Courses Taught: Server-Side Web Application Development, Relational Databases and SQL, System Architecture and Design

Courses taught: - Introduction to Unix / Linux - Unix / Linux Shell Scripting - Advanced Unix / Linux System Administration - Microcomputer Operating Systems - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (Java)

Member of the Cybersecurity, Networking and Digital Forensics Advisory Board.Responsibilities: - Make recommendations for curriculum changes - Provide guidance to help keep AACC students competitive - Provide informed input when there are required program changes - Inform and engaging corporate partners and community members on AACC programs - Act as an advocate for AACC students and programs

- Interface with Government customers to assist in aligning technical and contractual goals and objectives- Evaluate existing technology implementations in order to formulate new strategies, systems and software architecture and solutions.- Mentor Systems Engineers and Software developers- Assist in creating product / project roadmaps and delivery schedules- Open Source Technology Subject Matter Expert

- Managed and led web developers (direct and contracted) which support web marketing for publishing divisions.- Established enhanced security processes and practices for Divisional web properties.- Created and Published Best-practices, Policies, and Guidelines for in-house and 3rd party web developers.- Lead initiative to move on-premise web properties to cloud-based hosting and services.- Lead implementation of Automated Visual Regression testing to support monthly patching- Lead implementation of Centralized Authentication for Web Content Management Systems.- Managed and Coordinated multiple site launches - liaison between Infrastructure Team, Information Security, 3rd-party Development teams, and Business Stakeholders. - Centralized purchasing and management of web software products and platforms.- Technical Liaison between IT Department and various Publishing Division Business Units

- Lead and Managed DevOps Team (3 reports on-site, 2 remote)- Evaluated and recommended system and application architectural designs- Managed and Prioritized Projects- Organized and Lead on-premise to Cloud (AWS / Pantheon.io) migration project - Standardized WordPress installation, performance tuning, and Security Patching Processes. - Architectural Lead for Corporate Efforts- Primary Web Marketing Technical advisor for Publishing Divisions & Imprints - Introduced 'Cloud Native' system design pattern- Lead migration of WordPress sites to Pantheon: enabling ease of routine patching, ease of onboarding developers, at the fraction of the cost of AWS. - Lead efforts to containerize (Docker) various production workloads (Apache, NGINX, JBoss, Wildfly)- Lead efforts to implement Continuous Integration to Development Projects (Gitlab CI)- Lead efforts to centralize WordPress authentication via SAML SSO

- Deployed, configured, maintaining NetIQ Identity Management Suite (Access Manager, Identity Provider, eDirectory, etc.). Includes web-based SSO (SAML), secure reverse proxy, Active Directory aggregation, LDAP interfaces, and related web services. - Deployed and configured Red Hat Satellite Server for production auditing and patch maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux instances (custom and upstream channels, system provisioning, etc.).- Deployed and configured Spacewalk (the upstream project for Red Hat Satellite) for training and testing.- Deployed and Administered JBoss EAP 6.x clusters (domain mode).- Set up RPM build environments for RHEL 6 and RHEL 7. Created several custom RPM's for internal deployment via Satellite Server- Created deployment RPM's for AppDynamics Machine and Application Agents. Machine agent RPM includes creation of proper system user accounts as well as corresponding init scripts to start and stop the agents.- Created custom RPM for deployment of JBoss and JBoss ActiveMQ. Includes automated creation of system accounts and init scripts to start, stop, and obtain the statuses.- Upgraded and Migrated AppDynamics Controllers from VM to Bare-Metal RHEL 6 Servers.- Responsible for deployment of AppDynamics Agents into JBoss, Glassfish, Tomcat, and Apache (PHP) applications.- Varnish 4.0 installation and configuration- Worked with Python application development team to establish production-grade Python web application release process: leveraging Apache mod_wsgi, Gitlab, post-receive git hooks, and Gitlab CI.- Principal engineer for corporate on-premise Gitlab installation. - Assisted development teams with adopting the git version control system into their application development lifecycle.- Assisted development teams with leveraging Gitlab CI - a continuous integration platform.- Developed and delivered corporate training sessions focused on version control systems (git), and the Gitlab Product

- Freelance developer specializing in applications utilizing the LAMP stack- WordPress Development- Drupal Development- RHEL configuration and rebuilding- RHEL File system security (SELinux) hardening- Apache configuration and security hardening

- Sr. Technical Consultant / Project Lead for contact supporting the U.S. Department of Education; specifically the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (http://lincs.ed.gov).- Responsible for performing systems analysis and requirements gathering. Led technical project planning and scheduling. Implemented Scrum methodology, created user stories, associated technical tasks, and led the team through the task time-to-complete estimation process. - Lead upgrade of social-media inspired site from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 (https://community.lincs.ed.gov). Upgrade included migration of over 10,000 user accounts, all content, Drupal core, over 35 different modules, and development of several custom modules to add or alter functionality.- Designed server architecture, installed, and configured Moodle: a leading open source Learning Management System (https://courses.lincs.ed.gov).- Developed custom Moodle theme as well as custom Moodle module for PDF generation of completion certificates. - Installed, configured, tested, and maintained mod_security Application firewall on several web applications. Leveraged the Core Rule Set (CRS) and created custom mod_sec rules to allow proper web application functionality. - Instantiated and configured Amazon EC2 Load-balancing Reverse Proxy instance to solve data-centers’ inability to provide IPv6 IP address.- Installed, configured, and managed Google Analytics for over 13 different sites. Created custom reports. - Developed several custom Drupal modules to extend and/or alter functionality. Required use of Drupal API as well as in-depth knowledge of database schema and subsequent construction of MySQL queries. - Setup and configured central git repository server for Quotient corporate use.

