Sep 2020 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States · Remote

• Client FedEx: (Dec 2021 - Feb 2022)
• Team lead for mainframe migration project to move document storage to a modern system using java, spring batch, spring web restful APIs.
• Client Entegral:
• Backend development with spring boot + kotlin on jvm 11 + MongoDB Atlas on kubernetes in Google Cloud. Implementing micro service architecture for managing repair + tow + rental car through restful APIs.
• Researched and implemented several new security hardening measures including PII log filtering, static code analysis within the pipeline, vulnerable library detection, input validation within backend APIs, and log injection vulnerability prevention.
• Worked on full stack angular + spring boot + java 11 + gradle + MySQL stack for assignment management for tracking software between body shops and insurance companies. Implemented tests with Cypress, rest assured, junit 5 and docker compose.

Jul 2020 – Sep 2020 · 2 mos · Remote

• Full stack development with Spring Boot, Java, Angular.js and Kubernetes. Contract to USCIS.

May 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Squad lead for survey platform squad in the former ForeSee business unit. Develop backend microservices in Spring Boot, MVC, Data with Spring Cloud Netflix, Eureka, Oracle, Cassandra, and Redis databases to manage survey definitions, feedback surveys and ingestion of surveys. Worked with AWS SQS, S3, and DynamoDB as well as Kafka.

Jul 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Backend Java developer working on RESTful micro services for dashboard and reporting. Using technologies such as Spring Boot with MVC, Data and Security, JPA, QueryDSL, AWS SQS, Oracle, and Neo4j.
• In January 2019, ForeSee was acquired by Verint and I transitioned to the Survey Platform squad to work on the survey definition API and to continue development on the modern survey ingestion pipeline with a goal to scale it significantly for historical data loads and data from other Verint survey products.

Jun 2015 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs · Ann Arbor, MI

• Assist with training on new technologies with team members.
• Manage QA/testing environment and develop testing frameworks used by other developers. Create Selenium WebDriver based integration tests in Java and Karma based unit tests for AngularJS applications.
• Develop Java based Spring MVC web services, utilizing spring data and spring security.
• Write ASP.net MVC based RESTful web services using JSON on NET 4.5 in C#. Use SQL Server and PostgreSQL with Entity Framework.
• Develop AngularJS front end applications using HTML5, CSS3, Yeoman/bower/grunt and JQuery.
• System administration of FreeBSD, Linux and Windows based systems for use with web servers and continuous integration.
• Assist with development and management of Amazon web services including CloudSearch, EC2, DynamoDB and RDS (PostgreSQL).
• Release engineering and management of continuous integration using Git on bitbucket. Assist with Jira and Crucible.

Nov 2012 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Ann Arbor, MI

• Manage one part-time developer.
• Develop C# (.net 4) components and solutions on top of Blackbaud Fundraising software, jQuery and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for the Office of University Development, Web and Data Integration team.
• Create unit tests with Selenium RC & WebDriver, Java with Junit, ant and maven, and Hudson/Jenkins for Firefox, Chorme and Internet Explorer.
• Participate in agile development with scrum.
• Assist with deployment of services on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP environment.
• Develop Java based application using Apache Click MVC, Velocity, elasticsearch, and Gson. Create front end with AngularJS.
• Created proof of concept ISAPI extension and filter for IIS in C++.
• Manage Ubuntu Linux servers running Apache Tomcat + HTTP, Git, Selenium, OpenCPU, and elasticsearch.
• Responsible for migration of Subversion repositories to Git on Bitbucket. Moved projects from Unfuddle to Jira.
• Assisted with porting an application from Java to NodeJS.
• Created new search feature for a website using Amazon CloudSearch (AWS).

May 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos · Ann Arbor, MI

• Developed software for Mathematical Reviews in Perl, Mason, Jquery and Java. Maintained legacy C applications using embedded SQL with Ingres.
• Migrate front-end MySQL databases to PostgreSQL.
• Developed author identification system in Java, Cayenne, and Ingres to match incoming author data from publishers with our existing MathSciNet database.
• Created author ID system in Java, Apache Cayenne, and Ingres to match MathSciNet authors to Math Genealogy Project authors.
• Refactored data entry application for author identification work to use JQuery, JqGrid with JSON and to migrate off of DBIx::Recordset in Perl and Mason.
• Refactoring internal Ingres database structure to be normalized.
• Created device pairing system for mobile devices to authenticate with MathSciNet on student sites in JavaScript, PostgreSQL and Perl.
• Created Java based web services with apache axis to generate reports for SUSHI Counter specification. This project included several perl scripts to parse and process apache logs and import the data into a PostgreSQL database and generate a system for real time reporting of traffic patterns.
• Ported several data transformation packages from C to Java.

