Erik Balaton Email & Phone Number

Oslo, Norway

Employed as a contractor at Sikt – Kunnskapssektorens tjenesteleverandør to help run a new project to modernize NVB (Nasjonal vitnemålsbase), a system that manages Norwegian high school diplomas digitally and that provides services to other systems that rely on access to this information.Provide expertise on:• Scrum and Kanban methodology• Configuration management strategy• Software development• DevOps• Rule engine technologyMain tasks involve:•… Show more Employed as a contractor at Sikt – Kunnskapssektorens tjenesteleverandør to help run a new project to modernize NVB (Nasjonal vitnemålsbase), a system that manages Norwegian high school diplomas digitally and that provides services to other systems that rely on access to this information.Provide expertise on:• Scrum and Kanban methodology• Configuration management strategy• Software development• DevOps• Rule engine technologyMain tasks involve:• Requirement specification• Domain modeling and design• Software development (Scala)• Documenting best practices• QA• Testing Show less

Oslo, Norway

Employed as a contractor at Unit (Directorate for ICT and common services for higher education and research) to help run a new project to modernize NVB (Nasjonal vitnemålsbase), a system that manages Norwegian high school diplomas digitally and that provides services to other systems that rely on access to this information.Provide expertise on:• Scrum and Kanban methodology• Configuration management strategy• Software development• DevOps• Rule engine… Show more Employed as a contractor at Unit (Directorate for ICT and common services for higher education and research) to help run a new project to modernize NVB (Nasjonal vitnemålsbase), a system that manages Norwegian high school diplomas digitally and that provides services to other systems that rely on access to this information.Provide expertise on:• Scrum and Kanban methodology• Configuration management strategy• Software development• DevOps• Rule engine technologyMain tasks involve:• Requirement specification• Domain modeling and design• Software development (Scala)• Documenting best practices• QA• Testing Show less

Oslo Area, Norway

Employed as a contractor for a new project being run by Unit (Directorate for ICT and common services for higher education and research) that will provide a shared service for vocational schools to manage applications and enrollments (Sammordna opptak for fagskoler). Provide expertise on:• Scrum and Kanban methodology• Configuration management strategy• Software development• DevOps• Rule engine technologyMain tasks involve:• Requirement specification•… Show more Employed as a contractor for a new project being run by Unit (Directorate for ICT and common services for higher education and research) that will provide a shared service for vocational schools to manage applications and enrollments (Sammordna opptak for fagskoler). Provide expertise on:• Scrum and Kanban methodology• Configuration management strategy• Software development• DevOps• Rule engine technologyMain tasks involve:• Requirement specification• Domain modeling and design• Software development (Scala)• Documenting best practices• QA• Testing (Gatling) Show less

Oslo Area, Norway

Marked as a critical resource on a development/maintenance contract for NAV known as EIS. Provide expertise on all aspects of EI@:• Process engine (Java code)• Rule engine (Blaze advisor)• Data model and persistence (Hibernate and Oracle DBMS)• Reports (Jasper)Main tasks involve:• Solution specification• Development of new functionality• Trouble-shooting• QA• Testing• GIT workflow and build automation (Jenkins)

Oslo Area, Norway

Initiated and led a summer internship consisting of one junior consultant and 2 summer interns. The goal was to design and develop a distribution system for a security solution. The Scrum methodology combined with XP was applied and modern tools like Eclipse w/ GITLab, Jenkins and Sonar were used to develop the solution. The results were presented at the end of the summer to the partners of the company who were extremely pleased with the progress that was made over the 6 weeks of development.

Oslo Area, Norway

Responsible for planning and execution of LEL-1 maintenance release and initial planning of HL4 project delivery in EI@, a mission critical system maintained at NAV. I also provided support for activities pertaining to upgrading WAS from version 7.0 to 8.5.5. On the operational side, I was responsible for monitoring and identifying potential problems in production and helped plan production fixes.

Oslo

Evaluating the need for ILS and data management services in the Norwegian defense market. The key focus areas are:• Automation/optimization of ILS process• Automating quality assurance of technical data received from prime contractor and suppliers• Managing the delivery of technical data in conformance to the standards required by the NDLO

Oslo Area, Norway

Responsible for coordinating the releases for EI@ and SAPO, two mission critical systems managed at NAV and HELFO. I have been charged with introducing project and software development methodologies that will:• Increase the teams effectiveness in balancing tasks for operational maintenance and implementing new functionality• Provide better metrics for following the progress of the projects• Provide a better way of documenting requirements (rules and functionality)• Provide a… Show more Responsible for coordinating the releases for EI@ and SAPO, two mission critical systems managed at NAV and HELFO. I have been charged with introducing project and software development methodologies that will:• Increase the teams effectiveness in balancing tasks for operational maintenance and implementing new functionality• Provide better metrics for following the progress of the projects• Provide a better way of documenting requirements (rules and functionality)• Provide a process that is compatible with SMILI (NAV's ITIL implementation) Show less

Oslo Area, Norway

Responsible for development and maintenance of EI@, a key system at NAV for automatically processing electronic doctor/sick leave certificates. As of January 2010 all physicians must send in doctor/sick leave certificates automatically and as of date EI@ processes 84% of the certificates without case worker intervention.

