I used Java, Kotlin, and several AWS technologies (DynamoDB, SQS, Elasticsearch, Lambda, etc.) to develop cloud based services that were part of a very large-scale invoice-processing and accounting application. I used infrastructure-as-code to architect and deploy the service with multi-zone redundancy and data security.

I was responsible (primary service owner) for the Accounting service for a long time, partly due to my background in accounting. I delivered training sessions and wikis to the team and others on accounting concepts. I worked particularly closely with analysts and participated in workshops with other organizations to analyze their practices and translate their needs into software requirements.

I contributed to hiring, being involved in over 200 hiring decisions including travel to hiring events, interviews, phone screens, manual code assessments, and assessor training.

I designed, implemented, and supported enterprise data solutions regarding fixed income securities. I programmed mostly in and for the Unix command line environment, primarily in C++, SQL and Python, along with Fortran, JavaScript, shell languages and many Bloomberg proprietary technologies. I did user interface development, working on several screens in the Bloomberg Terminal, including customer facing screens. Senior Engineers at Bloomberg are expected to be or become competent in any language or technology necessary for all aspects of their projects. I was substantially involved in and responsible for database design and programming, feasibility and technical reviews, coding, all stages of testing, documentation, sign off if required for UX/security/compliance, phased rollout, configuration, and ultimately support. At times I was also in rotation as a support on-call, with the possibility of being somewhat always on-call in exigent circumstances, or if the scheduled on-call was not reachable.

I was a key implementer of several successful electronic warfare projects primarily using C++ (regular and CLI), Python, and C#, the revenue for which was in the tens of millions of dollars. I directed and coached the two student interns on my project, and indirectly provided additional mentoring to other student interns. I conceived of and successfully implemented a small hardware project with integrated circuits (ICs) and electronic components.

I performed a broad range of software development activities including software architecture, visual design, coding, prototyping, technology evaluation, business development, demos, trade shows, training, acceptance testing, and deployment. I coded primarily in C# and Dot Net but also did web, JavaScript, Java, and database programming. I primarily developed code targeted at the television-connected, interactive set-top-box which the user controls via handheld remote. I also developed code for other targets in the integrated platform including IPTV back end servers in the VHO, web servers inside and outside the VHO, and Android. Products included Caller ID and Call Handling, Voicemail, Remote DVR, Mobile-RDVR, Instant Messaging, Weather, Fitness Instruction, Movie listings, Yellow Pages, Facebook, Pandora, Flickr, casual games and others.

I developed and enhanced prototypes of on-screen, customer-facing, interactive IPTV applications that run directly on the Set-Top-Box. Technologies used include C#, ASP.NET, Oracle, SQL, JavaScript, C++, DirectShow, and the Windows Media SDKs.

Greyhound PackageXpress allows retail customers to ship packages via Greyhound bus lines. Agile developed a J2EE web application to allow ticket agents to accept packages and charge customers for shipment. The ticket agents used workstations attached to a luggage scale, a receipt printer, a regular printer, and a debit card PIN pad, along with other peripherals. My job was to write an Active-X control to allow the web application to communicate with the luggage scale via the parallel port and the debit PIN pad over the serial port.

The project was an exercise in retrograde and unsupported environments; asynchronous serial and parallel port communications; multi-threaded, semi-persistent COM objects; HTML; and JavaScript.

I developed custom solutions to help several new customers convert their health care and accounting data from other software formats into NextGen formats. I wrote programs to generate various regulatory reports from customer databases. I programmed extensively in Excel using both macros and VBA, as well DotNet Interop for Microsoft Office using C# and VB.Net. I travelled to client sites to observe workflow, determine requirements, and demonstrate solutions.

I worked primarily on parts of www.taxslayer.com, the company’s online filing website using VB.NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server. I wrote code to dynamically generate the web forms required for each state from metadata about each state’s tax forms. Dynamically generated controls that maintain ViewState, that respond to client side and post back events, that persist data according to schema and metadata, and that validate data both client side and server side required an in depth knowledge of the ASPX page lifecycle and post back data.

I wrote auxiliary processes and services in C# using MSMQ, XML, and Exchange.

I provided phone support to customers during tax season. In addition to researching software glitches and answering questions about operating the software, I learned the answers to more common tax questions on the job and had access to tax experts for more serious questions.

I worked on several versions of WS_FTP, the most sold FTP client in the world. In particular, I was responsible for and developed the FTP engine for version 7, which has remained mostly in place to date. WS_FTP included extensive work in sockets, TCP/IP, FTP, Windows, and C++.

Working with information architects and artists, I developed several training applications and websites using ToolBook, HTML, JavaScript, C/C++, Active-X, and Java. I coded projects for American Airlines, Union Camp, ADP, Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, Los Alamos National Labs (LANL), and others. Development contracts were under strict time and budget constraints. I travelled to and participated in design and strategy meetings.

I was a team lead on parts of Magellan™, a new Windows based front end to Delta’s reservations system, written in C++ and SQL, and communicating via TPF.

I engaged in a wide range of activities including user requirements gathering, design, user training, code maintenance, and new development in C++ and SQL. My primary project was on a large integrated accounting suite. In particular I was the key developer on the Inventory Management application and I developed many of the shared DLLs used by other parts of the suite. I received several internal commendations for excellent work.

I designed and developed client-server applications for customer-service inquiries, and to detect merchant fraud. I was able to meet the very challenging expectation of having the parsed information loaded, indexed and ready for customer service inquiry within an hour of receiving a bulk data file. This would have been impossible without using non-traditional, low-level wizardry. I had regular meetings with customer service and fraud monitoring agents to negotiate requirements and features. I was able to use VB to rapidly generate the user interfaces, while I used C/C++ to access the forms and perform the business and data model logic.

On projects for external clients, my responsibilities included coding, video and audio capture and conversion, and weaving together media, text and hyperlinks into the instructional narrative. I operated and maintained the lab hardware and software. I purchased, installed and tested new technology including sound and video capture cards, video recording devices, video authoring software, multimedia authoring software, input devices, memory and hard drives. We were an early adopter of Intel Indeo and used their hardware and encoders in our projects. I mentored students and provided project and technology demos to clients and visitors. I completed several other small programming projects for clients and for internal use of the HVL. I wrote several utilities to create and operate on bitmapped file formats.

As a solution generalist, I used many platforms, applications and languages, but of note, I started on a Xerox 8010 (the original Xerox Star) forerunner to GUI systems such as Macintosh and Windows. 1989 - 1992 was a dynamic period and the work environment evolved through many changes in computing platforms, languages, and network technologies. In a document production role, I used publishing software to enter and format standardized tests including Teacher Certification Tests (TCT), Curriculum Based Assessment, and other tests for the State of Georgia.

I was assistant Network Administrator for our Novell Network, and for a time the acting Network Administrator.

I programmed in Pascal, C, C++, Paradox, batch files and application languages such as WordPerfect to support the test development, statistical, and administrative workflows.