Over 15 years experience with Web Application Development. I specialize in Java Development and Web Design.
PROS:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Hard work ethic.
- Fast learning ability.
- Self starter.
- Proactive.
- Self managed.
- Attention to detail.
- Mentor to junior developers.
Java Developer @ - Architected and developed a Java Web Service Helper that connects to a 3rd party API we are integrating.
- Developed a Google GSA Feed Client that uploads an XML document via multi-part form data in Java using HttpURLConnection.
- Lead Developer for processing GSA search and creating job search pages using Web Services, Java, XML, Hibernate, CSS, Cookies, Request/Response Headers, and more.
- 6.1/6.2 Java Liferay ( Eclipse) Portlet Development of Web Applications for Advantage.
- 6.2 java Liferay Custom Theme Development & Integration using Bootstrap, Javascript, JQuery and CSS.
- Setup and Configuration of Google Search Appliance ( GSA ) for xml job feeds
- Took design comps and converted them into elegant Bootstrap 3.0 responsive pages CSS, Javascript, JQuery, FontAwesome, Google Fonts and more From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) United StatesJava Developer @ - Primarily developed Java Portlets in Liferay Portal for the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
- Tools/Languages used: GIT, Eclipse, Liferay Portal, Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, Velocity, Selenium, JSP/Servlets, HTML5, JSON and Maven/Ant.
- 70% of my time was developing in Java, Eclipse, GIT, JQuery, CSS3, HTML, XML and JSON.
- 30% of my time was updating JIRA, attending meetings and writing unit/selenium tests.
- There were daily meetings at 9am to discuss progress/roadblocks.
- Agile/Scrum: JIRA for bug tracking. Monthly defined Sprints.
- DEV environment: CentOS, Eclipse, GIT, ANT, Maven, Tomcat 7 and PostgreSQL.
- Unit Testing with JUnit and functional tests with TestNg / Selenium From January 2013 to March 2014 (1 year 3 months) PHP / Javascript Website Developer @ Custom tailored software solutions consultant for businesses looking to improve web conversions, track advertising spending, develop custom interfaces and analyze traffic for ROI.
• Specializing in dynamic UI development with Javascript and JQuery.
• Semantic Javascript template design using Handlebar/Mustache JS
• Developing LAMP Web Applications using Codeigniter PHP Framework.
• Creating high-end, responsive websites using HTML, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, Firebug, Sublime, Chrome Dev Tools.
• Creating Search Engine Optimized (SEO) Websites and Adwords Campaigns
• Generating SERPs reports and integrating Google Analytics into Client Websites
• 1099 Consultant From March 2010 to November 2012 (2 years 9 months) ANT Build Engineer @ • Executed merges, build audits, labels, installations and created branches for JAVA development.
• Developed and maintained distributed ANT scripts to automate JAVA build process.
• Setup and maintained a CruiseControl server for JAVA build automation.
• Was point of contact for Jbuilder 08 JAVA compilation issues as they arose.
• Wrote Software Integration Test routines for new functionality. From February 2008 to September 2009 (1 year 8 months) Java Struts Developer @ Developed the VoyagerU line of educational software which were used by teachers to teach at risk students how to read. Technologies used were Java, Struts, JSP, Servlets, Hibernate, Weblogic, MSSQL , Ant, CVS and Eclipse primarily.
• Headed up a large effort to create many of the needed key components for a new product line. Much of it requiring new code written in Java Struts.
• Developed a complex series of reports with Stored Procedures and custom tags to show teachers their completion progress in Voyager products.
• Developed an app which allows teachers to launch a dynamically created PDF certificate with their students names, class, year, ect... thereby saving Voyager thousands of dollars in certificate printing costs.
• Created type tables, association tables and database schemas as lead developer for several small enhancements.
• Added breadcrumb navigation, role validation and selective access permission enhancements in subsequent releases to the reports.
• Used my web development background to debug and optimize JSP pages displayed in IE and Firefox using JSTL, Javascript and HTML.
• Full Time Salaried From September 2005 to November 2007 (2 years 3 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaJava Developer @ Worked on several different projects, ranging from development of modules, improvements to existing customers web based tiers, Junit tests for XXI's homegrown airfare itinerary framework. From April 2005 to September 2005 (6 months) Jr Java Programmer @ • Worked as a JAVA/J2EE Developer to implement a JSP/Servlets based website iteration covering site navigation, browsing, search, policy screens and integration of overall look-and-feel
• Implemented front end pages with data input/output and validation logic (utilizing Struts Action/Form classes, JSP/Servlets, JAVA and JDBC) From August 2004 to February 2005 (7 months) Web Developer @ • Developed and maintained the corporate website in Javascript, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash
• Created and managed client screens for billing, orders, sales, webmail, hosting controller and account management systems using Dreamweaver, HTML and SQL.
• Designed hundreds of images in Photoshop and numerous Flash animations for tradeshows, services and homepage promotions. From May 1999 to May 2004 (5 years 1 month)
Bachelors, Computer Science @ Bridgewater State University From 2000 to 2004 Sean Gildea is skilled in: Struts, Java, JSP, Tomcat, Spring, Java Enterprise Edition, Hibernate, JavaScript, J2EE, jQuery, Ant, MySQL, Maven2, JDBC, SQL Server
Websites:
http://www.seangildea.info,
https://github.com/seanjgildea