Brian Cribbs Email & Phone Number

http://www.cribbstechnologies.com

Greater Philadelphia Area - Remote

Updated legacy application with new features as well as provided system stability improvements.Transitioned to microservices for enterprise data integrity.Standardized development practices.Created large reusable libraries for reuse by other applications.

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Ga

Helped move the organization from a completely manual deployment process and mismatched environments to a semi-automated deployment process and environments in lock-step with one another. Highlights:Changed underlying frameworks from GWT to Spring MVC allowing for more flexibility, increased testing coverage, and reducing build times from 4 hours to under 10 minutesHastened the movement toward annotation driven configuration of spring components rather than declarative XML… Show more Helped move the organization from a completely manual deployment process and mismatched environments to a semi-automated deployment process and environments in lock-step with one another. Highlights:Changed underlying frameworks from GWT to Spring MVC allowing for more flexibility, increased testing coverage, and reducing build times from 4 hours to under 10 minutesHastened the movement toward annotation driven configuration of spring components rather than declarative XML configuration reducing mean time to resolution of code related defectsHandled refactoring of spring configuration files giving an increase in start-up time of over 65%Created a reusable and scriptable mechanism to facilitate the creation of local Virtual MachinesHelped foster a Dev Ops mentality across teamsHelped introduce tooling including the above mentioned VM to save roughly 2 hours per day per developer in time wasted during reboot cyclesSupported numerous production deploymentsMitigated production defects in legacy codeStandardized environment configuration from a developer's machine all the way through production deployments to use the same configuration files leading the way for automated deploymentsEnforced code quality metrics including testing coverage to increase reliability of codeHelped create several different patterns to allow a better performing system while also protecting the system as a whole from interdependent service failures or errorsMentored less experienced developers to increase their productivity as well as their code qualityHelped implement an automation framework that allowed continuous integration testing across all environmentsHelped standardize automated scenario testing using Selenium and Sauce LabsModified code to allow the movement of applications into a distributed and scalable environmentHelped with the migration efforts required to move from a legacy application container, Resin, to a modern cloud-ready container, TCServer Show less

Developer on Hermes, a Web 2.0 application to change the position in the marketplace that AAA/CAA currently holds. The architecture for this system included Hibernate, XML-RPC, GWT, and GWT-RPC. Responsible for:Implementing Maven project structure and build systemImplementing Hibernate data access layerIntegration testing of Hibernate data access layerDeveloping business logic componentsUnit testing of business logic componentsCreation of a GWT widget… Show more Developer on Hermes, a Web 2.0 application to change the position in the marketplace that AAA/CAA currently holds. The architecture for this system included Hibernate, XML-RPC, GWT, and GWT-RPC. Responsible for:Implementing Maven project structure and build systemImplementing Hibernate data access layerIntegration testing of Hibernate data access layerDeveloping business logic componentsUnit testing of business logic componentsCreation of a GWT widget libraryCreation of multiple GWT applications utilizing GWT-RPC, JSON and XML-RPCDesign and implementation of web services tier using J2EE, Servlets, Struts-like action classes and an Xstream XML/JSON marshalling serviceConfiguration managementDeployment managementSolving complex issues with multiple Hibernate session managementSetup and configuration of JBoss Drools rules engineIntegration of Drools rules engine with business logic Show less

Developer on Firestarter, a web-based content management system. Allowing users to dynamically change JSP files with simple WYSIWYG tools. The architecture for this system included session beans, the Java Messaging Service(JMS), JSP 2.0, and Hibernate. Responsible for:Implementing MySQL databaseImplementing Hibernate data access layerIntegration testing of Hibernate data access layer using JUnit and DBUnitDeveloping business logic componentsUnit testing of business logic… Show more Developer on Firestarter, a web-based content management system. Allowing users to dynamically change JSP files with simple WYSIWYG tools. The architecture for this system included session beans, the Java Messaging Service(JMS), JSP 2.0, and Hibernate. Responsible for:Implementing MySQL databaseImplementing Hibernate data access layerIntegration testing of Hibernate data access layer using JUnit and DBUnitDeveloping business logic componentsUnit testing of business logic components using JUnitScenario testing of user interface using SeleniumDeveloper (Levia Software for Write Show less

Developer on Maestra, a web-based process management and collaboration tool. The architecture for this system included session beans, the Java Messaging Service(JMS), JSP 2.0, and Hibernate. Received rave reviews from client. Responsible for:Implementing MySQL databaseImplementing Hibernate data access layer using JUnit and DBUnitIntegration testing of Hibernate data access layerDeveloping business logic componentsUnit testing of business logic components using… Show more Developer on Maestra, a web-based process management and collaboration tool. The architecture for this system included session beans, the Java Messaging Service(JMS), JSP 2.0, and Hibernate. Received rave reviews from client. Responsible for:Implementing MySQL databaseImplementing Hibernate data access layer using JUnit and DBUnitIntegration testing of Hibernate data access layerDeveloping business logic componentsUnit testing of business logic components using JUnitCreation of an email component that used custom create Velocity Templates for automated system emails Show less

Responsible for implementing mission critical components of an enterprise-wide customer relationship management platform (CMIS). Received rave reviews from project and executive management. Technical environment included: Session Beans, CMP 2.1 Entity Beans(EJB), Java Message Service(JMS), JSP 2.0, JBoss Application Server, JUnit, Cruise Control, Subversion, Apache Ant, UML, Swing.; included:Swing UI developmentAnalyzing requirementsDesigning maintenance releasesSupporting… Show more Responsible for implementing mission critical components of an enterprise-wide customer relationship management platform (CMIS). Received rave reviews from project and executive management. Technical environment included: Session Beans, CMP 2.1 Entity Beans(EJB), Java Message Service(JMS), JSP 2.0, JBoss Application Server, JUnit, Cruise Control, Subversion, Apache Ant, UML, Swing.; included:Swing UI developmentAnalyzing requirementsDesigning maintenance releasesSupporting end usersPlanning and executing enterprise application deploymentMaintaining development environment including Subversion revision control system, Apache Ant build system, and JBoss application server configuration Show less