Jason's Tech Blog

Summary :

Senior application developer with experience in architecture, UI design, development, implementation and management for enterprise and small business applications. With over 12 years of experience in information technology, I bring to any team a wealth of knowledge obtainened from working with some of the industry's top enterprise leaders.

I am currently looking for a management or senior development role on any size of project or company. Please contact me through Linked-In.

Specialties :

Flex 3 & ActionScript 3, ColdFusion, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Django, Python, PHP, LotusScript, Java, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ActionScript, XML, XSD, VXML, PL/SQL, SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle, DB2, WebSphere, WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, IVR, CMS

Experience

Developer

BPM Specialists

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2010 - Present (8 months)

Working with PEGA, more to come soon.

Senior Application Developer

IBM Global Business Services

(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2009 - January 2010 (10 months)

This is the second engagement with the staff from IBM GS on the Popeyes Chicken and Biscuit account. My duties are to support and develop applications for Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2000, custom ASP.NET applications, ColdFusion 8 applications, Microsoft SQL 2000 & 2005 databases and Java applications.

During this engagement I was the primary architect and developer for re-writing of a Java JSP application into a ColdFusion web application in order to provide better stability of the business need. This application provides the Franchisees to submit weekly sales and key metrics information for billing and remittance of the franchisee accounts.

Technologies: MS .NET (C# & ASP), Java, ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, XML

Senior Flex Developer

McKesson

(Public Company; MCK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 2009 - April 2009 (4 months)

Mentored team of Flex developers in the creation of Flash UI for hand held medical devices. The Flex applications where hosted on hand held devices which included bar code scanners. The applications allowed nurses to input patient information as well as review historical data of the patient.

The main purpose of this contract was to provide direction and best practices to the staff in the form of documentation, “think-tank” meetings and training sessions. The goal was to provide direction for future Flex development projects that the McKesson development and engineering staff would utilize for future commercial products.

Technologies: Flex 3, ActionScript 3, HTML, JavaScript, XML

Senior Web Interface Consultant

Bank of America

(Public Company; BAC; Banking industry)

September 2008 - January 2009 (5 months)

Working alongside with students from MIT, we prototyped two applications that are based of social networking and budgeting. The project had many moving parts with iPhone application(s), Flex developed interfaces and HTML/Javascript with Django providing RESTful services and business integration. My duties were to develop a full standalone Flex interface that could be used with the Adobe Air as well as being served through HTTP request through all publicly available web browsers. I also developed with Flex a utility that for displaying graphs for the HTML version of the application. All data was provided to the Flex components through JSON format RESTful services via the Django (Python) built framework. The framework that was used to developed the Flex application on was PureMVC.

Technologies: Flex 3, ActionScript 3, Django, Python, HTML, JavaScript, JSON

Senior Flex Application Developer

Multicast Media

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

July 2008 - September 2008 (3 months)

Using Flex 3/ActionScript 3 developed a interface for a new service that would help the company obtain a partnership with Adobe Systems Inc. The application enabled clients to upload raw digital video in order to have it transcoded into multiple formats of video/audio media. Users of the application were able to view and moderate video streams, modify metadata information and view usage reports by account. The application relied on services that were provided by a J2EE application hosted with a Apache Tomcat server. The framework used for development of the application was Cairngorm.

Technologies: Flex 3, ActionScript 3, HTML, JavaScript, XML

Senior Application Developer - Consultant

AT&T Mobility

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

October 2007 - July 2008 (10 months)

Part of a team of developers responsible for bleeding edge prototype development of new technologies for retail stores and internal staff. Responsibilities include but not limited to architecture, development, trouble shooting, project leader, documentation and support.

Technologies: CFML/CFC, Flex, JavaScript, ActionScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS

Director is Stephen Harris. (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/669/691)

Manager & Solutions Architect

AIG Agency Auto

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AIG; Insurance industry)

October 2006 - September 2007 (1 year )

Managed a group of developers in the creation and support of an online quote system for AIG sales representatives utilizing ColdFusion and AJAX technologies. System utilized complete WebService technologies for communication with corporate BPM systems in the generation of quotes. Other accomplishments and support duties include but not limited to IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system development and support for AIG Auto customer accounts and billing. System utilized VXML that was generated by a ColdFusion application server and database interaction. Final duties include an architecture role responsible for designing, documentation and research for new and existing infrastructure needs of the company.

Technologies: IVR, CFML/CFC, Flex, JavaScript, ActionScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS, JAVA/JSP/Servlet, SQL, PL/SQL, VXML, XML, XSD, XSLT, WebServices

ColdFusion Application Developer

Cingular Wireless

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

May 2006 - September 2006 (5 months)

Worked with a team of developers in producing a portal application built with CFML, AJAX and Oracle technologies. Portlets utilized AJAX to reduce the amount of page refresh needed to obtain live data from other applications deployed within the Cingular infrastructure. This is the same technologies currently used with yahoo.com and google.com personalization features. Responsibilities were to scope, design, develop and document assigned portions of the portal.

