IT Consultant
Pittsfield, Massachusetts Area
- Current
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- Founder at Übermensch Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Tech Lead / Architect at Overstock.com
- Jr. Database Administrator at Overstock.com
- Software Developer at Overstock.com
- Tele-marketer at Soss, Inc.
- Database Developer at Mentor Financial Group, LLC
- Tele-marketer at M. Michael Pearson & Assoc., Inc.
- Consultant at Lucid Tech Solutions, LLC
- Dorm Consultant at Swarthmore College
- Education
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- Swarthmore College
- Drury High School
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J. McConnell’s Summary
I am currently the Tech Lead / Architect for the Auctions department of Overstock.com. I have been at Overstock for a little over a year. I started as a developer on the Auctions team a week or two after it launched, moved onto a DBA/Developer type of role while heading up development of an external facing API for the B2C side of the business and have recently taken the lead roll. I also continue to lead development of the B2C API.
Prior to coming to Overstock I consulted with various companies in both technical and sales roles. I started down this path as a consultant with Lucid Tech Solutions, LLC while finishing my bachelors.
My career goals are relatively simple: I want to do good work and solve interesting problems. I have a unique interest in utilizing the current state of the art from academia to solve vexing, real-world problems.
J. McConnell’s Specialties:
My commercial experience is mostly in web development, utilizing everything from Java to C/C++ as well as PHP/MySQL. I also have extensive Oracle experience, both with 9i and 10g RAC and have a knack for SQL-tuning. My biggest asset is adaptability and the ability to learn new technologies and languages in a short time frame.
J. McConnell’s Experience
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Founder
Übermensch Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2003 — Present (5 years 6 months)
Business started to provide IT and sales/marketing services to a broad clientelle, currently including Mentor Financial Group, LLC, Soss, Inc. and M. Michael Pearson and Assoc., Inc. Übermensch focuses on keeping current on technology news and developments and offering next generation solutions developed in an intuitive, cost-efficient manner.
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Tech Lead / Architect
Overstock.com
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OSTK; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)
In addition to maintaining some normal development duties, I design both the software and physical architecture of projects. I am also responsible for signing off on the design of projects that my team members are working on and helping with those designs. Additionally, I give technical guidance to my team (7 members) and steer the direction the team takes from an architectural perspective.
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Jr. Database Administrator
Overstock.com
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OSTK; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2005 — January 2006 (6 months)
I moved into this role to provide better DBA support to the Auctions group. It was really a DBA/Developer position where my top priorities were to improve site performance (the database was/is our biggest bottleneck) and sign off on any database schema changes or new queries.
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Software Developer
Overstock.com
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OSTK; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2004 — August 2005 (11 months)
In this position I was responsible for developing projects from design through impementation. While in this role I:
* developed the algorithm used to determine the top 10 auctions in a department
* lead the development of the Trusted Merchant program including our integration with buySAFE, Inc.
* developed a query for quickly determining the relationships between nodes in a social network
* developed a search query that currently is averaging .01 second to return results -
Tele-marketer
Soss, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2004 — August 2004 (6 months)
Provided sales services both via phone and in person at events on big-ticket items in the $5-25K range. The products included a mentorship program, seminar packages and conferences.
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Database Developer
Mentor Financial Group, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)
July 2003 — April 2004 (10 months)
Developed internal web applications using PHP/MySQL.
* Designed and developed a lead-tracking system
* Developed numerous reports
* Performed internal tech support duties related to projects I developed -
Tele-marketer
M. Michael Pearson & Assoc., Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2003 — March 2004 (9 months)
Provided sales services both via phone and in person at events on big-ticket items in the $5-25K range. The products included a mentorship program, seminar packages and conferences.
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Consultant
Lucid Tech Solutions, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Performed a variety of IT-related tasks including:
* website design/development (using HTML/PHP/JSP)
* application design/development (using C/C++)
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Dorm Consultant
Swarthmore College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 11 months)
Provided tech support for students on a variety of platforms (Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 8/9/X, Linux)
J. McConnell’s Education
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Swarthmore College
Bachelors, Computer Science, 1999 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- Varsity Soccer, Sticks & Stones (a cappella), Choir
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Drury High School
1995 — 1999
Additional Information
J. McConnell’s Interests:
Research, new technology, investing, guitar, music, soccer
J. McConnell’s Groups:
ACM, Utah Java Users Group, various LUG's
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Western Massachusetts Developers' Group -
Clojure Users
J. McConnell’s Contact Settings
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