SUMMARY
Extensive Ruby on Rails experience + web design and development using prototype,
scriptaculous, rest & soap, ferret and sphinx+ultrasphinx search, paypal api,
amazon api as well as mongrel cluster, apache2 virtual host, and mysql
administration and performance tuning. Strong experience in test-driven
development with traditional ruby/rails testing framework and currently rspec.
Extensive experience in social web concepts as well as web marketing and search
engine optimization activities as well as ajax implementation and usability using
prototype/scriptaculous and JQuery for rails actions.
Over ten years of being directly involved in the development of innovative and
leading-edge software projects for financial, engineering and business start-up
markets. Roles included linux administrator, oracle dba, weblogic integration
administrator and lead, senior development roles in j2ee and rubyonrails as well
as manager of technology and development staff.
Extensive functional experience in financial, engineering and startup
environments ranging from ethics and compliance systems, securities, commodities
and forex exchanges, and engineering decision-support systems for physical
disciplines such as civil, mechanical and structural engineering.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
September 2008 to Current
Quickwaters, LLC
http://quickwaters.com
Ruby on Rails Developer, Administrator
Web-based financial web application using ruby on rails, prototype js on linux.
Assisted in configuration of several linux vps slices including one at
engineyard. Installed and maintained cruisecontrol.rb using rcov and rspec.
Project used git and github for all scm. Tests were a priority for all
development using rspec. Database used was mysql which also included content
search in combination with Sphinx search daemon and the Thinking Sphinx plugin.
Other resources utilized declarative_authorization plugin for roles/permissions,
acts_as_taggable_on for meta-tagging objects, version_fu and better_nested_set.
All view rendering relied on HAML. I led the effort to use SASS for css
generation and reuse.
Implemented several ajax processes using 100% unobtrusive-javascript as well as
a good part of the web design and assisting dedicated web-designer when hired.
Solid architecture, performance considerations and general coding practices were
strictly adhered to for all work.
September 2007 to September 2008
Art+Culture, NY,SF
http://artandculture.com
Ruby on Rails Developer, Administrator
Lead developer for a media-intensive experience for music, art and culture
related content using ruby on rails framework 2.1 with mysql and
prototype/scriptaculous. Currently work with both domestic and foreign
development staff and consultants. Primary responsibilites include(d)
configuration of multi-environment engine yard virtual slices. Configuration and
tuning of memcached, sphinx search + ultrasphinx rails plugin, git repositories
on github, nginx, mongrel clusters, capistrano 2 including custom task
implementations. Multiple ec2 instances with associated s3 backup script
implementation as well as monitoring for all services listed are primary duties.
Strong rails and web design skills with css and javascript were required on this
project including cross-browser compatibility for Firefox 2/3, Safari 3 and
Internet Explorer 6 & 7. Performance and infrastructure knowledge with linux
(gentoo), mysql, and memcached for caching were critical. Testing was considered
imperative and utilized the rspec framework. Primary tools used on this project
included textmate for coding, photoshop cs3 design premium for web graphics,
cruisecontrol.rb (modified for git), rcov, mingle2, selenium for view testing.
Unobtrusive javascript was the preferred method of implementing ajax-related
actions. Continuous refactoring was always encouraged.
October 2006 to August 2007
VDG Group. Los Altos, CA
http://www.5thbar.com
Ruby on Rails Developer & Administrator
Working in a small team required lead-role activities in both development and
administration for delivering social-web applications. Projects included RESTful
routing, web service implementation using AWS, prototype and scriptaculous.
Strong focus on testdriven development was used with a goal of 95% test coverage
using unit, functional and integration tests from the standard rails testing
framework. CruiseControl.rb was used for continuous integration with rcov for
test coverage analysis. Vim along with vim-ruby, vim-rails and occasionally
Aptana RadRails were the primary tools used for all development. Refactoring
occurred within the team continuously. Design patterns were utilized from both
rails-included patterns and general patterns found from the GoF resources.
