Consultant, Author, Technical Lead at Cyrus Innovation
Greater Boston Area
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- Technical Lead at Cyrus Innovation
- Consultant at Steve Berczuk and Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
- Contributor/Writer at CM Crossroads
- Past
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- Sr Software Engineer at Aveksa
- Senior Software Engineer at Fast Search & Transfer
- Sr Software Engineer at Iron Mountain
- Developer (Contract) at Perceptive Informatics
- Consultant at Aliaswire
- Software Developer at Skyva
- Developer at Skyva International
- Principal Software Engineer at iPhrase Technologies
- Senior Software Development Engineer at Verbind
- Senior Software Engineer at NetSuite Development Corporation
- Senior Software Engineer at Biztravel.com
- Senior Software Engineer at Corechange, Inc.
- Senior Systems Engineer at Optimax Systems Inc (now I2 Technologies)
- Software Tools Engineer at MIT Center for Space Research
- Software Engineer at Eastman Kodak Boston Technology Center
- Education
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- Stanford
- MIT
- Stuyvesant HS
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Steve Berczuk’s Summary
Expert in agile software development and release management with experience delivering enterprise applications through multiple release cycles. Skilled at leading teams, mentoring team members, developing architecture, design, and requirements, and establishing lightweight software configuration management and release processes to enable organizations to build stable products quickly. Author of Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration (Addison-Wesley ) I do contract software development and coaching, and consulting on development, design, and SCM Process issues.
Steve Berczuk’s Specialties:
Java and J2EE development, Software Configuration Management and Process Improvement, Agile Software Development. Certified ScrumMaster.
Steve Berczuk’s Experience
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Technical Lead
Cyrus Innovation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — Present (5 months)
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Consultant
Steve Berczuk and Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — Present (5 years 5 months)
Give training classes and provide consultation on teamwork, configuration management related issues
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Contributor/Writer
CM Crossroads
(Computer Software industry)
2003 — Present (5 years)
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Sr Software Engineer
Aveksa
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)
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Senior Software Engineer
Fast Search & Transfer
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Technical lead and ScrumMaster for search applications team.
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Sr Software Engineer
Iron Mountain
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IRM; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Develop software for Digital Archive products.
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Developer (Contract)
Perceptive Informatics
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2004 — June 2004 (5 months)
Part of a 3 person team developing an interface to configure the database for an IVR system for clinical trials. Developed in Java using J2EE technologies, including Struts and Tiles using an iterative/agile approach with weekly releases.
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Consultant
Aliaswire
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2003 — January 2004 (6 months)
Developed software and managed projects for a telephone and web based bill presentment and payment system using Java, J2EE technologies, Tomcat Servlet engine and the Eclipse IDE.· Led the development of the telephone (VXML) interface to the bill payment application. Managed a 3 person core team. Maintained and extended VXML for a voice application under development, including quickly understanding an existing code base.· Developed and introduced a testing infrastructure for the voice and web applications using Cactus, StrutsTestCase,JUnit,, XMLUnit,and HTTPUnit).· Developed components to implement a bill payment system with a web and telephone interface. Code was written using Java, J2EE technologies (JSP, Taglibs), Jakarta Struts, VXML. The work included implementing interfaces to an Oracle database and an XML over HTTP web service interface. I led the effort to incorporate Struts into the application.
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Software Developer
Skyva
(Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
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Developer
Skyva International
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 3 months)
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Principal Software Engineer
iPhrase Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2000 — May 2001 (8 months)
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Senior Software Development Engineer
Verbind
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 4 months)
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Senior Software Engineer
NetSuite Development Corporation
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
October 1998 — July 1999 (10 months)
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Senior Software Engineer
Biztravel.com
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
April 1998 — September 1998 (6 months)
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Senior Software Engineer
Corechange, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 4 months)
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Senior Systems Engineer
Optimax Systems Inc (now I2 Technologies)
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
February 1996 — December 1996 (11 months)
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Software Tools Engineer
MIT Center for Space Research
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
June 1992 — January 1996 (3 years 8 months)
Designed and implemented software to monitor scientific instruments, and analyze scientific data for the Rossi-XTE satellite.
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Software Engineer
Eastman Kodak Boston Technology Center
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
May 1990 — February 1992 (1 year 10 months)
Steve Berczuk’s Education
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Stanford
MS, Operations Research, September 1987 — June 1988
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MIT
SB, Electrical Engineering, September 1983 — June 1987
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Stuyvesant HS
September 1979 — June 1983
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Steve Berczuk’s Groups:
ACM, IEEE, Agile Alliance, Boston SPIN
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