Experience

American Time
• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Software Engineering Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present


Hutchinson Technology Inc.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Dec 2011 - Sep 2022

  -- Designed (full stack), managed project, and developed Spring Boot application to version control manufacturing machine settings (recipes) for products-- Designed (full stack), managed project, and developed Spring application to capture SPC information to compute deviations and Cpk-- Mentored Java and C# developers-- Led technical team for Oracle ERP implementation (task assignment, mentoring, status reporting, software development)-- R&D and selection of new software development tools for software develop team: frameworks, IDE, testing tools, deployment platforms, CI tool, version control, build tool-- Designed, implemented, developed and delivered training, and supported Solidworks PDM system for product engineering-- Designed and developed templates for software development team-- Designed (full stack), managed project, and developed Spring application for B2B collaboration-- Designed, managed project, and implemented corporate portal; implemented with Liferay Portal Show less

• Software Engineer

  • Apr 2006 - Dec 2011

  -- Application architect for enterprise architecture team. Defined current, short term, long term architecture for corporate applications-- Designed and developed add-on tax system to Movex ERP system-- Developed and presented a Java course to train corporate software developers-- Mentored Java developers-- Defined architecture for moving manufacturing software and infrastructure from USA to Thailand-- Designed and developed Java Spring application to integrate PDM system for USA and Thailand engineers-- Managed a five-person software development team focused on HTI manufacturing automation systems; team assignments, technical direction, and resolution of problems—both technical and personal-- Designed and documented corporate SDLC Show less

• Senior System Analyst

  • Sep 1994 - Apr 2006

  -- Managed project to implement employee information system; responsible for selection of the consulting firm, review and approval of project plans and project deliverables, and project progress of internal and external employees-- Led technical team for the selection and implementation of the Movex ERP system-- Designed and developed add-ons to Movex ERP system-- Designed (full stack) and developed corporate portal with Java, Cocoon, XML, XSLT; integrated into document database (IBM Notes)-- Led technical team for software selection for corporate configuration management (PDM) system-- Managed development team to build a manufacturing resource planning system-- Developed Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and trained developers to use SDLC Show less

• Senior System Analyst

  • Sep 1994 - Apr 2006

  Led technical team for software selection for corporate configuration management (PDM) systemProject managed development team to build a manufacturing resource planning systemParticipated in project to determine corporate development toolsDeveloped Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and trained developers to use SDLC

• Sr. Programmer Analyst

  • Sep 1993 - Sep 1994

  -- Performed corporate business analysis (Information Engineering)-- Participated in project to determine corporate development tools

• Programmer / Analyst

  • Sep 1992 - Sep 1993

  -- Developed shop floor lost time tracking system in C-- Led project to determine best database for HTI's needs



Midwest Data, Inc

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer / DBA

  • Sep 1990 - Sep 1992

  Began my employment as programmer; my responsibilities rapidly increased to training programmers, support personnel and clients. * Managed the electronic claims department. * Supervised programmers in the production of commercial software. * Maintained existing commercial software. * Provided technical support via telephone, on-site installation and training. * Developed, scheduled, and assigned projects. * Evaluated and made purchases. * Wrote operations manuals, procedures, and program documentation. * Implemented and maintained the company's electronic bulletin board. Show less



Sweet Computer Services

• Software Developer

  • Mar 1988 - Sep 1990

  Began my employment as programmer; my responsibilities rapidly increased to training programmers, support personnel and clients. * Managed the electronic claims department. * Supervised programmers in the production of commercial software. * Maintained existing commercial software. * Provided technical support via telephone, on-site installation and training. * Developed, scheduled, and assigned projects. * Evaluated and made purchases. * Wrote operations manuals, procedures, and program documentation. * Implemented and maintained the company's electronic bulletin board. Show less