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Tucson, Az, Us

Delivered working solution as the sole developer on the OPES project to unblock scheduling issues that prevented proper operations of the blockchain; improved requirements to simplify implementation and improve outcome and delivery speed.Delivered MVP implementation as technical lead and developer on Tolam Earth Marketplace project. Created integration code between ARMM and Marketplace layers.Refactored Cigna legacy PCF platform Java and Kotlin microservices to run on AWS and… Show more Delivered working solution as the sole developer on the OPES project to unblock scheduling issues that prevented proper operations of the blockchain; improved requirements to simplify implementation and improve outcome and delivery speed.Delivered MVP implementation as technical lead and developer on Tolam Earth Marketplace project. Created integration code between ARMM and Marketplace layers.Refactored Cigna legacy PCF platform Java and Kotlin microservices to run on AWS and OpenShift platforms. Automated microservice configuration refactoring in Python. Show less

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Mentored development team members on adoption of test-driven development, software engineering best practices, SOLID principles, and other improvements in code quality of Java, C#, and JavaScript/TypeScript applications, including refactoring legacy code to improve its testability. Ultimately responsible for the code quality of all of my department’s projects as the reviewer and approver.Full-stack design and implementation of REST APIs in Java using the Spring framework for web… Show more Mentored development team members on adoption of test-driven development, software engineering best practices, SOLID principles, and other improvements in code quality of Java, C#, and JavaScript/TypeScript applications, including refactoring legacy code to improve its testability. Ultimately responsible for the code quality of all of my department’s projects as the reviewer and approver.Full-stack design and implementation of REST APIs in Java using the Spring framework for web application integration with back-end Oracle SOA services, and front-end development in Angular and TypeScript Created code generation framework for REST controller classes, service classes, and functional interfaces, including generation of unit and integration tests for 100% code coverage.Designed and prototyped user interface for web and mobile versions of interactive interval data exploration feature for the customer portal. Implemented the web version of my design with TypeScript and JQuery.Interviewed approximately 60 candidates for both permanent and contract full-stack development positions and internships for multiple departments. Show less

Tucson, Arizona

Guided historically troubled C# application to its first release within six months of starting. Introduced test-driven development to the team and implemented unit and integration tests; code coverage increased from 0% to 85% after one year.Managed two successful product releases and multiple service packs as a people manager and technical lead with a team of seven developers. Provided extensive technical mentoring to co-workers both inside and outside of my department.Lead open… Show more Guided historically troubled C# application to its first release within six months of starting. Introduced test-driven development to the team and implemented unit and integration tests; code coverage increased from 0% to 85% after one year.Managed two successful product releases and multiple service packs as a people manager and technical lead with a team of seven developers. Provided extensive technical mentoring to co-workers both inside and outside of my department.Lead open source software remediation effort after IBM acquisition: meticulously researched and documented origins and licenses of hundreds of OSS packages used in all of our products; obtained necessary disclosures and permissions from OSS authors where licensing was unclear. Received the highest possible rating for this “Herculean effort” in my first full year as an IBM employee.Handled all customer interaction during critical situation, including demonstrating prototypes and soliciting feedback. Supervised and collaborated with developers to implement the solutions.Full-stack development designing and implementing REST APIs in Java using JAX-RS and IBM WebSphere for web implementation of legacy Swing project, and front-end development in JavaScript and Dojo framework.Lead technical portion of interviews with multiple candidates for software development positions both inside and outside of my department. Show less

Phoenix, Arizona

Designed and implemented parser framework and daily reports for the new state-wide voter registration system, user interface for the new state campaign finance filing system, and a streamlined felony data entry system that was friendly to novices as well as expert users.Architected and implemented single sign-on framework and administration software. Created dynamic data-driven user interface generation framework, campaign finance period reports, bulk filing processing, stored… Show more Designed and implemented parser framework and daily reports for the new state-wide voter registration system, user interface for the new state campaign finance filing system, and a streamlined felony data entry system that was friendly to novices as well as expert users.Architected and implemented single sign-on framework and administration software. Created dynamic data-driven user interface generation framework, campaign finance period reports, bulk filing processing, stored procedures and legacy data conversion. Show less

Designed a framework and lead a team for internationalization and localization of the company’s entire suite of client-side applications.Refactored client application to introduce caching system for dynamic loading of custom forms, enabling use of application by users over dial-up connections.Redesigned and implemented mail merge functionality to increase usability and improve throughput by multiple orders of magnitude.Implemented new features, designed classes and… Show more Designed a framework and lead a team for internationalization and localization of the company’s entire suite of client-side applications.Refactored client application to introduce caching system for dynamic loading of custom forms, enabling use of application by users over dial-up connections.Redesigned and implemented mail merge functionality to increase usability and improve throughput by multiple orders of magnitude.Implemented new features, designed classes and components and performed bug fixes for multiple product lines.Interviewed candidates for multiple software development ​positions. Show less

Scottsdale, Arizona

Created scalable ISAPI DLLs in Delphi for use in an e-commerce production web site.

Orange, California

Software development and mentoring new college graduate hires in software development best practices.