Non-development roles included managing subversion repositories and leading
efforts using rake for migrations and scm along with Capistrano for automated
deployments. Served as lead linux administrator for mongrel clusters, apache web
server, mysql and postgresql databases running on ubuntu 6.10 and 7* versions for
multiple deployment environments. Duties involved web application profiling and
performance tuning, linux configuration/installation of ruby/rails and all
dependencies for frameworks, databases, and servers. Other administrative duties
included installation and configuration of postfix and zimbra email
implementations with full stack of related services including sasl, ssl, tls, and
database-backed configurations.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP March 2004 to March 2007
Senior and Lead Developer Roles - Independence and Compliance
Lead and Senior Developer roles for large-scale web applications serving 30,000
employees. Applications functionally supported ethics and compliance for
accounting consultants in regards to accounting, IRS and security regulations.
All applications used design patterns and were implemented with performance
considerations on clustered weblogic domains. Application architecture utilized
J2EE, stateless EJB, Spring, and Hibernate on a Sun Solaris platform with Oracle
as the persistence mechanism. JUnit, Cruise Control and Perforce were used
together for SCM and automated testing of code from both US and offshore-based
development teams. Managed onshore and offshore team of developers. Worked
heavily in architecture for project. Lead code review meetings for all
development. Designed and implemented code for various parts of projects
including MVC-based web, middle and persistence tier as well as integration
solutions using both Weblogic Integration and OpenSymphony OSWorkflow. Spring and
Hibernate were used for AOP aspects - cross-cutting concerns and method
interceptions for caching in hibernate/ehcache. Developed scripts for development
( j2ee ) scm and various automation tasks. Developed Rails web-applications for
meeting content system.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP May 2003 to March 2004
Lead Middleware
Lead weblogic administrator and j2ee developer for all middleware projects using
both BEA Weblogic server and BEA Integration 7.0 Sp2 and 8.1.2. This environment
utilized Sun Solaris 2.8 and Oracle 8.1.4.7. Responsibilities included working
with various teams to produce a stable, clustered, and flexible infrastructure
for J2EE deployments including application integrations with SAP & PeopleSoft.
Deployments were made across several clustered domains while enforcing strict
compliance to deployment standards while monitoring the performance and
availability of all environments. Kintana 5.0 and PVCS were used to automate the
deployment process when possible. Perl and Korn shell were used to maintain
server-side administration processes. Created procedures, best practices, and
training materials to mentor other members of the team in weblogic and java/j2ee
concepts. Time estimates and project planning were required for all activities.
DOBSON CELLULAR SYSTEMS May 2002 to March 2003
Lead J2EE Developer
Lead J2EE developer and Weblogic administrator for BEA WebLogic 6.1 & 7.0.1 with
BEA Portal 4.0 & 7.0. The servers utilized Sun Solaris 2.8 with Oracle 8.1.7 and
Oracle 9.2.0.1 databases. Applications that were deployed to these environments
were critical to the success of the business. Perl and Korn shell were used to
maintain server-side administration processes.Architected, developed, and
implemented J2EE web application for use by more than 250 partner stores across
the U.S for inventory management and requisition. Architected, developed, and
implemented J2EE web application for use by partner stores to validate cellular
phone units before being purchased by customers. These applications required data
from various sources including data warehouses and Lawson ERP data sources.
Developed and implemented data warehouse functionality components using Oracle
PL/SQL, kern shell, and Perl. Developed Cognos and Crystal Enterprise
applications for business critical reports utilizing the data warehouse and
external Oracle databases.
lockheed martin Information Technology February 2002 to April 2002
Lead J2EE Developer
Mentored team members with J2EE best-practices and procedures in the migration
of a large existing aviation procedures web application from Microsoft
technologies to Java. The new application utilized JSP, Servlets, XML, XSL, and
SOAP in an Oracle 9i Application Server container with Oracle 9.1 databases.
Systems ran on Sun Solaris (SPARC) 2.8. Tools used included Rational Clear Case
for configuration management, Clear Quest, and the Rational Enterprise Suite
(including Rational Rose for UML). Oracle JDeveloper 9i was used as primary web
development tool.
AtkinsBenham, inc. November 2000 to February 2002
Senior Software Developer
Architected, developed and implemented java application for parsing and
loading GIS spatial data for a large city agency into an Oracle spatial database.
