Applied skills in web application technology to autonomously develop or assist in development of all of the company’s major SaaS, Java-based, product offerings, from concept to execution. Contributed to all aspects of a project life cycle, including requirements gathering, system design, data modeling, development, implementation of user experience, testing, and deployment. Developed web-based software in the J2EE, MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, UNIX environment, with utilization of Web Services as needed. Researched and learned technologies in order to make proper recommendations on the direction of product development. Maintained the company’s web application servers, including a role as the first contact for any systems issues. Played a key role in the company’s customer care department as the final level of support and a liaison between the support and development teams.

Lead Java developer on a Swing application used by insurance claims adjusters. Responsibilities included streamlining of code maintenance, management of upgrades, improvement of the build process, quality-assurance testing, and conversion of business specifications to technical specifications. Along the way, I was able to learn Oracle PL/SQL to take on secondary responsibilities tasked to our team. Daily tasks required fluent communication with my local team, as well as overseas teams in both Spain and India.

Executed several large Web Application projects for Fortune 500 companies in the Java/Oracle/Weblogic and Java/MySQL/Tomcat environments using the Jakarta Struts framework. Adapted with the changes of a small company by taking on roles as needed, from network configuration, to desk side support, to ASP software projects, and finally to Java development on large software projects.

Desk Side Support Representative for the Microelectronics contract and the Internal Help Desk custom contract. Technical Liaison for the implementation of Tivoli Service Desk for the Internal Help Desk.