Experience

Work History

Overview

My first career path decision, to major in Computer Engineering at UMD, foreshadows my career strengths and passion - technology and solving problems. I am detail oriented and resourceful, which help me attack both low-level and high-level problems. I always consider how I can make my solution more modular (time permitting), because there is nothing more satisfying than knowing that my solution will come in handy in more situations than originally intended. A part of me would love to write regular expressions all day.

I am also personable, and enjoy talking to, becoming close to and learning from everyone. I have a strong business sense from undergraduate courses, my master's program and career experience.

Awards

Best Business Initiative Award, October 2007, for design, development and support of Realty Asset’s Transaction Profile module at the US Postal Service

eFMS team were finalists for Computerworld's 2009 Best Practices in Business Intelligence Award

Quality Award, August 2010, for quality resolution of system change requests on Accenture contract

Detailed Work History

Federal Home Loan Banks Office of Finance, Reston, VA                          February 2011 – Present

Software Development Analyst

• • Upgrade and develop in-house as well as customer-facing software, following entire SDLC

  • Support applications within complex environment comprised of Solaris UNIX, Java (Struts, Hibernate), ColdFusion, shell scripting, Sybase ASE and many industry leading tools

  • Analyze available patches and upgrades for software inventory and present formal recommendation to Patch Management Review Board

Accenture, Reston, VA                                                                                      April 2010 – December 2010

IT Solutions Planning Analyst

• • Assisted Proposal Manager and produced BoEs on proposals for $1.5M of new work

  • Compiled more than 20 Impact Assessments, representing over $300,000 in work, recommending priority, cost, schedule and technical solution for System Change Requests (SCRs), and obtained approval for implementation after presenting at client's review board

  • Closed more than 120 SCRs, over 50% more than assigned share

  • Led analysis of high-priority Security SCRs and scheduled them into releases

  • Maintained and submitted the Security Vulnerabilities Resolution Plan client deliverable and Change Request Dashboard client work product

  • Programmed Improvements to SCR Dashboard Automator to reduce effort of producing client work product

  • Developed and implemented Process Improvement strategy, including formal pitch and owning process between internal team and external stakeholders

  • Standardized team collaboration using appropriate tools such as SCR assignments list and SharePoint wiki

Johnston McLamb Case Solutions, Chantilly, VA                                         June 2006 – April 2010

Senior Consultant

• • Implemented major modules within large Java/Coldfusion/Oracle USPS Facilities Management System (eFMS) application supporting 500 users, serving as technical lead liaising between team and Project Manager

  • Saved the USPS $1B over five years as part of geospatial team

  • Managed all aspects of SDLC processes, from requirements to implementation to support, to ensure deliverables meet specifications and deadlines

  • Innovated and implemented enhanced workflow paradigms for customer and achieve buy-in, including systems permissions management and document management, leading to greatly enhanced business efficiency

  • Utilized modularity and industry-leading design principles for all new work, upgrades and bug fixes

  • Support for eFMS placed our team as finalists for Computerworld's Best Practices in Business Intelligence award

  • Provided 24-hour Production support

  • Managed all aspects of Production system releases with development team and customer

  • Chaired Wellness Committee, planning events and providing healthy opportunities

  • Skills utilized:

    • Team Lead

    • Software Engineer

    • Business Analyst

    • Requirements Gathering and Analysis

    • Documentation

    • Coldfusion Developer

    • Oracle Developer and Database Architect

    • Java Struts Developer

    • PL/SQL Developer

    • Testing/QA

    • Release Manager

    • Sales through close working relationship I had with a USPS employee who was impressed with my work and had since moved to new government agency in need of similar work

Computer Reliability Research Lab, College Park, MD                                Spring 2005 – Spring 2006

Security Researcher

• • Developed and deployed Linux bait systems booby-trapped with analysis tools (‘Honeypots’)

  • Wrote Perl scripts to analyze data and deduce patterns of attack against known vulnerabilities

  • Research served as the basis for paper published in 2007

Naval Research laboratory, Washington, DC                                                Summer 2005

Application Developer

• • Developed advanced relay and GUI for POP3 and SMTP protocols in C and Apple Carbon

  • Integrated Kerberos authentication for multiple simultaneous connections

Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, College Park, MD       Summer 2004

Flash, Coldfusion and SQL Programmer

• • Revamped Online Traffic Data Extractor

  • Implemented Incident Response Visualization tool

• Innovated additional functionality for preexisting applications