Luke Murray Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Business Strategy, Product & Solution Development, Security, System Ops, Team Building and Development when given the time.

· Managed my time between multiple client projects as well as other commitments at Object· Participated in various practice groups at Object (groups in which employees share skills and knowledge of various areas in IT from programming and architecture to specific domain knowledge)· Completed the developer portion of Process Mentor training; Objects own Project Management methodology· Helped design the architecture for various large SOA solutions across the telecommunications and insurance domains· Communicated with external vendors to ensure their solution provides the required functionality and complies with designed architecture· Designed the technical architecture of a large Java component providing SOA services to the overall solution· Communicated and resolved issues directly with the Java developers· Lead a team of developers to successfully design and implement solutions for membership management; creating a system that was happily adopted as it was easier to use and much quicker to work with· Lead a small team that handled production support; prioritising, resolving and delegating production issues· Communicated daily with the clients on requirements and features· Created UI components that interacted with the back-end SOA system utilising both .NET and Java technologies· Designed and implemented a secure Email replacement for a system utilising X400 for third party payment transfer requests saving on costs related to the ageing X400 service· Made extensive use of the WCF from the .NET 3.0/3.5 platform· Made extensive use of Web Services, XML and SOAP to optimise services· Integrated with COBOL services exposed with the help of the Micro Focus products, allowing for much more agile development cycles· Utilised Microsoft MQ series for reliable communication between certain services· Extensively used Eclipse, Java, Visual Studio 2005/2008, Oracle DB, C#, WinForms and Web technologies to successfully implement solutions

· Designed and developed new features for a range of security applications built in C/C++· Discovered and solved many complex and obscure platform dependent issues using Windows Debugger, Visual Studio and other tools, giving me an excellent understanding of Windows internals while creating a more stable product· Built and designed User Interfaces for desktop applications to provide an easy and consistent experience for the end user· Travelled internationally to directly help a team in the head office on various projects providing training and guidance· Investigated several new areas for developing internal tools; working with such technologies as .NET 3.0 framework and Windows system drivers· Made extensive use of C/C++ on the Windows platform, building large and complex applications and reusable libraries· Experience with Windows Kernel level APIs for developing and debugging device drivers· Utilised the .NET framework to build tools that interface with 3rd party and unmanaged components, for internal team uses and testing· Built and maintained networking libraries using low level APIs such as Sockets and other Windows technologies· Developed secure COM services to expose a service API for our applications to utilise· Developed applications compatible with Windows Vista

· Preformed the analysis, design and programming for a variety of client projects as well as internal ones· Ported a job management application to ASP.NET 1.1, then 2.0 bringing a range of new features; integrating job tracking (for both customers and consultants), quotes, inventory and orders· Designed solutions for multiple clients streamlining business processes· Managed a range of client projects· Communicated with existing and potential clients· Implemented of a robust synchronisation service built on .NET Web Services to allow sharing of job and consultant information between related companies· Extensive use of Microsoft .NET (1.1 / 2.0) with a focus on ASP.NET development in C#· Extensive experience with Microsoft SQL server 2000 / 2005 and development environments· Designed User Interfaces for the web using techniques like AJAX· Hands on experience with Microsoft Reporting Services for SQL Server; both development and administration· Administrated Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, IIS and various other Microsoft products

· Selected to participate in an industry placement scholarship allowing me to gain some early real world experience· Implemented new features for a large financial J2EE application as part of a small team· Completed technical analysis and documentation, both functional and low level specifications· Developed Java classes for interfacing with legacy COBOL applications on mainframe servers· Communicated directly with business clients· Gathered and documented business requirements· Business process re-factoring through implementation of IT systems for asset management· Proficient use of DBMS and data driven development, working with advanced SQL queries· Testing; unit tests and formal system testing for QA· Developed for the J2EE platform, deploying to IBM Web-sphere application server· Developed using the Eclipse based IBM Web-sphere application tools· C# ASP.NET development using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003; integrating with existing databases and applications