Bill Jackson III

Current

• Senior Software Engineer at Oracle Corp.

Past

• Java Developer at ProDX (@ Nike)
• System Design Engineer at Hewlett-Packard
• Software Engineer at Hewlett-Packard

• Systems Engineer at Hewlett-Packard
• Systems Engineer at InfoGroup Northwest
• Consultant at WAJ Consulting (Self-employed)
• Application Developer/System Admin at LSI Logic
• Technical Support Analyst at Stream International, Inc.

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Bill Jackson III’s Summary

- Most recent experience with complex, highly-integrated application server platforms, with a focus on performance and scalability.
- Software developer specializing in n-tier data-driven applications with web front-ends, Java business tiers, and Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL backends; also experienced with native Windows applications.
- Systems engineer specializing in integrating diverse business applications and supporting components into various environments to form highly-available solutions, drawing on wealth of experience in software development, solutions architecture, and service management.

Bill Jackson III’s Specialties:

Java, JMX, OSGi, JSP, servlets, JDBC, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Struts, JUnit, XML, XSL, XPath, PHP, Linux, networking, C, C++, C#, x86 Assembler, Perl, Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat, HTML, JavaScript, DHTML,

Bill Jackson III’s Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  Oracle Corp.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  * Senior developer on the Oracle Containers for Java EE (OC4J: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/oc4j/) team, working on the next generation of Oracle Application Server, release 11g.

• Java Developer

  ProDX (@ Nike)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NKE; Computer Software industry)

  May 2006 — November 2006 (7 months)

  * Worked on the nike.net (business-to-retailer) applications team.

• System Design Engineer

  Hewlett-Packard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2005 — March 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  Responsible for designing integration of business applications into ITIL/ITSM model and shared hosting environments. Also responsible for maintenance and documentation of various web-based Java applications used by the organization.

• Software Engineer

  Hewlett-Packard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Software industry)

  February 2004 — February 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  Led software development team building a 4-tier enterprise-level content management system, with a web-based user interface, standalone Java server middle tier, Oracle database, and connections to other systems. Responsible for design, web tier, and majority of server application code.

• Systems Engineer

  Hewlett-Packard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Internet industry)

  September 2001 — February 2004 (2 years 6 months)

  Assisted with design, buildout, and maintenance of robust, high-availability internet hosting infrastructure. Worked on automation of Linux server builds. Deployed and maintained internet applications (e-services). Developed web-based database applications for managing partner relationships and internal processes. Developed and maintained statistical reporting service for all deployed internet solutions.
  (Started as contractor, hired full-time in February 2003)

• Systems Engineer

  InfoGroup Northwest

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2001 — February 2003 (1 year 6 months)

  Worked on Hewlett-Packard contract. Assisted with design, buildout, and maintenance of robust, high-availability internet hosting infrastructure. Worked on automation of Linux server builds. Deployed and maintained internet applications (e-services). Developed web-based database applications for managing partner relationships and internal processes. Developed and maintained statistical reporting service for all deployed internet solutions.

• Consultant

  WAJ Consulting (Self-employed)

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

  April 2001 — September 2001 (6 months)

  Provided consulting and training services for a wide variety of software and IT solutions, including WAN/LAN/VPN design, Microsoft Exchange, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Internet Information Server, Netscape iPlanet, Citrix Metaframe, Wyse thin clients, and enterprise point-of-sale systems.

• Application Developer/System Admin

  LSI Logic

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; LSI; Semiconductors industry)

  October 1997 — April 2001 (3 years 7 months)

  Internal development creating web-enabled intranet applications using various languages, tools, and technologies. Also on team responsible for creating and maintaining site intranet.

• Technical Support Analyst

  Stream International, Inc.

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

  September 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 1 month)

  Provided remote hardware and software technical support services for Gateway and Hewlett-Packard. Developed applications to meet internal information management needs.

Additional Information

Bill Jackson III’s Interests:

flying, gliders, light aircraft, technology, films, reading

Bill Jackson III’s Groups:

PJUG, No Fluff Just Stuff, XP Portland

•    Portland Linux/UNIX Group
•    Nike Global Alumni Network
•    PDX Technology Professionals - Portland Oregon
•    Portland Area Game Developer Interest Group
•    Refresh Portland
•    Silicon Florist

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