Greg Swindle

Current

Sr. Web Technologist at Verizon

Past

Software Developer at Primedium
Web Application Developer at GTE
ESL Instructor at Catholic Charities Diocese of Ft. Worth, Inc.

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Education

The University of Texas at Arlington
Personal Apprenticeship

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

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Greg Swindle’s Summary

I lead a team of five software engineers to gather & analyze customer requirements, design & develop Web browser based e-learning solutions, performance management & improvement applications & competency assessment tools. I also lead development for the Verizon Telecom HR portal, a third-generation, knowledge management system designed to integrate e-learning solutions with the strategic initiatives of Verizon business units & departments. Over 60,000 employees uses these applications daily.

I place great emphasis on usability and quality assurance & have initiated a Usability Task Force & departmental Quality Assurance task force. I'm familiar with SCORM and e-learning development. I introduced and implemented Agile Programming to quickly analyze, design, test, program & deploy systems quickly per customer requirements based on solid OOP principles, practices & design patterns.

Greg Swindle’s Specialties:

AJAX, ASP.NET, CSS, DHTML, Domain driven design, Full software project lifecycle, GUI Design, HTML, JSP, Java, Javascript, OOP, PHP, Python, Relational database design & development, Servlets, Software Configuration Management (Souce control, Continuous Integration with Unit testing), UML, XML

Greg Swindle’s Experience

Sr. Web Technologist

Verizon

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)
Software Developer

Primedium

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1999 — March 2000 (5 months)

Co-developed an e-commerce site with a small startup at the height of the DotCom boom.
Web Application Developer

GTE

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GTE; Telecommunications industry)

June 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 7 months)

Web application developer for training and HR systems.
ESL Instructor

Catholic Charities Diocese of Ft. Worth, Inc.

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

April 1993 — December 1998 (5 years 9 months)

Designed curricula & lesson plans, as well as taught competency-based ESL (English as a Second Language) to Vietnamese, Bosnian, Somali & Iranian refugees.

Greg Swindle’s Education

The University of Texas at Arlington

B.S. , Linguistics, Biology & Chemistry , 1989 — 1999
Personal Apprenticeship

None , Five Element Acupuncture , 1993 — 1995

Studied Five Element Acupuncture with a Physicians Assistant.