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Aetna - Middletown, CT; Hartford, CT; Minnetonka, MN; Pittsburgh, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Tempe, AZ;
Austin, TX, South Portland, ME; Blue Bell, PA; & Plantation, FL
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L.L. Bean - Freeport, ME
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MOOG - East Aurora, NY; Salt Lake City, UT
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PJM Interconnection - Audubon, PA
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Lockheed Martin - Moorestown, NJ
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Dnutch Associates - New York, NY (NYC)
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ComHouse Wireless - Chelmsford, MA
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Lockheed Martin Space Systems - Sunnyvale, CA
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Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Fidelity Investments - Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ITD & OSC - Boston, MA; Chelsea MA
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Fidelity Investments - Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Boston, Massachusetts
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John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company - Boston; Toronto, ON; Milwaukee, WI; Clearwater, FL
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Omgeo (formerly Thomson Financial - Electronic Settlements Group (ESG)) - Boston, MA & NYC
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Intersystems Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Verizon Communications - Waltham, Massachusetts
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Edocs, Inc. - Natick, Massachusetts
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OrderTrust, Inc. - Lowell, Massachusetts
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Stratus Computer Systems - Maynard, Massachusetts
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Trellix Corporation - Concord, Massachusetts
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ClearCase UCM, Base ClearCase, ClearQuest, SCM, and Build & Release Engineering Automation Architect / Administrator / Consultant / Trainer / Coach / Mentor
(February 2000 - present)
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Provided day-to-day hands-on ClearCase UCM, Base ClearCase, ClearQuest, SCM, SDLC and Build & Release Engineering, Architectural Consulting, Administration, Programming and End User Coaching & Guidance, for the following:
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Initial ClearCase & ClearQuest implementations
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Upgrades & redesigns to existing ClearCase & ClearQuest environments including:
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Data Import & Conversions; Backup & Recovery
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Branching & Stream models, triggers, Perl scripting, & security
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Schema design/redesign, coding of Perl hooks and scripts
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Development Tool (IDE) Integrations (Eclipse, Visual Studio, RAD, Powerbuilder, ... )
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Troubleshooting & Performance Enhancements
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Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Scrum, Agile, Best Practices & full Project Lifecycle support, including: SAS 70, NERC CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Compliance, Version Control & Source Control Methodologies
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Project Planning, Technical Design & Architecture
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Taught upwards of 200, one & two day hands-on Training Courses ranging in size from 3 to 22 students:
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ClearCase Training Courses:
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Topics including Base ClearCase, ClearCase UCM, ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC), ClearCase Administration, SCM using ClearCase, & ClearCase Meta-Data
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ClearQuest Training Courses:
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Topics including ClearQuest User Basics (using both ClearQuest Custom Schemas & the Default ClearQuest Schemas), ClearQuest Administration (including the ClearQuest Designer, the ClearQuest API, and Hook & script coding).
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Other Training Courses: Build Forge, Perl, Clearmake & Unix User Basics
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Designed, Developed & Maintained Build & Release Engineering environments (including automated production deployment) for hundreds of applications/products/projects, including several, high availability Financial Trade Settlement related applications
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John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston,
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ClearCase / Clearmake Product Specialist (April 1999 –
February 2000) |
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- Individually Coached/Trained several engineers on effective use of
ClearCase, and methods of converting from various source control tools
to ClearCase.
- Quickly Researched and Educated Team members on issues with
Clearmake & Java interoperability.
- Enlightened developers on the ClearCase/Clearmake/Omake/Visual
Studio integration.
- Enhanced & Verified the build process conversion to Clearmake,
for several large projects.
- Successfully Lead a team of up to 9 SCM engineers for the rapid
conversion & implementation of ClearCase.
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Intersystems Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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ClearCase Optimization & Upgrade Engineer (April 1999 –
August 1999) |
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- Quickly identified ClearCase environment & hardware
optimizations, drastically improving ClearCase performance &
reliability.
- Efficiently upgraded ClearCase from v3.0 to v3.2.1
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Banta Integrated Media, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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ClearCase Design Engineer (December 1998 – March 1999) |
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- Effectively proposed & specified high-end Unix Hardware and
Network upgrades, for optimal ClearCase performance and availability,
supporting Unix & NT based Java development.
- Meticulously created and presented: 1) ClearCase Conversion &
Training Project Plan. 2) ClearCase Return on Investment (ROI)
documentation.
