Resume

Summary


Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building highly available and scalable web based applications.

Experience


COMCAST, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Sr Software Engineer

April 2009 – Present

  • Implemented solutions in Java and Spring, to ingest and disseminate entertainment metadata.
  • Reduced the total cost of ownership by planning and transitioning a Kafka cluster to the AWS Cloud.
  • Improved the UI experience by developing and managing a system to dynamically generate images for sporting events.
  • Interfaced with clients and partners on data requirements and integration.

QVC, WEST CHESTER, PA

Software Engineer

August 2007 – April 2009

  • Implemented a Customer Account portal that managed subscription based product delivery using Spring, Java, C#
  • Streamlined internal processes for planning featured sale items by developing a web based collaboration tool

MERCK, WEST POINT, PA

Software Engineer

August 2006 – July 2007

  • Quickly came up to speed with multiple Java, C#, and Perl applications.
  • Collaborated with Research Scientists and Engineers to gather requirements, add new features and fix bugs
  • Saved over $500K in vendor re-order costs by writing scripts that transposed metadata files into a format understood by internal assay software tools

COMCAST, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Software Engineer

Feb 2006 – Aug 2006

  • Improved new customer sign-on experience by implementing new features for a Java/Spring based webapp that enabled Internet activation of services.
  • Simplified internal deployment processes by refactoring and consolidating webapps.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, SC

Software Engineer

May 2005 – Jan 2006

  • Successfully migrated a legacy COBOL application that managed the Disability and Special needs program, to a web based application using Java/Struts. This increased the scope and reach of the program.

Skills


SOFTWARE LANGUAGES

Java, Node.js, Bash, GoLang, Scala, Ruby, Python, Perl, C#, C++/C

DATABASES

Oracle, MySql, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, SQL Server

WEB TECHNOLOGIES

Tomcat, Jetty, AHProxy, Consul, Spring, Kafka, Rabbit, Spark

AWS

EC2, S3, MSK, R53, Aurora, DynamoDB, Elastic Search, ELB, Lambda, Kinesis

BUILD TOOLS

Terraform, Ansible, Capistrano, Jenkins, Concourse CI, Maven, Git

Education


CYPRUS COLLEGE, NICOSIA, CYPRUS

  • BSc. Computer Science
  • MBA Management & Finance