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daniel —Mon, 05/05/2008 - 8:36pm

Daniel Bower

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORK EXPERIENCE
  • November 2016 - Present, Senior Developer/Architect
    • Lead, designed and deployed projects with a team of developers
    • Trained junior developers on best practices
    • Made improvements to test / build environments
    • Identified areas of improvement in the code base
    • Interviewed potential developers for the team.
  • July 2011 - November 2016, Consultant / Developer
    • Designed and implemented major subsystems of several web applications making available features like messaging, asynchronous processing, security, and batch processing
    • Created integrations with a number of disparate systems from Learning Management Systems to Manufacturing Control Systems.
    • Fulfilled Devops/SysAdmin Role - spinning up and configuring new instances of our product in an AWS EC2 environment using Ansible.
    • Created a build environment for Java / Grails using Jenkins, Git, Gradle, Maven, Artifactory, and a number of reporting tools.
    • Wrote transformations for importing data using Spring Batch.
    • Implemented integrations with security systems such as Google Plus, CAS, Ldap, and SAML
    • Presented at Codemash 2013 discussing 'Database versioning with Liquibase'.
    • Updated a handful of open source Grails Plugins for use with Grails 2.3 and Grails 2.5
    • Helped clients implement/manage Java Environments
    • Interviewed potential developers for the team.
  • June 2009 - July 2011, Developer
    • Customized and deployed the Central Authentication Service (CAS) from JA-SIG
    • Wrote the Grails Sanitizer Plugin to address security of Rich Text in Grails applications
    • Designed and implemented a reporting system for an Asterisk PBX using Grails, Asterisk-Java, and CAS
    • Wrote an application in Groovy for scrubbing credit cards of bad data. Scheduled app via Cron that creates entries in a custom helpdesk system and updates cards in a custom ERP. Tech highlights: Groovy, Gradle, Git, Sqlite, Hsqldb, Cron, Javamail, Slf4j, Logback, & Postgres
    • Created a Call Center data entry application in Grails to generate management statistics. Tech highlights: Groovy Grails, Subversion, Quartz, Acegi, Lucene, Grails-Jasper, Grails-Sanitizer, Grails-Searchable, Grails-Webflow, & Postgres
    • Wrote an integration application in Groovy for the Magento Shopping Cart Application and CounterPoint
    • Developed a Flex GUI (Utilizing RobotLegs and AMF) for a Seam application
    • Wrote transformations & reports, designed star schemas & mondrian cubes, and utilized Pentaho Data Integration & Business Intelligence Suite for a data warehouse
  • January 2007 - June 2009, Applications Developer
    • Utilize the Spring Framework with JDBC and Dojo to create web applications on a Linux/Apache/Oracle/Java Stack
    • Research new technologies to analyze & present their potential impact (good and bad) on the organization's processes
    • Developed workflows for PegaRules Process Commander (a business rules engine)
    • Created data access objects utilizing JDBC and a caching solution (ehcache) to feed a database intense workflow
    • Implemented the automatic testing framework CruiseControl, along with the reporting framework Glean to improve code quality
    • Utilized JBOSS JMS queues to facilitate integration between PegaRules PRPC and CapeClear
  • December 2004 - December 2006, Data Analyst
    • Gathered requirements and tested applications in high visibility projects
    • Participated in teams to improve the Organization: Content Management System, Microsoft Project Server Implementation and Security team
    • Assisted clients regularly through phone contact and presentations
    • Assisted other analysts in creating IT/technical solutions to improve efficiency
    • Excel, Access, VBA, security, and web technology subject matter expert for analysts, business users and management
  • March 2004 - August 2004, User Support Tier 2 Technician
    • Performed troubleshooting and repair of Dell optiplex desktops, precision workstations, latitude laptops, Lexmark Optra T and C Series laser printers in Factory and Office Environments as a Contractor
  • January 2003 - March 2004, Service Technician
    • Performed troubleshooting and repair of printers, desktops and laptops (Apple and PC)
    • Received training in Customer Service Techniques
    • Worked with a large number of venders to fix customer computers
    • Provided technology support to Sales Representatives
  • June 2002 - September 2002, Infrastructure and Support Intern
    • Created scripts and databases using Access with VBA and Windows Scripting to manage users for Windows NT 4 domains and Windows 2000 Servers
    • Received hands on training on the maintenance of a Windows NT domain
    • Organized the Server Support Lab
    • Organized and coordinated end of lease client and server machines
  • March 2002 - June 2002, Computer Science Grader
    • Graded papers for an Information Systems Analysis and Design class
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
  • Advanced Experience
    • Frameworks: Grails and Spring
    • Applications: Jasig CAS
  • Intermediate Experience (Non-trivial usage or multiple projects)
    • Languages: Groovy, Java, and SQL (Postgresql)
    • Applications: Gradle, Maven, Intellij, Eclipse, VI, Tomcat, Apache Web Server, Jenkins/Hudson, Wordpress, Ansible, AWS (EC2, RDS, Route53, SES, Cloudwatch, CloudFront, S3)
    • Operating Systems: Ubuntu and Windows
  • Basic Experience (Installation, Basic Usage, or it's been awhile)
    • Frameworks: Rails, Jquery, Dojo, Seam, PegaRules PRPC
    • Languages: JavaScript, HTML, XML, XSLT, PHP, Ruby, CSS, SQL (MySql, Oracle, Sybase, MS-SQL), Flex, FO, Windows Scripting
    • Operating Systems: Centos, SUSE Linux, Windows Server, and OpenBSD
    • Applications: Talend, Pentaho (PDI & BI Server), Git, Subversion, CVS, Postfix/Dovecot, Asterisk PBX, Netbeans, Ant, CruiseControl, RabbitMQ, JBOSS AS, JBOSS JMS, Drupal, Sharepoint, Microsoft Project Server 2003, OPC Server (Schneider)
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
  • The Ohio State University, B.S.B.A in Finance and MIS
  • CompTIA, March 2003, A+ Certification in OS Technologies and Core Hardware
BOWERSTUDIOS.COM

Bower Studios is primarily a project with the goal of learning to program pragmatically. I use it to make contributions to the community in the form of walk-throughs, notes and code. It is a proving ground for applications I build. It also consists of self-employed consulting work including:

  • Design and implementation of a network infrastructure project for an Accounting firm
  • Helped in the selection and installation a mini-ERP solution for a Dentist's Practice
  • Import archive data of a community forum into wordpress using XML-RPC

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES
View Daniel Bower's profile on LinkedIn Stack Overflow profile for Daniel at Stack Overflow, Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers

I have an alternative resume in pdf and doc with company names and references available. Please send your phone number to me at daniel dot d dot bower at gmail dot com for access.
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daniel —Fri, 08/18/2006 - 10:42pm

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daniel —Mon, 02/26/2007 - 12:19pm

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