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GTE-Internetworking (Formerly BBN) / Domain Manufacturing, Cambridge
& Burlington, Mass. |
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ClearCase Design & Conversion Engineer (April 1998 –
December 1998) |
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- Defined, installed & configured, high-end Unix & NT
Hardware, for optimal ClearCase performance, supporting cross-platform
development and multi-platform builds; including OS patches, hardware
upgrades, and both client and server software installation and patching.
- Attained significant ClearCase Administration experience, including
system optimization, NFS configuration, system wide trouble-shooting,
and critical data backup.
- Converted 5 major multi-platform projects to ClearCase, from:
SourceSafe, RCS, PVCS, CVS, CMS, as well as a homegrown source control
model.
- Trained, Supported and Coached 50 developers on ClearCase
fundamentals, helping them to discover the best ClearCase/CM solution
for their development environment.
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Comverse Network Systems (Formerly Boston Technology), Andover,
Massachusetts |
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Lead ClearCase Release Engineer (June 1997 – April 1998). |
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- Swiftly gained Perl, NT, VB script, & VC++ 5.0 experience while
expanding & converting a large set of Build/Release Tools, designed
to work in conjunction with ClearCase NT.
- Meticulously developed and implemented several HTML Web pages,
containing up to the minute information on Build and Release Status,
FAQ’s, & Developer Resources.
- Effectively prepared and taught several training courses, &
supported the developers on the Build/Release Tools' usage, including
specifics on ClearCase for NT & UNIX.
- Expertly Streamlined/Automated the Build & Release Process from
1 day, to 1 hour.
- Capably delegated tasks, supervised and reviewed both performance
and quality, while contributing to task completion, as Lead Engineer of
a 2 to 4 person team.
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Paragon Imaging, Woburn, Massachusetts |
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Senior Software Engineer (February 1996 - June 1997). Secret
clearance transferred |
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- Quickly gained C++, POSIX, and multi-platform experience while
implementing a Tag Editor for a COTS Electronic Light-Table Imaging
product.
- Easily learned tcl/tk/itcl and implemented several GUI's for various
automated configuration and installation programs, including a
postscript debugger.
- Created a ClearCase process, using triggers, to synchronize source
code from various projects.
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M/A-Com CTC, Lowell, Massachusetts |
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Staff Engineer (November 1994 - February 1996). TS/SCI
clearance |
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- Attained X Windows, ClearCase, Widget Writing, Motif GUI, IEEE-488,
and UNIX programming experience, through design, and development of
multiple device drivers and HMI's, on Sun SPARCstation 20's, for a
remoted systems Government contract.
- Favorably presented system design and implementation to the customer
throughout the extensive formal design and development process.
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IDE Associates, Billerica, Massachusetts |
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Release / Software Engineer (July 1993 - November 1994). |
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- Acquired MS Windows/DOS GUI programming experience, through code
debugging and feature implementation on a large MS Windows project,
providing terminal emulation for PCs attached to midrange hosts via
Twinax, Network, SUR, and APPC connectivities.
- Efficiently redesigned and managed the build/make/source control
process for a large MS Windows project, thus reducing the process time
from 2 days to 4 hours.
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Itran Corporation (Now called Acquity Imaging), Manchester, New
Hampshire |
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Firmware / Software Engineer (1990 - June 1993). |
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- Thoughtfully designed and completed a firmware interface allowing
data communications between a proprietary hardware platform and a
ModBus+ Token Ring Network.
- Successfully developed and programmed several speed critical
firmware routines for a Machine Vision Product, specifically:
Application Change Over, Message I/O, Hardware Debugging, Bootup, Result
Management, and User Control Switch.
- Attentively coded / implemented several shape drawing constraint
routines with MS Windows SDK.
- Created a bulletproof, menu driven installation program for a MS
Windows software package, including graphics and detailed explanations.
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Free-lance Computer Consulting, Sales and Service, Derry, NH
(1988-Present). |
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- Energetically designed, configured and installed several IBM PC
compatible systems and upgrades for New England area colleges,
businesses and private individuals.
- Mindfully resolved hardware and software system failure and
compatibility problems on both business and privately used IBM PC
compatibles and Apple family computers, typically dealing with device
drivers, address conflicts, IRQ's, memory, modems, LANs, printers, and
hard drives.
- Easily generated sales of IBM PC compatibles and peripherals by
custom fitting the system to the client's specific computer needs.
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