Experience

SurePassID

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Software Engineer

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  United States



Independent Consultant

• Sr. Software Engineer

  • May 2015 - Jan 2021

  Jupiter, FL



Sonavation Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

  Palm Beach Gardens, FL Responsible for representing the company as a member of the FIDO Alliance. FIDO stands for Fast IDentity Online. I was involved with the following working groups of the FIDO Alliance; Universal Authentication Framework TWG (UAF), Universal 2nd Factor TWG (U2F), FIDO 2.0 TWG. and the Certification Working Group (CWG). The working groups involved participating in weekly calls and plenary meetings, contributing, reviewing and providing feedback on draft specifications. Implemented a FIDO UAF and… Show more Responsible for representing the company as a member of the FIDO Alliance. FIDO stands for Fast IDentity Online. I was involved with the following working groups of the FIDO Alliance; Universal Authentication Framework TWG (UAF), Universal 2nd Factor TWG (U2F), FIDO 2.0 TWG. and the Certification Working Group (CWG). The working groups involved participating in weekly calls and plenary meetings, contributing, reviewing and providing feedback on draft specifications. Implemented a FIDO UAF and U2F Authenticator in C on a BusyBox Linux embedded system. Received an award from the FIDO Alliance for my contributions to the specifications. While working with FIDO I worked with the following technologies; C, Java, JavaScript, USB HID Protocol, Bluetooth Low Energy Protocol, BusyBox Linux, Chrome Extensions/Applications, ChromeOS, Tomcat, Eclipse CDT/JEE, Android Studio, Xcode. Show less



TECHNIA

• Sweden
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sr. Software Developer

  • Nov 2011 - Apr 2014

  Ft Lauderdale, FL Responsible for providing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting services for several apparel companies in the United States. Implemented a new product for Technia that was capable of exporting data from the PLM system to Excel. This allowed the customer to quickly perform what-if calculations for costing of apparel products. Once the customer was finished with the calculations, they could import the Excel spreadsheet back into the PLM system and the data would extracted and inserted… Show more Responsible for providing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting services for several apparel companies in the United States. Implemented a new product for Technia that was capable of exporting data from the PLM system to Excel. This allowed the customer to quickly perform what-if calculations for costing of apparel products. Once the customer was finished with the calculations, they could import the Excel spreadsheet back into the PLM system and the data would extracted and inserted into the database. The export/import was developed using the Apache POI library. The exports was configured using an XML file. The configuration allowed the customer to control how and what data was exported from the system, and how the spreadsheet was formatted. Many of the capabilities of Excel could be configured including formulas with references to other cells, formatting, exporting of images, cell data validation, drop-down lists, and more. Worked with a team of developers distributed around the United States, Sweden, and India. Worked with the following technologies; Java, JavaScript, jQuery, JSP, Ajax, Tomcat, WebSphere, MQL, Single sign-on integration using Technia’s TVC framework. Show less



Taylor & Francis Group

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Programmer

  • Dec 2008 - Nov 2011

  Boca Raton, FL Developed IIS ISAPI filters in C++. One of the filters was a rewrite of an existing security filter. The old security filter was causing IIS to crash daily. After the rewrite, IIS stopped crashing. Another filter was used to successfully stop SQL Injection attacks. The other was to log user activities for COUNTER usage reporting. Developed a J2EE application to provide COUNTER compliant usage reporting. Also worked on J2EE ecommerce application project. These projects involved the use of… Show more Developed IIS ISAPI filters in C++. One of the filters was a rewrite of an existing security filter. The old security filter was causing IIS to crash daily. After the rewrite, IIS stopped crashing. Another filter was used to successfully stop SQL Injection attacks. The other was to log user activities for COUNTER usage reporting. Developed a J2EE application to provide COUNTER compliant usage reporting. Also worked on J2EE ecommerce application project. These projects involved the use of JBoss, Infinispan, xhtml, JSF, jQuery, AJAX, Seam mod_cluster, Lucene, SOLR, and Alfresco. Show less



Florida Power & Light

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmer Analyst Principal (Project Bound)

  • May 2005 - Mar 2008

  Juno Beach, FL Worked on projects using a variety of technologies. J2SE 5.0(1.5), J2EE, Servlets, JSP, Beans, LDAP, XML, JWSDP, SOA, WebServices, HTML, JavaScript, Web 2.0, Dojo, SQL, Hibernate, RMI client/server architecture. Designed and implemented a Java Application Single-Sign -On (SSO) solution.



First Data Merchant Services

• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Application Architect

  • Nov 2003 - May 2005

  Coral Springs, FL Architected, designed and implemented a Java application framework for internal processes to replace non-frame-worked infrastructure that was difficult to extend and maintain. Updated existing web applications to add new functionality based on project requirements using WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.1. Worked trouble tickets requiring fixes to existing Java applications.



