Benjamin Blumenthal Email & Phone Number

Herndon, Va, Us

Leader of an agile team developing a NodeJS multi-window application with audio fileprocessing and evaluation tools. Reconstructed core mechanisms of file processing andapplication transitions to ensure predictable behavior with a focus on long term extensibilityand stable error handling. Engineered a paradigm for modal dynamic build of Javascript toswitch key features, delegate specific functions, or extend additional logic customized to thedeployment’s use case. Integrated background conversion and analysis of files with minimalimpact to application performance and active feedback on progress. Created dynamic UI forwindow aware spacing to allow a wider range of support of user layouts without impactingfunctionality. Constructed a dynamic HTML UI generator for filesystem trees and JSONdocumentation. Introduced warning suppression and automatic alerts for network constraintsaffecting the application. Unified final processing on close to complete key steps in progressand graceful termination of long running components.Rebuilt Python batch processing to perform on a rolling basis with abstracted dynamicconfiguration to maintain commonality with manual runs. Updated script to support automaticrecovery while performing minimal rework through using previously generated results tobypass completed steps. Retained key model results to drive statistical analysis of Type I/IIerrors in categorization.

Annapolis Junction, Md, Us

Member of an agile team working with Marklogic, XQuery and Java to provide features andbugfixes to a high throughput data processing and workflow application. I re-engineered datastructures and flows to provide new flexible frameworks that extend existing processingrequirements with responsiveness to unexpected requirements and technical restrictions. I alsoinvestigated unexplained behavior of the system, presented conclusions on the root cause, andproposed potential solutions. I worked with testers to validate new functionality, evaluatepotential bugs and develop their understanding of the application to ensure high qualityfeatures backed by robust unit testing suites.