Christopher Sage Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Designs, develops, troubleshoots, and analyzes complex software programs for computer-based systemsFollows and implements agile CI/CD practicesDevelops complex documentation, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear codePrepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programmingPerforms complex systems modeling, simulation, and analysis. Designs and develop basic compilers, assemblers, utility programs and operating systemsDevelops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; and following the software development lifecycleDevelops documentation of new or existing programsApplies practical knowledge of job typically obtained through advanced education and work experienceMay coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionalsMay serve as a team or task lead

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

• Provide solutions for various internal applications and associated web services to automate and convert manual administrative processes and document routing. • Work closely with team members in documentation, requirements analysis, testing, code reviews, programming practices and skill improvement as a team lead.• Identify risks and conduct mitigation action planning when appropriate.• Recommend and implement changes to existing Java architecture as applicable to improve performance and maintainability.• Lead migration of applications from Struts to a Spring MVC based architecture and RESTful service usage.• Lead upgrades to legacy application functions such as a dynamic breadcrumbs strategy and consolidation of underlying webservice usage, resulting in significantly reduced maintenance cost, data use and increased ease of use.

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

• Design and enhance modular designs based on provided Nuance specifications and requirements.• Define and modify dynamic module configurations, audio configurations, and voice and DTMF grammars.• Implement call flow paths, including audio custom rendering, service call implementations, and the application layer VXML design.• Teach and mentor the team on unit testing, integration testing (via jUnit), and the use of mock objects, testing patterns, and general jUnit usage.

• Provided web-based solutions for a proprietary Document Tracking Management System (DTMS), automating the routing and modification of documents to increase efficiencies, reduce paperwork, and minimize human error.• Created database scripts for maintenance before software releases to development and production environments.• Converted current applications to Mavenized projects.• Assisted the team with implementation and uptake of Agile Methodologies and provided advice to management based on experience.• Taught and mentored the team on unit testing, integration testing (via JUnit), and the use of mock objects, testing patterns, and general jUnit usage.• Interacted frequently with the development team, customers, and management to ensure the smooth transition to Agile and improve the overall design of the application.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Maintained a conservation payments program for the FSA, extending the proprietary common framework to process payments and other financial needs in batch or with on-demand processing within their web-based tools.• Provided prototype of Fitnesse to test deployed EJBs for acceptance testing for possible replacement of the current Cactus testing framework.• Created any necessary fixtures for Fitnesse to exercise EJB functionality and any database manipulation for set-up/teardown.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

• Developed, maintained, and assisted in design of the Unibar ELS Enterprise software product that handles the design, management, and printing of bar code labels via high-end thermal barcode printers for dozens of manufacturing clients.• Assisted in development of DSI client applications for Blackberry and Android that consume a proprietary DSL to drive and dynamically create a fully functional mobile application.• Led R&D for transformation of Trancollector, a client for a workflow processing engine (dcLINK/TranBuilder), into a modernized application such as Windows8/Metro and HTML5/JavaScript.• Analyzed department's TDD and Agile practices and provided feedback for improvement when appropriate.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

• Developed and maintained internal applications for insurance underwriters, such as Online Advantage, a tool to assist brokers, providers, employers, and members in managing claims, commissions, benefits, and other data related to the policy or policyholder.• Developed new systems and/or conversions, maintenance, or enhancements of existing systems using component and service-based architecture models.• Assisted team in utilizing TDD and Agile practices and provided coaching.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Developed claims processing for farmers based on federal regulations.• Provided feedback of software architecture when required.• Taught basic TDD principles to coworkers to improve quality of software.

Centreville, Va, Us

• Developed and maintained carfaxonline.com, a site for dealers to maintain their own CARFAX listings and add/remove/renew and generate reports automatically or manually.• Took part in a R&D team that eventually led to carfaxbig.com, a site for the banking and insurance groups for data/materials assisting in lead generation, loan-to-value ratios, and skip tracing/vehicle recovery information.• Designed, programmed, tested, and implemented applications to deliver other CARFAX core products.

• Created Oracle and UNIX scripts based on software change requests for data warehousing reports and tools at Black & Veatch software group.• Created and updated web pages, web parts, and applications in ASP.NET and VB.NET, as well as assisted coworkers with issues in VB.NET.• Created, updated, and modified software test procedure documents, software design documents, and implementation procedure/instruction sheets.Served a role in Tier 3 Applications Support for Sprint’s Retail Point of Sale System:• Assisted with monthly releases/updates and ensured new releases met business objectives by assisting the test team by methodically testing for system, data, and application errors.• Provided training sessions for new hires and coworkers.• Directly contacted stores to troubleshoot application, database, and other miscellaneous errors related to the Point of Sale system.