Dec 2010 – May 2011 · 5 mos · Ann Arbor, MI

• Maintain inventory management system for large online retailer client in Linux, Apache 2.2, MySQL 5, and PHP 5.2. Used JQuery and Prototype Javascript libraries.
• Performed integration work on web services in PHP between warehouse inventory system and Oracle ERP environment.

Nov 2010 – Dec 2010 · 1 mo

• Contract to hire.. see Systems In Motion.
• Developed PHP applications at client site (Systems In Motion) for online retailer. Assist with rollout of new logic to manage shipment of products from partners.

Dec 2008 – Oct 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos · Ann Arbor, MI

• Managed a team of three to four employees including developers and IT support technician. Setup test driven environment with junit, hudson.
• Worked on internal data entry tools for entering metadata about newspaper, magazine, and visual media.
• Created newsletter generator tool for fortune 500 companies in Java, Cayenne (ORM), Apache Click and Tomcat.
• Developed client portals for large companies in PHP and Joomla using MySQL.
• Developed custom client portal for large advertising company in PHP 5, MySQL 5, JQuery, Dojo, XTHML and CSS.
• Managed FreeBSD and Linux servers in the US and Germany. Setup video recording system on Windows severs. Assisted with management of cisco and dell networking equipment, pfSense, and Cisco phone equipment.

Dec 2007 – Feb 2008 · 2 mos · Remote

• Assisted with transition to Mac OS X server for web, dns, mail, file sharing, and database use.
• Helped port an application written in PHP to OS X server.

Sep 2006 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Ypsilanti, MI · On-site

• Managed Windows 2003 R2, Mac OS X servers, FreeBSD and MidnightBSD servers for the computer science department.
• Setup webserver for database and web development courses using FreeBSD, PHP, MySQL.
• Assisted students with setting up and managing ASP.net projects including C# and Visual Basic.net.
• Setup compute cluster on MidnightBSD and assisted with xgrid on Mac OS X.
• Wrote software in PHP to interface with Apple's open directory (LDAP) to manage user accounts on our OS X servers.

Feb 2006 – Present · 20 yrs 3 mos · Ypsilanti, MI

• Created open source fork of the FreeBSD operating system for desktop users.
• Co-developed mport package manager, msearch text based search tool, mports - ported applications, Magus build cluster software.
• Ported network drivers, ATA and USB devices, modified file system and kernel internals.
• Performed release engineering, as well as system administration of web applications, mail services, subversion and CVS repositories.
• Ported and upstreamed patches for Perl, tcsh, mksh, and many other applications.

Aug 2004 – Jul 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Administered Mac OS X servers for advertising and newspaper. Provided technical support for Mac OS X and Windows clients. Assisted with network rollouts of Novell and Microsoft based solutions.
• Created ASP.net application to interface with HEAT ticket system for users to create tech support tickets. Application was written in VB.net and used Microsoft SQL Server on Windows 2000 server.

Dec 2003 – Dec 2005 · 2 yrs

• Provided technical support for lab computers in the college of engineering for software development, CAD and other software.
• Co-wrote an application with my boss to sync user accounts from the main campus LDAP server to a local OpenLDAP server and PostgreSQL database in Perl.

Feb 2001 – Apr 2004 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States · Hybrid

• Developed E-commerce website in Microsoft ASP and ASP.net (Visual Basic) for paper and greeting card sales running on Windows 2000 and SQL Server. Administered Windows and FreeBSD servers and Windows clients in the organization.

Jun 1998 – Nov 2000 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Flint, Michigan, United States · On-site

• Managed Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers for web hosting division and consulting clients. Developed web applications in Microsoft ASP. Designed websites for businesses and non-profits. Provided tier 2 technical support for dial up, DSL and T1 customers on Windows, Mac, Linux and OS/2. Trained new employees and assisted them with support calls as necessary. Provided security audits and consultation for internal servers and local clients such as banks and network installations for pharmacies and the UAW.