Solutions-oriented financial software developer with experience developing and deploying enterprise level applications in diverse industries with an emphasis on user experience and satisfaction. Technology skills include Microsoft C# .Net, Web and Java development.

Senior Fullstack Software Engineer @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Senior Software Engineer - Full-Stack Web Development @ From December 2014 to August 2015 (9 months) Senior Software Engineer @ Senior Java/Web Developer position focused on working on OptionsHouse trading support tools and systems. Full Stack design and development of a real-time HTML5 single page application using Vertx.io as the back-end server. Client-server communication was handled using Websockets. MongoDB was used as the caching mechanism on the server side for various service Verticles related to order management state. The front-end used IndexedDB for local client caching. Various browser Javascript frameworks were used on this project. They include: React.js (View), backbone(ViewModel), Jquery, Ydn-DB(queries on IndexedDB), and Semanti-UI(Responsive Design). From May 2013 to December 2014 (1 year 8 months) Senior Software Engineer - C# WPF .Net @ Rotella Capital Management is a Fund Manager specializing in Futures & Foreign Exchange Markets. Responsibilities included design and implementation of Market Data applications. Created Bloomberg BPipe/API applications utilized in Reference and Historical data downloads. Applications were based on C#/WPF.Net 4.0. Designed and implemented a price data download application used by traders to inspect and clean prices for Futures, FX, LMEs, and Equities. The multi-tier application was composed of a WPF client and back-end C# services. Communication between the two layers was handled by RabbitMQ using the AMQP messaging protocol. State and data caching for the services was handled using the NoSQL server Redis. From August 2009 to May 2013 (3 years 10 months) Web Application Architect - Drupal/PHP @ The Institute for Housing Studies is a research institute dedicated to providing housing data for policy discussion. As website architect I designed and implemented a Drupal/PHP Apache website for IHS. Specific skills focused on this project were Linux administration, PHP, Drupal, JavaScript, CSS and HTML. From February 2009 to July 2009 (6 months) Financial Systems Developer - C# WPF .Net @ QRM develops world class Enterprise Risk Management software for global financial institutions. Applications were implemented in .NET C# technologies such as WPF, XAML, XBAP, and WCF. The application GUI was based on XBAP and was hosted on a Microsoft IIS web server. WCF was used to communicate via web services to the back end server. From August 2007 to January 2009 (1 year 6 months) Senior Consultant - Java @ Perficient is a leading information technology solutions consulting firm serving Global 2000 and midsize companies across the United States. Perficient builds deep expertise around J2EE and IBM WebSphere. From 2002 to August 2007 (5 years) Senior Consultant - Java @ Excelon (C-Bridge) - a technology solutions and consulting services company. Technologies used on various projects were JMS, MQSeries, XML, XSLT, HTML, JSP and Java Servlets. From 1999 to 2002 (3 years) Web Application Developer @ As a Web application developer on the Lotus eSuite Web Team, designed and developed intranet/extranet applications that showcased Lotus products. Worked on creating highly visible intranet demos for eSuite SevPack. Worked with software product managers to discuss application scope and architecture. Implemented transaction processing to handle software purchases and downloads via the Web using Open Market’s Transaction Server. Technology proficiency for this position included Java Applets, HTML, CGI-Perl, and Lotus Notes development. From 1996 to 1999 (3 years)

Masters, Computational Finance @ DePaul University - Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business From 2007 to 2013 Bachelors, Computer Engineering @ Boston University - College of Engineering From 1991 to 1996 Ruben Romano is skilled in: C#, JavaScript, Java, HTML, SQL, Software Development, Web Services, XAML, WPF Development, Trading Systems, Java Enterprise Edition, NoSQL, RabbitMQ, Bloomberg API, Websockets