President & CEO at NeatoIdea, LLC
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
President & CEO at NeatoIdea, LLC
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
I graduated Texas A&M with a B.S in Computer Science and have been in a technical role ever since. I have gone from mainframe to microcomputer to client / server to middleware to web development in my 20+ years of professional experience.
In the past 10 years, I've been employed consistently as a Java Application Architect with an emphasis on back-end or middleware software. I have complimentary front-end engineering skills as well as I can do XHTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.
For a technician, I have always been able to bring to bear uncommonly effective verbal and written communication skills. This has opened doors to opportunities beyond pure programming.
I am fascinated by business topics like marketing, execution, and entrepreneurship. I consider myself a serial entrepreneur in waiting...waiting for enough capital. :)
web app development, java programming, ruby programming, application architecture and design, UML, business communication and strategy
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Contract software development, search engine marketing and optimization, and online web services.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)
Developing new web sites for cool clients. Working with all the latest tools and a cool group of folks.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOK; Telecommunications industry)
July 2002 — June 2007 (5 years)
Architected four Java-based systems leading to distinct accomplishments in each: dramatic cost savings, eliminating customer data fragmentation, and successfully introducing lightweight architectures – featuring the Spring Framework. Also, introduced the Ruby on Rails web framework as a viable alternative architecture; did so through a prototype application deployment available corporate-wide.
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Developed a Ruby on Rails plugin to enable pretty SQL distance queries and easy geocoding. This is the perfect plugin if you are buliding store locator-like functionality. More here:
http://geokit.rubyforge.org/
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2001 — February 2002 (5 months)
In limited time, added an IDE plugin and prototyped a UDDI registry component. These efforts enabled the GLUE platform to match feature sets of competing products.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)
December 2000 — October 2001 (11 months)
Part of a small team developing a product from the ground up. The prototype was a server-side voice messaging platform built to serve phone and web clients. The product was built entirely in Java with VoiceXML, Struts, and used RMI. This prototype enabled additional Angel investments which ultimately led to a crystallized product vision. The company is still in existence today.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — November 2000 (5 months)
Evaluated ObjectSpace’s OpenBusiness product from an enterprise readiness perspective. This included all facets of a middleware software package (e.g. performance, scaleability, availability, ease of use, documentation, etc.). A distributed testing framework was developed to assist in the analysis. Results were presented to the V.P. of Engineering and the Chief Architect.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1998 — July 2000 (1 year 9 months)
Involved in all technical areas for several web applications – application design, development team communication, third-party tool research and acquisition, and hands-on development. Examples of projects included www.laurushealth.com, www.jcpenneyinsurance.com, and www.weservhomes.com. Most sites were implemented with ASP/COM technologies while later sites were deployed to WebLogic 4.5.1 to facilitate JSP and EJBs.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
July 1998 — November 1998 (5 months)
Deployed intranet-based loan origination web application which was used in the company's call centers and served as the core revenue-generating application. The project utilized Java, servlets, object communication using CORBA, and simplistic file based communication protocols for legacy systems.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 1994 — July 1998 (4 years 7 months)
Developed various client / server applications used to support the practice. These ranged from an authoring tool used to record engagement best practices, to a full suite of applications used to manage client engagements. Also involved in building an application used to store SAP best practices. This application was a contributory factor in winning a multi-million dollar engagement with Coca-Cola.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1986 — January 1994 (8 years)
Most significant accomplishment was to design and develop the first system in the United States to detect and ticket red light violators. This system was deployed in New York City and profiled on PrimeTime Live in 1995. Gained significant experience in mainframe and microcomputer-based development; establishing lasting discipline and detailed work habits.
B.S., Computer Science, 1982 — 1986
1979 — 1982
Sports (All Aggie teams, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Cowboys), Fitness, Reading, Music, Web App Development, Investing.