Financial Transaction Manager for Checking (FTM4C) consultant specializing in java software customizations for the banking industry. Develop user exits and services framework tasks to customize process workflow and provide custom interfaces between FTM4C and legacy systems.

April 2015 – PresentSystems Architect for design and implementation of IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Check (FTM4C). System to run on AIX and replace operator UI and aging mainframe components. FTM4C will process inbound and outbound checks for the bank. Custom workflow processes developed to accommodate proprietary business requirements. Custom interfaces developed to integrate with existing infrastructure.Responsible for design and implementation of Application Lifecycle Management for complex multi-tier architecture comprising JEE, JSE, and Custom Rules Development in Excel Workbooks.Design and implement user exit routine and extract processes utilizing JSE and JEE technology. Custom development required to support system integration with legacy systems and allow proprietary business workflow through the system.June 2012 – April 2015Designed, and implemented solutions for Oracle Single Sign On (SSO) suite of products and Out of Band Authentication. Corporate customers are now able to enter credentials one time to access all systems for provided services.Developed high availability middle tier solution using Spring LDAP for direct query against Oracle Unified Directory. Solution allows integrated systems sign on to corporate banking systems without dependency on Oracle Identity Manager.Designed and developed adapters to allow interfaces with legacy systems for integration with SSO for authentication and authorization.Designed and developed a middle tier solution for Out of Band Authentication (OOBA). System interfaces with aforementioned solution to retrieve end user phone numbers and other attributes needed for voice and SMS authentication and authorization via PhoneFactor (vendor of choice)

Provide JEE solutions for multi tier banking platforms utilizing technologies such as Rational Application Developer, WebSphere, Spring, Hibernate, Struts, Dojo, Drools, Acegi, and webservice interfaces. Solutions provided strictly follow object oriented methodologies and design patterns including Factory, Builder, Facade, Model View Controller/Front Controller, Thread Local, Decorator, Proxy, Mediator, Delegate, Service Oriented Architecture, Aspect Oriented Programming, and Dependency Injection.Architect and lead for successful development and implementation of the middle tier and administration component for banking platform. Interface for multiple systems exposed via service layer components. Compass Bank is the first US bank to implement such a system.

Ported and deployed J2EE application from Windows/WebLogic to Linux/JBoss and Solaris/SunOne to provide a platform agnostic solution.Design and development resource in all software life cycle phases of a complete spend management enterprise solution. Application included workflow processing for tracking, and auditing of employee expense reports, vendor invoices, and purchase card purchases. Customers able to define custom business rules via integrated drools rules engine. Vendors upload invoices directly into the system for billing. Banks provide the application to their customers to upload purchase card statements directly into the system for purchase card tracking. The application is completely platform agnostic, taking advantage of J2EE technologies including BMP, Session Beans, Struts and Tiles.

Identified and implemented best practices by enforcing standards to maintain consistency within internal corporate systems.Analyse business requirements and evaluate technical solutions based upon ROI in a big picture senario across the various departments.Technical facilitator for front and back office implementation, upgrades and integration in a Siebel and Great Plains environment.

Managed team of developers responsible for all server based projects; established objectives, scheduled work load, reviewed output and ensured tasks were performed in a timely manner; reported directly to the CEO.Designed and implemented architecture to support development of systems for e-commerce processes utilizing Java, Oracle/Solaris, ColdFusion/Windows 2K, and Data Junction. Contributed to, led, and provided training for object oriented design and implementation of conversion from Data Junction/WSH to Java for backend e-commerce processes.

Analyzed and developed COM/Oracle VB application to run Birmingham Steel’s Jackson, MS scrap facility; application maintained inventory, printed checks, printed reports, and balanced accounts.Designed solution to replace non-Y2K compliant system.

Designed, implemented, and administered Windows NT Domain and corporate IT infrastructure.Developed scripts and forms for automated operating system and application deployments.Designed and configured corporate user environments via policy and profile management.

Integrated, analyzed, troubleshot/repaired, and programmed data systems equipment including the ship’s Novell NetWare LAN. Specialized in guided missile radar and computer systems.