Mike Desjardins

Current

• Principal at Ceres Logic LLC

Past

• Senior Java Developer at TotalMusic, LLC
• Senior Software Developer at BlueTarp Financial, Inc.
• Senior Software Engineering Manager at Boston Communications Group, Inc

• Firmware Design Engineer at Quantum Corporation
• Software Quality Assurance Developer (Co-op) at Digital Equipment Corporation

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Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Jay High School

Recommended

7 people have recommended Mike

Connections

180 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• http://mikedesjardins.us

Mike Desjardins’s Summary

Java/JEE (UI, Web Services, REST, SOAP), JRuby, Rails, SQL, and C++ developer and architect with 14 years experience.

I design and build web services and web-based user interfaces for the mobile, credit services, and online music industries.

Currently working with the following technologies: JRuby, Rails, ActiveRecord, Java, JEE, JBoss, Spring (MVC and IoC), Hibernate, JPA, Lucene, Tomcat, JMeter, Tapestry, Stripes, JSP, JEE, Python, Django, Wordpress, XUL, SQL

Mike Desjardins’s Specialties:

Web Services, ORM, Database Design, Web UI Design, SOA, Business Analysis, Billing, Payment, Credit, Transaction Processing, Wireless Telecommunications, Online Media

Mike Desjardins’s Experience

• Principal

  Ceres Logic LLC

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  Independent software developer with over 14 years of experience in the Mobile, Credit Services, and Online Music industries. My primary areas of expertise are Java, Web Services (REST and SOAP), Hibernate, and Database Design. I also have experience working with SQL, C++, Python, XUL, Javascript, and Web UI design.

• Senior Java Developer

  TotalMusic, LLC

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  August 2008 — February 2009 (7 months)

  Developed web services that allowed API users to search and query music catalog metadata. Created proxy servers to enhance the advertising capabilities of the online music service. The following technologies were used to implement these services: Spring (IoC container and MVC), EJB3 (Remoting and JPA), Hibernate, Lucene, FreeMarker, and JBoss.

• Senior Software Developer

  BlueTarp Financial, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  June 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  Enterprise Java and SQL Developer.

• Senior Software Engineering Manager

  Boston Communications Group, Inc

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; BCGI; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2000 — June 2007 (7 years 3 months)

  Architecting a major re-design of current billing and customer care product, creating J2EE web services API for an existing legacy subscriber management system used in the Wireless Telecommunications industry.

• Firmware Design Engineer

  Quantum Corporation

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; QNTM; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1997 — April 2000 (3 years 4 months)

  Co-Developed embedded servo-control system for server-end SCSI disk drives.

• Software Quality Assurance Developer (Co-op)

  Digital Equipment Corporation

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 4 months)

  Developed automated test suite for Digital's Multia and Printer Driver products.

Additional Information

Mike Desjardins’s Websites:

• http://mikedesjardins.us