As a senior software engineer with HelpSystems, I worked with a team that helped to design and develop a secure file transfer solution, that both managed storage and encryption of file management, as well as secure transfer of files across a large variety of platforms and environments. In addition, this solution also allowed for drag-and-drop programmatic solutions for the end customer to build out and design their own file-management workflow solution, using a variety of build-in communication tools, as well as custom connector tools for third party vendor solutions.I took the company's sprawling repository of projects that were built on SVN and migrated them all to GIT. In doing so, I helped to train the organization on how to use GIT, and also created a code review process for the team, which utilized Gitlab in combination with Jira project management to help enhance task throughput and provide better code review results.I spearheaded the initiative, and was the lead of a team tasked to move our entire application infrastructure "to the cloud". Working closely with a large number of stakeholders in various departments throughout the company, I helped drive forward a project to provide a matching cloud offering to our customers; eliminating the requirement of their own hardware and an IT admin to build out their infrastructure. Using a one-click process, we built out a solution to automate procurement and configuration of an entire cloud-based solution in AWS utilizing many AWS solutions (CloudFormation, CloudFront, ACM, S3, RDS, EC2 / EBS, EFS, Route 53, SSM, EC2 Instance Connect, CloudTrail, IAM, KMS, VPC, EIP, Amazon's SDK and their newer just released CDK). With security at the forefront of design, we were able to accomplish this in a manner that helped to ensure successful data protection for the end customer.

I developed and help maintain a mobile, tablet-friendly administrative application that is used to help maintain data about the rescue and about all of the various animals processed throughout the organization. This is to be used when out in the field, and to help aid in the data entry / access process while away from a computer.I also developed and help maintain a mobile, phone application that is used to help provide quick access to all of the currently available dogs in the rescue. This provides a quick way for a potential foster / adopter to see the dogs that we have available, easy to use interface that they can quickly reference, and that we can quickly bring up and reference when out and about at various events or consultations.

As a an API engineer for Hayneedle, I helped to build out a robust REST API to be consumed by our various frontend interfaces to allow for a rapid, high frequency, high bandwidth throughput. With a large number of API endpoints, I helped to continue to grow our API structure, as well as to support and improve our existing structure.I also worked to help design and develop tools that allowed us to communicate with third party vendors for marketplace-related requirements, as well as design and develop a process to communicate with a third party email vendor for marketing purposes.I helped to modernize our code base, by migrating the entire baseline from SVN to Git, and implementing a code review process using Bitbucket, as well as associations with Jira and Jenkins for better tracking and build automation. Along with this, I helped to implement a Gitflow build and version tracking process, to help enhance the SDLC and allow for better tracking and release management using Git and defined task branches.Lastly, I helped build out and prototype a Spring-centric microservices architecture, using a combination of a variety of Spring tools along with Netflix Eureka to create a scaleable, configurable, centrally-managed solution that allowed us to modernize our monolithic project into a more component-driven structure.

As a software developer, I was tasked with working on backend accounts opening / management process. Spanning a number of core projects, I worked with both backend API / SOAP services between modules, as well as building out and maintaining internal UI applications for internal users.I also helped to modernize the SDLC, by helping to spearhead the migration from ClearCase to SVN, as well as implementing a functional code review process using Fisheye / Crucible integration with Jira. I also helped to train the various teams on the use of SVN, and was part of the core group of leaders helping to grow team understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) through weekly meetings and training sessions.I worked closely with our disaster recovery team to help design and configure a scaleable, redundant environment that would allow for rapid recovery in cases of disaster, and helped to build out and test the environment through a variety of various failure points.

As an Information Technology Manager, I am tasked with ensuring daily technical operations for the company, which include Exchange administration, Windows Server administration, file sharing and availability, network security, networking and configuration, website management, end-user support, and hardware purchasing and administration.I provide technical support if needed for any of our various member municipalities who may need some assistance, including providing support for various mayors and city administrators.I give presentations at various League conferences covering a range of IT topics, including social media, SCADA security, and the paperless workplace, which include an audience of mayors, state senators, and other municipality officials.

As a developer, I worked on a few different contracts and projects; each of which brought its own unique requirements and design constraints. One of the projects was an internal Research and Development project, and the others were government contracts.During the R&D project, I helped to convert an existing application into a completely open source application, running entirely on MySQL, JBOSS, and OpenLDAP, and developed using the Eclipse IDE. This was a drastic change from being heavily Oracle-centric, using Oracle 10g, Weblogic, and Oracle LDAP.On one of the key government projects, I became lead developer, and helped to guide the decision making process which influenced the direction and scope of the future of the project. I worked to develop critical components of the project, and helped ensure that our project's coding standards were upheld, and that we strove to follow the proper MVC and OOP design paradigms. Our project achieved a CMMI Level 5 certification, due to our strict process and development requirements.I was a key team member in helping to relate information between the various different subgroups on our project, relying on my experience and knowledge in not only software development, but also database administration, server administration, and network administration, to quickly and effectively communicate requirements, concerns, and design decisions between the groups. Being able to bridge the "knowledge gap" between subgroups helped to cut down on inefficiencies due to miscommunication and incorrect information, and helped to make the overall process from requirements to implementation much more streamlined and efficient.I was an integral part of every step of the software development process. I worked directly with the customer to gather requirements and to help design the application based on their specifications, and followed through by developing, and demoing the end product to them to ensure it met their exact expectations.

Co-founded JBSM Technologies as a way to provide IT services and consulting to the private, personal sector. We saw a lack of personal IT support provided to those who need it for personal matters, and who didn't want to have to deal with technical support on the phone for various companies, or who didn't want to be overcharged for support by large, big-box stores and services. So we developed JBSM Technologies as a way to provide services for that missing environment, and relied on word-of-mouth to help grow our business.We also taught a couple of very successful computer classes at the local community college for senior citizens, providing many of them with their very first experience with a computer. We used these classes as an opportunity to "break the barrier" between senior citizens and their technology aversion, by providing a friendly, supportive environment with which they could learn and and ask questions about computers.