Agile Developer, Certified Scrummaster, and Builder...
...with a unique blend of on hands software development skills and agile project management experience. A proven facilitator who loves to learn and apply innovative approaches to challenges. My recent focus has been building and consuming highly scalable cloud based REST/SOAP API based applications. I have acquired a thorough understanding of both traditional SLDC as well as Agile software development processes. All while developing intelligent and intuitive web and mobile applications and backends.
I strive to contribute to high-performing teams!
Skill Summary
| Application/Technology | Skill Level | Last Used | Experience |
| Coldfusion 5-11 | Expert | Currently | 15 years |
| AWS /OpenStack / Cloud | Intermediate | Currently | 3 years |
| HTML5/Client Side JS /Angular | Intermediate | Currently | 4 years |
| CI/CD: Hudson / Jenkins / AWS | Intermediate | Currently | 4 years |
| DevOps:Vagrant/Chef/Puppet/Ansible | Intermediate | Currently | 3 years |
| Scrum / Agile Project Management | Expert | Currently | 9 years |
| Java/Spring/Hibernate/Maven | Intermediate | 3 years ago | 5 years |
| HTML / JavaScript / XML | Expert | Currently | 13 years |
| Rich Web Apps (AJAX) | Expert | Currently | 9 years |
| Source Control: CVS / SVN / GIT | Expert | Currently | 10 years |
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| Knowledge: | Skill Level | Last Used | Experience |
| Test Driven Development | Intermediate | Currently | 4 years |
| Continuous Integration | Intermediate | Currently | 7 years |
| SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) processes | Expert | Currently | 15 years |
| Agile Development (SCRUM) | Expert | Currently | 9 years |
| Software Quality Assurance Techniques | Intermediate | 8 years ago | 3 years |
Experience
Senior Integration Developer - deverus
Hubworks/
deverus
2014 – 2016
Define, design, develop, deploy and manage complex integrated applications using ColdFusion, XSL, XML, and REST. Maintain, monitor, update, troubleshoot, debug, install, and upgrade existing Coldfusion/BlueDragon/ MSSQL Server integration applications. Provide technical support to customer support, clients, and other team members. Provide technical support to customer service, clients, and other team members. Work with team members, clients, and partners to identify needs, gather requirements, and effectively scope integration projects.
Key accomplishments:
- Integrated with top HR and applicant tracking systems such as Taleo, Kronos, iCIMS, HRsmart
- Provide SAML/SSO/oAuth integration point (as Identity Provider role)
- Worked integration projects from discovery to production delivery
Experience
Technical Project Manager III / ScrumMaster - Rackspace
Cloud Integration/
Rackspace
2013 – 2014
Coordinated and monitored technical projects from initiation through delivery. Responsible for all aspects of the project lifecycle: diagnosing the needs of internal clients, managing project teams from initiation to completion, removing roadblocks from the team, and leveraging the knowledge and creativity of colleagues to generate awesome new ideas to solve business problems. Served as liaison between technical and non-technical departments in order to ensure that all targets and requirements were met.
Key accomplishments:
- Handled multiple assignments, often with conflicting priorities
- Took Barbican key manager from inception to OpenStack incubation
- Managed variety of projects from building software to infrastructure projects
Senior Software Engineer / ScrumMaster - AIMSweb
AIMSweb/
Pearson
2007 – 2013
Working in an Agile (SCRUM) development environment as part of a highly functional team. Serve as Scrum Master in multi-team environment. Work with extremely large datasets in high availability/security situations. Integral part of Pearson's SCM production team.
Key accomplishments:
- Became a certified SCRUM master (2007)
- Project Lead on major enhancements to AIMSweb application (http://aimsweb.com)
- Led a performance team on extensive load testing project- working on performance/scalability related issues on 10+ Billion row tables in a large, multi-server database/report intensive web application. Doubled throughput to an average 150k page loads per minute.
- Rewrote major portions and layout of application to work though jQuery/AJAX to reduce bandwidth use by 60% by not serving the site layout on every page request.
Web Architect - Applications
FiservHealth/
Benefit Planners, Inc.
2004 –2007
In role as Web Architect, I worked on a team of five developers responsible for design and implementation of the company’s web presence, including the public site (www.benplan.com) and an extensive private corporate Intranet. Coded custom benefit enrollment systems for high profile clients such as Underwriters Labs (UL), Six Flags, and The Scooter Store. (FiservHealth / Benefit Planners is now owned by United Healthcare)
Key accomplishments:
- lead project to convert codebase from Coldfusion5 to MX7.
- lead project to integrate "Web 2.0" (one page interactive web app) features such as inline edit-in-place functionality to reduce page loads and navigation .
- Designed and developed custom benefit enrollment web systems implementing complex business logic that varies vastly by system and client.
- Was responsible for development of a project planning system wrapping together a ticket request system, issue logging and MS project server data into a workflow application to streamline the company' s development process.
Web Developer / Product Development Coordinator
Marketron International, Inc.2001 – 10/2004
Served dual role as Java/Coldfusion Web Developer and Software/ Internet Product Development Coordinator. Primary product management duties included generation of use case documents, software change requests, detailed specifications and requirements for new features as well as defect fixes. Gathered engineering, QA, and implementation estimates to compile and maintain project schedules using MS Project Pro and Project Server. Effectively used cross-functional teams, defect tracking software and document version control methodologies to track development projects through the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC) process. As Web Developer, I was responsible for design and implementation of the company’s web presence, including the public site (www.Marketron.com), WebAvails (www.WebAvails.com) site and an extensive private corporate Intranet.
Key accomplishments:
- Designed and developed a dynamic, database-driven, intranet web site. The content on the site is completely maintained the end users, including the ability for authorized users to create new pages, edit content, and create/edit/assign permissions for other users by using a flexible yet secure infrastructure based on NT login credentials. This access system allows users to view or edit only the content that is relevant to them, all administered through a web based backend.
- Designed and developed an internal web application to allow our implementation team to collect information about upcoming installations and upgrades, to schedule implementation and training resources to those tasks, and account for all implementation personnel for billing purposes. The implementation managers could then create, assign and edit certification tests taken at an online testing center on our public site.
- Responsible for development of an interface between a desktop application used by sales staff at 800+ TV stations and a web service accessed by thousands of the top media buyers in the country.
Quality Assurance Analyst
TvScan, Inc.1999 -2001
Developed and implemented test plans for software products. Wrote and maintained test cases. Created and maintained automated test scripts.
Key accomplishments:
- Designed and developed a database cross-referencing individual test cases with the module or unit they relate to. Using this methodology, the test cases could be filtered and the most relevant test cases could be run.
Education
Certified Scrum Master(CSM):
http://www.scrumalliance.org/profiles/16635-doug-sims
Macromedia Coldfusion Certified
Microsoft MCP Certifiedin Networking Essentials, Windows Desktop OS’s and NT Server Configuration.
Austin Community College: Completed coursework in Computer information systems, computer programming, and information systems.
Systems Testing and Quality Assurance Techniques: completed training seminar hosted by Advanced Information Technologies
References:available upon request
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