Software engineer specializing in developing applications in the Ruby/Rails,JavaScript/jQuery/Nodejs/React stack. Also a Sun Certified Java Professional.I am an independent software engineer specializing in web and mobile application development in Ruby on Rails and ES6/Nodejs/React as well as Java (Struts/Tapestry). I have expertise developing applications in the following industries: Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehouse Management, Transportation, On Board Computing (OBC), Health Care Risk Management, Labor Management and Law Enforcement.My career began at Price Chopper Supermarkets as a programmer / analyst responsible for all supply chain, warehouse and transportation systems. In my fourteen year career at Price Chopper, I moved into IT Project Management and eventually came to lead a very strong group of programmer / analysts. I am proud of all that we were able to accomplish. At Price Chopper, I developed multiple in house applications in COBOL, Informix 4gl and J2SE.I left Price Chopper for Blue Sky Technologies so that I could be able to play a direct and immediate role in driving a new company to success. At Blue Sky, I developed web based business intelligence tools on the Java stack (Java 7, Hibernate 3.2) and with heavy JavaScript (JQuery, Bootstrap).After 7 years with Blue Sky, I then decided to make my skills available to multiple clients. I am currently an independent software engineer providing remote-based programming services to customers on a 1099 basis. Presently. I have two major clients. For one, I develop health care risk management applications in the Ruby/Rails ecosystem. My second client is a major law enforcement agency where I develop confidential web based and server based crime tracking applications in the Nodejs and React ecosystem. Specialties: Expertise is in supply chain, distribution systems, transportation management systems, on board computing, and health care risk managementSkills include: software development, project management, IT management, leadership, coaching, training and supervision.Programming expertise includes Ruby 2.x/3,x, Rails 4/5/6/7, Java 7.0 (J2SE, J2EE), JQuery, Nodejs, React, HTML5 and legacy technologies(COBOL, IBM Mainframe), minor in C#.Database skills include SQL Server, Informix IDS, Oracle RDBMS, MySQL, PostGRES, IBM Db2