Scott B.'s Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Technologist, Architect & Independent Consultant @ • provide technical guidance to startups and those splitting from a parent organization, often times filling the role of chief technologist or chief technical officer in a hands on fashion. • assisted in conversion from legacy web architecture to Adobe CQ5 for Alamo Rent-A-Car using python to automatically generate json requests...

Technologist, Architect & Independent Consultant @ • provide technical guidance to startups and those splitting from a parent organization, often times filling the role of chief technologist or chief technical officer in a hands on fashion. • assisted in conversion from legacy web architecture to Adobe CQ5 for Alamo Rent-A-Car using python to automatically generate json requests submitted to CQ5’s restful interface. • provided architecture review and performance tuning consultation for Pampered Chef's Hybris installation • develop software solutions to articulate and distill the work of W.D. Gann, Japanese Candlesticks and Ichimoku Clouds in pursuit of creating a product that is easy to use and benefit from in lieu of the complexity traditionally associated with technical analysis of market trends. From March 2009 to Present (6 years 10 months) Greater Chicago AreaSenior Java Architect @ • significantly reduced transaction expenses and increased operating margins by eliminating labor costs associated with manual ACH & Swift file creation; cost containment resulted in a 10 fold savings. • used java, spring, hibernate, json, jms and postgresql in an soa environment to create a disbursement • management system to automate bank transfers between clients. • migrate components of the flagship product (written in python) to the django framework. Tune various python components and logging persistence for regression test discovery. From June 2007 to January 2009 (1 year 8 months) DIrector, IT Architecture @ • led teams of 5 to 20 technical staff on projects to automate processes and contain costs. • established the Integration Competency Center, MDM, IT best practices and standards. • lead architect for all information management services (data warehouse/business intelligence). From June 2006 to June 2007 (1 year 1 month) Software Architect & Developer, Independent @ • principal designer, developer, dba and persistence mentor to Secure Data in Motion, a Silicon Valley startup that specialized in cryptographic secure messaging technology. • co-led design and development of SigabaNet®, a secure messaging platform based on j2ee that supported multiple persistence vendors and operating systems. • a US Patent was granted for the Asynchronous Key Server, a key component of SigabaNet®. • participated in JWID (Joint Warfare Interoperability Demonstration) for the U.S. Department of Defense during its integration of SigabaNet® to replace encryption technology used on land, air and sea. • team member that created Falcon®, an optimization application to assist Sprint PCS with tower placement and alignment; received a Corporate Award for Excellence in Software. • diagnosed and corrected an FTD.com order management system design flaw that was causing lost orders and site blackouts during peak loads. prevented $1.2mm loss per hour during the Mother's Day business cycle. • Installed/configured an oracle cluster for Premier Farnell to provide high-availability. • analyzed proprietary software offered by Smart Signal (makers of predictive failure software used by airlines and nuclear facilities) to address scaling issues; result was a road-map to circumvent future performance concerns. • created a call record system for SBC that now manages 14 billion call records, with sub-second response to the browser; client acknowledged their satisfaction with a Corporate Award. • performance consultant to Salesforce.com; significantly tuned their flagship product prior to the ga (general availability) release. • software engineer to Moodlogic, a Silicon Valley startup that specialized in music categorization. • conducted an architecture review/performance benchmark for Computer Associates for a new perimeter security product offering; result was an internal white paper for engineering. From September 2000 to January 2006 (5 years 5 months) Project Manager / Senior Consultant, Oracle Practice @ • served as a core member of the IT architecture group. • provided dba, development and web support to various clients. • lead performance consultant to various clients using the Oracle platform. From January 1998 to January 2000 (2 years 1 month) Lead DBA & Supervisor @ • lead team of 6 DBA's across platforms (Oracle, RDB, SQL Server) and technology profiles (DSS, Peoplesoft, Siebel Systems and custom Trading Systems that supported 300,000 broker/dealers. From January 1996 to January 1998 (2 years 1 month) Scott B. is skilled in: Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing, Oracle, Java, SOA, Databases, Agile Methodologies, SQL, Architecture, Microsoft SQL Server, Java Enterprise Edition, PostgreSQL, Business Intelligence, Software Development, Linux