services as:* Enterprise logging and exception handling* Service Level Agreements (both internal & external)* Cost based service monitoring* Guaranteed throughput* WebMethods, SOA Integration, Oracle Fusion, and ESB* BPML for Trading Partner Workflow and HIPAA compliance

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NexTel, Integrated Application Environment. Created an architecture for the next generation of voice applications based upon industry best practices and standards to support• VoIP, Numerous TCP based protocols (X.25, HSSI, POTS, RTP, SIP, etc)• Push to talk with 3rd party applications• Voice Enablement • Federated policy• Multi-modal back to back user agents• SIP, SMS, MMS, WAP, etc• Integrated with Sand Cherry Voice Server• Integrated with Motorola PTT Gateway• Integrated with OpenWave MMSCVerizon, demonstrated pilot applications for a proposed VoIP call center. Define infrastructure architecture based upon industry best practices to support • VoIP, Numerous TCP based protocols (X.25, HSSI, POTS, RTP, SIP, etc)• Voice Enablement • Screen Pop & Portal integration (Using a variety of Web 2.0 technologies such as GWT)• Sip and VXML • Find me & follow me• Multi-modal back to back user agents• Integrated with Sand Cherry Voice ServerCingular, Defined a joint architecture with Lucent to enable a full message infrastructure based upon industry standards and best practices to support • ParlayX / Web Services (X.25, HSSI, POTS, RTP, SIP, etc)• SMS, MMS, WAP, MLP, etc• Integrated with Lucent ISG• Service Orchestration• OCS and BMS integration• WebMethods OMI Integration

NexTel, Integrated Application Environment. Created an architecture for the next generation of voice applications based upon industry best practices and standards to support* VoIP, Numerous TCP based protocols (X.25, HSSI, POTS, RTP, SIP, etc)* Push to talk with 3rd party applications* Voice Enablement * Federated policy* Multi-modal back to back user agents* SIP, SMS, MMS, WAP, etc* Integrated with Sand Cherry Voice Server* Integrated with Motorola PTT Gateway* Integrated with OpenWave MMSCVerizon, demonstrated pilot applications for a proposed VoIP call center. Define infrastructure architecture based upon industry best practices to support * VoIP, Numerous TCP based protocols (X.25, HSSI, POTS, RTP, SIP, etc)* Voice Enablement * Screen Pop & Portal integration (Using a variety of Web 2.0 technologies such as GWT)* Sip and VXML * Find me & follow me* Multi-modal back to back user agents* Integrated with Sand Cherry Voice ServerCingular, Defined a joint architecture with Lucent to enable a full message infrastructure based upon industry standards and best practices to support * ParlayX / Web Services (X.25, HSSI, POTS, RTP, SIP, etc)* SMS, MMS, WAP, MLP, etc* Integrated with Lucent ISG* Service Orchestration* OCS and BMS integration* WebMethods OMI Integration

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Focused on the highest visible B2B customers performing R&D, proof of concept, design, documented, communicated, hired teams for implementation, lead by example, enforced methodology and iterative staged releases in a timely manner. Additionally, I managed risk identification, risk mitigation strategies, technology migration, and mentored staff. In conclusion, I enforced architectural standards that not only enabled the disparate environments to interoperate but also provided near linear scalability (135k TPH), fault tolerant, and easy to maintain. The production environment is a WebLogic 8.1.3 cluster deployed to five series 9000 HP 11i servers using MQ Series, Service Guard, and EMC with zero points of failure in a HA environment. The entire J2EE solution utilizes a Service Oriented Architecture with Service Orchestration using BPEL and idempotent interfaces. As the chief architect I was instrumental in training each team and hands on in every aspect of the project.

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Focused on the highest visible B2B customers performing R&D, proof of concept, design, documented, communicated, hired teams for implementation, lead by example, enforced methodology and iterative staged releases in a timely manner. Additionally, I managed risk identification, risk mitigation strategies, technology migration, and mentored staff. In conclusion, I enforced architectural standards that not only enabled the disparate environments to interoperate but also provided near linear scalability (135k TPH), fault tolerant, and easy to maintain. The production environment is a WebLogic 8.1.3 cluster deployed to five series 9000 HP 11i servers using MQ Series, Service Guard, and EMC with zero points of failure in a HA environment. The entire J2EE solution utilizes a Service Oriented Architecture with Service Orchestration using BPEL and idempotent interfaces. As the chief architect I was instrumental in training each team and hands on in every aspect of the project.

