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Boca Raton, Florida, Us

The Associate Director will work with leading technologies to create a Microservice Platform to help speed application development and transform our business in support of our continued growth. Demonstrate skills in leading edge technologies, team leadership and successful delivery of assigned projects.-Utilize collaborative skills to work with business partners, other IT managers and leadership to deliver high quality, reusable, scalable, highly reliable, independent microservices that perform under load.- Primary responsibilites are focused on technical leadership of one or more scrum teams and contributing to the analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of reusable microservices.- Leverage analytical skills to provide innovative business focused technical solutions.- Provice support and assistance to other departments as required.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Developed and coached direct reports to meet the needs of the organization while balancing personal development of the employee.Led IT effort to replace in-house LOS (UniFi) with vendor hosted cloud LOS (Empower), partnered with business units to create shared support and configuration methodologies.Transitioned a team of approximately 30 software and platform engineers to a team of 7-12 reducing costs by over $500,000 yearly.Prepared team for Agile transformation, instituting daily stand ups (virtual), book clubs to review various agile related texts, implemented VersionOne to track our backlog and establish a Kanban dashboard.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

GENERAL FUNCTION: As part of the applications development discipline, develops cost-effectiveinformation technology solutions by creating new and modifying existing software applications.Coordinates with users to determine requirements. Codes, tests, debug documents andimplements complex software applications. May coordinate activities of the project team andassist in monitoring project schedules and costs. Functions as technical lead and acts as liaisonbetween business units. Provides training, direction and support to team members. Recognizedacross the organization for applications development expertise and sought as a resource forresolution or strategic contribution of complex application development problems.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:* Analyzes, codes, tests and documents complex enhancements made to new and/or existingprograms.* Provides 24x7 support to technology team members.* Designs, codes, tests and implements application programs according to client specifications.* Acts as technical expert addressing problems of systems integration, compatibility and multipleplatform integration. Performs feasibility analysis on potential future projects.* Acts as a liaison to define business requirements and/or problems and initiates maintenance ofexisting programs or designs of a new application.* Develops project plans, work assignments, target dates and other aspects of assigned projectsand communicates this information to senior management and the business unit.* Responsible for all documentation, development, testing and user acceptance testing.* Serves as technical resource for less experience team members.* Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of technology supporting application(s) for a line of business.* Other duties as required.

Tucson, Az, Us

Brought in to address severe performance issues with the LOS (UniFi) the field's sales tool (Home Connect).Initially thought to be an issue with the java code or the messaging mechanisms (jms and vms) between UniFi and Home Connect, it actually turned out to in how the UniFi application was handling its call stack during pricing operations.I provided a solution and the transactions per hour increased by 100 fold.

Various software projects involving custom software solutions for the UniFi Pro mortgage processing system (Fiserv) at multiple clients.06/2010 Delivered Communications Project - Tied external email (Exchange Server) to internal processes, created a Task Viewer (and tasks subsystem) loosely related to UniFi Events, created Image storage/retrieval subsystem.(10/2009 - 01/2010) RESPA 2010 Implement the pre and post required system updates, including the schema changes. Work with the business units to develop customizations to enhance the core functionality to improve work flow and prevent costly GFE errors.

Bad Homburg, Frankfurt, De

- Work with client and client's third party provider to migrate 50+ environments (110+ databases) from legacy version of software running on SQL database(s) for machine interfaces and character clients and SQL Anywhere graphical interfaces running on Windows systems, to a Progress Dynamics environment. - Work with client to manage and monitor the 110+ Progress databases (encompassing approximately 4 TB of data) running on 12 IBM AIX unix servers. As well as the hundreds of Appservers, and thousands of dialysis machine interfaces. - Build custom monitoring software.

Us

- Work with the business units to develop business requirements documentation. - Produce technical specifications and requirements. - Create technical test cases. - Create impact statements for the Unifi Semi Annual patch updates. - Create implementation plans and timelines.- Provide support and training on UniFi system. Apply vendor patches, assist with upgrade from UniFi 5.1 to 5.2 (eXpro).- Create custom screens, code inserts, and rules as defined by client.- Implement ProLink Plus. Worked with Stylus Studio Enterprise to design XML schema definitions for third party (OpenClose) web front end. - Implemented and maintained Sonic MQ as the java message service between the web application and the UniFi database backend.