Oslo Area, Norway

Responsible for identification and managing development of end-user tools based on EXPRESS Data Manager(tm) that accelerates the adoption of STEP (ISO 10303) and other related product model standards to support product life cycle management based on Contractual Data Interchange (i.e. DEX, IDM and Templates).

Toulouse Area, France

Responsible for project management activities for EPM on the following aeronautics and space related projects:• VIVACE (EU AERO-2003-502917) - http://www.vivaceproject.com/• Inteligrid (EU IST -2004-004664) - http://inteligrid.eu-project.info/ • STEP-SPE : European Space Agency• GDCD : European Space AgencyActivities:• Project and resource coordination • Budget calculation• Writing project proposals• Gathering and analyzing business… Show more Responsible for project management activities for EPM on the following aeronautics and space related projects:• VIVACE (EU AERO-2003-502917) - http://www.vivaceproject.com/• Inteligrid (EU IST -2004-004664) - http://inteligrid.eu-project.info/ • STEP-SPE : European Space Agency• GDCD : European Space AgencyActivities:• Project and resource coordination • Budget calculation• Writing project proposals• Gathering and analyzing business requirements• Writing requirements and software specifications Show less

Toulouse Area, France

Responsible for running the French branch office outside Toulouse. Conducted marketing activities towards the aeronautics and aerospace industry. Maintained continuous contact with Airbus SA, EADS, ESA and Astrium.

Toulouse Area, France

Designed and implemented a mapping specification tool and a data-driven data sheet application based on EPM’s EXPRESS schema-driven database. The applications were developed using Java, Struts, XML, XSL, EXPRESS and EXPRESS-X. Tasks included:• Gathering and analyzing business requirements• Writing requirements and software specifications• Data modelling• OO analysis & design• Writing, documenting and testing Java code

Designed and implemented web-based applications on top of EPM Technology’s database technology. One of the applications initially developed for the Norwegian Navy became a product called EDMmodelMigrator™ that is sold with EPM Technology’s product suite. The applications were developed using Java, Struts, XML, XSL, EXPRESS and EXPRESS-X. Tasks included:• Gathering and analyzing business requirements• Writing requirements and software specifications• OO analysis &… Show more Designed and implemented web-based applications on top of EPM Technology’s database technology. One of the applications initially developed for the Norwegian Navy became a product called EDMmodelMigrator™ that is sold with EPM Technology’s product suite. The applications were developed using Java, Struts, XML, XSL, EXPRESS and EXPRESS-X. Tasks included:• Gathering and analyzing business requirements• Writing requirements and software specifications• OO analysis & design• Writing, documenting and testing Java code Show less

Bath, United Kingdom

Re-designed and implemented key components of a content management system being used to provide on-line services to clients of different publishing houses. The key components consisted of the core framework (similar to Struts), the batch import functionality for mapping XML content to a relational database and the Access Control System. Taks included:• Gathering and analyzing business requirement• Writing requirements and software specifications• OO analysis & design… Show more Re-designed and implemented key components of a content management system being used to provide on-line services to clients of different publishing houses. The key components consisted of the core framework (similar to Struts), the batch import functionality for mapping XML content to a relational database and the Access Control System. Taks included:• Gathering and analyzing business requirement• Writing requirements and software specifications• OO analysis & design • Writing, documenting and testing Java code Show less

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Designed and implemented a general framework (JCT) for dynamically creating GUIs based on terminal screen information. The JCT incorporates session management, advanced caching mechanisms for data retrieval and GUI generation, and a general framework for adding customized services to an implementation. Java Swing and EPI (External Presntation Interface) for access to CICS were used. Tasks included:• Gathering and analyzing business requirement• Writing requirements and software… Show more Designed and implemented a general framework (JCT) for dynamically creating GUIs based on terminal screen information. The JCT incorporates session management, advanced caching mechanisms for data retrieval and GUI generation, and a general framework for adding customized services to an implementation. Java Swing and EPI (External Presntation Interface) for access to CICS were used. Tasks included:• Gathering and analyzing business requirement• Writing requirements and software specifications• OO analysis & design • Writing, documenting and testing Java code Show less

Stockholm, Sweden

• Designed and developed a conversion program (mapping from a binary transaction to an ASCII delimited format) for a web-based lottery game called Stryktipset resulting in significant revenue increases for the Swedish Lottery.• Gave a presentation and training on object technology and component-based software development for Junior and Senior consultants at Sema

Stockholm, Sweden

• Designed and developed a VRML project management application for visualizing civil engineering projects at different stages of construction. • Project secretary and advisor for Brite-EURAM project BE96-3016, Concurrent Design and Engineering in Building and Civil Engineering.

Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich, Connecticut

M.Sc.C.E., Structural Engineering

B.Sc.C.E., Structural Engineering

Activities and Societies: Kappa Sigma

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