Florida Power & Light

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Web Architect (Contract)

  • Apr 2000 - Nov 2003

  Juno Beach, FL Provided development support for all of the Java and ColdFusion developers at FPL. This involved resolving complex architectural and development issues, consulting on application design and code reviews. Developed tools and procedures used by the developers. Developed Swing applications that were deployed using Sun's Java Web Start. Many technologies were used while at FPL including J2SE, J2EE, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, Threads, EJB, LDAP, HTTP. Attended 2001 JavaOne… Show more Provided development support for all of the Java and ColdFusion developers at FPL. This involved resolving complex architectural and development issues, consulting on application design and code reviews. Developed tools and procedures used by the developers. Developed Swing applications that were deployed using Sun's Java Web Start. Many technologies were used while at FPL including J2SE, J2EE, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, Threads, EJB, LDAP, HTTP. Attended 2001 JavaOne conference. Show less



Florida Blue

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Web Developer (Contract)

  • Aug 1998 - Apr 2000

  Jacksonville, FL Worked on projects involving the use of a variety of web development tools including IBM WebSphere Studio & Application Server, ColdFusion, NetObjects, HomeSite, IBM VisualAge for Java, Macromedia Fireworks, and PhotoShop. These projects also involve the use of many different web technologies including HTML, JavaScript, CSS1, ASP, Java Servlets/EJB/JDBC/RMI/Beans/Threads, XML, HTTP, and LDAP. Mentored others in the company on these web tools and technologies. Worked on a major project team… Show more Worked on projects involving the use of a variety of web development tools including IBM WebSphere Studio & Application Server, ColdFusion, NetObjects, HomeSite, IBM VisualAge for Java, Macromedia Fireworks, and PhotoShop. These projects also involve the use of many different web technologies including HTML, JavaScript, CSS1, ASP, Java Servlets/EJB/JDBC/RMI/Beans/Threads, XML, HTTP, and LDAP. Mentored others in the company on these web tools and technologies. Worked on a major project team with 20 other designers and developers. This project involved the use of UNIX/C with Tuxedo and Sterling Commerce’s GENTRAN:mentor translator. Show less



Fannie Mae

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Unix Specialist

  • Jan 1993 - Aug 1998

  Washington, DC Worked on projects involving various aspects of web application development, including web pages (HTML, DHTML & JavaScript), cgi-bin, client and server side plug-ins for Netscape. Developed a client/server API to handle sending and receiving data from internal applications to external service providers using FTP and SMTP. Developed an administrative tool used for editing UNIX system files. This tool ensured that no two administrators were editing the same file at the same time. It also parsed… Show more Worked on projects involving various aspects of web application development, including web pages (HTML, DHTML & JavaScript), cgi-bin, client and server side plug-ins for Netscape. Developed a client/server API to handle sending and receiving data from internal applications to external service providers using FTP and SMTP. Developed an administrative tool used for editing UNIX system files. This tool ensured that no two administrators were editing the same file at the same time. It also parsed the file after it was edited to make sure that there were no errors made in the file during the edit. The syntax and validity of the data were checked. A history of all edits are saved by the tool using SCCS. Show less



Century Technologies, Inc.

• Systems Programmer

  • Sep 1991 - Jan 1993

  Silver Spring, MD Primary Developer on a project for the Defense Commissary Agency. This project involved receiving data from approximately 400+ Commissary stores around the United States, and its territories and routing the data to the appropriate computer systems for processing. An AT&T 3b2/600G UNIX SVR3 based computer was used for collecting and routing the data. It was necessary to interface the 3b2 with a Sequent Computer (UNIX), AMDAL Mainframe, and PCs using asynchronous communications and a TCP/IP… Show more Primary Developer on a project for the Defense Commissary Agency. This project involved receiving data from approximately 400+ Commissary stores around the United States, and its territories and routing the data to the appropriate computer systems for processing. An AT&T 3b2/600G UNIX SVR3 based computer was used for collecting and routing the data. It was necessary to interface the 3b2 with a Sequent Computer (UNIX), AMDAL Mainframe, and PCs using asynchronous communications and a TCP/IP network. Developed a scheduler, similar in functionality to the UNIX SVR3 line printer scheduler, to schedule the translation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) data. This application involved the use of child processes, a daemon process, and inter-process communications using named pipes/FIFOs. Show less



Data Tree, Inc.

• Senior Systems Consultant

  • Jun 1990 - Sep 1991

  Washington, DC Worked as part of a team of programmers in developing a Grant Tracking System for the U.S. Department of Energy. Composed and implemented a more efficient system of maintaining code libraries for the project. Constructed a new set of procedures for developing applications utilizing the make utility. Developed a program for automatically generating Makefiles. Worked on several other applications related to the project.



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmer/Analyst & Electrical Designer

  • Mar 1983 - Jun 1990

  Richmond, VA Wrote highly specialized C language systems for the engineering department to assist them in designing electrical control systems. Developed an electronic filing system for sharing and tracking both manual and CAD engineering drawings. Developed a system for automating Conduit and Panel Schedule information. System Administrator of an AT&T 3b2/400, a UNIX-based machine with 12 networked PCs. Used C, BASIC, vi, curses, and UNIX shell scripts in creating applications under the DOS and UNIX… Show more Wrote highly specialized C language systems for the engineering department to assist them in designing electrical control systems. Developed an electronic filing system for sharing and tracking both manual and CAD engineering drawings. Developed a system for automating Conduit and Panel Schedule information. System Administrator of an AT&T 3b2/400, a UNIX-based machine with 12 networked PCs. Used C, BASIC, vi, curses, and UNIX shell scripts in creating applications under the DOS and UNIX operating systems. Converted the department from a manual drafting system to a Computer Aided Drafting system. Developed custom macros, menus, and tablet overlays for the CAD system. Evaluated user requirements and made recommendations on all hardware and software purchases. Performed all hardware and software installations. Provided training and support on all hardware and software. Show less