Experience

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  Custom Data Solutions

  • United States
  • Information Technology & Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Sr. Application Architect

    • Feb 2011 - Nov 2022

  • Software Engineer

    • Jul 2010 - Feb 2011

    Maintained various in-house applications, both customer-facing and back-end.Assumed team lead role and began cross-training developers to achieve a goal of breaking down “skill-silos” so more resources were available across project types. Participated in interviewing & training of new developers, in-house & contract.Tasked with identifying & executing process improvements within IT.

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  Kelly Services, Inc.

  • United States
  • Staffing and Recruiting
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Software Engineer

    • 2000 - Dec 2008

    Coordinated design, development and implementation of new vendor integration applications, collaborated with project managers, systems engineering teams, business analysts and external vendor teams to deliver on-time, accurate solutions. Provided technical leadership to members within my development team as well as being a sought after technical resource by other IT teams. Coordinated large scale application environment changes, while minimizing impact to project schedules. Representative projects include…• Screening Application Service: Designed, developed and supported .NET web service application used to facilitate background screening requests from within Kelly’s branch office application (StaffNet).- Spearheaded adoption of .NET web services as the preferred integration access for StaffNet, paving the way for a succession of efficient integrations into the system.- Piloted first implementation of HR-XML, both within Front Office & the screening vendor, thereby working towards Kelly’s goal of message standardization.- Piloted use of X.509 certificates on reverse proxy servers for application authentication / security.• StaffNet Reporting Portal: Led a small development team in creating a web-based reporting portal that allowed Kelly branch personnel to access static & on-demand business reports from their desktops. - The first JAVA web application in the Front Office, it was also the first step in an IT goal of transitioning away from UNIFACE for Front Office projects.- Allowed branch personnel access to custom, on-demand reports against StaffNet data for the first time, enhancing the timeliness & value of the data to the branch.

  • Client Server Designer/Developer

    • May 1998 - Apr 2000

    Within a new large-scale development initiative, assumed responsibility for the technical environments required in Kelly’s vision for the Software Delivery Life Cycle. Collaborated with business analysts, architecture & planning, systems engineers & management to realize the SDLC for Front Office UNIFACE projects. Established role as a strong technical resource and trouble shooter. Representative projects include…• UNIFACE Project Lifecycle Automation: Spearheaded definition of environments, creation of processes & procedures for supporting them. - Created build & deploy automation that leveraged existing back office tools & procedures.- The initial effort was so successful that it required little change for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance & remains in place nearly 10 years later.• Formation of Integration Office: Formalized creation of and managed a creative team of developers responsible for Front Office project environments.- Streamlined creating environments for successive application versions & significantly reduced build & deployment errors.- Provided a focal point for technical problem resolution.

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  Central Corporate Credit Union

  • Senior Manager

    • May 1997 - May 1998

    Information technology department head.