Graduate courses taught: - CIS 520 - System Analysis and Design - CIS 621 - Applied System Development and Design Undergraduate Courses Taught: - CIS 237 - Elementary Scripting and Web Development (LAMP) - CIS 405 - E-commerce

- Lead developer on WordPress upgrade project. Moved from legacy WordPress to WordPress Networks.- Developed and implemented several custom WordPress plugins to solve a variety of usability and business challenges.- Improved legacy CGI scripts on justice.gov- Lead developer on the OGE-278 project. Resulted in a web application for US citizens to query and obtain financial information per the STOCK act. Application leverages JQuery, xHTML, CSS, MySQL, and core JavaScript.- Subject matter expert for open source web technologies- Implemented and configured DNS server for development team's local network- Implemented and configured team chat server (OpenFire)- Implemented and configured VirtualBox virtualization host. Allows for local development to be performed on virtualized architecture.

- Lead and managed the construction an enterprise web-based real-property facility assessment application. - Managed sustainment effort for application developed for NASA. Led the migration of application to the Amazon EC2 Cloud. Back-up and recovery processes includes real-time MySQL mirroring and rsync via secure shell tunnel.- Implemented Hudson (open-source continuous integration servers).- Customized, configured, and implemented Alfresco Share, an enterprise open source alternative to SharePoint.- Led company intranet redesign effort. Conducted feasibility study comparing and contrasting Alfresco Share, Microsoft SharePoint, Elgg, and Drupal. Drupal was selected for its extensibility and open source community support. Employees now benefit from a stream-lined, easy-to-use, dashboard of company-wide aggregated content.- Led the company website redesign project. Selected Drupal as the new content management system (CMS). Developed template / theme based on mock ups provided by contracted graphic designer. Developed custom content display functions and blocks. Oversaw deployment into production environment and trained business owners on day-to-day use.- Introduced development team to Agile development methodology. Implemented Scrum. Through the implementation of scrum and stronger leadership, development team has drastically improved. Team now consistently delivers higher quality product in a more timely fashion.- Implemented formal application release process. Improvements include the addition of virtualized development environments, QA and STAGE production environments, in-house yum repositories, and RPM packaging. - Led the adoption and implementation of 3-tier web application server architecture.- Initially started as Sr. Application Developer. Promoted to Lead Application Developer. Promoted again to Application Development Manager.

- Red Hat Certified Engineer - Develop and maintain corporate websites: RedHat.com, JBoss.com, JbossWorld.com and Amentra.com (Linux, Apache, xHTML, JavaScript, CSS, CVS, SVN, VI, Perl).- Test all sites on various operating systems and browsers (Windows XP, Vista, Linux, Mac, IE {6-8}, Firefox, Safari, Opera).- Work in tandem with creative and user experience teams (Code mock-ups, oversee release process, adjusted work according to feedback).- Migrated Amentra.com from contracted IIS server to Red Hat Apache servers. - Corporate content management system development for internal and external blogs – custom plugins, shortcode, and theme development (Wordpress, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP 5, xHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVN).- Built and implemented web-based user interface for internal ticketing system (Linux, Apache, PHP 5, xHTML, CSS, JavaScript).- Created Bash helper scripts to simplify / streamline web content update process (Linux, Bash).- Administer virtualized web development servers (Linux, Xen, Apache, VirtualBox, SSH).- Advanced user support and user training for corporate Clearspace instance.

- Designed, published and maintained over 40 websites (Web 2.0, Wordpress, SimpleMachineForum, phpBB, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, xHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux).- Custom graphics design and creation (GNU Image Manipulation Program - Open Source alternative for PhotoShop)- Created and executed several marketing campaigns to increase business

- Organized and executed system modification projects including gathering requirements, modifying systems and User Acceptance Testing- Developed and implemented scripts/command macros to aid floor support (Stratus VOS)- Installed and supported database applications including Oracle, Access and Visual Basic- Participated in several information technology Six Sigma projects- Supported industrial mainframe systems and network (Xyplex, Telnet, Stratus, VOS)

- Developed, Designed, and Implemented Online Marketing web sites. - Third Top Producing Agent of the Dunkirk (MD) Branch.- Closed over 9 million Dollars of Residential Business.- Received Century 21 Emerald Award from Century 21 Corporation.- Received Teamwork Spirit Award.- Initially employed at C21 Office in Dunkirk MD, and transferred to C21 The Combs Company in Rocky Mount, NC.

- Developed Music Department's web site. - Instructed instrumental music classes: Concert Band, Jazz Band, Guitar Ensemble, and Music Theory.- Taught and Organized Extra-Curricular Competitive Marching Band.