Steve Berczuk

Current

Engineer at Humedica
Consultant at Steve Berczuk and Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
Contributor/Writer at CM Crossroads

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Past

Technical Lead at Cyrus Innovation
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

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Education

Stanford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stuyvesant High School

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

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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, and have been very successful in helping teams be more effective by through process improvements and technical leadership.

Steve Berczuk’s Specialties:

Java and J2EE development, Software Configuration Management and Process Improvement, Agile Software Development. Certified ScrumMaster.

Steve Berczuk’s Experience

Engineer

Humedica

(Computer Software industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Consultant
Steve Berczuk and Associates (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)

Give training classes and provide consultation on teamwork, configuration management related issues
Contributor/Writer

CM Crossroads

(Computer Software industry)

2003 — Present (6 years )
Technical Lead

Cyrus Innovation

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

January 2008 — September 2008 (9 months)

Agile project leadership using Scrum and XP, Agile software development, and Agile software development coaching and training.
Sr Software Engineer

Aveksa

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

September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Software Developer

Skyva

(Computer Software industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )
Developer

Skyva International

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

June 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 3 months)
Principal Software Engineer

iPhrase Technologies

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

October 2000 — May 2001 (8 months)
Senior Software Development Engineer

Verbind

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

July 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 4 months)
Senior Software Engineer

NetSuite Development Corporation

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

October 1998 — July 1999 (10 months)
Senior Software Engineer

Biztravel.com

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

April 1998 — September 1998 (6 months)
Senior Software Engineer

Corechange, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 4 months)
Senior Systems Engineer

Optimax Systems Inc (now I2 Technologies)

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

February 1996 — December 1996 (11 months)
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.
Software Engineer

Eastman Kodak Boston Technology Center

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

May 1990 — February 1992 (1 year 10 months)

Steve Berczuk’s Education

Stanford

MS , Operations Research , September 1987 — June 1988
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SB , Electrical Engineering , 1983 — 1987

Undergraduate Research at the MIT Media Lab.
Stuyvesant High School

Regents Diploma , 1979 — 1983