Senior Software Developer (Contractor) at Thomson Reuters
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Current
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- Owner at Cyberward.net
- Senior Software Developer (Contractor) at Talent Software Services
- Senior Software Developer (Contractor) at Thomson Reuters
- Past
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- Contractor - Java Developer at State of Minnesota
- Java Developer at Carlson Companies
- Developer at Integral Business Solutions
- Education
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- Dalhousie University
- University of Manitoba
- Connections
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28
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Chris Ward’s Summary
Developed and worked with Java J2EE, Swing, SWT. Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere, MySql, Postgres, Oracle, PHP.
Have experience with several open source tools, platforms, and projects.
Worked on applications dealing with document management, issue tracking, inventory management, benefits, for DoD, travel industry, and government social services.
Have skills in design, leading, mentoring, teaching and programming.
Chris Ward’s Specialties:
Able to code full cycle development in Java/PHP, SQL, CSS, HTML, and Javascript.
Chris Ward’s Experience
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Owner
Cyberward.net
(Computer Software industry)
Currently holds this position
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Senior Software Developer (Contractor)
Talent Software Services
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
Work as an independent software consultant working with Talent.
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Senior Software Developer (Contractor)
Thomson Reuters
(Public Company; TRI; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
Work on Java related projects at Thomson. (Can't say more)
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Contractor - Java Developer
State of Minnesota
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
March 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 4 months)
Worked on design, architecture, coding, and code reviews of Java Web Start application. Also mentoring, and class room teaching in Java. Worked in small group to design and implement in Struts2 a client facing app.
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Java Developer
Carlson Companies
(Privately Held; Hospitality industry)
September 2005 — April 2006 (8 months)
Worked with a multi-location team on a online reservation system interfacing with other airline and travel systems for data.
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Developer
Integral Business Solutions
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2001 — September 2005 (4 years 9 months)
Java, PHP, and SQL developer in Windows and Linux environment. Built custom web sites, portals, inventory tracking and document management solutions.
Chris Ward’s Education
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Dalhousie University
Engineering/Comp Sci 1995 — 1996
- Activities and Societies:
- Student Council Rep for Engineering Society
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University of Manitoba
BA , History, Geography , 1990 — 1993
Additional Information
Chris Ward’s Websites:
Chris Ward’s Interests:
Open Source, Photography, Outdoors
Chris Ward’s Groups:
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LinkedMinnesota -
Minneapolis, Minnesota Java Developers
Chris Ward’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- job inquiries
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
