Contemporary Letter

Work Experience:

(Client Name withheld) , NY 10/15/2005 - 7/31/2006

Software Engineer for MAGIC (Metadata Automatic Generation for Instructional Content) project.

Application designed for assisting courseware developers with the task of creating instructional content by using UIMA-based text analyzers to generate document content descriptions, summaries, keyword lists, etc. Analysis process is triggered from UI where user provides a URL to a document to be retrieved and analyzed. Results are stored in a relational database.

Tasks assigned and completed for this project included:

- Search function to retrieve documents by description (substring), category, keyword, type, etc. with results displayed in multi-page table format with options to perform other application functions on selected documents (add to folders, delete, etc.)

- Implemented configurable database access using JDBC data source and property files. This allowed using either DB/2 or Derby/Cloudscape as back end without code changes.

- Developed web service interfaces to provide access to analysis and document retrieval to be performed via SOAP and servlet requests.

Tools used in development/testing:

Tomcat 5.0, RAD 6.0, DB/2 8.1, Derby 10.n, IBM Java 1.4.2, UIMA, JavaServer Faces.

6/2004 – Present

Mellon Investor Services,

Ridgefield Park, NJ

Software Engineer for the Enterprise Workflow Management application.

Projects/Responsibilities:

· Working on a team developing a customization for a Mellon client. This includes developing new Java code, HTML/Javascript and JSP’s.

· Providing support for in-house and off-shore users.

Tools/Platforms used: WSAD 5.1.2, Ant, Java SE 1.4, JSP, JAXB, XSD Beans, PVCS.

11/2002 – 6/2004

(Client Name withheld)

9/2003 – 6/2004

Software Engineer for the UIMA (Unstructured Information Management Architecture) project.

Projects/Responsibilities:

· Developed GUI prototypes for Software Integration Testing and Hardening (SITH) web application.

· Re-engineering of UIMA Demo web application (Struts-based) to integrate Collection Processing Manager (CPM) to run analysis engines. This effort includes designing an xml-based component configuration repository which is used to generate list of available components for testing. This application is currently serving as the basis for the SITH component testing prototype.

· Participated in and contributed to SITH design sessions.

Software Engineer for the Internet Categorization Group. 11/02 – 08/02

Projects/Responsibilities:

Developed the Taxonomy Manager Portlet application for Release 5.0 of IBM WebSphere Portal product. Designed and developed GUI using Tivoli Presentation Services which is very simlar in concept to Java Server Faces in that it consumes Swing objects at the server (for instance, a DefaultTreeModel) and produces HTML/Javascript for rendering at the client.

Developed a servlet-based interface to the Eureka! categorizer. Application was designed to handle web services type requests and provide a browser link button which gives a user the ability to categorize the web page being viewed. Results are presented to the user with an integrated feedback form which is used to capture the response to a Notes discussion Database.

Research project to improve Proper Name categorization.

Developed a process to support semi-automatic discovery and maintenance of proper names. The process uses the Textract tool to select proper names from categorized documents (used W3 web pages for testing) and computes Gini index for each proper name to determine uniquenes within a category. This list is then used to update the “Proper Names Catalog” used by the categorizer

Assisted other developers on the team in making the transition to WSAD/Eclipse as the development environment.

PLatform/Tools: WSAD 5.0, WebSphere Portal 5.0, WAS Enterprise 5.0, NT/2000, Linux.

1/2002 – 10/2002

Essex Technology,

Websphere consulting assignments for multiple clients:

- installation and configuration

- assistance and hands-on support with administration and performance issues (Workload

Management, Clustering)

- application deployment and migration (2.0/3.5 to 4.0) using AAT and VisualAge for Java 4.0.

- Application types include both Enterprise (EJBs) and Web (Servlets) using JSP and applets as

client-side interface and JDBC connection pooling for back-end (DB2, Oracle 8i SQL and stored

procedures)

- Mentoring for administrators and architects.

PLatform/Tools: WebSphere Advanced Server 4.0, AAT, VisualAge for Java 4.0, XMLConfig, WSCP, WebSphere Site Analyzer, iSeries, AIX, NT/2000.

