Selected Projects: 

E-Commerce website
Main task for this project entailed designing and coding.  This website was to currently handle smaller loads but be able to scale to thousands of hits a day.  This application  follows a modified design of the older J2EE PetStore framework.  Major Architecture pieces of this application include a caching framework for catalog items, Cache updating for all registers code(Observer pattern based), JMS clients that currently uses an IBM MQSERIES implementation.  Both EJB of Entity and Session were used to Spec 2.0.  JBOSS-3.0 application   server was used with bundled Tomcat 4.0.

Designed order path support for both front and back end use.  Worked on integrating promotions and calculations into both cart and Order use.  Designed  the rough draft database schema used across the site.   Front end design allows for 1 to n sites based on URL.   Based on the URL, the front end will dynamically change look/feel and display the product catalog.

Most of this site in its current use is maintained by an admin piece used for maintaining all data used across the site from affiliates, promotions, shipping rules, and catalog management.  This piece of the site utilizes the same framework and a large percentage of existing objects.  New EJB objects were created for most of the order and catalog paths due to the need existing for the e-commerce piece using other methods of design.

Content Management System

Developed a web based content management system(CMS) for internal use.  This application utilizes simple form based logon storing user roles in a session-based object.  This system is used for updating all content in their production application, which receives published files from the CMS server.  There are 2 pieces to this CMS.  One is for uploading files and the other is for editing live in the CMS site.  ActivEdit technology was used for the formatting and HTML source view for dynamic use.  This produce used the DHTML component shipped in IE 5.0.  Users have the ability to surf the directory tree to find the specific file to modify.  Once a file is updated, it is moved to an approval stage.  From approval to Legal stage then to a publishing stage.  Each time a user (edit, approval, legal, publish) takes ownership, the file is locked in that process for that user until a process is completed, cancelled, or rejected.  A lock management thread maintains this consistency with the database.  Files are published using FTP to production servers.  

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Create new functionality/maintain existing
Main task for this project entailed designing and coded new functionality for the web based property management software.  Most current work centered on completing new areas to the web system.  A visitor engine was built for the ability to thoroughly log all entrants into a building.  This system allowed tenants to individually enter any visitor that would visit and allowed them some functionality beyond simple name entry.

Developed badge printing functionality on a second interface to the application for the security guards desk area for allowing sign-in functionality, name lookup, and Badge printing.  Designed web based application to create dynamically formatted badges that could be printed at the client site with just the addition of a thermal badge/label printer.  No client side development was needed.

Worked on design of porting the old application from Jserve to Tomcat4.0, decoupling the existing framework/application to one that separated the business logic from the presentation logic into a J2EE designed system to allow for scalability and product growth.

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Miscellaneous Projects
Completed creating a stripped down J2EE framework of the SUN, Pet Store implementation.  That implementation consisted of developing modifications to the design to remove coupling of the application specific code from its original design.  These changes allow for the Framework to be void of application specific code that uses it.  Along with these changes are build scripts and a base implementation of code to show an implementation of the framework from front to back end.

Created an Implementation of the Log4J from Jakarta project.  This logger was created to store class specific instances of the logger and used utility classes to read through the call stack to derive the class it was thrown in and held as a singleton for use by other calls in that class.  This was created using a modified Flyweight pattern.

Created multiple EJB's with bean-managed persistence for an e-commerce web site.  This development effort included 5 EJB’s (one implemented as a facade), 2 Data Access Objects (DAO) 3 Value Objects.  Focus of these beans was for creating Membership abilities.

 Created a SQL tool that would read in a properties file of SQL statements and return the statements or construct a PreparedStatement based on parameters.

 Created a RMI server for retrieval of remote properties files.

Selected Projects:   

CVS.COM
Developed and designed all front end JSP pages for the order path and misc. pages to interact with the Sun/MVC framework.  Worked on coding implementations of EJB and non-EJB (helper/value/DAO)) Java classes for the order path.  These classes were and interacted with request handling and event handling as well as session model objects.  Daily work involved coding web-centric objects (JSP, helper, value) interacting and aiding in working function and coding details with backend EJB and front-end developers.   Created EJB/DAO Bean managed persisted objects.

Other focus was mentoring and managing a JSP person as to standards and applying Java technology as to the use of the MVC framework.

Selected Projects:   

Threaded discussion/session/Document repository
Design and developed a threaded discussion (forum) application.  This application was developed using JSP/JavaServlets/ Java classes/and JDBC using an Oracle Database.  This application was built using a structure of a linear discussion format.  This app was built in the web archive structure with ANT and deployed into Dynamo as a J2EE application.  Worked with a consultant on creating a document repository for storing documents as blobs into an oracle database.  Allowed users to retrieve and delete (if the creator).  Also created session logic for keeping a light form of personalization in the application.  This process kept these applications role based.  Roles were divided by rank (CTO, CTO, etc.)

Other focus was 1. To Mentor and train two software engineers in Java technology and to help in working in a Unix environment while informing them how to use the selected technologies used in the web environment.  2.  Configuring Dynamo5.0,  Apache web server and to port an existing conference room application from Tomcat3.0 to Dynamo5.0 using the latest JSP/Servlet specification. 3.  Create other Miscellaneous applications that comprised of JSP pages making JDBC connections to an Oracle Database.

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Conference Room Application
Worked as a sole developer on this application.  This application was used to reserve rooms, request projected times of reservations, view reservations, and get directions.  Also, there is an administrator section that will approve requested reservations and have toe ability to edit and delete existing reservations as well as add and delete conference rooms.  Batch jobs allowed for notifications of nearing reservations.  Technologies used were Java, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, and Oracle.  Apache and Tomcat were used to serve up the applications.  Responsibilities were to configure these servers. Worked on creating miscellaneous applications to parse out data feeds from departments that feed data for this intranet site.

Senior Software Engineer (June 1 999 to January 2000)
Corporate Legal Information Systems, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Portsmouth, NH
Assumed the lead developer role with a staff of one for a software development project. Worked closely with clients to translate written and verbal business requirements into technical requirements and programming specifications. Managed the project through each phase of the software development process and insured the successful integration with legacy applications.
 

Software Engineer (January 1998 to June 1999)
Corporate Financial Information Systems, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Portsmouth, NH
Actively assumed a developer role for several interfaces to an existing General Ledger Application. Worked closely with Financial Accounting clients to translate written and verbal business requirements into technical requirements and programming specifications.
 

IT Consultant (February 1996 to January 1998)
Software Consultant Keane, Inc. Boston, MA.
Actively assumed both a Business Analyst and Developer role in consulting. On-assignment at Fidelity Investments. Performed systems analysis, design, programming and implementation to assist in a transfer system conversion and to bring the mutual funds system to year 2000 compliance.
 

Accounts Payable Clerk/General Accountant  (February 1994 - February 1996)
Performed general Accounts Payable function. Reviewed and processed expense reports, vendor and sub-contractor invoices, identified and researched discrepancies, and maintained databases.  Worked audit trails and created journal entries during monthly and quarterly closings