Joshua Arnold

Current

Systems Architect at Proace Technology Services

Past

Director at Revolutionary Networks
Security Developer at IBM
Project Manager/Architect at IBM and Neumont University

Intern at Novell
Senior Web Developer at DesertGate Internet
Senior Web Developer/System Administrator at Bridge Academy Charter High School

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Education

Neumont University

Recommended

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Connections

127 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

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Joshua Arnold’s Summary

Software Architect and Project Manager in a variety of industries and technologies. Interested in Software Architecture, requirements gathering, business analysis, design patterns, code generation, information and data modeling using Object Role Modeling (ORM), and model-driven development.

Particularly interested in streamlining development processes with various development methodologies (e.g. agile, scrum), technologies, and development strategies (e.g. model-driven development and code generation).

Technology enthusiast with strong presentation skills. Advocate of the importance of team integration and skilled in team building exercises, conflict resolution, and management of group dynamics.

Joshua Arnold’s Specialties:

ASP.NET, C# .NET 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.5, VB.NET, JavaScript, PHP 4-6, AJAX, XML, XSD, XSLT, Web Services, Java

Object Role Modeling (ORM), UML, Hibernate, J2SE, J2EE, REST

Visual Studio, Eclipse, Rational Application Developer (RAD), MS SQL Server, MySQL

Enterprise Architecture, Design Patterns, n-tier Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Object Oriented Design

Group Dynamic/Conflict Management, Collaboration, Public Speaking, Project Management

Joshua Arnold’s Experience

Systems Architect

Proace Technology Services

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Contributes to the strategy of engineering processes with a focus on discovery and architecture. Actively involved in the discovery phase of new projects leading the requirements gathering and analysis and information modeling phases.

Serves as a the primary architect on the majority of projects and fills the role of project manager as needed. Also serves as a major technical resource to others in the company.
Director

Revolutionary Networks

(Computer Software industry)

March 2006 — November 2009 (3 years 9 months)

Formed an external development team while attending Neumont University whose primary goal is to further each other's skills and experience.

Manage the development of technology solutions to address the business needs of clients in a variety of industries. Provide leadership and vision for the organization as Director and serve as the primary Project Manager and Technical Leader for the majority of projects.
Security Developer

IBM

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

July 2007 — November 2007 (5 months)

Investigated problem scenarios and created solutions for defects and vulnerabilities within security components of the WebSphere Application Server.
Project Manager/Architect

IBM and Neumont University

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

April 2007 — June 2007 (3 months)

Led a team of four developers in the creation of an internal web-based application to track IBM employee certification portfolios. Conceptualized the design of a new database and architected a solution utilizing two open-source frameworks: Spring and Hibernate.

Created algorithms to build directed graph structures utilizing Transitive Closure with Java and SQL.
Intern

Novell

(Public Company; NOVL; Computer Software industry)

January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)

Participated in a temporary remote/on-site internship with Novell while attending Neumont University.

Web Application Service Development with a focus on internal system integration. Tested existing web applications and handled bugs reported by customers. Developed additional features for existing web applications to meet the needs of the customers.
Senior Web Developer

DesertGate Internet

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

June 2004 — June 2006 (2 years 1 month)

Planned, organized, architected, and produced a web-based intranet application to manage the operations of an Internet Service Provider. Completed the beta version in the winter of 2004 and provided maintenance until February of 2006.

Re-modeled the business processes after changes took place and created a new solution to streamline efficiency and automate processes starting in the winter of 2005 and released the final product in June of 2006. The application is still currently supported.
Senior Web Developer/System Administrator

Bridge Academy Charter High School

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

November 2002 — June 2006 (3 years 8 months)

Designed, setup, and maintained a network for a small high school, and managed the ordering of all equipment and keeping track of inventory.

Designed, developed, and maintained a content management system to help students keep track of classes, assignments, projects, project tasks, and an extensible blogging application to allow the students to communicate their ideas with each other. Provided administrators with a section of the application to watch students’ progress and dynamically generate report cards.

Joshua Arnold’s Education

Neumont University

BS , Computer Science , 2005 — 2007

Activities and Societies:

Vice President Student Government, Director of Revolutionary Networks

Additional Information

Joshua Arnold’s Websites:

My Portfolio

Joshua Arnold’s Interests:

Project Management, Software Architecture, Object Role Modeling, Business Process Modeling, Model-Driven Development, Code-Generation, Snowboarding, Creative Writing, Music