Software Architect & Developer
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
- Past
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- Senior Software Developer at Company Confidential
- Director, Windows Development at Hostway Corporation/Affinity Internet, Inc.
- Developer III at NTT/VERIO
- Senior Software Engineer at SoftMountain, Inc.
- Consultant at JM Family Enterprises
- Consultant at PartsBase.com
- Consultant at JTech Communications, Inc.
- Consultant at Fusive.com
- Consultant at Alpine Engineered Products
- Consultant at Registry Magic
- Consultant at Computer Concepts Corporation
- Software Engineer at Computer Associates
- Software Engineer (Internship) at Canon U.S.A.
- System Administrator at SUNY Stony Brook Health Sciences Center
- Education
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- University of Phoenix
- State University of New York at Stony Brook
- University of Florida
- Coral Springs High School
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Mark Richman’s Summary
MARK RICHMAN is a technology and business visionary with management and hands-on experience in both large and small organizations. Strong record of success in creating robust IT architectures and infrastructures. Proven ability to bring the benefits of IT to solve business issues while managing costs and risks. Mark is a practitioner of agile software development and is a recognized expert in the field of web services. As a technology writer, Mark has co-authored the book Professional XML Web Services, and published several articles for XML Journal and Web Services Journal.
Mark lives with his wife, Tracey, in Parkland, FL. When not managing projects and writing code, Mark enjoys playing and writing music and taking aerial photographs. Mark has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, and a master's degree in Business Administration, with a specialization in Technology Management. To learn more about Mark and his ideas on software development, business, technology, and life, visit his website at http://markrichman.com or email him at mark@markrichman.com.
Mark Richman’s Specialties:
• Web Services - SOAP, WS-*, and REST
• Ruby on Rails
• SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
• XHTML/CSS
• Microsoft C# .NET
• Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 & 7.0
• Visual Studio 2005 & 2008
• Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
• ASP.NET 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0
• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• SQL Server 2000 & 2005
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• Apache Axis
• PHP 4 and 5 on Linux with NuSOAP
Mark Richman’s Experience
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Senior Software Developer
Company Confidential
(Financial Services industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year)
Responsible for software architecture, development, datacenter operations, and information security for investment banking IT systems.
• Architect and implement secure web hosting and delivery platform for 401(k) to IRA and annuity rollover systems.
• Overall datacenter operations in a highly secure mission critical environment
• Information security responsibilities include software and hardware architecture, network security, compliance, auditing, and policy writing.
• Software development in a heterogeneous environment utilizing Microsoft ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, and Linux platforms.
• Database architecture and performance tuning resulted in increased performance, stability, and security and decreased hardware reinvestment.
• Reduced development time by 50% on key projects by refactoring and applying modern web standards and methodologies such as XHTML and CSS.
• Skills: C#, ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation, SQL Server, Linux -
Director, Windows Development
Hostway Corporation/Affinity Internet, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 8 months)
As Director, Windows Development for Hostway Corporation, Mark was responsible for Product Management and Development for Windows-based web hosting products and services.
• Worked closely with Executive Management, Business Development, Marketing , Customer Care, Operations and Engineering on Microsoft-related business decisions.
• Managed a $2 Million portfolio of products and services.
• Drove a team of developers, architects, system engineers, and system administrators.
• Served as Project Manager for key strategic initiatives.
• Architected and developed industry-leading Windows web hosting platform.
• Implemented Agile Methods across a development department.
• Advised Executive Management on industry trends, and provide thought leadership on corporate technology strategy. -
Developer III
NTT/VERIO
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
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Senior Software Engineer
SoftMountain, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
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Consultant
JM Family Enterprises
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
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Consultant
PartsBase.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
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Consultant
JTech Communications, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
November 1999 — March 2000 (5 months)
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Consultant
Fusive.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1998 — September 1999 (10 months)
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Consultant
Alpine Engineered Products
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
September 1998 — December 1998 (4 months)
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Consultant
Registry Magic
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1998 — September 1998 (7 months)
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Consultant
Computer Concepts Corporation
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; DIRI; Computer Software industry)
August 1997 — March 1998 (8 months)
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Software Engineer
Computer Associates
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 1997 — August 1997 (7 months)
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Software Engineer (Internship)
Canon U.S.A.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
June 1996 — August 1996 (3 months)
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System Administrator
SUNY Stony Brook Health Sciences Center
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1995 — June 1996 (10 months)
Mark Richman’s Education
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University of Phoenix
MBA , Technology Management , 2004 — 2006
Summa Cum Laude
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State University of New York at Stony Brook
BS , Computer Science , 1993 — 1996
- Activities and Societies:
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University of Florida
1992 — 1993
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Coral Springs High School
1988 — 1992
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Publications:
2004 Article: "Collection Serialization in ASP.NET Web Services"
http://markrichman.com/publications.html#article2
2001 Book: Professional XML Web Services
Published by Wrox Press, Ltd. (October 2001)
ISBN 1861005091
2001 Article: "Web Services Security Using Pluggable Providers"
http://markrichman.com/publications.html#article1
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