8/2001 – 12/2001

Relavis Corp,

New York, NY

eService senior technical consultant. member of a project team working closely with customers to implement web based customer service applications. Responsibilities included:

- Working with customers to analyze and define business and systems requirements

- Preparing project specification documents

- Configuring and customizing applications of a highly technical or complex nature

- Troubleshooting system issues

- Researching new technologies

- Unit testing of application

- Developing Java client and server side programs (applets, servlets and EJBs) to Integrate Relavis

applications with customer's existing systems (ERP, EAI, Supply Chain, etc) using VisualAge for

Java as IDE.

- Performing installation and initial data loads

Development tools/platform: DB2 7.x (NT, AIX, Linux), Oracle 8i, VisualAge for Java 3.5, MQ Series, J2EE 1.2 SDK, XML, Domino 5.06a, Domino Designer, Notes R5, Lotuscript, Javascript, Versata.

1/2001 – 7/2001

(Client Name withheld)

Project: Web-based Natural Language Dialog System for e-Commerce.

Software engineer working with research team on Web-based Dialog system for E-Commerce. The system assists people in finding relevant products according to their needs and is an alternative to existing search techniques. It provides consideraby more flexibility to matching products with user specifications.

Developed new database access Layer using EJBs, JDBC and DAO to provide higher level of abstraction (data required could be stored in DB2 or in XML documents).

Participated in redesign of prototype as Model-View-Controller application using UML.

Performed Java code refactoring and integration with Struts framework to conform to the MVC pattern (see above).

Implemented interface wrappers for an external parsing component using TCP/IP Sockets and SOAP. Assisted with redesign of user interface (HTML, Javascript, JSP) and testing for multiple browser support (MSIE 4, 5.x, Navigator 4.7, 6, Opera 2.1).

Other responsibilities included setting up source control (CVS) and test environment (AIX and NT), installation and set up of WebSphere Commerce Server (for local version of ShopIBM environment) and developing tools for analysis of user interaction data from application logs.

Development platform: DB2 6.1, VisualAge for Java 3.5, J2EE 1.2 SDK, WAS 3.5.4, Websphere Studio, STRUTS, XML4J, IBM HTTP Server (Apache), JUnit, Python, Tcl/Tk, ArgoUML, Cygwin, CVS, Jalindi Igloo.

9/2000 – 12/2000

IBM AIM Division, Toronto, CDA

Websphere Consulting/Mentoring.

Mentored and managed development teams on OOD methodologies and technologies (XP, UML, VisualAge for Java, Websphere development). Mentoring sessions were conducted in classroom/lab setting (with teams of 6 or less) with the objective of guiding the developers through the completion of a short term project. These sessions were usually conducted after the team completed formal classroom training.

Served as consultant on Websphere implementations as well as providing hands-on assistance with deployment and performance issues (Workload Management, clustering) on various platforms (AS/400, NT, AIX, Linux).

2/99 – 8/2000

Ultimate Distribution Inc, Edison NJ

Project: Web-enable legacy applications.

Re-engineering of legacy “green-screen” rpg apps for web access. Rewrote a number of RPG programs as ASP (Active Server Pages) using VBScript for server-side processing, Javascript for client-side validation, and ADO for access to DB2/400 database using SQL.

Related to above, also redesigned some rpg interactive programs to run as services to web applications with the purpose of preserving existing business logic. Providing this functionality also yielded the added benefit of allowing access to data in flat files left over from old S/36 applications.

Redesigned/wrote new applications to run on Websphere using JSPs, servlets, EJBs and HTML, conforming to the model-view-controller design pattern. Application delivery over thin clients was a high-priority requirement because the majority of the user’s customer base are behind corporate firewalls set up with strict security policies.

Developed interfaces to mail and fax servers to enable web and AS/400 applications to deliver information requested by customers through the web apps.

Development tools used: Java, SQL, Visual InterDev 6.0, Frontpage 2000, VisualAge for Java Enterprise, AS/400 Java Toolbox, JDK 1.1.7 and 1.2, Websphere Studio, Enterprise Architect (for OOD UML design).

