Worked as a software developer for multiple consultant projects to create automated workflow applications to help clients manage financial trade and position data. Due to the small team size, work spanned nearly all aspects of the software development life cycle; design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, user, and technical documentation.

· Languages used included Java, JSP, SQL(MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB), Groovy, JavaScript, and HTML. Majority of applications were on either Grails or the JSP Web Application platform and deployed using an Apache Tomcat or WebLogic backend.

· Responsible for designing and implementing or augmenting highly customized applications from a basic set of client requirements to best fit their needs.

· Responsible for testing and debugging changes when they were first completed, during system tests, and when issues arose in production.

· Created numerous solutions for dealing with large amounts of data. Built custom AJAX code to prevent large file uploads from causing page timeouts. Rewrote numerous database interactions and file to preform well with large data sets.

· Created several standalone applications to preform scheduled tasks to process data and email results and reports.

· Created multiple solutions to read and write multiple file formats. Used Jasper reports create PDFs users could download and to create HTML to be displayed in the application. Used Apache POI to write and read Microsoft XLS and XLSX documents.

Developed highly customized web applications built using JSP and deployed on WebLogic for small banks, credit unions, and other finance companies to simplify and organize background checks and loan processing. Most work involved diagnosing and repairing bugs, typically with a large degree of input from the end clients, and designing and implementing new features.

· Languages used included Java, JSP, SQL(Microsoft SQL server 2000 and 2005), JavaScript, HTML, XML, XSLT, Ant scripting, and Bash scripting.

· Primarily responsible for designing and building a web service centered application to act as a secure proxy between our systems and our clients systems. Included: Socket programing, a pool to concurrently maintain available ports, code to maintain an XML file for data storage.

· Added functionality to pull and display reports from TransUnion Background Data Solutions. Included creating new AJAX driven JSP pages, several additional Java classes to robustly handle report pulling, database changes to accommodate additional report information, a large XSLT document to parse and display the returned XML report.

· Added XSS protection and extensive URL encryption to an existing application.

· Built large SQL stored procedures to return data for reporting.

· Integrated third party libraries such as xFire, CXF, JAXB, and Apache commons.

Managed computer lab of 26 computers for student use with out any direct supervision. Provided technical support to students during lab hours.

Performed workstation and network troubleshooting for 30-50 employees a week. Set up networks of five to ten computers at construction sites. Configured four new workstations a week.