Dynamic IT Professional; Information Technology and Services Consultant
Richmond, Virginia Area
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- Consultant at Willowtree Consulting Group
- Consultant at Strategy Cafe
- Consultant at Terralien, Inc.
- Sr. Solutions Engineer at Juicy Parts Software (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Consultant at Digital Gaslight, Inc.
- Consultant at Dang Development, LLC
- Sr. Consultant at Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group
- Sr. Software Developer at Shaw Systems Associates, Inc.
- Sr. Software Consultant at CG Technology
- Sr. Software Engineer at Millipore Corporation
- Sr. Software Engineer at RWD Technologies, Inc
- IT Consultant at Stopka & Associates
- Sr. Software Engineer at RWD Technologies, Inc
- IT Consultant at Stopka & Associates
- Sr. Developer at Experient Technologies
- Sr. Solutions Engineer at Amentra (formerly Distributed Objex)
- Systems Consultant at Compuware Corporation
- Software Engineer at GSC Mobile Solutions (formerly Gateway Sys. Corp.)
- Sgt, NCOIC Battalion S4, 8th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division at US Army
- Education
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- J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Mott Community College
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Mel Riffe’s Summary
IT Professional with expertise in software engineering and solutions development. With over 15 years experience developing software for Sales Force, Financial, Distance Learning and Biotechnology Industries as Product Developer and IT Consultant. Experienced team player with customer service focus and sound judgment. Proven success supervising the entire application lifecycle: user requirements, design, development, data conversion, quality assurance, rollout and support. Proficient in solving complex problems using state-of-the-art object-oriented technology. Responsible go-getter who ensures quality solutions. Strong interpersonal and communications skills. Motivated by assisting others. Quick learner. Good-natured with a can-do, positive attitude.
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Mel Riffe’s Specialties:
Scrum (Certified ScrumMaster)
Lean Software Development
Object-oriented Technology (Smalltalk, Ruby, Java)
Open-source Tools and Technologies
Web applications
Mel Riffe’s Experience
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Consultant
Willowtree Consulting Group
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
TBA
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Consultant
Strategy Cafe
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
TBA
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Consultant
Terralien, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
On-going Ruby on Rails maintenance for clients of Terralien, Inc. Responsible for maintaining and extending existing clients' applications.
Currently supporting a client using a Rails application to run their Tutoring business.
Previously worked on a sports-based social networking site and a site providing job search resources for doctorate holders, and a site for managing a homeschooling methodology. -
Sr. Solutions Engineer
Juicy Parts Software (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
March 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)
Create elegant and resilient software solutions through the use of state-of-the-art object technology, software development best practices, test-driven development, behavior-driven development, Scrum development methodology, and open and honest communication. Currently focused on Ruby technology and the development of Rails web applications.
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Consultant
Digital Gaslight, Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)
With a focus on sound solutions based on Computer Science I provided assistance, guidance, and expertise on the all aspects of the software life-cycle.
PHP development and maintenance for a client of Digital Gaslight, Inc. Supported the Marketing department of a local phone company through the development and maintenance of their website and supporting applications using PHP.
Worked on a team to develop a web-based Human Resources application focusing on managing an organizations Roles and Levels. Utilized PHP, accessing an Oracle database. -
Consultant
Dang Development, LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)
Continued development of a Rails-based application for the Tibetan & Himalayan Library of the University of Virginia. Principal developer responsible for full software development life-cycle. Utilizing Ruby on Rails, accessing a PostGIS database; PostGIS is a PostgreSQL database with geospatial extensions.
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Sr. Consultant
Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2007 — March 2008 (4 months)
Managing Consultant responsible for providing Project Management over site on several Testing Services Only projects; provide WebServices expertise on a per-initiative basis; provide WebServices testing expertise and assist in setting team standards.
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Sr. Software Developer
Shaw Systems Associates, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
May 2007 — November 2007 (7 months)
Build Infrastruce Developer; Responsible for increasing developer productivity by streamlining and improving current build process and tools. Enhance installation and deployment capabilities through the use of various tools and techniques.
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Sr. Software Consultant
CG Technology
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Services industry)
September 2006 — May 2007 (9 months)
Assignment: Shaw Systems Associates, Inc; Build Infrastructure Developer; Responsible for increasing developer productivity by streamlining and improving current build process and tools. Enhance installation and deployment capabilities through the use of various tools and techniques.
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Sr. Software Engineer
Millipore Corporation
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MIL; Biotechnology industry)
August 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 2 months)
Certified ScrumMaster and Sr. Java developer responsible for supporting Laboratory Infomation Management System for a Drug Discovery lab located in Dundee, UK. Established development environment and procedures utilizing Scrum Development Methodology, Eclipse, Maven, CruiseControl, CVS, FishEye, Jira, and Confluence. Responsible for introducing organization to Ruby, Rails, Subversion and Linux with the development of a Rails web application.
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Sr. Software Engineer
RWD Technologies, Inc
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; RWD; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 4 months)
Asked to continue work started while at RWD Technologies; responsible for maintaining and enhancing web-based, distance learning application.
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IT Consultant
Stopka & Associates
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Various assignments; helped a large financial institution enhance a customer-facing, account management web site; enhanced custom scripting tool for customer call center.
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Sr. Software Engineer
RWD Technologies, Inc
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; RWD; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — May 2002 (9 months)
Asked to continue work started while at Experient Technologies; responsible for maintaining and enhancing web-based, distance learning application.
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IT Consultant
Stopka & Associates
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2001 — September 2001 (6 months)
Worked closely with M&A department of a large financial institution to develop a mini-solicitation tracking application
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Sr. Developer
Experient Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2000 — April 2001 (5 months)
Ported Windows-based offline content reader to Windows CE platform; maintained and extended web-based, distance learning application.
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Sr. Solutions Engineer
Amentra (formerly Distributed Objex)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2000 — December 2000 (9 months)
Business Process Consultant responsible for implementing the Rational Unified Process (RUP) for a development organization creating software for the mortgage industry.
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Systems Consultant
Compuware Corporation
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1997 — April 2000 (2 years 9 months)
Various Assignments; Y2K Analysis of Smalltalk applications, Maintained and extended Smalltalk data-entry application, developed C++ Voice-Response-Unit applications for financial institution, developed C++ ODBC object-wrapper for VB data analysis and test data generation tool
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Software Engineer
GSC Mobile Solutions (formerly Gateway Sys. Corp.)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1993 — August 1997 (4 years 1 month)
Developed Sales Force Automation software product using Digitalk's Visual Smalltalk Enterprise.
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Sgt, NCOIC Battalion S4, 8th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division
US Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USA; Military industry)
August 1985 — August 1989 (4 years 1 month)
I'll need to fill this out later. Information on the 8th can be found here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/8eng.htm
The title listed was my title upon leaving the Army.
My first two years were spent in Germany where I was in the 12th Engineer Battalion, 8th Infantry Division (Mech). I was the APC driver for my Squad, 3d Platoon, Company C.
Mel Riffe’s Education
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J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Associate of Applied Arts Degree in Music , Music , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
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Mott Community College
Computer Applications Technician and Electronics Technology 1992 — 1993
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Mel Riffe’s Interests:
smalltalk, ruby, rails, java, technology, software, programming, scrum, agile, learning, reading
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