Developing numerous applications and addons with EmberJS. Contribute to several open-source projects. Provides training on Test Driven Development.

IQ Innovations is a pioneer in the world of online educating. With over a decade of experience, IQ Innovations has seen online education move from strictly a distance-learning option for students with unique situations, to a more complete solution that enables teachers, schools, states, and regional or national organizations to improve the educational experience within the traditional classroom environment.IQ Innovations' web portal is on a JSP/Spring 3.1/Hibernate platform. I am currently leading a mobile project to create an Android and iPhone interface solution for our Teachers, Students, and Administrators.Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, IQ Innovations works with states, districts, and schools from across the country.Languages: Java, JavaScript, Groovy, CSS, C, C++, Perl, SQLFront End: AngularJS, JQuery, AJAX, Jasmine, Grunt, Gulp, LinemanJS, LESS, Twitter Bootstrap, JSP, JSTL, PHP, GSP, ASPxBack End: Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, JDBC, RESTful Web ServicesSoftware/Methodologies: Extensive experience with Agile, SCRUM, Pair Programming, and TDD. JUnit, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Continuous Integration, Jenkins, Maven, ANT, Apache, Tomcat, VI, Emacs, Git, SVN, CVS, Redmine, JIRA, Google Chrome, Firefox, IE, Xcode, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Java SwingOperating Systems: Mac OS X, Linux, Windows XP/7/8/Vista • Helped lead an agile team developing an education based Learning Management System (LMS).• Authored and launched a modern Responsive Web Design version of the classic LMS.• Developed a style guide to unify User Experience and development guidelines.• Established team practices and provided technical guidance and mentoring to other developers.• Worked with Product Managers and the Quality Assurance team to gather feature requests with appropriate requirements and acceptance criteria.• Improved system performance by refactoring slow database queries and studying system log files.

• Delivered ThinkHealth, a medical care management software system, enabling payers and providers to lower medical costs and improve care for 30 million patients.• The ThinkHealth desktop interface uses Java Swing and EJB to interface with a Weblogic backend.• Created a new web portal interface using ASPNet, JQuery, and AJAX using Microsoft Visual Studio.

Developing Contact and Calendar client applications for Mac and Windows. The clients are done with Java, Groovy and Cocoa developing on a MacBook Pro.

Java, JSP, AJAX, XML, ASP, Perl, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Unix, SQL, C/C++n Played a critical role in developing 11 AOL International Portals based on a MVC architecture using Jakarta Struts as the MVC framework.• Lead Developer who designed and implemented a dynamic Content Management System (CMS) providing Branded, Localized, and Internationalized content for web portals, including: AOL International Portals, CompuServe, Netscape, Wal-Mart, HP and Compaq.• Acted as a development lead managing 6 contracted offshore resources; providing technical mentoring resulting in increased productivity and decreased application design flaws.• Created automated online customer care center for AOL saving millions of dollars in customer service costs.• Created JSP and Java Servlets that provided the architecture for over a thousand online portal pages for industry leading brands.• Traveled to Bangalore, India in 2008 to instruct 25 software engineers on MVC architecture, Content Management Systems, Build Processes, Documentation, and support procedures.• Developed automated news feed ingestion system; processing news stories and images from the Associated Press, Reuters, and many more syndicated news sources. These Perl scripts are still operating in 2015.• Designed and implemented a news reader and browser for hand held devices and cell phones.• Established and developed one of the first graphical user interfaces for web browsing; WOW! Online Service.

Ensured that Walt Disney World guests had an enjoyable experience while visiting the theme parks. Walt Disney World taught me how important customer service is to the success of the company.