Orlando, Fl, Us

- Create System Requirements Analysis (SRA) documents from Business Specification Requirements (BSR). - Create Technical Specifications Documentation (TSD) from the System Requirements Analysis document.- Provide support and training on UniFi and Netspeed system.- Worked with ProLink Plus and their custom XML definitionsto their back end Universe system. Used IBM's MQ Series as the messaging back bone. - Provid after hours and weekend support. - Support a web service implemented in Progress using Websphere to pull specific information out of Universe during a daily roll process.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

- Modify interface logic for web interface (ProLink, MortgageBot) to import additional data. - Develop logic to distribute applications to various processing entities, internal and external. Develop parameter forms to manage the processing entities and the distribution ratio.

- Create implementation plan(s) for Unifi Semi Annual patches. Resolve conflicts.- Provide support and training on UniFi system. - Create custom screens, code inserts, and rules as defined by client. - Created a Contact Management Module to track Sales Support Agents contacts with Loan Officers and others.- Created various reports, and data extracts. - Created various interfaces, such as an XML interface with an external Web (FannieMae) application, and modify interface to MortgageServ. - Maintained the XML DTD's and the SOAP interface.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

- Create technical specification documents from business requirements for UniFi custom modules (screens, code inserts, field/table rules) as defined by client. - Provided support for Comm Servers and created a Comm Server Error Review screen.

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

- Provide support and training on UniFi System. - Help with installation of UniFi and migration from existing LoanOrigination System residing on IBM AS400. - Create requirements and design documentation for custom modules as defined by client.

Louisville, Colorado, Us

- Helped define specifications for new hardware to act as the new database production server and new hardware that wouldact as the "warm" or failover database server. - Created and implemented scripts (written in Perl 5.6) to maintain the failover database as well as perform online backups of the production database. - Converted production database from old server to new server, implementing schema enhancements (Storage Areas and variable number of records per Area). - Enhanced server startup parameters, as well as client parameters. - Created within the Unifi system a messaging module that utilizesXML to send and receive messages.

Austin, Tx, Us

- Create new UNIFI (an application written in Progress) screens, menus, interfaces, and other utility programs. - Modify current UNIFI screens, menus, interfaces, and utility programs. - Provide training on the use of the “Power Tools” provided with UNIFI. - Work on performance problems, communication server problems, and provide database administration services.

- Installed Microsoft NT servers and upgraded their existing Novel NLM Progress version 7 database server to the NT server(s) and Progress version 8. - Assisted in creating development test environments and resolving various programming and environment problems. - Upgraded Smart ObjectTM application from Progress version 8.0A02 to 8.2B. - Provided maintenance and enhancements.

Resolved cross-platform development issues (Windows GUI vs UNIX character mode). Resolved performance bottleneckproblems. Led design of Progress based queue system to print invoices, reports, and to run various system maintenancetasks. Helped create rollout and update programs for 400 sites. Created and implemented a standard set of UNIX scriptsand files to access and maintain the Progress database(s). Performed Progress database administration tasks, such as tablenormalization, adds/drops of tables, indices, etc., as well as design analysis.

- Managed the Operational Support team whose responsibilities included hardware support, operating system support and administration (UNIX, DOS, Windows), Progress database administration, and programming standards.- Provided technical guidance and expertise in the development of systems, systems support, and technical standards.- Participated in and directed research on technical issues and the resulting recommendations.- Administrative duties included performance appraisals and professional development of a staff of thirteen, interview and hire candidates as needed. - Also participated in budget projections and departmental strategy planning..

- Led the development and documentation of specifications and requirements for highly complex application systems servingthe financial, manufactoring, and mortgage industries. - Created implementation requirements for advanced, complextechnological environments. - Creation of solutions for systems and environments which have very specific performance constraints. Normally involved the supervision of other technical and/or functional resources.- Provided advanced unix system and database administration support, concentrating on performance and normalizationstandards. Unix in general and Progress RDBMS in particular.- Led office Client/Server pursuit team. Researched various technologies and provided classes, articles, and other materialsto the branch. This included Powerbuilder, SQLWindows, and various other Networking topics.

Provided advanced business application support via the creation of special procedures and custom designed solutions for aturnkey business application serving the Automotive aftermarket, Automotive Warehouse, Hardlines, and Lumberindustries. Application supported A/R, Inventory Control, A/P, G/L, PO, and POS. Directed customer support advancedoperation activities of approximately 20 engineers.Unix Systems Administration supporting approximately 60 users.Administration of a Knowledge-based Inquiry Management system (Apriori from Answer Computer).