Brian Holmes

Current

Senior Lead Interactive Developer at Roundarch

Past

Flex Software Architect Consultant at Universal Mind
Flex Software Architect Consultant at NetApp
Flex Architect Consultant at Deal4it

Flex Engineer Consultant at Behr Process Corporation
Flex Architect Consultant at Oppenheimer & Co.
Senior Applications Architect at Woodward Governor Company
Information Technology Officer at Worldwide Marketing Solutions
Web Developer at The Virtual Flyshop

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Education

Ecole d'Ingénieurs des Technologies de l'Information et du Management
University of Mary
Northeastern Junior College

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Connections

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Industry

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Brian Holmes’s Summary

Brian Holmes is a Senior Software Engineer Consultant currently working for Universal Mind. His background is in developing large enterprise level applications. Most notably, he helped architect an internal ERP system for the Woodward Governor Company from 2005-2007. Brian is the founder of SmashedApples which is a cloud computing development platform that aims for seamless integration with cloud computing technologies such as Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine. His goal is to help companies continually leverage technology to bring down costs and increase revenue.

Brian Holmes’s Specialties:

Flex, ActionScript, Cloud Computing, BlazeDS, WebORB, PyAMF, Java, C#, Python, Cold Fusion, Amazon Web Services, Google App Engine, MySQL, Oracle, SimpleDB.

Brian Holmes’s Experience

Senior Lead Interactive Developer

Roundarch

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Flex Software Architect Consultant

Universal Mind

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2008 — April 2009 (9 months)
Flex Software Architect Consultant

NetApp

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

February 2009 — February 2009 (1 month)

Developed a code library and best standards for netapp.com to integrate rich media with Omniture.com for website analytics.
Flex Architect Consultant

Deal4it

(Internet industry)

January 2009 — February 2009 (2 months)

Developed a flex application to enable clients to seamlessly manage online video advertising campaigns.
Flex Engineer Consultant

Behr Process Corporation

(Hospital & Health Care industry)

October 2008 — December 2008 (3 months)

Worked as part of a team to develop the next version of Behr's ColorSmart application.
Flex Architect Consultant

Oppenheimer & Co.

(Public Company; OPY; Financial Services industry)

August 2008 — October 2008 (3 months)

Developed an internal application to help Oppenheimer quickly analyze their clients lifetime income distribution.
Senior Applications Architect

Woodward Governor Company

(Public Company; WGOV; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

April 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 5 months)

As a Senior Applications Architect my primary responsibility was to build business applications for the internal erp system. When flex 2.0 came out I switched full time to developing a flex framework that is layered upon C# backend services. Over the next year and a half I became the interface team lead and spent a substantial amount of time mentoring the flex development team. I also came to bear a considerable amount of influence on the back end infrastructure which was being transitioned from an older model (written in Oracle Forms) to a more scaleable Service Oriented Architecture.
Information Technology Officer

Worldwide Marketing Solutions

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

May 2002 — February 2005 (2 years 10 months)

As Information Technology Officer my duties were to guide the development of in-house services that managed large sets of marketing information. I was the liaison between the sales and technology departments and my daily goal was to build systems that made information ready for sale and delivery to customers.
Web Developer

The Virtual Flyshop

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; PRM; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 3 months)

As a web developer I worked with content directors to develop applications in Cold Fusion that complemented the Fly Fisherman print magazine and provided online interaction for the fly fishing community. I worked specifically on the Fly Tier’s bench, the Used Fly Fishing Gear Auction and the photo gallery.

Brian Holmes’s Education

Ecole d'Ingénieurs des Technologies de l'Information et du Management

Masters , International Information Techonology Management , 2001 — 2002

Activities and Societies:

Was a member of the international ERASMUS student club.
Participated on the Rugby Club.
University of Mary

Bachelor , CIS , 1997 — 2000

Activities and Societies:

Played on scholarship for the Varsity Basketball team that culminated in a conference championship my senior year in 2000.
Northeastern Junior College

Associate's , 1995 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Played on scholarship for the Basketball team.

Additional Information

Brian Holmes’s Websites:

Brian Holmes’s Interests:

I played 5 years (including a red shirt year) of college basketball. I’m an avid fly fisherman (recently got into ice fishing), and have fished up to 100 days a year over the past eight years. I’ve also periodically been involved with an impromptu stand up comedian group and have been known to read entire books in a day, swear in French for no reason except I like the way it sounds and sing as loud as I can while driving and wearing Elvis glasses.