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Atomist creates development automation tools, including CI/CD; checking and changing code across hundreds of repositories; and responding to events and chat commands.It is a new sector in developer tools, creating new possibilities, new levels of automating our own work in order to scale software development. At conferences and through blogs, I worked to create this sector in the market, teaching and inspiring developers to think bigger about what we do.I helped with the core libraries (originally in Scala, now TypeScript running on Node.js). I wrote a good bit of documentation (github.com/atomist/docs), including taking charge of delivery automation for the docs (github.com/atomist/docs-sdm). I made the developer-facing GUI for github.com/atomist/org-visualizer, which seeks and displays information across repositories across GitHub or on your computer.My particular focus is to make it easier for developers to understand and use the tools.

Delivery and Deployment: infrastructure automation.Before that: realtime event processing in Scala

We are moving Monsanto IT toward microservices and agile. Our team is building a platform for continuous delivery to VPC in AWS, plus a Scala microservices infrastructure.

Development in Clojure, on a fully remote team with a culture of pairing and deep collaboration. We built and maintained a system for demographic-targeted ad display, which observed behavior of customers shown ads and fed that back into targeting strategy. We used Ansible to deploy Clojure web services in AWS, and processed events in ElasticSearch and Hadoop. Our team coordinated very well with Zoom, Slack, and Trello. At Outpace, I learned that fully remote teams can have great communication and rapport.

A distributed spontaneous calculation engine. Scala and Akka and Couch.

A small team of developers creating a consumer site, end-to-end. I'll tell you more about it after launch.Combined three git repositories and six gradle projects into one repository, one multiproject build, and one release build in Jenkins.Incorporate and optimize site-search using elasticsearch and LuceneDevelop pages and added features from front to back, from the jQuery UI to the MySQL databaseLearned, implemented, and trained the team in git-flow, a version control strategy built on gitTechnologies: Java, MySQL, OSX, Hibernate, JPA, Guice, Sitebricks, Velocity, JavaScript, jQuery, Jenkins, git, gradle, elasticsearch

Monsanto: TPS Biotech -- January - December 2011• First developer point of contact for production support on over sixty applications in the Biotech platform• Profile and improve performance of a critical desktop Java application -- acheived 40% improvement in startup time• Investigate errors in custom classloaders• Identify and correct bugs in applications that model DNA structures for cloning and transformation• Enhance the Oracle BPM model for support reduction and business process changes• Test-driven development with 90-100% unit test coverageEnvironment: Java 6, Weblogic, SOAP, maven, IntelliJ Idea, Oracle, Tomcat, TeamCity, Crucible, Oracle BPM, TDD, iterativeExpress Scripts: Pricing Engine -- July - December 2010Implemented and designed a pricing engine that rapidly interprets large quantities of past data to produce quantitative predictions of future profits.• Modeled predictions of prescriptions and prices as polynomial functions• Performed mathematical operations on the input data to predict total revenue• Tested and tuned the engine for optimal performance in both time and memory consumption• Created Swing GUI and internal infrastructure for rapid Swing developmentSavvis: May - June 2010Constructed a custom middleware between Siebel and Portal BRM. A Java servlet running in Tomcat accepts POST requests containing XML. The XML is parsed using xPath and then inserted into a queue in an Oracle database. A batch process, also in Java, retrieves queued requests and translates them for transmission to Portal BRM APIs. MyEclipse, Perl, UNIX.

Interfaced internally developed systems with vendor software: Connected AQS AscendantOne insurance system and EMC xPression xRevise document manager to the legacy application using SOAP web services. Through this integration, enabled a program written for Workers Compensation insurance to quote and issue Commercial Auto and General Liability policies nationwide.Maintained and enhanced the very large internal insurance management system: A Java web application running in Websphere connected to DB2. Programmed and debugged in Java using IBM’s Rational Software Architect on the Eclipse platform.Worked closely with business users and BAs for requirements gathering, analysis, and testing support: Illustrated design with UML class diagrams and sequence diagrams. Worked toward implementing agile methodologies such as pair programming and self-managed teams. Wrote ad-hoc SQL queries in DB2 running on an AS/400.Provided first-level support and customer service for users encountering errors: Debugged complex business logic including insurance rating algorithms, proprietary frameworks for web GUI and for ORM, including concurrency and threading.

Developed a complete retail store software suite, including Point of Sale, inventory management, revenue tracking, and reporting:- A Java Swing client deployed via Webstart connects to a Jboss enterprise server on Linux, interacting through JDBC with UniVerse and through JDBC and Hibernate-backed EJB3 entities to PostgreSQL.- Inventory management includes tracking stocks and movement of items, FIFO cost accounting, and physical inventory support.- A custom Ant-based build system and CVS versioning facilitate an iterative process using JUnit tests with EasyMock and continuous integration with CruiseControl.Proposed and documented solutions; tracked changes for each release Coordinated tasks among team membersObserved users and optimized the user interfacesMaintained web application with Tapestry for handheld scanning devicesTracked problems in Mantis and RTDeveloped an asynchronous client-server reporting infrastructure and full set of reports in JasperReports using iReportDesigned, programmed, and configured the categorization of funds into detailed Accounting journal entriesTraveled to stores to supervise initial physical inventory and train all store personnelPerformed debugging and troubleshooting on all layers of the application and infrastructure, including JBoss, client code, database access, Hibernate, AntDesigned and implemented data models in PostgreSQL and UniVerse, along with data replication and synchronization mechanisms between UniVerse and PostgreSQLDesigned tables and queries for IBM’s UniVerse multi-valued database in SQL, TCL, and PICKDocumented projects and procedures on Twiki, with flow diagrams in DiaProduced SOAP web services deployed in JBoss to interface with legacy systemsPerformed ad-hoc queries and data manipulation to measure and compare store operation metricsWorked extensively in IntelliJ Idea IDELaid out user interfaces in JFormDesigner

Led a team of developers on provisioning software in C and C++ on UNIX:- The application uses interprocess communication over sockets, load balancing, persistent queuing, prioritization, and highly configurable rule-based behavior with conversation scripts. - Messaging interfaces include XML over MQ Series, TCP/IP sockets, CORBA, and Tuxedo APIs.Guided the software through its full life cycle: proposal, requirements, design, estimation, data modeling, programming, testing, implementation, documentation, training, production support, maintenance, and final handoff to the customer’s team.Wrote and presented proposals, estimates, impact assessments, and detailed functional specificationsEstimated, tracked, and reviewed changes to the application for each release cycleLed high-volume performance tests of provisioning software and Number Management: planning, scripting, analysis, and reporting of results.Optimized application performance to meet throughput and response time requirements.Developed and maintained the data model in Oracle 8i and 9i; determined and implemented optimal database partitioning scheme.Reached Acting Team Leader in 1.5 yearsSupervised and evaluated programmersBrought new programmers up to team leadership readinessWorked closely with development centers in Israel and CyprusMaintained multiple versions of the provisioning software for various clientsScripted in Perl, ksh, PL/SQL, sed, awk, and other toolsProduced training presentations and materialsTracked tests and bugs in Test DirectorConverted data from legacy systemsAnalyzed requirements and spearheaded solution design for Number Management’s implementation of WLNP (wireless local number portability)Maintained and developed Java Enterprise APIs in BEA Weblogic, using EclipsePerformance tested the J2EE application with LoadRunner and PythonSupported and maintained a Java web application with JSP and Struts