Herndon, Virginia, United States
Seeking an architect or lead technologist position allowing for application of organizational, technical, communication, and project management skills proven over 20 years of success in the software industry. Motivated, personable business professional with an MIT degree and a successful 20-year career in the industry. Talent for quickly reducing a problem to its base components as a key problem solving technique. Diplomatic and tactful in the workplace at all times. Accustomed to high pressure situations handling urgent technical issues. Demonstrated history of producing results that exceed expectations. Track record of developing high performing teams whose productivity increases, while at the same time reducing stress inducing emergency situations. Flexible and versatile – able to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences. Thrive in deadline-driven environments. Excellent team-building skills Specialties: Software Architecture, System Engineering, Java Software Development, Team Leadership, Process Engineering, Software Lifecycle, Problem Solving, Scheduling, Requirement Engineering, Scrum Development Process, Product Management, Professional Presentations.
Operations Manager for the DoD Business with 24x7x365 responsibility for running two copies of Akamai's managed platform for the military.
Responsible for the technology and development of the AOL News, Weather and Politics web sites, some of the largest in the world. In this role, led a team of eleven engineers with off shore and QA resources matrixed to me as well. Played a critical role in bridging the gap between the business and the technologists. Technologies included Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Java, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL and Lucene. http://news.aol.com/ http://weather.aol.com/ http://politicsdaily.com/
Led a team of eight highly experienced software engineers developing custom web applications for the IT Security department for computer access management, auditing, reporting and law enforcement inquiry. Technologies included Linux, Apache, Perl, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Sybase and LDAP.
Supported the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and their Open Standards & Open Source software platform initiatives across the DoD community.
An exciting start-up opportunity developing a cutting edge Java and XML based Content Management product for the publishing industry. Responsible for all product development areas, including engineering, quality assurance, technical writing and product management. Initially came on board as one of three Chief Architects to develop the persistence model for the product, this involved a great deal of Java development and data modeling work. Technologies included Windows, Linux, Apache, Java, Java Swing, XML, and Java-RMI.
Led a team of 40+ technologists supporting this start-up's CORBA product development activities with a large Japanese partner. Effort included splitting time between Boston and Washington, D.C. as well as regularly collaborating with my peers in Japan. Was also responsible for the IT infrastructure and laboratory supporting all of these endeavors. Technologies included Sun SOLARIS, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Windows, Java, C, CORBA, and LDAP.