Resume

Summary of Qualifications

• Strategic thinker and planner; adept at effectively overseeing the design and execution of systems, projects and solutions
• Extremely capable in fast-paced, chaotic business environments
• Demonstrated ability to satisfy users through analysis and problem solving
• Recognized as the “go-to-person” for immediate resolution to technical issues
• Strong troubleshooting, installation and configuration proficiency

Technology Summary

• Development: ColdFusion, Lucee, Python, JavaScript, jQuery, FW/1, Coldbox
• DevOps: Ansible, AWS, Graphana, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Podman, Akamia, Splunk, Nagios
• Test Automation: Playwright, Cypress, Blazemeter, TestBox, Robot Framework
• Load Testing: JMeter, Locust
• Database: MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Liquibase
• Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Professional Experience

January 2023 - present :: Akamai

Senior Software Engineer

• Develop and maintain custom applications for Linode

November 2021 - December 2022 :: Agility Recovery

Senior Software Engineer

• Modernize legacy ColdFusion application bringing it up to modern standards
• Implement modern API backend for interaction with AWS services
• Create Bitbucket deployment pipelines and workflows
• Develop e2e tests using Microsoft Playwright

April 2017 - November 2021 :: ICF

Manager, Software Application Engineer

• Senior developer on a multi-million dollar Federal government project
• Create Jenkinsfile build to replace manual process of setting up Jenkins jobs
• Lead effort to organize documentation across Confluence and Sharepoint
• Integrate CFLint and retire.js within Jenkins to detect code issues
• Test automation using Robot Framework and Jenkins integrated with CrossBrowserTesting.com

April 2015 - April 2017 :: Red Hat

Senior Applications Engineer

• Performed DevOps duties to support of redhat.com
• Deployment of regular feature, security and configuration updates
• Developed and support redhat.com configuration management
• Developed application to scan for 404 pages reducing errant links on redhat.com
• Implemented monitoring and reporting solutions using Splunk and Graphana
• Application load testing using Blazemeter, JMeter and Locust
• Managed redirect implementation for redhat.com using Akamai Edge Redirector
• Managed cache/failover for redhat.com using Akamai Site Snapshot

May 2013 - April 2015 :: Short’s Travel Management

Senior Software Analyst

• Developed and maintain custom applications used for travel management
• Introduced unit and integration testing using Testbox and Selenium
• Maintained Gitlab repositories, JIRA bug tracking system. Created custom JIRA workflows
• Developed automated deployment solution using Jenkins to replace old Robocopy process
• Implemented ability for QA team to easily switch Git feature branches for QA purposes without involving a developer
• Improved documentation of processes and applications

December 2011 - May 2013 :: CGI Federal / US EPA

Senior Application Developer

• Designed, coded and tested complex software for Federal government project
• Troubleshooting software and correcting errors
• Prepared test data, tests and debugged programs
• Documented programs and user procedures
• Supervised and mentored junior developers

August 2010 – December 2011 :: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Applications Analyst

• Develop and maintain applications to manage research at the University of North Carolina
• Developed a Healthcare Provider Credentialing Application. The website replaced an existing inefficient paper process
• Introduced development best practices to team including source control, application testing and bug tracking

2008 - August 2010 :: SRA International, Durham, NC

Application Developer / Configuration Manager

• Develop high end applications for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Maintain Subversion repositories
• Install, configure and maintain JIRA bug tracking system
• Install, configure and maintain Confluence wiki for documentation
• Create Ant scripts to aid in project deployment

2006 - 2008 :: Lockheed-Martin IT, Durham, NC

Senior Software Development Analyst

• Develop high end applications for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Introduced new processes and procedures to improve developer productivity
• Developed Ant deployment scripts to improve deployment process and reduce errors
• Assisted with implementing version control system (Subversion)

2000 - 2006 :: ClickCulture, Raleigh, NC

Chief Technology Officer

• Develop user friendly ColdFusion powered applications
• Administration of local and remote client servers

1996 - 2000 :: Clark, Richardson & Biskup, Cary, NC

Network Administrator / Webmaster

• Responsible for administering, optimizing and supporting internal LAN/WAN infrastructure consisting of Windows and Novell servers and more than 90 Windows desktops
• Webmaster for Corporate Website

Certifications

• Certified Scrum Master

Community

• Manager of TACFUG (Triangle Area ColdFusion User Group)
• Organize NCDevCon – An annual Developer conference in North Carolina

Presentations

• cf.Objective() 2014 : Digging Into The Developer Toolbox - Work Smarter, Not Harder
• cf.Objective() 2012 : Getting Started with Code Review (and ReviewBoard)
• cf.Objective() 2011 : Digging Into The Developer Toolbox - ColdFusion and PDF
• CFUnited 2010 : Digging Into The Developer Toolbox - Get Lazy: Automate!

Writings and Publications

• Adobe Coldfusion Anthology (Book - contributed Chapter 42 - Automating Your Development with Ant)
• Automating Your Development with ANT (Fusion Authority Quarterly Update Vol. 2, Issue 4)
• “Code ColdFusion applications fast with the Eclipse CFEclipse plug-in” (IBM developerWorks, November 6, 2007)