James is an accomplished Agilist, Team Lead, and Technical Lead. He has experience with Agile Project Management, and leading teams to accomplish enterprise goals using the latest web technologies.Specialties: Ruby on Rails, Databases, Agile Leadership

Full Stack (HTML, CSS, JS, Postgres, DB2, & Linux) Ruby on Rails developer and Agile Leader. A Technical Lead capable of leading a team to accomplish the business goals of a fast-changing indusrtry. I have participated at all levels of a team; from coder, to architect. I have participated at Gannett and outside of Gannett to hone my Agile skill set. I enjoyed collaborating with serveral teams.

Technical Lead, seasoned programmer, and analyst able to combine various programming styles and languages with project management skills to complete large and small projects in a timely manner – complete with documentation, unit, integration, and user acceptance testing.I lead a team of RPG developers to integrate a legacy Field Services Management application with a new web based application saving tens of thousands of dollars with reduced costs for mail, reliability and reception of accurate data back from the field. Able to see the “big picture” and conceptualize the entire project and how it relates to business needs. Working independently and leading a team of developers. I have designed and implemented database designs using Erwin and DB2 SQL. Coding and testing of complex DB2 Stored Procedures for use with ADO.Net. Also, experienced with data modeling with traditional AS/400 DDS files. Performs integration between AS/400 RPG ILE, VB.Net, Fair Isaac’s Blaze Java Business Rules Engine, and SQL stored procedures.

I designed, tested and implemented projects incorporating multiple platforms, including AS/400 RPG ILE, Microsoft Office Suite, and DB2 using VBA, ADO, and ODBC. I contributed to the conversion of a decentralized business transaction system to a centralized, more efficient master system using a robust and industrial-strength search engine. Introduced new methodologies for programming RPG to utilize the power of the AS/400 environment, giving the ability to query prospective customers based on either purchased or customer supplied data.Programmed workflow applications integrating Lotus Notes/Domino and DB2 utilizing both Lotus Script and Java. Designed and implemented a training calendar that allowed employees to sign up for training classes, receive a reminder and track completed classes. Implemented a customer e-mail reminder that notified salesmen regarding daily leads.