Brian Riley

Current

• Principal and RIA Architect at Web App Solutions, Inc.
• RIA Architect at Riley Internet Associates Inc. (Self-employed)

Past

• Chief Architect and VP of East Coast Operations at Esria Inc.
• Flex Architect at Fidelity Investments
• Lead Rich Internet Application Architect at IBM

• Web Developer at The College of the Holy Cross

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Education

• College of the Holy Cross

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Brian Riley’s Summary

Over 9 years experience architecting, leading, developing, and delivering rich internet application based solutions within the financial services and retail sectors in the Fortune 100. I work directly with technical architects and user experience directors to coalesce the technical requirements with the creative vision; I offer strategic consulting including technical assessments and informational sessions to clients diving in to the RIA space.

I have expertise in Flex, Flash, AIR, ActionScript 2 & 3, LCDS, BlazeDS, WebORB, Ajax, (including Dojo and other popular toolkits and frameworks), and J2EE development.

I've also led several RIA technical educational conferences, informational sessions, and workshops to IBM's global business services division and its clients.

Started working with the Flash Platform with Flash 3 (TellTarget anyone?) and worked directly with Macromedia to vet out Flex during it's Alpha and Beta releases as Royale (compiling Flex on the sever ONLY...old-school Flex).

Brian Riley’s Specialties:

RIA, Flex, Flash, AIR, Ajax, LiveCycle Data Services, BlazeDS, WebORB, Granite Data Services, ActionScript, Spring ActionScript & Dependency Injection, Design Patterns, Object Oriented, SDLC, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Tomcat, JBoss, Cairngorm, PureMVC, FlexUnit, Xcelsius, SVN, CVS, Assembla, Trac, Ant, Agile, Scrum, UI Architecture and Development, Flash Platform Accessibility, Eclipse, Project Management, Technical Leadership, Financial Services, Retail, Enterprise Dashboard Applications.

Brian Riley’s Experience

• Principal and RIA Architect

  Web App Solutions, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year )

  • Principal and RIA Architect designing, developing, and delivering solutions in the Rich Internet Application space.
  • Technical Architect leading clients through end-to-end, enterprise Flex and Flash Platform based solutions.
  • Delivery Manager, Client Relationship Manager, Partner, and Architect for WASI’s East Coast presence.
  • Clients: Adobe, State Farm, Celtrak, Syniverse, Harvard Business School

• RIA Architect

  Riley Internet Associates Inc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  Provides software consulting services specializing in the Rich Internet Application space and related technologies.

• Chief Architect and VP of East Coast Operations

  Esria Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  • Delivery Manager and Partner for Esria's East Coast Operations.
  • Project Manager and Technical Architect for multiple RIA projects using various backend technologies.
  • Responsible for delivering successful RIA solutions to clients in the financial sector.
  • Leads RIA workshops, informational and strategy sessions to clients new to the space.
  • Evangelist, avid researcher, and developer pushing the limits with emerging RIA technologies.
  • Clients: Adobe, Fidelity, Gomez, CNET, Intuit, Advantage, Viximo, KNI

• Flex Architect

  Fidelity Investments

  (Privately Held; FMR; Financial Services industry)

  August 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  • Independent consultant hired to build a Flex 2.0 workflow front-end application based on Fidelity’s internal workflow product written in Java on WebSphere.
  • Leverages the Cairngorm 2.2 microarchitecture to consume Apache Axis document literal (xml-based) web services and XML / HTTP.
  • Custom image viewer with zoom, pan, rotate, paging for multi-paged docs, and minor image manipulation functions.

• Lead Rich Internet Application Architect

  IBM

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

  September 2000 — August 2007 (7 years )

  • Architect and Lead Developer for Rich Internet Applications for the IBM Boston Innovation Center. Specializes in Flex, Flex Data Services, Ajax, and J2EE web development. Design and develops the integration of a SOA and RIAs.
  • Lead strategic consulting for clients venturing into the RIA space; provide continuity between the creative vision / user experience domain and the technical feasibility of RIA based solutions.
  • Lead RIA Evangelist for the IBM Innovation Centers, leading architectural discussions, workshops, and informational sessions to IBM and client teams.
  • Provides full SDLC from scoping to design, build, and deployment.
  • Facilitated the creation of the Partnership between the IBM Innovation Centers and Adobe and acting technical liaison for the Partnership.
  • Forged new paths for enterprise-level Flash development with AMES and brought traditional developers up to speed (before Flex was a viable option).
  • Clients: Foxwods, LLBean, Tiffany, Nationwide, Wachovia, Hanover, AMEX, Discover, ING, Segway, IBM, Stevie Wonder, JP Morgan

• Web Developer

  The College of the Holy Cross

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1998 — May 2000 (1 year 6 months)

  Developed and designed web pages for the college using PhotoShop, Fireworks, DreamWeaver, and Flash. Added dynamic functionality to allow students to sign up for classes with JavaScript.

Brian Riley’s Education

• College of the Holy Cross

  BA , Major in Mathematics & Concentration in Computer Science, Concentration in The Classics , 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  The Naturals Male A Capella Singing Group, 8 Track Coed A Capella Singing Group,

Additional Information

Brian Riley’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Brian Riley’s Interests:

architecting, developing, and consulting on rich internet application, flex, ajax, flash, actionscript, design patterns, object oriented, emerging internet technologies, j2ee, service oriented architecture, teaming, volleyball, snowboarding, singing, labradors, dogs, hiking, traveling,

Brian Riley’s Groups:

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    New England Tech Professionals Network
•    Adobe Flex Developers
•    Adobe AIR Developers
•    PureMVC Developers
•    WebORB Users' Group
•    Adobe Flash Platform Developers
•    Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
•    RIA Developers
•    Flash Coders
•    Adobe Flex Group
•    Google Web Toolkit Alliance
•    Adobe RIA Group - for developers and fans of Flex and AIR
•    Cairngorm Developers
•    Friends of Viximo

Brian Riley’s Honors:

MITX Award for Best User Experience :: L.L.Bean Winter Outerwear Guide, IBM Centers for Solution Innovation :: Boston, 2006 -- http://www.mitxawards.org/winners_circle/awards_winners_2006.aspx

MITX Award for Consumer Goods :: L.L.Bean Winter Outerwear Guide, IBM Centers for Solution Innovation :: Boston, 2006 -- http://www.mitxawards.org/winners_circle/awards_winners_2006.aspx

MITX Award for Manufacturing :: Segway Launch Site, IBM Centers for Solution Innovation :: Boston, 2002 -- http://www.mitxawards.org/winners_circle/awards_winners_2002.aspx

Macromedia Site of the Day: Sites that Inspire :: Segway Launch Site, IBM Centers for Solution Innovation :: Boston, 2002 -- http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/february2002/inspiration.html

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