To secure a challenging software engineering position utilizing my proven experience and skills with architecture, development, testing, support and release management while allowing education and exploration of emerging technologies.

Architect and programmer of internationalized J2EE web applications. Primary focus on User Interface software architecture, network performance, information security and browser compatibility. Serve as Lead Developer on several product development teams to support application lifecycle management.

Specialties:
XML, XHTML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, PHP, Perl, SQL, Java, J2EE, JSP (JavaServer Pages), JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library), JSF (JavaServer Faces), Servlets, Portlets, JUnit, usability, accessibility, browser compatibility, web standards.

Familiarity with Systems: Solaris, IBM WebSphere, DB2, Oracle and Sybase.

Use of several IDE's: VisualAge for Java 4.x, WSAD 5.x, RAD 6-7, and Eclipse 3.x.

December 1999 - Present
HSBC Technology and Services (Chicago, IL)
Consultant - Business Systems

Architect and program internationalized J2EE web applications for a major financial company using Java Struts-like application development framework.

• Familiar with IBM Portal Server, current work includes migration of existing applications from Java Servlet architecture to JSR-168 portlets.
• Co-authored a customized Authorization Entitlements solution to manage information security for individuals based on their role and group.
• Developed a software "Bridge" enabling a web browser (MSIE6) to initialize service calls to execute legacy applications on the client desktop and allow the web application to act on the response.
• Developed a program to display Point-of-Sale receipt signatures on the Internet by reverse-engineering a C program that could only print the image to a laser-printer.
• Developed and later converted CGI (Perl and C) websites to J2EE to run on IBM's WebSphere Application Server.
• Use Rational Unified Process (RUP) development process.

April 1997 - Dec 1999
NEWMAX (Elk Grove Village, IL) [NEWMAX.COM|NEWMAX.NET|THEDIGITALDOOR.COM]
Consultant - Network Administrator/Application Developer

Worked as designer and lead programmer building customized E-commerce solutions.

• Operation and maintenance of web servers (predominantly IIS 4.0) hosting HTTP/HTTPS(SSL), FTP, Proxy, and SMTP/POP3 Email services for 61 client web sites, including securing web servers against frequent Denial of Service attacks.
• Conversion of proprietary database application from WS4D (Web Server 4D) solution to ASP (ActiveServer Pages) and CGI running on IIS.
• Programming of web sites utilizing HTML, Perl, PHP, CGI, SQL, Visual BASIC, Access, XML, ASP, Cold Fusion, CSS, and JavaScript
• Conducted web site promotion utilizing major search engines, USENET, and targeted email campaigns.
• Extensive telephone and on-site customer support service including installation, upgrades and troubleshooting of networks.
• Support of Windows and Macintosh desktop software including Microsoft Office, ACT, Goldmine, Visio, Peachtree Accounting, PGP and Clients & Profits.

July 1989 - July 1995
United States Navy, USS Helena SSN-725 (Pearl Harbor, HI)
Submarine Radio Communications Technician Second Class

Responsible for operation and maintenance of radio room communications equipment, including analog and digital circuits, transmitters, receivers, teletypewriters and cryptographic equipment on board a nuclear powered submarine.

• Designed and implemented the TTY INTERFACE program, allowing direct computer to teletypewriter connectivity of communications equipment.

DeVry Institute of Technology - DuPage (Addison, IL)
Degree: Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Cumulative GPA 3.24/4.00
Epsilon Delta Pi - Computer Sciences Honor Society
Activities and Societies: Epsilon Delta Pi (Computer Sciences Honor Society)
Selected Course Work: Visual BASIC, PowerBuilder, C/C++, COBOL, CICS, DB2, UNIX, LINUX, MVS Assembler, Systems Analysis and MVS/ROSCOE.