4/98 – 1/99

UPS, Paramus NJ

Development and enhancement of Java and C applications for Customer Management Systems.

server programs to provide services to UPS customers such as, downloading rate tables and software updates. Programs supported connections over HTTP, Sockets, MQ Series and async protocols (for dial-up users) .

CGI programs used to service tracking requests submitted through UPS website and email.

DB2 triggers and stored procedures to populate data changes to interconnected applications.

Design and development of applications test suites used for stress/load testing. Worked as part of the team that conducted the testing at the IBM Customer Benchmarking Center in Rochester, MN.

Development Tools/Platforms: AS/400, ILE C, VisualAge for Java 2.0, Visual C++, MQ Series, DB2, Win NT

3/97 – 3/98

Horizon Textiles/Anaheim Mills Inc, New York NY/Anaheim Hills CA

Web site/Intranet implementation project

Designed and implemented Web site to provide access to sales offices and customers to AS/400 applications and email

Setup Windows NT Server 4.0 based Intranets to support web site and in-house desktop applications. Installed and configured Backoffice components (network configuration, IIS, Exchange email server, SQL server, SNA Server for AS/400 access).

Wrote Java applications to provide remote order entry and retrieval functions to customers. Used Java RMI and JDBC.

Ported several custom desktop applications developed using C, Foxpro and Clipper to Java and SQL Server.

Ported a number of AS/400 “green-screen” applications to web applications to minimize client configuration requirements.

Re-deployed several RPG/400 programs as ILE/RPG programs to provide services to web application using data queues.

Development tools used: ILE/RPG, SQL/400, CuteHTML, VisualAge for Java Enterprise, AS/400 Java Toolbox, JDK 1.1.7 and 1.2.

1/96 – 10/96

NYNEX, White Plains NY

Design and implementation of AS/400 based system to provide data base access services to a Call/Path application interacting with voice response units.

Used system API’s to implement various control and data transfer functions (user spaces, user queues, MI, etc.) to meet sub-second response time requirements.

Wrote servers for remote client access using CPI-C (LU6.2 based conversational protocol) and Sockets (BSD 4.3). Primary language used was ILE/C

Developed the remote client for above (sockets) to run in AIX.

Development tools used: ILE/C, SQL/400.

1995 and prior

Consulting assignments for fortune 500 companies in various industries. Many of these assigments involved interfacing AS/400 applications with applications on a number of different platforms running the range from desktops to mainframe (MVS, CICS, VM). Some examples:

Two-way data transfer between MS Office applications and AS/400 database (using AS/400 Client Access tools).

Monitoring application requiring information delivery using the airline terminal model. This application required implementation of a remote data queue function not available on the AS/400 at that time. Backend was CICS, DB2. Industry type was insurance.

Interface between voice-response system and AS/400 application (service provider inquiry for insurance company).

Message transfer from/to AIX (RS/6000) application controlling industrial robots.

Data transfer interface to custom mainframe manufacturing application (MVS, CICS). Provided API for application programmers to initiate transfers and check status.

Remote data queue function to transfer data between AS/400 and S/36 applications. This application implemented an MQSeries-like store and forward model because it was required to run over un-reliable communications facilities.

Education

Certifications:

Brainbench

HTML 3.2

Java

Javascript

RDBMS Concepts

Computer Industry Knowledge

Transcript URL: http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=2315421

School of Data Programming

Union, NJ

Certificate in Data Processing and Programming,

IBM

Coral Gables, FL

IBM S/38 Applications and Implementation courses.

IBM

New York, NY

AS/400 FTN Sessions.

Seminars/courses - Various sources:

Versata University – Versata Interaction Server 4 day bootcamp for Analysts and Developers.

Hands-on Java 2 Programming.

Java for Enterprise Systems Developemt: Hands-On

Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML.

Hands-On TCP/IP Programming.

Hands-On Unix and Linux Programming.

XML programming.

Professional memberships

IEEE-Computer Society

Association for Computing Machinery