Christopher Wessel Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Bellevue, Washington, Us

2 year contract to bring Google's Ad Managing capabilities to Expedia's in house platform.- Implemented a Targeting Rules Engine to provide ad targeting to multiple services.- Created and maintained application monitoring dashboards using DataDog.- Updated and supervised the transition to and from several dockerized AWS Lambdas.- Worked across teams to develop an iterate on application interfaces and message contracts based on the industry standard specs in the Advertising space and elsewhere.- Spent about 50% of this contract in team lead roles.

New York, Ny, Us

- Web application developer working with Oracle SQL DB, Java/Spring framework, EXTJS.- Restructured our team's event batches to allow horizontal scaling across multiple cloud instances.- Extracted/created several libraries to encapsulate common functionality across microservices and encourage code reuse over duplication.- Design lead for migrating from monolithic architecture to microservices and integrating with Kafka and Jasper Reports.- Refined and updated my team's CI/CD pipeline.

Wayne, Pa, Us

- Brought on to migrate from a Java monolith into a micro-service based high reliability architecture.- Contracted with JP Morgan, which lead to full time employment in the same role as noted above.

Arlington, Va, Us

- Set up a new automated CI/CD Java build pipeline featuring Gradle, Artifactory, Atlassian Suite.- Worked on command and control systems for autonomous flight.- Integrated data feeds from internal sources, pilot controls, and external Aviation data feeds.

Arlington, Va, Us

- Responsible for managing mission critical applications on the E-3 AWACS aircraft – including managing safe failover to backup, system redundancy, load balancing, and interface design. - Experience using a variety of scripting languages to install and configure software, including WIX and Microsoft Installer. - Created and maintained hardware emulators to test production software in laboratory environments. These used C and C++, in Red Hat Linux and VxWorks.- Lead a trade study evaluating HP Fortify, Coverity, and Klocwork for effectiveness as code scanning tools.- Familiar with the recognition and mitigation of common Java and C++ CVEs, and how to apply defensive coding strategies.

- Built a website from database to client using technologies such as SQL Server, Entity Framework, Razor View Engine, JQuery, and AngularJS. - Served as a TA and mentor to coding students learning the technologies for the first time. - Used SignalR to create an online multiplayer game complete with real time chat over a persistent connection.

Formatted and updated the store's online inventory using Crystal Commerce and helped implement a POS system in store using the Crystal Commerce inventory rather than disparate systems.

Supervise Scouting activities in the camp's pool and lake.Provide for the safety of ~200 Scouts per week.Train and oversee a staff of 4 in life guarding and teaching water-sports classes, including swimming and boating.Maintain boating and swimming equipment and make sure my areas are safe for Scouts.

Gave weekly one-on-one lessons in the tuba and low brass instruments to local students.

Served and prepared food.Worked as a cashier.

Subbed for two rehearsals and two concerts, playing holiday music in a variety of style.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Music (B.M.), Tuba Performance

International Baccalaureate