My Resume

Mike Bryant
421 Dogwood Drive
Jackson KY 41339
606-272-2894
mike@MikeBryant.com

WORK HISTORY
October 2007 to Present
Owner, Dogwood Technologies LLC, Jackson, KY

  • Work as software consultant writing custom software for businesses and non-profit organizations.
  • Sole software architect/developer of project to re-write COBOL mutual fund application to J2EE using Spring, Spring-MVC, Quartz, Hibernate, JPA, JMS (ActiveMQ).
  • Sole architect/developer of J2EE application to track and manage OSHA Process Safety Management (www.GraphetPSM.com
  • Mentor and manage five sub-contractors on multiple concurrent projects, and act as chief architect for all software.
  • Interview potential candidates on both personal and technical levels.
  • Work with and manage software developers as a ‘virtual company’, with software developers often in different states and time zones.

June 2005 to July 2007
Owner, Centrant LLC, Jackson, KY

  • Work as software consultant, primarily writing web-based software applications for small and start-up businesses.
  • Specialize in Java, PHP applications using MySQL backend.
  • Clients include Lexmark, Shaw Industries, Kentucky River Community Care, CE Space LLC, among others.
  • Work closely with state government officials to help implement ConnectKentucky initiative.
  • Write weekly ‘Tech Tips’ article, published in various newspapers.
  • Teach technology-oriented Continuing Education and Adult Learning classes as adjunct faculty member of Hazard Community Technical College.
  • Member of Hazard Community Technical College IT Advisory Board.
  • Received $25,000 grant for technical innovation from Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation to assist with commercialization of phpJumpStart, Java-based PHP code generation software.
  • Centrant LLC was acquired by Voice, Video & Data Services, Inc in July 2007.

February 2004 to June 2005
Software Engineer, AutoTrader.com, Atlanta, GA

  • Implement company-wide portal application using Plumtree Portal, including Single-Sign On with multiple systems and integration with diverse back-office systems.
  • Design and write various portlets and applications utilizing J2EE, Eclipse, Web Services, BEA WebLogic and Apache Tomcat, Apache Axis, SOAP and WSDL.
  • Serve on five-member Application Architecture sub-committee to evaluate and design EAI architecture for AutoTrader.com applications and website.
  • Implement ‘continuous integration’ build process using Ant and CruiseControl.

October 2003 to February 2004
Sr. Software Engineer, Automatic Data Processing, Alpharetta, GA

  • Write software to allow employees of various companies to manage their health care benefits, 401(k), etc via a web-based interface.
  • Design and develop software using WebSphere Enterprise Developer 5.0, WebSphere Application Server 5.0, WebSphere Portal Server 5.0, Oracle, SOAP and WSDL.
  • Implement ‘continuous integration’ build process using Ant and CruiseControl.

February 2000 to October 2003
Sr. Software Engineer, C-COR, Suwanee GA

  • Serve as technical team lead for a group of five Java/JSP developers.
  • Lead team of Software Engineers in J2EE evaluation and developing migration plan for C-COR software product.
  • Write network management software for Time-Warner’s Tampa Bay, FL division using Java Servlets, JSP, Custom Tags, JMS, Oracle, Tomcat and Solaris.
  • Design software utilizing UML (Class Diagrams, Use Cases, etc); do code/design reviews; perform technical interviews to assist management in choosing potential candidates.
  • Develop code using JBuilder 7.0 and Macromedia DreamWeaver 4.0
  • Assist in the design of backend Oracle database.
  • Work as sole C-COR representative on-site in Tampa for three months to facilitate project completion.
  • Travel with C-COR executive management to various trade shows and engineering conferences to demo software to potential customers.  Very high level of potential client interaction.

August 1997 to February 2000
Software Engineer, Revenue Systems, Inc., Alpharetta GA

  • Write Windows NT-based motor vehicle tag and title software for various state governments, including North Dakota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Utah using PowerBuilder 6.5.1 (and 7), PFC 6.0 and Oracle 8i.
  • Serve as team leader; manage, mentor and schedule four programmers and three QA analysts.
  • Work closely with senior development group to determine methods of code regeneration, coding standards, distributing functional ownership among developers, migrating existing application to distributed/web-based architecture.
  • Database modeling, design/implement code, perform design reviews, do application builds, write readme files, assist clients in application installation.

December 1996 to August 1997
Software Engineer/Analyst I, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington KY

  • Work closely with end-users to identify needs/problems.
  • Write applications in Visual C++ 1.54/Visual Basic
  • 4.0 to user specifications utilizing custom Access 2.0 databases.
  • Maintain hospital home page, provide insight into emerging web technologies and how these could be utilized by the hospital to improve patient care.

January 1994 to July 1996
Supervisor residence hall computer lab, Morehead State University, Morehead KY

  • Determine cause of problems with computers, printers and servers.
  • Disinfect viruses from computers.
  • Responsible for managing, scheduling and payroll of lab employees.
  • Train workers in MS DOS 6.2, Win3.11, NetWare 3.11, MS Works 3.0 and WordPerfect 6.0b.
  • Write troubleshooting guides for use by non-computer literate students/faculty.

EDUCATION
Morehead State University, Morehead KY 40351
BBA degree with emphasis in Computer Information Systems

References available upon request.

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