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.

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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.