## BIO
**EXPERIENCE**
Current Employment
Fintech
Tampa/FL
*Sr. Software Engineer*
Joined Fintech in a lead engineer role working with a five-member team to design, implement and test an Internet based payment system. Fintech has over 1500 customers including vendors and retailers in the beer/wine and general commerce industries. These customers use Fintech services to electronically pay for goods and services. Our team developed an XML based Internet payment system, [login to view URL], to replace Fintech's legacy client server systems. To date the product is now processing over 80 % of customer payments, with a target of 100 % customer migration by year-end.
· Assisted in design of core architecture - a XML based COM proxy and Java server used to issue requests in a distributed environment. Implementation is a pure Java. System has built in fail-over and clustering. This server is the back-bone of an internet payment engine that processes over 10 billion dollars a year
· Developed EDITools.jar, a Java, EDI parser and writer similar to the XML DOM. This translator is used for all [login to view URL] EDI processing
· Assisted in design and implementation of java extensible converter architecture, which handles conversion of various files formats (EDI, NAXML, flat) to the [login to view URL] internal XML representation.
· Developed Alert architecture, which handles customer notifications and updates
· Developed C++ COM wrapper for PGP encryption needs
· Assisted with transitioning customers from pilot phase to full production
Skyflow Inc
Emeryville/ CA
*Software Engineer*
Skyflow is a start up company, which offers products in the voice recognition and distributed network services area. Joined to assist with the EDI and XML development needs, which Skyflow had recognized as necessary to grow their business.
· Created a Java based voice demo application, utilizing VXML and the IBM Voice SDK
· Assisted in creating deployment documentation for the network services group
· Presented weekly during architecture meetings
· Developed XML based request/response mechanism for content retrieval
· Assisted in integrating Jini into the Skyflow architecture
QRS Inc
Richmond/ CA
*Software Engineer III/ XML Specialist*
QRS offers catalog services primarily in the retail apparel industry. Joined QRS to assist in designing and implementing their next generation electronic product catalog, targeted at the Grocery and Hardware industries. Traditionally, QRS has relied on EDI documents to convey vendor catalog information (ANSI 832).
· Designed and implemented QRS XML standard (qXML)
· Wrote C++ COM objects to handle inbound document submission, validation and processing and routing.
· Wrote C++ converters to convert between XML and EDI
· Wrote C++ messaging layer to handel interaction with IBMMQ
· Wrote C++ database connectivity layer which called PL/SQL Oracle stored procedures
· Extensive use of EDI 832, 888 and 879 transactions.
· Assisted with ASP web development and trouble-shooting
· Assisted with core database design, implemented in Oracle 8x
· Presented next-generation architecture and implementation to perspective customers and business partners
Harbinger
Ann Arbor/ MI
*Communications Developer*
Harbinger, recently acquired by Peregrine Systems, offered EDI translator and EDI network services. As a communications developer, I assisted with creation of custom communications scripts, maintenance of core C and C++ communications libraries and software.
· Promoted from French technical support to Communications development, August 1997
· Promoted to team lead December 1999
· Received Outstanding Sales Support Award, October 1999
· Gained Extensive use of VC++
· Worked with EDI and EDIFACT regularly
· Assisted with implementation of security solutions including: X.500, PGP and SMIME
· Gained knowledge of communications protocols X.25, FTP, HTTP, Async, and Bisync
· Communicated regularly with technical contacts at Ford, Chrysler and GM to implement and trouble-shoot communications solutions
· Communicated regularly with customers
**EDUCATION:**
University of Michigan US-MI-Ann Arbor
Bachelor of Science / Physics
· Optional Senior Thesis on Computer Generated Holography
· Extensive laser and optics research
· Extensive use of Unix
· C and Pascal course work
· Microcontroler programming
## Area of Expertise
C++, Java, XML/XSL/DOM, COM, WebServices, EDI, Tomcat, Apache, HTML, ASP, Visual Basic, Windows 2000, Visual Studio
