Ramp's Universal eCDN delivers secure optimized video on corporate networks on premises or in the cloud, on any device. We are the only on premises application which can use Multicast, P2P and a caching solution without ever going outside the customer’s firewall. My role at Ramp Holdings was to take a legacy product and update the system while keeping backwards capabilities and introduce analytics to help customers see the ROI of Ramp Holdings. As the engineering lead, I was in charge of the hiring, development and management of the engineering teams in Boston, Russia and India. I introduced the team to several XP development practices like testing, pair programming and continuous integration. I also managed the agile process running daily standups, sprint planning and retrospectives. Worked with customers and business owners to understand and develop requirements, create the architecture to implement those requirements, and break down the architecture into actionable work for my team.

Cazena is a multi cloud platform big data as a service company. We were able to launch multiple data engines (Cloudera and Redshift) on both Azure and AWS. My role at Cazena was to lead the QA and UX teams. As Manager of the user experience team we developed a user console using Ruby on Rails and AngularJS. When I started, the application had many bugs and only 7 working tests. During my time developing and leading the team, we increased our test coverage to 95%, reducing bug count and increasing the speed to deliver new features.Also, managed the QA team turning a process from manual testing only which was able to release every two months to a fully automated system written in Java. Trained the QA engineers in Java and began testing in all levels of the system from the UX using Selenium to the SaltStack to test the servers that are running. We used Jenkins and JUnit to drive the tests and make sure our daily pipe jobs pass.Was also responsible for all Java code quality metrics using Findbugs, Unit Testing and Checkstyle. Introduced the team to use Artifactory to cache our dependencies and hold our builds.

Find where to watch the game with other fans near you at www.fanatic.coDeveloped back end Server APIs for mobile application Fanatic using Spring. Stored data in MySQL, for the primary data storage, Cloud Search, for geo­search, and Redis, for user and game feeds. Created the Android version of Fanatic written in Java. Hired and managed outside contractor to develop iOS version of the application.Managed interns who developed automated test suite of the APIs which are used before every commit.

Gazelle:- Created their mobile web application for their users.- Improved their web site to remove many bugs and streamline the user’s experience- Changed the testing strategy from complete manual testing over a 7 day period toautomated testing in under 30 minutes.- Introduced, and got buy in, from the developers to create tests while developing.- Introduced automated build system for the entire development team.- Used Ruby on Rails, Mogo Test, Jasmine and Jenkins.Bison Alternatives:- Introduced testing to the developer on the team. - Helped change the technology stack.Nokia:- Helped migrate one project with no tests to a new group, while creating a test harness towrap around the existing project.- Introduced new features and added stability.- Created automated build and deploy scripts to launch the application.- Used Node.js, Spring and Jenkins.- Taught other developers Agile developer practices like TDD and pair programming.Helped train junior developers at Cyrus in Agile developer and process practices. Helped create an internal application based on Spring, Scala and MongoDB similar to Stack Exchange. Ran several Retrospectives for clients. Spoke at Babson College about how to incorporate Scrum and Kanban to a panel of business leaders. Attended James Shore and Diana Larsen’s seminar on The Art of Agile.

URL Shortener:Developed the URL Shortener for Nokia with one other developer.Developed application using Spring 3 MVC Rest API, ActiveMQ, Memcache and Project Voldemort.With over two million urls shortened, this application is used throughout Nokia for all applications with zero downtime.Private Sharing Social Application:Led team of 10 developers to create Rest APIs and Web application.Developed application using Nokia NoSQL solution for data storage, Spring 3 Rest API, ActiveMQ, Memcache and JRuby on Rails.With several thousand users currently using the application, moved from Alpha to Beta, we*ve had zero downtime.Social Common Back-end:Created a system which can handle millions of requests a day, and used throughout Nokia by numerous services. This application handles all data storage, access control, data model validation, email notifications, SMS notifications, and on device notifications.Grew a team from 3 to 12 developers and QA in three months.Developed application using Spring 3 MVC, Nokia NoSQL solution, ActiveMQ, and Memcache.Lead teams different multiple locations from Berlin to San Francisco. Introduced Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration, TDD, and static analysis tools like Findbugs, Checkstyle and Sonar to our groups to help with code quality. Helped architect a suite of automated functional tests that run after each checkin before deployment using Groovy and Grails. Company and site wide, I am also an Agile coach, member of the Communities of Practice for CI and CD, and help organize site wide events to build a community at Nokia.

acquired by Nokia) Lead a team of six developers in creating a private social network application. Helped change the architecture from an existing application from EJB 2 and homegrown JSF-like controller layer to Spring MVC. Changed the DAO layer to use Spring AOP, MySQL and memcache. Reimplemented the Authentication layer to use Spring Security and open auth. Create a set of REST APIs for mobile clients to integrate. Created a DSL which sat on top of Selenium to drive our UI automation tests. Introduced Hudson, Checkstyle, Findbugs, and TDD to improve the quality of the application.

Software engineer and team lead for the Survey product using Hibernate, Spring and AJAX. Created a caching solution for the reporting tool to unload the database strain onto an in-memory database solution. Using Spring Modules and Spring*s JDBCTemplates, created a caching solution for a new domain model. Created transaction management using Spring*s AOP and Transaction Management. Member of the Architecture team to determine cross team solutions to technical problems and introduce new technologies to the company. Lead group to migrate application away from EJB and homegrown MVC to Spring MVC.

Web administrator and technical lead for the Harvard University Art Museums internal and external web sites. Used CSS and W3C standards for maintainability and cross browser/platform usability. Developed ten search-able web sites based on art exhibitions utilizing XML/XSLT, SQL Server and JAVA. Lead programmer and designer of web based application for museum wide inventory, catalog and bar coding using XML/XSLT, JSP and SQL. Designed and created a database migration tool to import data from a 4D database into a SQL Server.Developer and project manager on conservation work-flow and reporting application that utilized Spring Framework. Created and designed database model for conservation application. Worked in a team environment to create a central package of utilities and objects to map, import and update data in the collections management. Our team used SVN for version control. Examples of work included www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/degas and www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sketchbooks.

Inception, design, and development of new website to introduce products for a CRM solutions provider to the hospitality industry. Creation of web based reporting tool for clients to query the data using ASP and SQL. Conducted interviews with board members and executives to determine technological requirements and transform marketing manager*s PowerPoint and brochure presentations to web site. Used CSS and JavaScript to create an interactive website where users can log in to get to private secure information.

Programmer with an Application Service Provider developing a tool for insurance claims adjusters. Developed corporate intranet for company's resources using JSP. Created and designed prototypes for client presentations and development direction using JSP, DHTML/HTML, and Photoshop. Part of team that developed applications in WebLogic, JAVA, XML/XSLT, and SQL. Used Visual Source Save for source control.

Project manager and programmer for a contract web development company. Lead programmer and manager on several projects with client interaction. Responsibilities included development of front and back end solutions and implementation of the projects* functionality, within strict time and budget constraints. Examples of; Used ASP, Java, XML/XSLT, DHTML/HTML, and JSP on several projects.