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Waldwick, Nj, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Leading multiple teams developing platforms that leverage micro-frontend architectures to enable federated development.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

At Applico I lead all Android development efforts, which includes managing a team of Android developers, helping to define technical architectures and guide product definition following Android best practices.Responsibilities include:-Providing system architectures utilizing BAAS like Parse, Kinvey, and Google App Engine.-Oversee all Android projects and ensure deadlines are met-Mentor Android developers and work with them to define goals for self improvement-Performing code reviews using the Gitflow workflow-Acting as a technical resource to product managers to ensure technical feasibility of products and provide technical guidance-Working with HR to recruit and hire developers-Creating estimates of the work effort for projects-Participating in business development meetings as a technical resource

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

As team lead, I managed a small team of Android developers as well as being assigned to projects a s a developer.Responsibilities included:-Implementing wireframes and mockups from designers, and functionality defined by product managers-Participate in iteration planning meetings to determine iteration user stories-Ensure team members met deadlines and standards of quality code-Managing the continuous integration server and build process for Android projects

Developed a help desk solution from the ground up utilizing the Spring Framework. Worked with business stake holders to implement functionality for the help desk software.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

In charge of maintenance and support of two web applications, one Java servlet based and the other based on the Spring Framework. The applications accessed a Lucene text index to query a dataset of over 30 million records.In charge of daily and weekly ETL processes. Formatted text files containing import and export cargo container data would be read and fed into both an Oracle and SQL Server database, utilizing a combination of a custom C++ command line tool and SQL Server Integration Services. The data would be transformed from the Oracle database into a Lucene text index.Responsibilities included:-Determining system architecture for new releases of the web applications-Designing database schemas-Configuring and performance tuning Lucene-Managing a team of off shore developers to help implement and support the two web applications-Collaborating with Product Marketing Managers to determine new release feature sets-Providing 24/7 live support for customers in the US, Hong Kong, and London

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Managing a team of developers to deliver a web analytics product. The product had three components, a javascript library to collect web analytics, inline chat, and a web portal.Responsibilities included:-Determining system architecture-Working with business stakeholders to define the product and timelines-Implementing architecture alongside my direct reports-Mentoring developers-Assisting with recruting

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Developed and supported a Struts 2 based suite of IT focused software tools, including bug tracking and asset management.Developed database schemas for SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2. JDBC was used to provide cross DBMS access per implementation.

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Providing quality assurance of insurance J2EE based software as a member of the company's QA team.