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Responsible for 7 Elasticsearch clusters with 19TB of data over 5000+ indices.Data ingest and modification, Python programming, training/mentoring, Elastic observability, APM, Dashboarding.Environment includes AWS,2K8S EKS clusters with close to 200 nodes, observability and APM across stack, microservices.

* Development of hardware and software for next generation education and development platform. PicoClusters range in size from a few to hundreds of compute nodes and are used to learn and develop on Hadoop, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, and other Big Data clusters.* Demonstrated at Hadoop Summit 2015 and Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016.* Runner-up 2016 Utah Innovations Award – Hardware Category.

* Consult, code and implement projects based on customer requirements. Have worked with multiple customers located throughout the US and Europe.* Expert level ElasticSearch experience including development, performance tuning, solving scaling problems, verify/enhance data mapping, ETL, and cluster setup/expansion.* Full stack coding Java, Jersey REST, MySQL, ElasticSearch, Apache Spark, AngularJS, Nosql.* Review architecture, code, and performance issues for multiple customers using… Show more * Consult, code and implement projects based on customer requirements. Have worked with multiple customers located throughout the US and Europe.* Expert level ElasticSearch experience including development, performance tuning, solving scaling problems, verify/enhance data mapping, ETL, and cluster setup/expansion.* Full stack coding Java, Jersey REST, MySQL, ElasticSearch, Apache Spark, AngularJS, Nosql.* Review architecture, code, and performance issues for multiple customers using ElasticSearch.* Great soft skills – communication, planning, follow up, and customer satisfaction. Show less

* Responsible for the architecture and programming of ElasticSearch. Data included company information, officers, and expertises along with location information for constraining searches based on geography.* Uses advanced faceting and custom sub-scoring routines, allowing better site interaction for the customer.* Worked with diverse teams co-located in Germany and India.

* Architect and built core search engine with a corpus of 400 million genealogy documents.* Co-implementor of real-time match/suggestions algorithms against ElasticSearch for ancestor suggestions.* Custom built ETL development for importing genealogical records into ElasticSearch and MySQL.* Building Java Jersey/REST interfaces with AngularJS front end.* Conducted Numerous performance testing rounds, Hadoop ETL import into ElasticSearch on AWS.* Supported and development of… Show more * Architect and built core search engine with a corpus of 400 million genealogy documents.* Co-implementor of real-time match/suggestions algorithms against ElasticSearch for ancestor suggestions.* Custom built ETL development for importing genealogical records into ElasticSearch and MySQL.* Building Java Jersey/REST interfaces with AngularJS front end.* Conducted Numerous performance testing rounds, Hadoop ETL import into ElasticSearch on AWS.* Supported and development of AWS infrastructure, Hadoop EMR. Show less

* Core Shopping Site development, Java, Maven, Eclipse, Third party integration of price comparison and product suggestion services.* Developed priority-based content caching algorithm. Replaced 2-level cache with single level cache. Increased functionality while maintaining or increasing performance resulting in easier enhancements and maintenance.* Evaluated Hadoop, Flume, and machine learning algorithms for shopping site integration.

* Wrote custom image compositing algorithm, 2X faster than JAI implementation.* Increased performance of one J2SE server app by 10X over original implementation, decreased postscript output size by 10x and increased print speed by 8X by tuning Postscript implementation.* Increased performance of one Struts web app by 100X over original design by tuning Oracle DB queries.

* Developed base of bulk email system in 3 weeks using PERL, JAVA, MySql and Oracle 8i* The bulk email system sent ~35 million emails and saved over $500,000 in 9 months time* Customizations of Oracle iStore in Java

* Founding member of company* Wrote technical parts of original business plan and made presentations to Venture Capitalists* Chief hardware and software architect* Managed hardware/software budget of over $5 million* Managed all outside vendor relationships, Sun, Oracle, EMC, UUNET, Veritas, Cisco and others* Worked extensively with financial staff in securing funding sources for hardware and software* Built engineering staff from 1 to 25 people in 9 months. Company grew… Show more * Founding member of company* Wrote technical parts of original business plan and made presentations to Venture Capitalists* Chief hardware and software architect* Managed hardware/software budget of over $5 million* Managed all outside vendor relationships, Sun, Oracle, EMC, UUNET, Veritas, Cisco and others* Worked extensively with financial staff in securing funding sources for hardware and software* Built engineering staff from 1 to 25 people in 9 months. Company grew to about 80 people total* Managed development staff of 20. Co-managed IT staff of 25.* Programmed and architected original launch site with one additional programmer in just 6 weeks* Architected and oversaw all data center operations* Web site received over 150 million page views and 30 million database transactions in one month* Led team and wrote scripts for app server and database performance testing. One series of tests and redesign led to more than a 50% performance boost in both peak and sustained database performance* Evaluated new technologies and developed implementation strategies* Wrote technical requirements documents for internal and external projects* Articulated technology direction and concepts to senior staff * Oversaw implementation of Oracle Financials on ASP(SaaS) model (Oracle Business OnLine)* Consulted with Gartner Group analysts Show less

* Technical lead on $300,000 java project developed for Arthur Andersen ( Java on Oracle)* Managed all Solaris, Novell, Windows and Mac OS computers and servers* Managed all networking and telecommunications issues* CGI programming in PERL* Unix system administration, Solaris and Linux* General programming support for web developers.* Java Programming. (JSPs, servlets)

* Infrastructure architect for Freeservers.com that was purchased by About.com in 1999 for $35 million* Managed all facets of the Ethernet and Internet LAN/WAN connections* Provide support and Internet services to over 100 in house stations* Plan server and network expansion, research, purchase and install equipment* Lead new product research and integration for servers and client requirements* Responsible for database and Internet programming on multiple client… Show more * Infrastructure architect for Freeservers.com that was purchased by About.com in 1999 for $35 million* Managed all facets of the Ethernet and Internet LAN/WAN connections* Provide support and Internet services to over 100 in house stations* Plan server and network expansion, research, purchase and install equipment* Lead new product research and integration for servers and client requirements* Responsible for database and Internet programming on multiple client sites* Monitor, manage and optimize server cluster for a large web site, over 1 million hits daily Show less

* Administrator for small NT 3.51 and 4.0 network tied to a Novell 4.1 network* Design, program and implement client web sites to meet stated needs and goals* Develop and implement Internet commerce, security strategies, and large site 5,000+ documents

* Trouble-shoot campus hardware, software and network connections* Connect faculty and staff computers to the Internet, train faculty and staff on Internet and email usage* Internet Programming and Consulting -