Recent Success Story:

Carl recently reviewed and updated our curriculum to fine tune our new Developing Web Services with Java course. He has also updated our Servlets and JSP courses to reflect the newest trends and versions. He also recently completed an application development assignment where he built a reconciliation front end and data access system for internal auditors to use to reconcile bank statements with internal records. He developed the system using Java, with Struts and Velocity, and Oracle stored procedures.

Skills:

Introductory and Advanced Java Subjects

• XML
• BEA WebLogic
• Oracle

Industry Experience:

• SkillBuilders (1996 - present)
  Senior Instructor
  • Teaching Introductory and Advanced Java Subjects, Web Services, DB2
    
• Princeton ECOM (March 2003 - May 2003)
  Java Consultant

Built reconciliation front end and data access system for internal auditors to use to reconcile bank statements with internal records. Developed system using Java, with Struts and Velocity, and Oracle stored procedures.

• JP Morgan Chase (1995-2002)
  Java Web Developer
• Developed Java web applications for Corporate and Private Client Equity Derivatives Marketers. Responsible for full project life cycle of systems including: Gathering requirements, producing functional and technical specs, all coding, testing, and deployment
• Developed Java/J2EE tool for automated generation of trade term sheets. Used XSLT to transform user input, boilerplate text, and RTF control codes into a fully formatted Word document. Web-based system ensured ease of use and standardized language devised by legal department, and simplified the process of trade term sheet production.
• Sales Pipeline and CRM System: Developed full-featured Java/J2EE sales pipeline and client relationship management system. Used Sybase for data storage and retrieval. Provided easy to use, flexible, shared, centralized system which replaced diverse unlinked individual methods. Included filtering and sorting capabilities, and a rich set of management reports (using XSLT) for tracking group's marketing activities. Counterparty cross holdings feature helped marketers devise trade strategy proposals for clients to minimize risk and protect assets.
• Jump-started Java/J2EE web development for project converting from VB/ASP to Java. Configured WebSphere application server on Windows/NT; coded, tested, and deployed Java servlets and JSP for enterprise-wide application developed on Windows/NT
• Developed enterprise-wide personnel lookup system. Achieved fast lookup using SQLServer. Flexible Java/JSP web-based user interface was enthusiastically received by bank community.
• Unix software developer responsible for applications to calculate and track portfolio performance; automated manual data transformation and loading processes
• Wrote Unix Korn shell scripts and C and C++ programs to automate processing of nightly download of trade, security, pricing, and client data. Process encompassed extensive data transformation; provided logging and status monitor. Eliminated the need for human intervention in the transformation and loading of the data into Informix database, resulting in greatly improved speed and accuracy. Created Java servlet-based status monitor used by operations to monitor progress of nightly download processing.
• Designed, coded, and deployed Java/J2EE calculation and reporting system that enabled asset managers to track portfolio performance by groups of related accounts. Provided flexible selection, grouping, and formatting criteria. Replaced cumbersome manual spreadsheet calculations, allowing faster, easier, and more accurate results.
  Account Performance Hifeature: Worked closely with performance managers to develop a system for calculating historical rates of return over various measurement periods for client accounts and for benchmarks. Designed and coded the system in C on the Sun platform.
• Automated the process of obtaining monthly benchmark values from vendors (DataStream and Lehman Brothers). Used DataStream macros to obtain prices for various index benchmarks. Wrote Java server and client socket code to have the PC open a socket connection to Unix server, transfer the data, and remotely execute commands on the server to convert prices to rate of return, and to load the data into Informix database. Eliminated human intervention in obtaining and transferring the data, calculating rates of return, and loading the information into the database, resulting in improved speed and accuracy. (to TOP)
  
• Paine Webber/Kidder Peabody (1987-1995)
  Technical Specialist/Group Leader
  
  • Re-architect UIT prospectus publishing system, worked with head of Unit Investment Trust Department to eliminate expensive Xerox prospectus publishing system and provide a cost-effective substitute. Designed new system using MS/WordBasic that provided greater flexibility and ease of use. Xerox system was discarded, providing a great cost saving.
  • As Area Manager/software developer, managed systems development, and wrote programs on Windows, Unix, and mainframe platforms
• As area manager, responsible for the Advent Portfolio Management System used by portfolio managers in offices across the country: supervised eleven programmers and analysts, and managed development on Unix, PC, and mainframe platforms.
• Worked closely with municipal bond specialists to gather requirements for a presentation-quality municipal bond holdings report. Designed, coded, and implemented the system using MS/WordBasic. Provided asset managers and their clients a tool for analyzing bond holdings, ratings, valuations, interest, call dates, maturity dates, and various calculated values, which enabled them to quickly view cash flows, forthcoming redemptions, and quality of holdings, allowing them to manage their holdings more intelligently and to make appropriate investment plans for projected proceeds.
• While working as DB2 Database Administrator, devised logical and physical database designs for application developers. Developed database management utility programs in C on the mainframe. Guided application programmers in logical and efficient database access. Conducted in-house classes in SQL and DB2. Designed and coded the firm's first relational database project, a salesperson tracking and reporting system, using DB2, Cobol, and CICS
• Senior CICS Programmer,wrote Cobol/CICS/VSAM programs providing portfolio managers flexible access to customer account and portfolio holdings information (to TOP)
  
• Guardian Life Insurance Company (1979-1987)
  Lead Analyst/Programmer
  
  • Developed systems for policy processing, marketing, and office automation.
    Small Business Marketing Tools: Worked with the company's chief attorney and with field agents to gather requirements for marketing tools. Designed and coded marketing tools, including a Small Business Valuation System and a Small Group Illustration System. Used Cobol on Motorola Unix platform
  • Designed and coded a Cobol/CICS/VSAM e-mail system connecting departments and offices, greatly enhancing inter-departmental and interoffice communications
• New York University (1982-1987)
  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Information Systems
  • Taught intensive 14-week, 15 hours per week, course in Cobol, Assembler, and JCL; taught three semesters a year, for five years while working full time at Guardian Life Insurance Company.
• Baruch College 1982-1987
  Adjunct Instructor
  • Taught courses in Cobol, JCL, and System Design