Numerous roles, from working on vision statements with stakeholders to implementing Struts, XML, SOAP, Spring, and Oracle based J2EE solutions. Introduced the use of xml, xsl, fop, httpunit, CruiseControl, and junit testing. Lead a team of 5 as an independent vendor for the Equant Call Center solution. Replaced a Clarify based fat client with a thin client solution while still using the Clarify Business Objects (same business rules). Introduced dynamic workflow and escalation management. Introduced third party data integration via JCA, DAO, and MQ Series. Primary role Lead Architect reporting directly to the client's stakeholders.

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Redesigned numerous perl sites into J2EE utilizing industry proven patterns and open source solutions. The front end sites were implemented with Struts/skinned solution. Workflow was captured in xml files that were used for page navigation, validation, and internationalization. In addition, I migrated the perl/client side business rules into java / Axis web services. Managed a team of 8 in addition to reporting directly to the owner. Demonstrated improved development process by using Microsoft Project, CVS, Ant, and CruiseControl. Introduced the use of xml, xsl, fop, httpunit, and junit testing. Implemented Apache and Tomcat Clustering.

Research and development by way of creating proof of concepts, test approaches, and process strategies for the direct recommendation for the next generation of the Enterprise Asset Management products. Restructured the architecture utilizing Spring, IOC, and industry proven J2EE patterns such as Business Delegate and Service Locator. Additionally, setup a WLS certified clustered environment on Solaris, assisted in tool set recommendation (RUP, together/J Empirix Testing), workflow refactoring, process management, and mentoring.

Assists numerous companies in deploying J2EE Applications to WebLogic 6.x and WebSphere 4.x. Integrated Shaw Industries supply chain using Ariba and MQSeries. MQSeries Integrator was used to implement rules driven real time messaging to each supplier. Demonstrated a 300% improvement for WebMD online transactions per second. Generates Statement of Works, software architecture designs, and visionary statements for companies transitioning applications to the J2EE framework. Extensive use of Struts, Cocoon, and other open source projects and UML for documentation. Worked closely with project champions to setup change management, version control, development standards, and even tool selection. Lead joint development efforts with BEA architects. Additionally assisted in courseware development and mentoring.

Managed a team of engineers and architects for creating and enhancing a new product for B-to-B modeling (TradeSync). TradeSync visualized and executed business plans targeted for Supply Chain Management. Using Enterprise Java Beans for back end processing while having JSP's invoking requests from command beans. Architecture was based on research, proof of concept results, and previous known solutions. All client data was transported using XML, once received by the JSP client it was then paired up with a user specific XSL to transform the XML into either a business object or a displayable format: HTML, WML, or another form of XML. Dynamic table generation, dynamic web page generation, and self drawing objects were among the common business rules implemented. Developed meta data browsers and utilized Mutable Tree Structures for manipulating them. Complete lifecycle management, utilized tools such as TestMyBeans, Bounds Checker, and OptimizeIt to expose memory leaks and performance bottle necks. Additionally created java and perl applications for simulating massive concurrent users. As part of the setup of trading partners I assisted the integration into numerous third party tools: Designed and implemented an adaptor for MQ Series, WebMethods, JD Edwards, and SAP integration. Each messaging adaptor was used for intelligent routing and queuing of dynamic messages. Deployed on several environments: Oracle, AIX, Windows 2k, RedHat, and Solaris. Setup and administered a cluster of Weblogic servers.

