Chris Davaz

Past

Sr. Software Engineer at Amadeus
Sr. Software Engineer at Blueriver Systems
Software Engineer at IBM

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Education

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Sudbury Valley School

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Computer Software

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Chris Davaz’s Summary

I've worked in every size organization, from a couple people to several thousand, to several hundred thousand at IBM. Most of my professional experience falls within the realm of Web Development. And most of that experience has been with the LAMP platform, however I've also worked on sizable projects with Java and Weblogic. Besides working in a number of different environments I've also worked on both operational systems and released products (the development cycles of which are quite different). I'm currently leading a team of 10 LAMP Engineers. In the short term, I hope to increase the size of my team from 10 to 20 people over the next year. My long term goal, over the next 3-5 years, is to become a Senior Development Manager working towards Director of Engineering at a mid to large size enterprise.

My personal interests are in science, mathematics, philosophy and following current events. I try to maintain a general awareness of what is happening in each area through reading and self-study. Every time an important scientific discovery is made or a new satellite is launched for research I am thrilled. I'm also keen on following current events and the geopolitical dynamics of world powers.

I've also studied the Chinese language and can now speak at a conversationally fluent level.

Chris Davaz’s Specialties:

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl), mod_perl, Catalyst, DBIC (DBIx::Class), Template Toolkit (TT), Mason, XML, HTML, CSS, DHTML, AJAX and JS Frameworks (Prototype, jQuery), Web Services and SOA, Java, Servlets, JSP, Weblogic. Large-scale distributed systems infrastructure.

Chris Davaz’s Experience

Sr. Software Engineer

Amadeus

(Privately Held; 1A; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2006 — December 2006 (8 months)

Did contract work as a Java web developer. Worked on their travel management product. Extended product with web services.
Sr. Software Engineer

Blueriver Systems

(Computer Software industry)

October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year )

Did some contract work on processing EDI feeds for insurance companies.
Software Engineer

IBM

(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2000 — September 2005 (4 years 11 months)

Worked in Rational Software, later acquired by IBM and became part of their Software Group (SWG). Part of operations team, supporting QA and Dev with internal applications. Mainly supported developed an information management application for the thousands of lab machines used for testing.