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• Support and development of multiple Spring-based custom Java Applications• Initial implementation of a monitoring framework and application which will be expanded to also contain a number of process automation functions in the future• Support of a large, complex, vended application which supports the core function provided by the unit• Data maintenance and correction• Operational support for applications, installations, and fix installs• Performance analysis and troubleshooting• On call support for critical enterprise wide processes

Rochester, Minnesota Area

• Assigned as primary developer for one of the most heavily used rules within Mayo Clinic’s use of Blaze Advisor, interacting with multiple other systems to provide guidance to care givers.• Support and enhancements for other Blaze Advisor rules, querying and updating patient Electronic Medical Record• Developed a new rule for processing genetic testing data used for pharmacogenomics based individualized care.• Support and enhancements for C# tools and production processes• On call support for critical enterprise wide processes

Clear Lake, Iowa

• Provided function specializing in performance data collection from operating system APIs in a multi-platform environment and defining associated manual and automated tests.• Within the first year of employment became the primary developer for one of the fastest growing platforms supported by TeamQuest products.• Within first two years of employment, architected and implemented one of two major components of the data collection agent for a newly supported platform which became one of the most widely-used collection agents offered by TeamQuest.• Decreased development time for data collection agents on newly supported platforms by designing and implementing a reusable framework used by multiple developers for data collection agents for newly supported platforms.• Provided support and debug for critical customer problems.• Supported internal quality control and quality assurance teams with problem identification and resolution.• Transformed proprietary database table definitions via a Perl script, saving hundreds of manual table definition updates.• Assigned as a design consultant for projects being implemented by other developers.• Architected fix for an issue no one else had been able to resolve. Using this approach, developed Java function which transformed customer defined report templates, allowing them to utilize new product data structures.• Recognized as the domain expert for one of the two main data storage mechanisms used by collection agents.• Mentored multiple new hires in the engineering area.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

• Excelled in object oriented architecture (OOA), design (OOD), and C++ programming (OOP) in highly complex, low-level operating system environments for multiple system functions in the IBM I operating system, including - High availability functions, including automated switching of disk drives and remote mirroring of data - Virtual address to disk location mappings - Disk configuration - Dynamic memory management - Page fault handling - Memory management• Provided high quality function. Before transferring to a new team, I was the sole developer responsible for three active operating systems components, which went more than two years on thousands of customer installations without a single customer encountering a problem in them. All of the components I’ve worked on as the sole or primary developer have shown consistently improving quality.• Provided support and debug for customer problems• Product owner and access administrator for a large product with development spanning multiple sites internationally • Design and implementation of manual and automated test suites from unit testing through component and component regression test• Improved efficiency by creating and maintaining departmental and area-wide tools in Perl and Unix shell script• Led department defect prevention process as part of the corporate Total Quality Management system• Created and maintained defect prevention documentation in HTML for use on intranet• Coordinated review of customer documents for accurate technical information over multi-department area• Maintained bulletin boards used for communication across a large multi-department, multi-year project, handling authorizations, access, and trouble-shooting for hundreds of participants in tens of departments

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science/Math/Psychology