Delivering high quality software solutions based one client needs.

manage a small offshore team of java developers working in IBM Websphere on both the client and server side.

Leading an offshore development effort for Ally Financials main consumer Auto Loan account management application using Webshere

Providing consulting services for transitioning from a legacy software architecture to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). This includes analysis of current design, recommending a strategy for transition, and top down design of a new Service model. Designing service contracts, service policies, and legacy integration strategies.

Providing consulting services to a client transitioning from a legacy software architecture to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). This includes analysis of current design, recommending a strategy for transition, and top down design of a new Service model. Designing service contracts, service policies, and legacy integration strategies.

Responsible for design and integration of a secure login application using several encryption/decryption technologies and authentication protocols, including SAML. The applications I enhance run in an IBM Websphere J2EE environment and make use of Struts, Spring, XML, and several Apache open source technologies. The applications use a SOAP based (Axis) client interface to .NET provided web services.Designed an HTML based administrative interface into several applications to make them more production ready. The UI used AJAX design techniques and Javascript in addition to traditional servlets on the back end. The MVC core utilizes the Spring framework.Work with Rational Application Developer and DevPartner products to tune the applications for maximum performance under stress.

Architected a J2EE application running under JBoss that interfaces with Oracle and Lombardi Teamworks, a BPM workflow tool. Responsibilities includes recruiting and mentoring a team of 6-10 contract developers in our current products, which are being re-written as web enabled applications. Responsibilities also include extensive coding of PL/SQL stored procedures used by the application to move and transform data, as well as to perform complex data calculations for a reporting database.Designed and developed a Java Standalone and Web service application for calculation of several clinical measures for Quality Improvement initiatives sponsored by CMS and JCAHO. Led a small team of developers in designing and developing a Health Care clinical data collection tool used to collect and clean data for a data warehousing application. Projects included interfaces between Windows based and Unix based applications. This included extensive performance tuning experience while porting an application from Power Builder to C/C++.Mentoring a team of Junior developers with regards to industry best practices, application tuning, SQL tuning, and software design patterns.

Designed and developed a UNIX based financial message switching application that provides TCP/IP message routing, financial calculations and queries. Code was developed in C/C++, Oracle Pro/C using embedded SQL, and UNIX shell scripts in a SUNOS/Solaris operating environment. In addition to message switching, this application was concerned with international currency conversions based on date sensitive currency exchange rates.Responsibilities include design and data modeling, training and supervision of associate developers during coding, development and execution of a detailed test plan and on-sight support for production implementation

Developing software solutions in a client-server environment. Responsibilities in Software Development and System Administration in a SunOS/Solaris operating environment.Developed and maintained a UNIX based reporting system utilizing X.25 sockets and an interface to a SYBASE database

Program development within an IBM Mainframe environment, including TPF and VM.Developed training program for software developers in use on mainframe testing tools and techniques.