Online instructor focusing on Spring and Java technologies. Following of 340,000 students on Udemy, with students from every country in the world. My courses cover Spring Framework, Spring AI, Spring Data JPA w/Hibernate, API First Engineering, Developing Micro-services, Apache Maven, OpenAPI, and Apache Kafka.

Lead startup to develop required processes and procedures to pass a successful SOC 2 Audit, achieving certification with in 5 months. Implemented Drata for ongoing compliance monitoring. Created Kompliant's Developer Center using OpenAPI and Redocly.

Building a global smart data network for business disbursements. Established Velo Payments Developer Center, and lead adoption of OpenAPI for customer facing APIs

Migrated legacy database (MS Access - eeww) to MySQL. Provided web front end using Grails and AngularJS.

Implementing leading edge technology solutions for world class clients.

Systems integration in the financial services and retail industries.- Provided professional services for Federal Home Loan Bank San Fransisco using C24 Integration Objects, Apache Camel, and Active MQ.- Worked with Kohls corporation for ~18 months as a SpringSource consultant maintaining and enhancing their in store kiosk system. (Spring MVC, Spring Integration, Geb, Spock, Handlebars.js)- Part of the core team of developers for Visa Checkout. - Developed a on-line booking system for Hardens using Grails.Speaker at 2013 SpringOne G2X

Migrating a swing based EMR/PMS system to a web 2.0 application, using ExtJS, Grails, Spring, Hibernate, and JBoss.

Technology consulting for Oracle and custom application development.Chief Architect on a open source WMS solution using the Grails framework.Oracle DBA - working with companies on performance tuning and database migrations.

Currently improving Revolution Money's Release Management processes. Implemented Subversion, Jira, Bamboo, and Fisheye. Working with the development team in a agile environment to establish continuous integration builds using Maven for Java projects and NAnt for .NET solutions. We implemented the Confluence wiki for the management of project artifacts. Application DBA responsible for code and object promotions to QA, UAT, and Production environments. Providing developer and production support for approximately 10 Oracle 11g RAC instances. Database design, performance tuning.Led database security initiative for PCI/SAS-70 compliance. Implemented use of Oracle VPD, Advanced Security Features such as TDE, and implemented data encryption with DBMS_CRYPTO.

Established a fulfillment data warehouse and carrier reconciliation system. This was a multi-year project with a capital budget over 1M. Acted as lead architect, designed database and managed development staff.The system had a series of interfaces developed to all the fulfillment systems, the CRM system, and consumed EDI invoice data from UPS. Aggregate metrics were published to the enterprise data warehouse.

Independent consultant focusing on Warehouse Management Systems, and Labor Management Systems.Served as as system architect to HSN on a 2.5M capital project to add significant new capabilities to their fulfillment operations. Designed and implemented custom modules which seamlessly integrated with their closed source WMS software.

Certified with Optum Software's MOVE WMS Package. Led implementations for various clients.Technical lead for Boat US in upgrading their MOVE installation from version 4 to version 5 for Y2k remediation. Project Manager / Technical Lead for HSN to install the MOVE WMS application.

Implemented Labor Management Software for a leading retail organization in 18 distribution centers.Configured and Implemented a WMS solution from Catalyst for a manufacturing operation.

Interlink Technologies was a small software company specializing in Warehouse Management Software (WMS).I lead projects for multiple clients implementing Interelink's WMS package. The projects typically consisted of custom software development, systems integration, and business process consulting.