Jim Read

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Application Engineer @ Thrivent
Boulder, CO, US
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Boulder, Colorado, United States, United States
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About Jim Read

I am a software engineer who has spent most of his career creating cloud applications before cloud was cool. Distributed software engineering is one of my many passions. I am fluent in Java, Spring Boot, .NET technologies, C#, JavaScript and HTML and have designed, implemented, tested software systems as well as led team projects. I have worked in multiple market verticals (e.g., oil and gas, finance, healthcare and education). I have trained new programmers in object oriented technologies at the jobs at which I have worked and I am always passionate about my current project.

Jim Read's Current Company Details
Thrivent

Thrivent

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Application Engineer
Boulder, CO, US
Jim Read Work Experience Details
  • Thrivent
    Application Engineer
    Thrivent
    Boulder, Co, Us
  • Thrivent
    Application Engineer
    Thrivent Feb 2024 - Present
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
  • Blackrock
    Software Engineer Iii
    Blackrock Jun 2022 - Jun 2023
    New York, Ny, Us
    Designed and implemented two microservice APIs that were part of the Aladdin Trading platform, a distributed microservices architecture implemented in java spring boot that executes trades against configured accounts. Used Google Protobuf to generate microservice interfaces for gRPC service implementations. Implemented a microservice that was responsible for communicating cash balances to the execution engine so that trades would only be executed against an up to date, accurate balance. Implemented the scheduling service that determined when trades could be executed considering weekends, holidays, and worldwide time-zones.
  • Blackrock
    Software Engineer Iii
    Blackrock Aug 2019 - Jun 2022
    New York, Ny, Us
    Served a lead role in architecting, designing, and implementing Aladdin Universal Connectors, a distributed services architecture implemented with java spring boot microservices that allowed outside clients to view and update their fund profiles via a series of REST APIs. The java layer also was used to integrate an internal legacy .NET system with other components in the BlackRock Aladdin system. Implemented the trading module that allowed trades to be securely executed across an X509 transport layer from one off-premise client to another off-premise transfer agent. Used Java JPA/Hibernate to retrieve and store data against a SQL Server backend.
  • Cachematrix
    Lead Technical Architect
    Cachematrix Aug 2016 - Aug 2019
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    Served as an integral member of the Cachematrix development team responsible for design and implementation of back-end distributed financial trading service written in .NET 4.6 and SQL Server 2014. The components were deployed as WCF Services, which acted as proxies to third-party trading systems. Refactored the Cachematrix FundDirect integration service into a set of independent, distributed WCF microservices deployed within Docker containers. Participated in proof of concept activities.
  • Envision Healthcare
    Software Engineer
    Envision Healthcare Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
    Nashville, Tennessee, Us
    Responsible for the design and implementation of key new features in the Emcare RapAndGo product, a patient management application written using .NET 4.5 ASP.NET, Javascript and jQuery with a MySQL backend. Used ASP.NET SignalR technology to design and implement an in-product, secure messaging system that allowed physicians within a hospital to communicate with one another. Re-designed the perl based HL7 parsing model to a design that utilized distributed WCF services and a multi-threaded Windows Service.
  • Aspenpointe
    Contract Software Engineer
    Aspenpointe Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
    Colorado Springs, Us
    Played a key role in the effort to re-design AspenPointe’s medical provider system. Designed and implemented the data model; re-wrote all affected Transact-SQL stored procedures; Implemented SSIS scripts to migrate data into the new model. Designed and implemented ASP.NET/jQuery user interface code using AJAX as well as standard postback response patterns. Re-worked the security model using standard ASP.NET interfaces in order to better control access to back-end resources.
  • Cachematrix
    Technical Architect
    Cachematrix Sep 2008 - Dec 2008
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    Determined security architecture for a small securities software firm that provided applications to external clients. Used WCF and WSE 3.0 to secure distributed web service methods using x509 certificates. The application is provided as a service to several financial security firms worldwide through a SaaS model. Designed a Java Servlet to provide statements to the main .NET based application.
  • Clayton Fixed Income Services
    Programmer Analyst Iii
    Clayton Fixed Income Services Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
