TwinSpires is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, as well as offshore, all working together to offer our customers the industry's best online advance deposit wagering experience on virtually every Thoroughbred, Harness and Quarter Horse race from venues all over the world. At our sister site, brisnet.com, we collect horse racing and pedigree data from sources across the globe and use it to create value-added products to make our customers' wagering experience even better.We are an Agile shop, having been professionally trained in Agile methodologies and practices by Rally Corp., and we regularly cross-train in other technologies and strive to be "T-shaped" engineers who can work proficiently throughout our multi-tier, open source stack.I work with both TwinSpires.com and brisnet.com, where I'm the primary code owner of our RESTful e-commerce and racing data web service applications, and core Java applications which fully automate the production of value-added handicapping products, pedigree report products, and customer tax documents. To create these solutions, I use technologies and tools such as:• Java/J2EE• Spring Framework• Apache CXF• JSON• XML / XSLT• iText PDF Library• Hibernate ORM• MySQL Databases• JUnit / TestNG• Maven Dependency Management• JBoss Application Server• Jenkins Continuous Integration Server• Artifactory Repository Manager• Swagger• Subversion

Prior to its acquisition by Churchill Downs Inc. in 2007, Bloodstock Research Information Services was a small technology company with a start-up mentality, primarily serving the needs of thoroughbred breeding operations and horse players all over the world. Developers here learned to contribute at all levels of the software development life cycle, from bare metal to one-on-one customer support. I primarily developed Windows applications using Visual Basic 3-6, VB.NET, and C#, serving both internal and external customers, as well as small-footprint, CD-ROM based software systems with embedded databases. Through this, I gained strong experience with:• End to end SDLC• C# / VB.NET• Microsoft Visual Studios• .NET Framework• Microsoft IIS• Database design• SQLServer• SQLite embedded databases• ADO.NET• LINQ• Event driven programming• User Interface (UI) design• SOAP/WSDL

CompUSA was primarily a computer hardware and software retailer, but also offered repair and upgrade services, software training and certification classes, and more. At CompUSA, I enjoyed my time as a retail associate helping customers find the right hardware and software solutions to meet their needs. Shortly after starting work at CompUSA, I earned the CompTIA A+ PC Technician Certification and was promoted to the repair desk, where I helped customers resolve hardware and operating system issues, installed software, consulted with customers on upgrades, and performed repairs on customers' PC hardware.