Mike Spear Email & Phone Number

Alfred, Ny

Started as an Adjunct Professor at SUNY Alfred State Teaching IT Courses. Courses I've taught: * Introduction to Information Technology Management - covers the MS office suite and other computing essentials (file system organization, security risk safety, basic web page development, etc) students in non-IT majors should know for success through both their academic as well as professional careers.* Computer Programming 1 - Programming for absolute beginners taught in C#. The foundational concepts of programming are taught in this course, not just the syntax of C#.*Computer Programming 2 - Where Programming 1 leaves off; covers more advanced programming concepts such as: passing variables to-from methods by reference, inheritance and beginner OOP concepts, proper exception handling, etc. Further building on their programming skills and not just teaching C# syntax.* Web Programming 1 - Teaches students how to develop applications intended for use on the internet. Covers web-related foundational topics like: Handling Sessions/Requests, Client side form validation using JS, Client/Server side usage, creating Db Connections, etc. Development is done with HTML, CSS, and JS (without frameworks) and C# w/ASP.net.* Linux/Unix Admin & Scripting * Object-Oriented Programming

Wellsville, New York, United States

- Worked as a remote front-end web developer, creating a S.P.A. Application using HTML5, CSS3, AngularJS.- Development is for a manufacturing company specializing in Air Preheater Technology.- The project involve converting a legacy Fortran application, developed over decades by the company’s engineer department, into a Java web application for use companywide (Globally).- The front-end/back-end interact with a JSON object passed back and forth via RESTful Web Services in order to achieve the necessary databinding.- Tasks worked on during this project: Restructured JS Files to meet AngularJS standards, Implemented Applications like Bugzilla & Jenkins, Developed unit tests comparing multiple input streams, Fixed JSON I/O mappings, consolidated redundant variables inside project, troubleshot incorrect results on UI.

Alfred, Ny

Working in the IT services department of Alfred University, Mainly supporting the Banner system. Work has included converting legacy Pro*c programs, used for report creation, into groovy scripts in order to bring them up to date. Work has also been in debugging/refactoring sql statements, reviewing/creating PL/SQL functions, and creating documentation on customizations the system uses, how-to guides for programmers starting out, potential changes that could be done to bring more stability/scalability to the team.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

- Developing visual-force pages for business processes- Developing Trigger associated with workflows for automation purposes- Created a Trigger that writes to a contact's Chatter feed, for notification purposes- Created and re-factored test classes for CRM compliance- Used agile methodology to deliver development

Brentwood, Tn

- Primary Functions of this role include developing/troubleshooting new and existing projects of multiple technologies and frameworks.- Supporting an Oracle Application server along with an Oracle Portal.- Building/rewriting Ant and Maven scripts to build projects for tomcat deployment- Used agile/pair programming methods to ensure that tasks were completed in a timely manner- Created a virtual Linux desktop for new/existing developers to be able to start developing quickly- Created a base mock Spring/Hibernate project wired in with annotations as a guideline for future projects- Started development and documentation on my own java library to help with routine tasks- Used the latest Spring Tool Suite as well Eclipse to do my development- Re-factored and rewrote older projects to gain performance as well as comply with the latest browser standards- I am using HTML, CSS, Javascript, JSTL, and Jquery for front-end development.- I rewrote code that allowed for run-time errors to get into the Oracle 10g database.- I am the go to person for the company when it deals with the Intranet.- Called LDAP servers to authenticate users in the system.- Helped others out on my team as well as other teams to answer Java/SQL/ and support problems.- Worked on Cleaning up the Subversion repository for the company to keep projects clean and complete in the stages they needed to be.- Setup projects on a Hudson continuous integration server.- Helped team members with calling the Nexus central repository.- Assisted in interviewing potential team members and contractors for hire within the company.- Worked with multiple teams to put in place and comply with code review standards.

Alexandria, Va

- I worked as a subcontractor for the SAIC working on a Securities & Exchange Commission contract, where I did J2EE development on different systems that needed maintenance.- I created documentation specific about their system and gave my recommendations on how to fix the systems- Implemented code coverage tools such as cobertura to test the integrity of the Junit tests that were previously created- Worked on fixing the Junit tests as well as create new targets in the build.xml file to make new ways of doing test cases- Created a batch script for redeploying the code base to the localhost jboss server- Worked with a 1.x version of struts - Implemented PMD for reporting on the system- Worked on replacing a form management system with a jsp web form that involves allowing the user to digitally sign the form with a windows Certificate that is created by the systems admin- Fixed defects in the system like removing null pointer exceptions that were happening because of invalid session variables in the system.

Olean, Ny

- I began at Cutco Cutlery as an intern in the Web Development Group while attending college full time. In 2008, I accepted a full time position with Cutco Cutlery while continuing college on a half time basis.- Was responsible for creating, designing and Maintaining J2EE websites that are in the Apache Struts (version 1.2) MVC Framework- Content managed the company’s static sites.- This position had required me to do the follow: - Create back end (mid-tier) java business logic - Design html pages for data to be displayed in - Use xml to create paths through the top, middle and lower tiers of the project - Use SQL to read, write and update data in Oracle 10g - Use Javascript to do things such as seamless data entry - Use EXT JS to display data from AJAX calls - Use jQuery to display things such as side navigation using accordion design - Use JSON objects to pass data back to the EXT JS Grid or form to be displayed. We used AJAX to get these JSON objects. - Use CSS to create a uniform look in different sections of the site - Worked with IBM WebSphere RAD 7.5 and WebSphere Server 7.0 to develop and maintain J2EE intranet sites for the company.