Dennis Ricks Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Laguna Hills, Ca

Directly responsible for software engineering, application development, working with development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios, providing leadership and mentoring to entry-level and junior engineers, providing technical support of various applications, and handling a wide variety of special projects. Worked independently and with a team, and launched a new company product for CRA and HMDA transmittal.Selected Accomplishments and Initiatives:▪ Worked with project manager, developers, quality assurance, and customers to resolve technical issues.▪ Projects included product UI in React with Visual Studio Code, API for UI in C# for data injection and product infrastructure, a processor service to store all customer data in MS Azure Cloud, and a processor and denormalizer using Rabbit MQ to process commands/events to synchronize data, implement business logics.▪ Completely restored firm’s customer administration product on UI and API using React and C#.▪ Converted firm’s legacy POS application from Delphi XE3 to Delphi Seattle/Berlin.▪ Supported above legacy app as GOC HMDA, CRA, and NMLS.

Laguna Hills, Ca

Worked as a Senior Developer with company’s POS applications, which were written in Delphi XE 3. Responsible for software development, optimizing company programs, starting application migrations, providing technical support to system users, dealing with and resolving escalated software issues, and other related assignments.▪ Enhanced the stability and performance of all company point-of-sale applications.▪ During tenure, improved several areas of programs, ensuring optimal design and infrastructure.▪ Improved database operations, and introduced new way of interacting with MS SQL database.▪ Increased overall performance and memory usage by introducing new methodologies.▪ Redesigned statistics process, which improved speed performance by 250%.▪ Updated old code bases to modern development standards.▪ Improving main program functionality and using Firemonkey 2 framework for 3D visualization.

Los Angeles

Served as an independent contractor, working with several companies. Responsible for consulting with clients regarding their needs, application development, application testing and troubleshooting, and client relations. Position required the development of databases, programs, and processes for enterprise-wide integration.▪ Developed custom GUI application in C# for client to work with EBay, with program using scanner for images, with filtering, and enhancement and color adjustments, which greatly improved quality and visibility.▪ Worked with team to create mobile games using UNITY 5.x and C# scripting, converted several projects from Shiva 3D engine to UNITY, and developed 3D objects in 3D Max and Lightwave.▪ Worked with a direct client to create a new 3D gaming POS product for Windows/MacOs/IOS using Delphi FireMonkey (FMX) and release it to respective stores.▪ Joined to work for client with its main application (Trading Station), which was being written on C# to improve stability and speed up the process for sending and receiving messages.

Century City, Ca

Responsible for product management, software development, application testing and troubleshooting, new program and process development and deployment, and monitoring program effectiveness. Acted as Product Manager for main company application, and worked with team to implement new features. Also worked with other applications and communication engines in Delphi 7/MS SQL, and 10 environments.▪ Added new engine to company pipeline engines, which handled position tracking on markets.▪ Modified company pipeline engines, which reduced memory usage and improved stability.▪ Developed databases, programs,. and processes for integration and implementation across enterprise.• Added new engine to company pipeline Engines that is responsible for position tracking on markets and responsible for Risk Management.• Completely rewrote Data engine, that was responsible for connection with pricing infrastructure and generating bars.• Modified company pipeline engines to reduce memory usage and improve stability.• Monitored ongoing operation of assigned programs and responded to problems by diagnosing and correcting logic and coding errors.• Developed databases, programs and processes for integration and implementation across enterprise.

Milwaukee, Wi

Worked for trading company in Delphi / SQL environment with main company application. I did many improvements and introduced DUnit automated testing with overnight builds.▪ Fixed a lot of issues with memory leaking and introducing new centralized logging windows service.▪ Speed up main application cycle time from 30 seconds to 0.5 second.▪ Worked with Research time to implement trading strategies and rules into signal generating program.▪ Introduced TC\IP connection with Pricing infrastructure and Trading infrastructure into main application.▪ Worked with pipeline Engines to improve communication and implement new features.▪ Integrated MathLab into main program.▪ Converted Paradox tables to MS SQL and removed usage of legacy DBE support.

Cincinatti, Oh

Company provided web services for small banks in USA, written on Delphi for Windows IIS. I was hired by Robert Half Technology as contractor to add new core system and integrate it with existing services and provide banking functionally:• Implemented integration with new banking core system into existing web interface for bank customers to receive Balances, Transactions, Transfers and do Bill payments, etc.• Working as team member, rewrote service interface for Bank managers, to introduce security and manage bank.• Provided technical leadership to team members during system design.• Reviewed clients' overall app and infrastructure estate, business priorities and success criteria to design transformation plans.• Improved business productivity for clients by 90% by re-engineering and designing infrastructures.

Dublin, Oh

• Rewrote main company application from Clipper (Dos) into Delphi 7 (Windows) with Access database as data storage.• Introduced multitasking repository between main program and slaves data-entry programs.• Redesigned company web site.• Converted and implemented many new features into company managing software written on MS Access.• Later worked P/T to support company software and manage company environment.• Participated in software field testing to verify performance of developed projects.• Discussed issues with team members to provide resolution and apply best practices.