Designed, architected, and implemented an entire real time streaming media application framework. Utilizing Swing and Java Media Framework 2.1 for the real time media player. MediaProxy was used in conjunction with Enterprise Java Beans for event notification and streaming data feeds. Detail commercial play events are an example of the event notifications. Events were rule based and thus able to easily adapt to changing environments (language, run time, codec). Java Native Interface was used in the implementation of various mpeg, avi, jpeg, and quicktime media files via third party codec's (apple, real networks, macromedia, custom). Synchronization was handled via the Managed Controller interface (Master/Slave) coupled with JNDI lookups on the Datasources and EJB's. The player was designed for high availability with redundancy across a WebLogic 5.1.9 cluster (6 servers). Each server was a multi proc Solaris box. All media files were imported into an Oracle 8i.rc2 database (blob), using a thin client developed using JSP's and a custom developed tag library. This was a Head End Feed application deployed to various nations in Scandinavia and thus all media was sent via Satellite Communications (SatCom5). Integrated numerous locations both in and outside of America with numerous TCP protocols (X.25, HSSI, POTS, etc). A custom Secure FTP server was created to host the files across a secure socket layer (SSL). The server cluster hosted approximately 50 unique players serving different locations. Additionally, I hired and trained a team of 12, instructing them on the procedures for source code control, use case development, and the entire Rational Unified Process.

Complete replacement of a legacy system for ADT. Utilized CORBA (OMG IDL) in a Java and C++ development environment. Responsible for full life cycle of applications developed: NT Printer Server, Lock Box & Credit Card Cash Feeds, WYSIWYG Win32 & Browser GUIs, SNMP Services, and backend database development. Events were prioritized and created via CORBA Events and integrated into MQSeries for routing and delivery. Implemented Model, View, and Controller (MVC) framework to separate content from presentation (Design Patterns). JavaBeans were utilized on the front end (web based GUI) with Java Servlets running on an Apache Server that served up DHTML. Developed numerous UNIX, NT, and Oracle applications and services for the purpose of data automation.

RaceTrac - Back Office Project Developed 32 bit NT applications and services (device drivers) for the purpose of store automation. System wide services were developed to enable communication with hardware devices found in convenient stores. At the presentation layer of the Back Office product was an OLE Automation Server to enable a language independent interface for requesting data. This project includes the use of multiple threads, shared memory mapped files, mutex semaphores, named pipes, and critical sections. Additionally this project utilized the client interfaces for both MS Sql Server 6.5 and Oracle 7.3. Created a voice response unit for purchasing petroleum from preferred vendors. The system utilized linear matrix mathematical computations to determine the best buy from a list of current prices (current prices were collected real-time via microwave communication device). This was a 32 bit NT application that interfaced with a series of Dialogic Telephony T1 expansion boards. MPEG 3 was utilized for voice response unit (VRU) development.

Developed 32 bit OS/2 & AIX applications for the automation of processing medical records, insurance claims, and electronic payment. The applications were optimized for performance through control methods such as mutex semaphores and shared memory queues. Application development included the use of MQSeries for message routing, Sybase for the development of open client and open server services; BTrieve for the development of both BTrieve client and server applications; Rogue Wave for the aid of C++ encapsulated services; and Green Leaf for serial communication application development. Additionally, developed presentation manager front end applications and windows 3.x front end applications both utilized button bars, dynamic help text, multi line edit boxes, font controls, 3D effects, and AVI playback abilities. Utilized MPEG standards for MRI motion video distribution, archiving, and play on demand.

As part of a six member project team, participated in the design and development of a parser engine that was utilized for multimedia titles. Intimate knowledge of the motion pictures standard MPEG level 1 and 2. Development efforts included optimized x86 assembly and Watcom C with the aid of third party tools like GENUS graphics libraries, Periscope, Blinker, and OptiLink. Application involved the customization and development of class libraries for Windows. Customized MFC class libraries (function overloading and developed over 50 subclasses for these routines. Duty involved multiple inheritances, sub classing for edit and dialog controls, creating user controls such as bubble text and drag and drop routines. Created a base class for network independence thereby subclassing it for the specific network involved, Banyan, Novell, NetBEUI, and TCP/IP. This robust class foundation implemented both OLE 1 and OLE 2 technology. Additionally responsible for low level projects producing TSRs, network drivers, redirectors, server modules and various network tools. Utilized network sniffers to debug network operating software at the packet and frame level. Developed applications that were targeting large scale local and wide area networks that involved routers, bridges and a variety of frame types (IEEE 802 etc,). Developed an intimate knowledge of TCP/IP, NetBIOS, IPX/SPX, IPP/SPP, and DecNet. Developed maintenance patches and new features for Network OS, Desk To Desk and CD Connection. Maintained software version control with PVCS.