President, Houston Java Users Group (www.hjug.org), Technical Architect at Triple Point Technology
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- Technical Architect at Triple Point Technology
- Technical Architect at ROME Corporation
- President at Houston Java Users Group (www.hjug.org)
- Past
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- Jr. Software Developer at PROS Pricing
- Software Developer at MultiplePath Communications
- Software Engineer at Interactive Network Technologies
- Contract Software Developer and SCM Implementer at NCH Enterprises (Shell Oil Company)
- ClearCase & Rational Tools Admin at Texas A&M University Computer Science Department
- Volunteer Teacher and Systems Administrator at St. Francis School, Lumberton NM
- Programmer/Analyst Intern at Fitiri
- Programmer/Analyst Intern at Tenaid Technologies
- Education
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- Texas A&M University
- Texas A&M University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Jim Bethancourt’s Summary
Java software developer
Jim Bethancourt’s Specialties:
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect 5 (SCEA) certified
Sun Certified Java 5 Programmer (SCJP) certified
Jim Bethancourt’s Experience
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Technical Architect
Triple Point Technology
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2008 — Present (4 months)
• Managing and enhancing jBPM workflow library for use by customers
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Technical Architect
ROME Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
• Integrating ROME's flagship Credit Risk Management product into customer's IT systems, using Spring, Hibernate, Struts, JSP, and SQL
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President
Houston Java Users Group (www.hjug.org)
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Organize the Houston Java User Group monthly meetings by getting both speakers and meeting sponsors.
We have over 500 members on the mailing list and a healthy turnout at our meetings. Contact me if you would like to speak at or sponsor one of our meetings!
Find out more about the HJUG at www.hjug.org -
Jr. Software Developer
PROS Pricing
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; PRO; Computer Software industry)
August 2006 — February 2007 (7 months)
• Pinpointed critical Adobe Flex Chart UI scaling bugs
• Evaluated caching solutions (Tangosol and Apache JCS) for potential incorporation into the PROS product stack
• Enhanced internal XML-based data structure used across entire company product line
• Enabled CORBA-based server federations to use different amounts of compute capacity -
Software Developer
MultiplePath Communications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — August 2006 (7 months)
Migrated VB6 code to Java
Wrote SWT/JFace apps -
Software Engineer
Interactive Network Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2005 — September 2005 (2 months)
• Enhanced Java Swing color editor used across company’s seismic data visualization toolkit
• Merged multiple color file formats into one using test-driven development and the Adapter pattern for the same Java-based color editor -
Contract Software Developer and SCM Implementer
NCH Enterprises (Shell Oil Company)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2004 — August 2005 (1 year)
• Architected and wrote laboratory experiment analysis and result tracking software with the .NET framework using VB.NET, SQL 2000, ADO.NET, the NANT build scripting tool and NUnit testing tool
• Migrated an Excel and Crystal Ball-based offshore drilling cost estimation tool to MS Access using MS Access forms, SQL and VBA by reverse engineering the original application, debugging and migrating data from Excel into Access, and writing lognormal statistical functions to replace Crystal Ball
• Deployed and trained coworkers to effectively use Visual Source Safe
• Placed all major company developed software assets under source control
• Migrated SQL 2000 dynamic SQL view-based linked server Oracle queries to DTS Packages, optimizing queries and enhancing data used to quickly and reliably deliver updated data to a Spotfire-based offshore well tracking application
• Migrated a horizontal drilling simulation program from VB6 to VB.NET -
ClearCase & Rational Tools Admin
Texas A&M University Computer Science Department
(Educational Institution; Computer Software industry)
January 2004 — August 2004 (8 months)
• Administered and trained students in ClearCase, ClearQuest, and RequisitePro
• Designed and managed Active Directory permissions and groups to enable seamless ClearCase use in Windows 2000
• Performed ClearCase production troubleshooting with IBM Rational technical support when production issues were encountered
• Overcame ClearCase deployment issues by troubleshooting and cooperating with IBM Rational technical support for over 50 hours
• Wrote end-user and administrator documentation for students and colleagues -
Volunteer Teacher and Systems Administrator
St. Francis School, Lumberton NM
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
July 2002 — May 2003 (11 months)
• Earned AmeriCorps grant as full-time volunteer serving the Jicarilla Apache Nation
• Operated and improved the school-wide computer network by deploying networked computers in every classroom and troubleshooting problems when they developed
• Taught weekly computer literacy classes to 100 students in grades K – 8 -
Programmer/Analyst Intern
Fitiri
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2002 — June 2002 (2 months)
• Developed server software for a lightweight 802.11b wireless networking ad-hoc service discovery framework in C#, utilizing design patterns, Rational XDE for Visual Studio.NET and the RUP
• Researched possible competition to the service discovery framework to evaluate feasibility of product development -
Programmer/Analyst Intern
Tenaid Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)
• Developed a software project tracking web application from proof of concept to the development stage using SQL 2000, ASP, and VBScript
• Performed UI verification and validation on the company’s flagship web content management product
Jim Bethancourt’s Education
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Texas A&M University
Postbaccalaureate Studies, Computer Science, August 2003 — May 2004
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Texas A&M University
BS, Computer Science, August 1998 — May 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- President of the Texas A&M Computing Society from 2000 - 2002
Additional Information
Jim Bethancourt’s Websites:
Jim Bethancourt’s Groups:
ACM, IEEE\CS, HJUG, St. Laurence Parish Sugar Land TX, Texas A&M
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Houston Java Users Group -
SCJP - Sun Certified Java Programmer -
SUN Certified java professionals -
Houston Techfest 2008
Jim Bethancourt’s Contact Settings
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