• Programmer (Web, Java, Perl, XML, XSLT, Ajax), Project Leader, Internet Architect
• 12+ years of experience
• Extensive financial industry background (trading/reporting systems, Internet/database applications, data warehousing)

LANGUAGES Javascript / Ajax , Java (Sun Certified), Perl, XSLT, Visual Basic/VBA
DATABASES:  Sybase, DB2, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL server, SQL, T-SQL, OLAP, Data Warehousing
INTRA / INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES:

• Java, Perl, J2EE, Tomcat, Weblogic, Websphere, Joomla, Liferay
• XML/XSL, WML, VXML, SOAP Web Services, ASP, JSP, PH
• HTML/DHTML, JavaScript, JSON, CSS, Ajax, Prototype.js, Scriptaculous, Dojo, ext toolkit, Sarissa

OTHER SKILLS

• Project Leader
• Literate Programming
• Extensive teaching Experience (MCT, MCSE, Screenbook Maker)

Lead Developer – creator and developer of the new New York Circuits Widget Framework, an Ajax development tool used by major financial institutions to develop database and other applications quickly and easily.

Ajax developer – developed an Ajax framework for rapid development of Rich Internet Application access to databases. Created widgets for deployment to a Liferay portlet site.  

Ajax Developer: created complex grid component for major financial application, using Ajax, Javascript and XML/XSLT.

Developing new version of Screenbook Maker: desktop application for creating web tutorials. Created comprehensive tutorials for Joomla, leading CMS, at help.joomla.org.

 Ajax Developer: created components and helped design client-side of innovative application development toolkit for banks and financial institutions.

Assisted team with design and debugging servlet using JBuilder, Eclipse 3.0, JUnit and other tools

Application design: Java Servlets on iPlanet / Tomcat 5.0, Sybase / Solaris backend, desktop client.

Engineered move from iPlanet deployment to Tomcat 5.0.

DHTML, XML/XSLT, and web/database programming. Various assignments based with my own consulting firm, NYCircuits Inc, including:

XML/XSL infrastructure design and implementation for custom database application. Server side Implemented with Sybase, JSP, Weblogic 5.1, client side is Internet Explorer 5.5 JScript DHTML.

Created XSLT - DHTML components (aka Ajax), including: Checkbox tree, Paged table (Flextable), Pivot Report Widget.

XML Architect and Server-side Java and XML/XSL development for this Real Estate ASP. Implemented with Java, Weblogic 5.1 and Oracle.

XSLT and client-side technologies lead developer for First Union website. Planned and developed overall XSLT and Javascript for major trading site. Other technologies include: Java, Java Servlets (Netscape Application Server 4), EJB (Enterprise Java Beans), Netscape Enterprise Server.

XSL Project lead for entire bank and trading site. Site architecture is Java servlets running on Netscape Application Server, sending 100% XML to an XSLT processor which uses stylesheets to display stock quotes, integrate third party applets such as stock charts, display complex forms for user input for stock trading and other operations.

Created VXML and WML prototype sites

E-Commerce and Web Developer. Developed multilingual e-commerce and general websites for this Las Vegas based company (telecommuting). Developed shopping cart software in Japanese and English (Perl), shopping cart software in ASP, complex Javascript and Perl CGI applications, general website design including layout, graphics, and content.

Instructor and Educational Software developer. Developed extensive multilingual learning software for children including software for teaching English grammar and vocabulary, Arithmetic, Japanese Language. Also Test administration software, an email client, and a menuing program and other learning software.

Screenbooks.net (www.screenbooks.net) Creator of Screenbook. Screenbook Maker is used to create highly effective computer tutorials. The tutorials are stored as XML files and converted via complex XSLT stylesheets into multiple DHTML formats, PDF versions, CHM (compiled HTML) or RTF versions. Developed with VB6 + MSXML3. SCORM compliant.

City University of New York: XML for Java programmers (Winter 2004)

Baruch College (Extension): XML and Web-based Applications (Summer 2004)

“Why XSLT is Sexy” South By Southwest, Austin TX 2007 (podcast) (slides)

Screenbook Maker: US Patent #7,124,35. Software for system and method to easily create online tutorials, share the tutorials, and use the tutorials interactively (e.g. for testing purposes). Uses XML/XSL for tutorial storage/display

1985 University of Washington, Seattle, WA. B.A. in Psychology, B.S. in Philosophy.

Sun Certified Java Programmer

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

Microsoft Certified Trainer