Independent consultant providing custom software architecture and development services to a variety of clients with a focus on the defense and insurance industries. Major projects include custom J2EE software development utilizing Spring and the Tomcat application server platform.

Responsible for the research and development of technologies for distributed online collaboration and visualization and its application in the fields of intelligence gathering and threat assessment.

• Senior engineer responsible for the development of a human intelligence web application that was named JTCD of the Year by the Pentagon in 2008. This is an echo2 application with extensive web services and Hibernate database technology.
• Participated in the development of a graphical Java application used by the US Army for monitoring the status of their global networks and assessing any potential threats and intrusions.
• Architected a robust data pipeline technology for processing of intelligence data feeds with extensive database, GIS, and XML capabilities. Produced an AJAX based web application for monitoring pipelines deployed via JMX.

Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of the web services and middleware tiers for the next generation of the company's product architecture for its online information services. This was an XML driven J2EE architecture deployed on the JBoss application server platform.

• Designed a distributed services architecture that allowed functions such as user authentication, searching, and document retrieval to be seamlessly and independently scaled and evolved as performance and product needs changed. This architecture allowed for the integration of various new and legacy technologies with minimal impact on the client tier.
• Invented an XML handling library that allowed the architecture to transparently deal with multiple versions of XML request documents, thus providing support for a diverse array of application clients utilizing the business services.
• Developed client adapter designs and supporting server interfaces to provide access to the web and middleware services via various interfaces including XML-RPC, RMI, and SOAP.

Core member of a start-up company developing a new enterprise application architecture and its first product, an enterprise revenue-planning package. The architecture design work was documented in UML and the implementation was done completely in Java utilizing XML to drive the configuration and data exchanges. The back end of the architecture was supported by a custom associative database built on top of the Versant OODB engine.

• Designed and implemented the integration of the Java Expert System Shell (JESS) to serve as a business rule engine for the core architecture. This included developing an adapter to integrate the engine with the architecture's kernel as well as extending the rule engine's CLIPS language to natively support the manipulation of the associative database entities.
• Developed a notification service that provides support for multiple message transports. Implemented the delivery scheduling and failure handling as well as specific transports for e-mail and internal message delivery.
• Implemented a graphical tool to allow a user to quickly develop and test rule sets for deployment into the application architecture. Wrote automated unit tests for various key components of the architecture utilizing custom Java test harnesses and XML based scripts.
• Developed strategies for integrating with Siebel e-business applications and services utilizing both batch and real time data interchanges.

Responsible for the technical architecture and development of web sites and their backend integration for a variety of clients.

• Designed and led the implementation of a complex integration between Net.Commerce and several legacy backend systems for a large scale B2B and B2C multilingual web site. Responsibilities included: designing a common data model for consolidating the disparate backend data formats; developing the processes for moving data to and from the backend systems and writing various pieces of the front end data loads and EDI processing.
• Developed a test plan for system testing an Oracle 8 based data warehousing project including performance, regression, and recovery testing. Prepared a client deliverable document that covered the test procedures, test data set definitions, and a risk analysis.
• Established the technical architecture and development procedures for the development center including network topology, server hardware configuration, source code control and backup procedures, and coding standards.

Responsible for managing the development and enhancement of the company's core product, FormWorks, a modular high-volume document imaging platform. Served as architect and technical liaison to several key customers.

• Oversaw the design and development of the next generation of the core product line from the requirements phase to implementation. Managed a team of developers working with a wide variety of software technologies. This new product line enabled the company to become the industry leader in health care claims processing.
• Identified common support issues and worked with product developers to address them. Worked with integrators and marketers to develop product configurations for various vertical markets including the health care and financial sectors. This enabled the company to become the first in their industry to transition to a transactional pricing model.
• Served as the technical architect of the imaging system for the Department of Education's Financial Aid Processing system that is responsible for processing over 8 million applications (32 million pages) each year with peak daily processing volumes of over 1.2 million pages. Responsibilities included: design and development of the imaging workflow software; capacity planning including determining networking and workstation hardware requirements; WAN configuration for over 7 remote data entry facilities; and developing operational procedures for the imaging facilities.
• Wrote a GUI-based management software for the company's core workflow product that was designated "Product of the Year (1996)" by Imaging Magazine.

• Designed and implemented text parsing utilities in C to automate the import of knowledge into PC-based expert systems.. Developed a PC application security system to protect expert systems deployed on laptops as well as image indexing and retrieval software for use in a crisis management system.
• Lead programmer on a project team that designed and implemented a large-scale profit planning information system in Focus and JCL under the MVS environment.

• Provided system administration for an Internet site hosting over 100 users, 10 companies, and 15 virtual domains with services that included web hosting, e-mail, mailing lists, Usenet feeds, and shell accounts.

• Prototyped a GUI-based application to support the troubleshooting of the driver board for a new line of pinball machines (Pinball 2000). Developed a method for maintaining a time-critical communications interface with an external device under Windows 95/98.

• Java, J2EE, C, C++, Visual Basic, ESRI, COM, XML, XSL, Echo2, Web Services, SQL, Hibernate, Spring, Unix and Windows NT administration, TCP/IP networking
• JBoss (attended Advance Server Training class in February, 2003), WebSphere, Apache, Tomcat, Endeca Search Engine
• UML, ERD, ERwin, Popkin System Architect 2000, Rational, Oracle Designer, Eclipse, XMLSpy
• Unix (Solaris, NetBSD), OS X, Linux, DOS, Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
• Advanced conversational and basic technical Spanish (written and oral)

• National Merit Scholar
• Phi Beta Kappa