I'm technologist and puzzle-solver. The technologies have been computers, computing systems, and software development. The puzzles I find interesting can be almost anything, but for my jobs they ran the gamut of bug diagnosis, to performance improvements, to how to lead people, to how to build development platforms. I'm really curious what other puzzles I'm capable of, and interested in, solving. I bore easily. If I'm not learning and making progress I'm not happy. If I'm not helping others do those things I'm not happy. If I'm not making a significant impact for the company, for my co-workers, for the users, then I figure I'm in the wrong job. I love to work, but it has to matter. I bailed on one of the best jobs I ever had for those reasons, and others, and right now I'm working for myself. I'm taking time out to explore some of the latest tech for developing software more efficiently, and running it in the cloud, by working on some pet projects. It keeps my tech muscles toned (if not my actual muscles) while I figure out if I'm going to run my own business or not. I do like to meet people, and communicate, share ideas and experiences, and brainstorm, so if you'd like another perspective on a challenge you're facing, please feel free to get in touch. We could have coffee or drinks or whatever. At the moment I'm not interested in yet another coding job, thanks.

Java, Scala, Microservice and Cloud Architect @ Working on my own projects, improving my expertise with cloud platforms, and working some projects with trusted partners. From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Director of Engineering, Platforms @ I've was pleased to have been an employee at GreaterGood/CharityUSA from 2008 to 2015. I worked with some great people and got to do some really good work. I started as a Senior Software Engineer, and with the trust and confidence of the leadership there I've had roles as Software Architect, Vice President of Software Engineering and, when I wanted to focus on SOA and platforms rather than management, they allowed me to finish my tenure as Director of Engineering, Platforms. When I came to GreaterGood I was already a full-stack Java software engineer, experienced with relational databases, ORMs, dependency-injection frameworks, and the like for business applications. My personal and professional growth took off when I was faced with the challenges of working in the complex, high-traffic, public facing web application environment that drives much of GreaterGood E-commerce and social properties. In addition to the Postgres, Hibernate, and JMS that were in place when I started, we added AWS and over the last year started an SOA micro service architecture using Spring Boot and JPA against the Postgres RDBMS. We use Redis for caching, service discovery, and some event notifications. I've enjoyed the ongoing challenge of improving our infrastructure to help handle the continually increasing traffic, and the more varied business environment in which we partner with outside data providers and consumers. From June 2008 to June 2015 (7 years 1 month) Consultant @ I've been an occasional engineer and consultant to NetRead Software and Services over the years. I've written data-translation software to and from EDI formats for book metadata. I've also consulted on development processes, emerging technologies, and business ideas. From 2002 to 2015 (13 years) Senior Software Engineer (contract) @ A brief contract to help out with the Java client side of some JAX-RS web services using Apache CXF. From May 2012 to June 2012 (2 months) Greater Seattle AreaSenior Software Engineer @ I implemented a high-performance rules engine-based access management layer to Vantos' case management web application. Implemented in Java using the JBoss rules engine (Drools) on the server side of the GWT application, it acted as a cross-cutting layer for authentication and authorization of users. From May 2007 to June 2008 (1 year 2 months) Senior Consultant @ Java and J2EE consulting and application development. From January 2007 to May 2007 (5 months) Consulting Senior Software Engineer @ Independent consultant/contractor performing Java/J2EE application development. I had the pleasure of working with a number of clients, including: • Qpass, Seattle, WA • Walt Disney Internet Group, Seattle, WA • General Communications, Inc., Seattle, WA • Continental Data Graphics, Bellevue, WA • ViAir Corporation, Seattle, WA • NextRx, Inc., Bothell, WA • PeopleTrends Network, Inc., San Francisco, CA • NextMonet.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA • Organic, Inc., San Francisco, CA • Wells-Fargo, San Francisco, CA • Netfish Technologies, San Jose, CA • Bank of America, Concord, CA • Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA • International Billing Systems, El Dorado Hills, CA • Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA • Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA • Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA • Philips Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, CA • UC Davis, Davis, CA From April 1995 to December 2006 (11 years 9 months) Oracle Application Developer @ Oracle RDBMS application design and development, as well as Unix system administration and customer support. From February 1991 to March 1995 (4 years 2 months) Programmer and Technical Support Representative @ Programmed micro-controllers for electronic products and provided technical support to consumers for those products. From 1989 to 1990 (1 year)

University of ArizonaUniversity of Oklahoma Rich Whitsell is skilled in: Web Services, Software Development, Java, Java Enterprise Edition, REST, Software Design, Web Applications, Hibernate, Oracle, Team Leadership, Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Architecture, Core Java, J2EE