Senior software engineer at LexisNexis
Dayton, Ohio Area
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- Senior software engineer at LexisNexis
- Past
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- Founder at Servergrid
- .NET developer, intranet at Shore to Shore
- ASP developer, special projects at DONet
- Webmaster, network admin, technician at TJC
- Technician at Triangle Technologies
- Education
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- Sinclair Community College
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- Information Technology and Services
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Adam Alexander’s Summary
Experienced technology professional and entrepreneur with demonstrated expertise in the areas of software engineering and web development, systems management and administration, business administration, and web hosting.
Adam Alexander’s Specialties:
Programming Technologies:
Microsoft .NET Framework, ASP.NET, C#, Objective-C, iPhone App Development, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Java, Android SDK, Python, Django, Subversion, Git
Server Software:
Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IIS, Apache, MS SQL Server 2000 and 2005, MySQL, H-Sphere control panel, Kerio mail server, Nagios monitoring, Bacula backup, Community Server, BIND, AWStats, Qmail, Horde/IMP, and ClamAV
Adam Alexander’s Experience
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Senior software engineer
LexisNexis
(Public Company; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Currently working with Apple to design a company-wide architecture for sharing and reuse of code between iPhone OS applications.
Continually increases the value of the company's nationwide, comprehensive public records search and retrieval application by introducing new features to intensify its utility to consumers while applying software engineering principles to enhance the structure and maintainability of the application's .NET code base.
Enhances the reusability, modularity and integrity of the code base and promotes painless refactoring by maintaining the application's unit testing environment and increasing the percentage of the application covered by effective, automated unit tests. -
Founder
Servergrid
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2002 — June 2008 (6 years 5 months)
Established the business strategy - including services offered, capacity planning, infrastructure design, pricing, and marketing - for this successful and award-winning web hosting company
Ensured the high availability and security of over fifty servers providing service to thousands of users by performing top-level administration of systems and software including Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IIS, Apache, MS SQL Server 2000 and 2005, MySQL, H-Sphere control panel, Kerio mail server, Nagios monitoring, Bacula backup, Community Server, BIND
Streamlined operations by developing internal and customer-facing monitoring, management and automation utilities using C#, ASP.NET, and Ruby on Rails
Guided the business through its inception and growth over the years to its mutually beneficial acquisition by a key industry player, and provided assistance to the acquiring company to ensure a smooth transition for all customers and employees -
.NET developer, intranet
Shore to Shore
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Printing industry)
February 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Spearheaded the company's transition of internal development to the newly-released .NET Framework by developing reusable framework software, establishing best practices, defining team source control, build, and deployment procedures, and mentoring company developers on the new technology
Improved efficiency of operations by designing and implementing an enterprise-wide issue and task management system in C# and ASP.NET
Ensured high performance and data security by performing database administration tasks on the company's Microsoft SQL 2000 servers -
ASP developer, special projects
DONet
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 7 months)
Acted as the primary architect and developer of a commercial web-based client tracking and management system used by state government agencies in Ohio, Oklahoma, and New York
Developed Web-based applications for internal and contracted projects using C#, .NET, ASP and VB/ActiveX technologies
Performed database administration tasks for the company's Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and customers’ Oracle database servers, including configuration, database design, and optimization -
Webmaster, network admin, technician
TJC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Developed the company’s E-Commerce web presence
Assisted in the administration of the company's Windows NT 4.0, Linux 2.0, and Solaris 2.6 network
Performed Active Server Pages web application development and SQL Server programming for multiple company projects
Performed computer repair services and upgrades -
Technician
Triangle Technologies
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
Developed and maintained the company website
Managed the technical services department, which involved developing a work flow for all services and keeping customers informed of work in progress
Administered the company’s internet configuration and local area network
Adam Alexander’s Education
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Sinclair Community College
Computer Information Systems 1998 — 1999
Completed one year of instruction toward my Associate's degree in Computer Information Systems
Additional Information
Adam Alexander’s Websites:
Adam Alexander’s Interests:
programming, software, hosting, aviation, sport pilot, travel
Adam Alexander’s Groups:
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Hosting Industry
Adam Alexander’s Honors:
Servergrid, the web hosting company I founded, earned multiple customer choice awards from webhostdir.com and findmyhosting.com as a result of the quality of our offerings and excellence of customer service.
Adam Alexander’s Contact Settings
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