Technologies: CFML, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PL/SQL, Oracle

WebSphere Application Developer

IBM Global Services

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2004 - March 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Helped to maintain software designed to move data from Windows and Macintosh workstations into a legacy mainframe database. Programmed filters for new types of data inputs. Helped to maintain incident database for QA department.
Consulted with clients in development of applications to support or enhance their current infrastructure utilizing WebSphere Portal/J2EE/JSP and ASP technologies. Primary database administrator and developer for SQL applications and servers. Provided back up administrative support and development for Lotus Domino/Notes enterprise applications.

Technologies: WebSphere Application Server 4, 5.0, 5.1 and 6, WebSphere Portal Server 4.2.1 and 5.1, IBM Directory Sever, IBM DB2 Server, IBM HTTP Server, AS400, Linux (RH), Windows Platforms, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 7.0, WebSphere Site Developer 5.1, Windows 2000 Server (ASP/VBScript), Lotus Domino/Notes 6.5, Java/JSP/Struts, PHP, HTML/JavaScript

ColdFusion MX / Oracle Developer

ADP

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ADP; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2004 - October 2004 (5 months)

Part of a team of independent contractors that worked on developing f a total compensation website, “Online Total Rewards”, for a client of ADP’s. The application is a mixture of ColdFusion MX, XML/XSD, PL/SQL and stored procedures. Developers were responsible for documentation, development, branding and unit testing.

Technologies: CFML/CFC, Flash, ActionScript, PL/SQL, Sun Microsystems’s Application Server 7, Oracle Database Server version 8, XML, XSD, HTML, JavaScript, CSS

Senior Application Specialist

UAFC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

March 2002 - June 2004 (2 years 4 months)

Duties are to oversee WebSphere, Lotus Notes/Domino and ColdFusion development in the remodeling of the current Intranet architecture for a fast growing institution. New architecture consists of WebSphere Portal 5.0, Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.1, Lotus Notes/Domino 5.0 (and higher), Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft IIS. Data Storage consists of Lotus Domino 6.5, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM AS400. Primary HTTP host is IIS 5 with ColdFusion MX and WebSphere Application/Portal Server as methods of serving out existing and adopted applications. Other duties are project manager of new and existing projects for Intranet and Internet environment.

Technologies: CFML, PHP, Java/JSP/Servlet, LotusScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, XSD, WAP

Intranet Application Specialist, Sr.

Accenture

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2000 - February 2002 (1 year 4 months)

Duties are to administer and develop for multi-server environments. Oversee a group of web developers in re-architecture of the Bellsouth/Accenture Symphony Alliance Intranet Site. The following are a list of technologies responsible for while working with the Bellsouth/Accenture engagement:

1. Primary developer and architect for ColdFusion web applications
2. Primary developer for all Lotus Notes/Domino Applications
3. Primary developer for Perl/CGI, PHP, applications
4. Developer for JAVA/JSP/Servlet applications
5. Architect for new intranet that reflected a knowledge management architecture model

Technologies: CFML, PHP, Java/JSP/Servlet, LotusScript, Perl, JavaScipt, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, XSD, WAP

Webmaster

eHistory.com L.L.C.

(Internet industry)

February 2000 - September 2000 (8 months)

Helped maintain ColdFusion web site which consist of over 180,000 physical web pages. The site provides an overview of the world history for a span of 4,000 Years. Primary focuses where:

1. Oversee a group of 5 developers/contractors.
2. Work with ColdFusion development and server.
3. Development of applications using ColdFusion, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, HTML and Perl.
4. Worked with Adobe Photo Shop 6 in production of graphical interfaces for web site.
5. Worked with Macromedia Flash in production of interactive presentations.

Webmaster and Application Support Specialist

Baptist Health Care

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

January 1999 - February 2000 (1 year 2 months)

Responsible for overseeing the deployment of both Internet and Intranet technologies. Handled technical support for all Internet and Intranet issues. Primary focuses where:

1. Started research and development of re-architecture of web applications utilizing ColdFusion.
2. Maintaining a corporate web site that was both award winning and most advanced in its class.
3. Supported applications for CICS Mainframe session implementation via WEB390 for Intranet use.
4. Managed laptop-leasing program for physicians so that they could obtain access to the Physician's Intranet.
5. Utilized Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash for development of interfaces to web applications in Lotus Notes/Domino.

Technologies: CFML, LotusScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Flash

Web Developer and Help Desk Specialist

H&L Telecom

(Internet industry)

March 1996 - December 1998 (2 years 10 months)

Spydee Internet Services

Developed web applications for clients and was the senior help desk representative. This was my first position where I started teaching myself web application development and the technologies of the web.

Technolgoies: ASP, HTML, JavaScript, Graphical Developer

Education

Pensacola Junior College

AA Business

1997 - 1998

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