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Kaysville, Ut, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

• Developed and upgraded system APIs supporting licensing and DevOps in Kubernetes on AWS.• Created an Admin API using Java and Spring Boot that supported shoppers' ability to perform OAuth logins from supported providers to login to Commerce Cloud in a secure way.• Helped create commerce APIs to allow headless commerce for our customers, and integration across other Salesforce clouds using Java, Spring Boot, MuleSoft and Commerce Cloud.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Promoted to Architect to help oversee the transition of our Retail.net platform to other vendors, designed and created a Global API that allowed access to all our apps and database.• Diagrammed and met with all teams to capture our architecture and communicate it to customers, upper management and other stakeholders.• Solved central architectural initiatives to save Retail.net retailers millions of dollars, implementing key libraries to deploy Open JDK and multi-threaded APIs to deliver on performance thresholds.• Helped create Store Web API and Local Price Apply for use by multiple customers, allowing them to integrate sales orders across their retail ecosystems and consumer channels.

Manage eight software engineers supporting three of Retail.net's top five customers (by revenue). Collaborate with customers, QA engineers, project managers, analysts and other teams to deliver complex business solutions using strong design, collaboration and problem solving with a solid understanding of SDLC and best practices.• Lead national and international teams of Java developers supporting large retail networks of Java and web applications, mobile web services, Postgres and Oracle databases for Fortune 500 retailers.◦ Manage a portfolio of development projects for the Customer Experience Architecture team, scheduling releases, assigning JIRA issues, estimating projects, and coordinating with customers.◦ Implement agile practices, hold stand ups, work with cross team management to adopt development initiatives, code quality tools, build systems, confluence training materials, and best practices.◦ Created new pricing applications, upgraded legacy systems to more secure versions, lead scrum meetings, onboarded new hires and designed and led delivery of a call center app.◦ Hired a new team of developers, upskilled them on Java Spring Boot APIs, created fully integrated end-to-end Customer Experience Architecture between e-commerce and POS apps.

• Led multiple teams of Java developers for the Customer Experience Architecture team. Helped produce full stack POS development projects• Develop, program, and maintain production java applications for a nationwide network of retailers, including Les Schwab, Kal Tire, Ratner, McKesson and other Fortune 500 clients for whom Retail.net provides end-to-end retail software systems.◦ Assist in the staged release of pilot stores, troubleshoot critical issues, and develop essential components using Java, JSF, API, Spring, Swing, Eclipse, Postgres and Oracle databases.◦ Perform iterative and agile development tasks as part of an integrated team of developers to produce customized java front-end interfaces, application logic, and user experience components.◦ Successfully roll out and support multiple customers’ retail front-end systems nationwide resolving major issues along the way and identifying new solutions for maintainability.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

• Designed, programmed, and implemented the corporate enterprise document management and scanning portal and released it nationwide to over 200 retail locations. Incorporated this portal into the corporate internal portal as the central repository for more than 1.5 million documents.o System supports documents for Purchasing, Bills of Lading, Retail, Environmental, and Legal divisions according to corporate and legal storage requirements.o Technologies included Oracle and Weblogic application server with PL/SQL back-end, Java/JSP front-end, and Crystal reports.• Provided development and upgraded primary Mainframe and Financial Java/J2EE web applications in the MIS Financial Group. Modules supported include: ACH, AP Viewer, Tax, Carrier Invoices, EDI, and e-commerce applications.o Reprogrammed security for Flying J e-commerce website for Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance, connected to internal credit card sockets for TSYS. o Provided ongoing engineering and system upgrades along with active new development for multiple accounting departments. • Sole programmer for the Tax department’s Motor Fuel Tax Return and Filing web application (Java and PL/SQL) that facilitates millions of dollars in fuel tax payments.o Successfully managed strict monthly deadlines and changes in tax law to keep the application and Oracle tables, functions, and packages up-to-date.• Programmed a Fleet management application for keeping inventory, advertising available fleet assets, and reselling the Flying J Transportaion fleet, 3rd party trucks and semi trailers. o Created a streaming portal and all JSP pages, content pages, servlets, and Java portlets and integrated the portal with the customer portal.o Wrote servlets for posting, uploading, approving images of inventory items.o Developed internal administrative tools for make, model, lien holders, vendors, service providers and sales forms.o Helped program changes to PL/SQL functions, tables, & packages.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Consolidated, redesigned, developed, reprogrammed, and centralized administration of all public websites for Flying J and it's subsidiary companies written in Coldfusion, PHP, ASP, JSP/Java/J2EE, and Weblogic portals, and various other web technologies.Extensive experience developing required themes and frameworks. Configured and designed all desktops, streaming portals, and portal instances. Implemented a corporate content management system and integrated it with the portals and websites. Programmed all required java portlets, 3rd party portlets, and site administration screens and deployed them within the public and internal portals.Properties supported include: www.flyingj.com, www.tch.com, www.pdcassoc.com, www.bigwestoil.com, www.bigwestca.com, www.longhornpipeline.com, www.tchdriveline.com, www.fjmgt.com, www.flyingjestore.com, Fleet Sales, as well as other internally available portals and web applications.Coordinated requests from Marketing, Supply and Distribution, Fuel Marketing, and other business stakeholders. Designed and implemented all required functions packages, tables, content, and portal configurations.Managed all required projects through all the phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including planning, requirements, development, test, deployment, and support.Designed, generated, and integrated images, graphics, and original Flash movies into the corporate content management system. Helped theme and support the core portal frameworks for all corporate portals using Adobe Creative Suite.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Designed and implemented the primary enterprise web application for managing commercial construction projects through all phases of development; including permitting, entitlement, architectural design, construction, operation, and maintenance. Developed project management software for managing contacts, users, gantt charts, schedules, AIA forms, status photo gallery, and construction, permitting, and architectural planning tasks. Performed business analysis to identify key requirements for circulating AIA construction forms along appropriate approval paths for review by internal and external users.Provided support and successfully trained personnel to support users in implementing and administering use of the application.

Retail sales location in Layton, Utah providing name brand treadmills and exercise equipment through out the Wasatch Front.Opened a location in Salt Lake City, Utah and sold hundreds of units.

Ogden, Ut, Us

• Created professional ads and related graphics for newsprint, magazines, and widely distributed publications and published the Obituaries section of the Ogden Standard-Examiner.◦ Designed and published production quality ads using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other graphic design tools and utilities.