    Re-engineered Clayton’s primary intranet application. Migrated it from Classic ASP to a .NET 3.0/Windows Communication Foundation based framework comprised of twelve distributed services. Re-engineered the client interface into a set of desktop based smart clients and web based AJAX applications. Oversaw and led all aspects of development from requirements gathering through deployment. Led and trained a group of six developers. Led the developers in all architectural and design decisions.
  • Clayton Fixed Income Services
    Sr. Software Engineer
    Clayton Fixed Income Services Sep 2004 - Jan 2006
    Re-engineered ASP/VBScript based projects to take advantage of .NET technologies on Clayton’s intranet application. Gathered user requirements, wrote functional specifications, and made use of UML to communicate and document designs. Separated solutions into presentation, business and data layers and made use of distributed web services and WSE 2.0 to build distributed service-oriented architectures. Solutions were built using ASP.NET, C# and ADO.NET typed datasets. Wrote user documentation and led user training on new solutions. Organized and trained IT staff in basic object-oriented principles.
  • A2D Technologies
    Sr. Software Engineer
    A2D Technologies Jan 2003 - Sep 2004
    Integral team member involved in the migration of the company’s main eCommerce site from a Java/Oracle to a .NET/SQL Server 2000 implementation. Designed and implemented the Data Access Layer using ADO.NET datasets. Worked on ASP.NET user interface layer, utilizing both server side (C#) and client side (JavaScript) logic. Designed ASP.NET distributed web services interface and integrated with both .NET and Java clients. The site ran in a web farm across multiple servers and utilizes out of process session state.
  • Oildex
    Sr. Architect
    Oildex Jun 1999 - Jan 2003
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    Led the design and development of an Application Service Provider model web application that enables oil and gas companies to exchange financial documents of varying formats via the internet using Java, EJB, XML, Weblogic 6.1, Perl, Oracle and J2EE in a Solaris development environment. Designed the initial object framework that all developers now use for development and developed data model. Helped to implement much of the middle tier and user interface using Java, HTML and JavaScript. Chose tools and managed source control. Responsible for investigating new and emerging standards.
  • Ihs, Energy Group
    Sr. Programmer Analyst
    Ihs, Energy Group Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
    Designed and developed a web application server that delivers oil and gas data on demand via the internet using Java, CORBA, ActiveX, ASP, MS SQLServer and Oracle. Designed, developed and tested the middle tier application server that facilitates all communications between client side applets and back end legacy systems residing on IBM mainframes and MVS systems. The load-balanced server was written using CORBA (Visigenics ORB). The user interface was written using JDK Swing classes. The system generated $100,000/month by the end of its first year in production.
  • Ihs, Energy Group
    Programmer Analyst
    Ihs, Energy Group Jan 1996 - Jan 1997
    Developed user interface components for a two-tier database management system using Oracle Pro/C, C++ and Microsoft MFC. Developed ActiveX component that presented a common database interface to a suite of client applications. The components were used in various PowerBuilder and VB applications to allow a consistent interface to various database objects on the back end server.
  • Geographix, Inc (Now Haliburton)
    Project Lead
    Geographix, Inc (Now Haliburton) Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
    Led a team of developers responsible for delivering a suite of geologic data management and mapping tools. Oversaw high-level architecture and wrote functional specifications. Implemented solutions using C, C++ and Microsoft MFC.
  • Q+E Software
    Software Quality Engineer
    Q+E Software Jan 1992 - Jan 1994
    Led and participated in project teams responsible for assuring the quality of Q+E Database Library, Database Editor and ODBC drivers. Designed and implemented automated test suites in C and Visual Basic. Investigated and reported software problems.

Jim Read Skills

Microsoft Sql Server C# Javascript Xml Web Services Html Sql Asp.net Wcf Java .net Databases Uml Software Engineering Oracle Web Applications Java Enterprise Edition Ajax Xslt Team Leadership Object Oriented Design Solution Architecture Team Building Visual Studio Application Architecture Mortgage Industry Object Oriented Software Ado.net Debugging Code Process Improvement Mentoring Collaborative Problem Solving Enterprise Architecture Scripting Web Development System Architecture Software Development Css Html5 Service Oriented Architecture Design

Jim Read Education Details

  • North Carolina State University
    North Carolina State University
    Computer Science
  • University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
    University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
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