Scott Nicholls

Current

• Principal Software Engineer at Evite
• Owner at Side Street Innovations Inc.

Past

• Sr. Java UI Engineer at LinkedIn
• Senior Services Engineer at OpenLogic
• Practice Consultant at Virtuas Open Source Solutions

• Senior Java Developer at Gunther Douglas
• Software Engineer at U S WEST
• Senior Programmer/Analyst at ARCADIS
• Senior Programmer/Analyst at American Management Systems (AMS)

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Education

• Purdue University

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Industry

Computer Software

Scott Nicholls’s Summary

Over fifteen years of experience in the software development industry. A successful member and leader of project teams involved in all aspects of software development from requirements gathering through to production support. Ten years of experience in Java including server and client-side development. Welcomes the opportunity to explore new technologies. A strong proponent of the use of open source software and what it can bring to the enterprise. Enjoys the opportunity to interface with customers and takes pride in an ability to communicate via written and spoken word.

Scott Nicholls’s Specialties:

Programming/Technologies:
Java, Java EE, EJB, Servlets, Spring MVC, Struts, JSF, XML, JSP, JavaScript, HTML, Swing, Spring, Hibernate, jBPM, Quartz, Drools, JUnit, Maven, Ant, JMS, TIBCO, Ruby on Rails, Groovy

OS - Linux, UNIX, Windows, Mac OS

Databases - MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server

Web/Application Servers - Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, Apache Geronimo, JOnAS, WebSphere, Oracle Application Server

Tools - Eclipse, NetBeans, JBuilder, Subversion, CVS

Scott Nicholls’s Experience

• Principal Software Engineer

  Evite

  (Public Company; IACI; Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

• Owner

  Side Street Innovations Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

• Sr. Java UI Engineer

  LinkedIn

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2008 — November 2008 (8 months)

  Enhanced and supported web frameworks used at LinkedIn as an engineer on the UI Frameworks Team

• Senior Services Engineer

  OpenLogic

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Developed OLEX (OpenLogic Exchange) SaaS website in Ruby on Rails as member of Engineering team
  
  Created rules for OSS Discovery project to expand the library of open source project versions that can be found
  
  Built hosted Maven repository of the OpenLogic certified library of open source projects
  
  Provided technical support for a variety of open source projects, including JBoss, Tomcat, and Apache
  
  Developed custom content of open source projects that could be installed and configured via the Java-based OpenLogic Enterprise (OLE) product

• Practice Consultant

  Virtuas Open Source Solutions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2006 — January 2007 (11 months)

  Provided expertise around Java-based open source technologies in a variety of settings as a Practice Consultant for Virtuas

• Senior Java Developer

  Gunther Douglas

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2000 — March 2006 (5 years 11 months)

  Xcel Energy Contract (May 2001 - March 2006)
  
  Automated critical business processes and integrated energy trading systems in support of the Commercial Enterprises business unit of Xcel
  
  ClientLogic Contract (May 2000 - April 2001)
  
  Member of engineering team that developed Portal360, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) product

• Software Engineer

  U S WEST

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; USW; Telecommunications industry)

  June 1998 — May 2000 (2 years )

  Designed and developed Java-based web applications as engineer and technical lead of 15-member team

• Senior Programmer/Analyst

  ARCADIS

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ARCAF; Environmental Services industry)

  February 1997 — May 1998 (1 year 4 months)

  Maintained and developed systems, reports, and data extracts in support of the HR, Accounting, and Payroll departments for the ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller corporate headquarters

• Senior Programmer/Analyst

  American Management Systems (AMS)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AMSY; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1993 — February 1997 (3 years 9 months)

  Team lead and developer of client/server systems for the Minerals Management Service (MMS)

Scott Nicholls’s Education

• Purdue University

  BS , Industrial Management/Computer Science Option , 1988 — 1993

  Mutual of Omaha Scholar, '91-'92 and '92-'93 School Years