Laran Evans

Current

Programmer/Analyst Specialist at Cornell University
President & Principal Developer at Evans Codeworks Inc.
Lead Developer at Cornell University (Kuali Project)

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Past

Developer/DBA at Cornell University (Kuali Project)
Senior Programmer/Analyst at Cornell University Division of Financial Affairs
Freelance Web Developer (Sole Proprietorship)

Java Software Engineer/Team Lead at Azurn Networks

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Education

Cornell University
Boston University

Recommended

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Connections

124 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Laran Evans’s Summary

Evans Codeworks is about enabling business. We do three things.

First, we enable you to operate more efficiently by streamlining your business processes and operating procedures through integration and automation.

Second, we enable improved business intelligence and organizational capabilities through responsive and reliable information systems.

And third, we provide you with additional capacity, giving you the resources you need to grow.

Laran Evans’s Specialties:

information systems, SaaS, software development, Web services, development of reliable, secure, high-performance software systems

Laran Evans’s Experience

Programmer/Analyst Specialist

Cornell University

(Higher Education industry)

Currently holds this position
President & Principal Developer

Evans Codeworks Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

Evans Codeworks builds software systems for competitive information-based business. The systems we build make smart people into powerhouses and solidify intellectual property into platforms for growth.
Lead Developer

Cornell University (Kuali Project)

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

- Leading a distributed team of 4 developers (2 in Hawaii, 2 in Ithaca).
- Coordinating and leading technical analysis, design and development process.
- Refactored a set of 2,472 JUnit tests to improve quality assurance framework.
Developer/DBA

Cornell University (Kuali Project)

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

March 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 7 months)

- Developer/DBA for a 785 table Oracle 10g database.
- Migrated General Ledger nightly batch processes from COBOL to Java.
- Developed user interface and transaction processing system using Struts & OJB (Apache).
Senior Programmer/Analyst

Cornell University Division of Financial Affairs

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

June 2004 — March 2005 (10 months)

- Technical leadership of 5 member development team.
- Migrated all financial applications from JRun4 to WebLogic 8.1.
- Developed new build system utilizing Ant.
- Significant performance tuning.
Freelance Web Developer
Sole Proprietorship

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

June 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 1 month)

- PHP/MySQL development for clients throughout the United States.
- Projects typically about 6 weeks in length and $5K - $15K.
Java Software Engineer/Team Lead

Azurn Networks

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)

April 2001 — July 2002 (1 year 4 months)

- Developed core XML processing platform.
- Developed an IO protocol to handle multi-modal (voice, video and data) conferencing.
- Developed an HTTP server for delivering customized content based on configurable device profiles.

Laran Evans’s Education

Cornell University

Master of Engineering , Computer Science , 2004 — 2007

Research Projects:

Power-aware service replication in wireless sensor networks.
Advisor: Dr. Robbert Van Renesse.

Toolkit for Analyzing Web Graphs: A toolkit to enable analysis of the evolution of the link structure of the Internet. Advisor: Dr. William Arms
Boston University

Bachelor of Arts , Biology , 1996 — 1999

Research Publications: Disease resistance: a benefit of sociality in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis (Isoptera: Termopsidae)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/dhy15htk5hgbvpxd/

Activities and Societies:

Boston University Men's Crew
http://goterriers.cstv.com/sports/m-crew/bost-m-crew-body.html

Additional Information

Laran Evans’s Websites:

Laran Evans’s Groups:

High Tech Club@JGSM
Cornell University Alumni Network
Information Security Community
Consultants Network
Cornell University Alumni and Faculty Network
Engineering @ Cornell University
CIO Forum
Technology Outsourcing– Professionals/ Software Developers/ Freelancers/ Programmers/ Entrepreneurs
Cornell University Job Connection
SaaS Network
Cornell Computer Science Alumni
Cloud Computing - SaaS
Ivy League Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
Ivy Referral Network (IRN)
Cornell Referral Network (CoRN)
SaaS (Software as a Service) Networkers
IRN-International
Ivy League Global Business Incubator
IVY GROUPS - The Professional Network for Ivy League Alumni
IVY GROUPS: Computer, Internet & Telecommunications
IVY GROUPS: Management Consulting & Professional Services
Boston University Crew Alumni
Cornell M. Eng Alumni
Kuali
IRN-NYC