This database utilized the object-relations database model. This application
utilized Java and XML technology, EJB, JDBC, Swing, JSP, servlets, JAXP (DOM and
SAX). Architected and developed proof of concept applications using SOAP web
services for Java and Visual Basic interoperability.Architected and developed
java applications to interface GIS data with Bentley ISpatial GIS analysis
systems. The applications listed above ran with Oracle 8.1.6 and Oracle 8.1.7
enterprise spatial databases with Oracle 9i Application Server (enterprise)
1.0.2.2.1 including OC4J on Sun SPARC Solaris 2.8. Architected and developed
proof of concept applications utilizing OpenGL for water and surface modeling
using Microsoft Visual C++ on a Windows NT environment. Tools used for
development and architecture included Together Soft ControlCenter 5.5 for CASE,
and OOAD design with UML modeling. Oracle JDeveloper 9i was used for CMP EJB
deployment. MS Visual C++ was used for windows-based application development.
PERL and korn shell were used for server-side administration scripts. CVS was
used for version control. Oracle Designer was used for Oracle reverse-engineering
and application administration in certain circumstances. Project management
duties included responsibility for maintaining relationships with key personnel
on client site as well as providing and monitoring project plans and time
estimates for development and administration efforts.
Served as primary
UNIX Administrator & Oracle DBA for Oracle 8.1.6 and Oracle 8.1.7 enterprise
servers. Oracle tasks included installation, configuration, performance tuning,
backup and recovery. Oracle Designer and server-side repository installation and
maintenance were performed. Oracle 9i Application Server installation and
administration on Solaris 2.8 was performed. Oracle Developer Server 6i
installation and administration on Solaris 2.8 was performed.
ThinkSpark October 1999 to November 2000
Technical Consultant
Designed and built web applications using Java applets and Oracle web reports
for large energy company and provided DBA services for customers.Designed and
developed small internal web-applications using java (JSP/servlets and Oracle
BC4J). Tools used for java projects included Oracle JDeveloper, Borland JBuilder,
and various unix editors.vDeveloped client-side and server-side stored packages
including procedures, functions and triggers using Oracle PL/SQL for various
applications used in a large state agency. These applications utilized Oracle
Forms (Oracle Forms 4.5 and Forms 5.0) and Oracle Reports (Oracle Reports 2.5).
Systems used for various development efforts were Oracle 7.3.4 on Windows NT,
7.3.4 on Solaris 2.6 (SPARC), Oracle 8.0.4 Enterprise on Solaris 2.6 (SPARC),
Oracle 8.1.5, and 8.1.6 on both Solaris 2.7 and 2.8. Served as primary and
secondary Oracle DBA and UNIX administrator on various projects. These tasks
included Sun Solaris (SPARC) installation and configuration, Oracle database
installation and configuration, Oracle tools (i.e. Oracle Application Server,
Oracle Reports, OEM) installation and configuration. Administration scripts were
created using bourne shell, korn shell and PERL 5. Excellent communication and
customer service with customers and management was crucial for the success of
these projects.
Celeritus technologies llc March 1998 to October 1999
Associate Consultant
Refactored large rebate-acquisition application using Oracle PL/SQL for large
parts distributor. This application assisted the company to recover lost funds
exceeding $300,000 for one year. This application included stored procedures,
functions and trigger development on Oracle 7.3.4 enterprise running on Unisys
U6000 server. Designer 2.1.1 was used for logical database models, component
generation and application administration. Oracle Developer Forms 4x was used for
client-side development on this project. Architected and developed large internal
customer tracking application using Java 2, Swing and JDBC with Oracle 8i
(8.1.5). Served as primary Oracle DBA on various projects. These tasks included
Oracle 8.0.5 & 8.1.5 enterprise server installation, configuration,
administration, tuning and troubleshooting. Oracle Designer installation and
repository configuration was also performed. These installations were on both
UNIX and Windows NT environments.
The Benham group June 1997 to March 1998
Application Developer
Primarily worked with Java 1.1 and Oracle 8.0.5 on Sun Solaris environment.
Application implemented for working with Oracle spatial data for city-wide GIS
application.
Education
University of Central Oklahoma - Bachelors Information
Systems
Oracle Education - Development of PL/SQL Program Units, Dallas
TX,
Oracle Education - Enterprise DBA Workshop, Oklahoma City,
OK,
Oracle Education - Develop Database Applications with Oracle
JDeveloper, Oklahoma City, OK
Sun Education - Object-Oriented Analysis and
Design using Java and the UML, Chicago IL
Rational University -
Introduction to Clear Case, Basics of Clear Quest (on-site - Oklahoma City,
OK)
BEA Education Services - BEA WebLogic 7.0 Administration, Irving TX
Various industry events i.e. JavaOne etc.
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