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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

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.