Chris Woods

Current

Sr. Software Developer at Liberty Mutual
Chief Architect at bitspace heavy industries (Self-employed)

Past

Systems Administrator at Liberty Mutual
Systems Engineer at Formicary
Senior Software Engineer at Trinagy Inc.

Senior Software Engineer at EVOLV LLC
Director of Research and Development at Paladin Computing Solutions
Senior Network Administrator at USAInternet, Inc.
Business Systems Engineer at The Internet Access Company

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Chris Woods’s Summary

Technologist, architect, software engineer with 15 years experience in systems integration and enterprise software development.

Chris Woods’s Specialties:

Large systems design, distributed systems, heterogeneous systems integration, Java, Jini and J2EE development.

Chris Woods’s Experience

Sr. Software Developer

Liberty Mutual

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; LMG; Insurance industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Developer for Marketing and CRM applications for Personal Markets.
Chief Architect
bitspace heavy industries (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

June 1999 — Present (10 years 6 months)

Designed and built web applications and "under-the-hood" software systems for a diverse clientele including CVS Pharmacy, Sun Microsystems and Harvard Business School
Systems Administrator

Liberty Mutual

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; LMG; Insurance industry)

June 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 3 months)

Infrastructure systems support for Personal Markets Sales & Service applications.
Systems Engineer

Formicary

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)

February 2005 — February 2006 (1 year 1 month)

IT support for a boutique investment bank; J2EE 1.3 development on OrionServer with XDoclet and WebWork 1.4
Senior Software Engineer

Trinagy Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )
Senior Software Engineer

EVOLV LLC

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 1997 — June 1999 (1 year 11 months)

Designed a large-scale web-based project management system for the building industry, initially with Allaire's Cold Fusion on Windows NT and Solaris, then migrated to WebLogic 3.1 on Solaris. Extensive use of JDBC and Servlet technology, using WebLogic's JDBC drivers for Oracle 7.3. Managed 6 engineers in migration process from Cold Fusion to JDBC and servlets.
Director of Research and Development

Paladin Computing Solutions

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

January 1996 — August 1997 (1 year 8 months)

Designed and implemented the prototype for a web-based GIS system in 100% Java 1.0 on Solaris 2.5 and IRIX 6.2 servers. Developed custom collaboration systems for intranets for architecture firms. Built Internet access solutions for
architecture firms nationwide, systems based largely on Solaris 2.5, Linux, and Windows NT 4.0. Recommended, designed, deployed and maintained information security solutions for several medium- to large-size organizations.
Senior Network Administrator

USAInternet, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 1995 — January 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for network and systems administration for the second-largest ISP in the Northeastern US. Designed dialup access systems using Linux servers and Livingston Terminal Servers. Built, configured, and maintained all servers for the operation of the organization, including SMTP, NNTP, POP3, HTTP, DNS, and IRC servers on Linux and SunOS. Designed automation tools for entry and maintenance of user accounts, primarily with Perl 4.
Business Systems Engineer

The Internet Access Company

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

December 1993 — January 1995 (1 year 2 months)

Handled high-end technical support for the largest of TIAC's business clients, including installation of high-speed Internet services (T1, ISDN, Frame Relay), installation and configuration of routers, switches, cabling client networks, and
installation and configuration of various servers. Extensive exposure to Systems Administration on various Unix derivatives (NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS 4.1.3). Installation, configuration, and maintenance of all of TIAC's servers including Sendmail, BIND, WU-FTPd, NCSA HTTPd (predates Apache), RADIUS, INNd.