Travis Spencer

Current

• Software Developer at Fiserv

Past

• Software Engineer at Thomson Grass Valley
• Software Developer at Independant Consultant (Self-employed)

Education

• George Fox University
• Portland State University

Connections

66 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Travis Spencer’s Summary

• Passionate and ambitious systems architect and senior software engineer that enjoys working with others to build state of the art software and services using .NET, Java, Python, and other platforms/languages

• Propensity for leadership and hard work

• Established, consistent track record of delivering under tight deadlines and stringent budgets

Travis Spencer’s Specialties:

• Service-oriented analysis, design, and development

• C#, C++, Perl, Python, Java, HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, T-SQL

• .NET 3.5, WCF, WF, LINQ, ASP.NET

Travis Spencer’s Experience

• Software Developer

  Fiserv

  (Public Company; FISV; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  Working with a group of architects and developers to create an enterprise-scale SOA that will be the backbone for Fiserv's on-line banking SaaS solution.
  
  • Developed Web services using WCF 3, .NET 3.5, Visual Studio 2008, and C# 3
  
  • Created a custom Security Token Service (STS) using the Geneva Framework
  
  • Followed the Rational Unified Process (RUP) combined with other common agile methods to develop software in a highly collaborative and iterative fashion

• Software Engineer

  Thomson Grass Valley

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TMS; Broadcast Media industry)

  March 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Worked as an architect and sr. engineer on a team tasked with the creation of an SOA on which multiple future products will be built. Responsibilities included:
  
  • Co-authoring a comprehensive architectural description based on IEEE standard 1471-2000
  
  • Spearheading the development of a relational meta-model database
  
  • Building and overseeing the creation of numerous Web services
  
  • Co-leading the development efforts that spanned multiple sites, countries, and cultures

• Software Developer

  Independant Consultant (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 1 month)

  • Built an adaptive, data-driven Web site for Walter Gordinier, a local glass artist, using ASP.NET, that distinguished him from his competitors and showcased his artwork
  
  • Designed, implemented, and maintained a Web site for Burgener's Wood Working originally using ASP.NET but later using Linux, PHP, and the Drupal content management system
  
  • Created and deployed an application for Moelven List AB, a Swedish company, using Visual Basic 6, Wise Installation System, and third-party ActiveX controls
  
  • Voluntarily planned, programmed, and launched a Web site for Celebration Christian Church using ASP.NET, C#, Visual Basic.NET, Access, XML and XHTML
  
  • Collaborated with a group of volunteers and board members to build a Web site for Early Head Start of Portland using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS

Travis Spencer’s Education

• George Fox University

  MBA , Business , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

• Portland State University

  BS , Computer Science , 2003 — 2006

  • Conducted research related to high performance computing under the direction of a prominent professor in the field of parallel computing
  
  • Computer Science tutor coordinator
  
  • Course work included: operating systems, cryptography, algorithms, compilers, advanced Java

  Activities and Societies:

  ACM, CS Tutor Coordinator, PSU Computer Science department's IT organization (the CAT)

Additional Information

Travis Spencer’s Websites:

• My Website

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