Senior Solutions Architect at iTKO, Inc.
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Senior Solutions Architect at iTKO, Inc.
- Past
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- Senior Implementation Specialist, Western Americas at Agitar Software
- C# .NET Consultant at Countrywide Financial
- J2EE Web Services Architect Consultant at Bank of America
- J2EE Consultant at North Texas Tollway Authority
- J2EE Consultant at T-Mobile HotSpot
- J2EE Architect Consultant at Multiple Clients
- Education
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Mike Gavaghan’s Summary
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer and Sun Certified Java Architect with 15 years of experience in multi-platform environments. Expertise at building large, customer facing applications with the goals of reducing development risks and minimizing long term maintenance costs. Specialties include fat client development, service oriented architectures, Web services, open source technology, and mentoring of team members.
Mike Gavaghan’s Specialties:
Software Architecture, Design, and Development
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Windows Forms
Java, J2EE, Hibernate, Spring Framework
Mike Gavaghan’s Experience
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Senior Solutions Architect
iTKO, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
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Senior Implementation Specialist, Western Americas
Agitar Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)
Client-facing, senior technical consultant on sales team responsible for product deployment and customer training including classroom-style instruction and hands-on mentoring. Agitar’s products enable faster, more effective Java developer testing as well as auto-generation of JUnit tests to protect legacy Java code from regressions and promote a more agile development environment.
Primary responsibility was driving continued post-sales revenue from Agitar’s subscription-based products by ensuring customer success through professional services. Training and coaching were provided on-site and via WebEx. Also tasked with motivating internal customer champions and identifying additional sales opportunities within existing clients.
Highly regarded by all customers, both domestic and international, for effective speaking and training skills as well as technical expertise and thoroughness in troubleshooting issues with customer’s use of tools and the customer’s own J2EE code. -
C# .NET Consultant
Countrywide Financial
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
March 2007 — September 2007 (7 months)
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J2EE Web Services Architect Consultant
Bank of America
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAC; Banking industry)
April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year)
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J2EE Consultant
North Texas Tollway Authority
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Government Administration industry)
May 2005 — April 2006 (1 year)
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J2EE Consultant
T-Mobile HotSpot
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)
May 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 11 months)
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J2EE Architect Consultant
Multiple Clients
(Computer Software industry)
June 2000 — May 2003 (3 years)
Mike Gavaghan’s Education
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
BS , Mechanical Engineering , 1988 — 1992
Additional Information
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iTKO LISA-Heads -
Agitar Alum
Mike Gavaghan’s Honors:
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer for
Windows Client Development (June 2007)
MCP ID: 5535182
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (March 2001)
Sun Certified Web Component Developer (April 2002)
Sun Certified Developer (April 2000)
Sun Certified Programmer (January 2000)
Mike Gavaghan’s Contact Settings
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