Wes Gamble

Current

Principal at Bison Consulting (Self-employed)

Past

Technical Lead at The Men's Wearhouse
Principal at Bison Consulting (Self-employed)
Senior Software Developer at Shell HomeGenie

Associate at JPMorganChase
Senior Software Engineer at NetIQ
Principal at Bison Consulting (Self-employed)
Senior Application Analyst at Houston Chronicle
Senior Consultant at Informix Software
Senior Consultant at Andersen Consulting

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Education

Rice University
Cornell University
City Honors School

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Information Technology and Services

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Wes Gamble’s Summary

Focused, self-motivated software architect with broad experience in enterprise level application development and integration. Committed to designing and implementing superior technical architectures that support Web enabled applications and provide integration of heterogeneous applications. Recognized as technical leader with the ability to choose the best solution for a given technical problem. Possesses excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to work effectively with business management to drive solutions.

Wes Gamble’s Specialties:

All phases of application design and implementation, Ruby on Rails, J2EE, UML, Object oriented analysis and design, database design, database administration, system administration, technology enablement.

Wes Gamble’s Experience

Principal
Bison Consulting (Self-employed)

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

February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

I provide my clients with superior application design and implementation services. I work closely with them to ensure the timely and effective delivery of solutions that positively impact their businesses.

Current projects include email management applications and Ruby on Rails based Web applications.
Technical Lead

The Men's Wearhouse

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MW; Apparel & Fashion industry)

March 2005 — February 2006 (1 year )

Provided technical leadership in all phases of software development lifecycle for various customer facing Web applications. Acted as the primary driver in the design and implementation of back end system interfaces.
Principal
Bison Consulting (Self-employed)

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

July 2004 — March 2005 (9 months)

As an application development consultant, provided clients with superior application design and implementation services.
Architected the entire back end integration between a Blue Martini based front end Web system and a retail ERP system responsible for finance and fulfillment functions.
Senior Software Developer

Shell HomeGenie

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SHOI; Consumer Electronics industry)

April 2004 — June 2004 (3 months)

Design and implement enhancements to the Shell HomeGenie application.
Associate

JPMorganChase

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

October 2003 — April 2004 (7 months)

Implemented Web-based application solutions to support the business of the JPMorgan investment bank.
• Key developer for Global Pipeline, a Web-based clearinghouse for investment bank financial transactions.
• Designed and implemented a generic, JNDI based service locator to provide business, transaction, and persistence services to Global Pipeline application.
• Mastered a custom service layer based technical architecture and documented suggested improvements.
• Generated plans for continuous improvement of both product design and application development methodologies.
Senior Software Engineer

NetIQ

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NTIQ; Computer Software industry)

March 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 2 months)

• Mastered and enhanced existing technical architecture of product, including significant Oracle database access performance enhancements, as well as the implementation of an application level object caching subsystem.
• Improved multi-user performance of certain application areas by up to 500% via Java performance tuning methods, dramatically increasing product usability.
• Created solutions to allow for multiple database platform support for product.
• Designed and implemented new reporting architecture that maximized report accuracy and usability.
• Established sound development practices, such as automated JUnit tests in application build, and creating a standard requirements/specifications document, enhancing team communication and defect discovery.
• Provided technical leadership in all product development phases by sharing technical expertise, significantly raising overall productivity level of team.
Principal
Bison Consulting (Self-employed)

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

April 1999 — February 2001 (1 year 11 months)

As an application development consultant, provided clients with superior application design and implementation services.
• Determined client needs and assisted clients in defining project scope and overall vision.
• At The Men’s Wearhouse, architected the integration of the entire set of back end software used to support a new Internet based retail sales channel for their enterprise. This integration included a Web enabled merchandising and order management system, a legacy merchandise management system, and an inventory management system. Managed a team of between three and five people to ensure that integration was delivered.
• Provided clients with feedback to ensure mutual satisfaction with work performed.
Senior Application Analyst

Houston Chronicle

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Newspapers industry)

February 1998 — April 1999 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for application development and database administration to support HoustonChronicle.com web site.
• Engineered custom Web application solutions written primarily in Perl to enhance the experience of HoustonChronicle.com users.
• Implemented both purchased and custom built reporting packages to better track web site usage patterns which enabled improvements in web site design.
Senior Consultant

Informix Software

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 1995 — January 1998 (2 years 10 months)

Responsibilities included benchmarking and performance tuning of Informix database installations, providing training for customers, and assisting customers with integrating Informix products into their software environments.
• Achieved expert level competency in the integration of PeopleSoft and Lawson installations with Informix databases, which allowed clients better use of such environments.
• Created several custom application interfaces to Informix databases in order to assist customers in meeting specific business computing requirements.
• Trained customers to gain maximum benefit from their investment in Informix products.
Senior Consultant

Andersen Consulting

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

September 1992 — March 1995 (2 years 7 months)

Provided consulting services to clients, primarily in the financial services sector.
• Led team on migration of the database platform of a 300-user customer service imaging system to Informix in order to stabilize and improve application performance for client.
• Mentored team members by providing technical leadership to improve level of client satisfaction.

Wes Gamble’s Education

Rice University

N/A , Object Oriented Analysis and Design , September 1998 — October 1998

This was a continuing education course in Object Oriented Analysis and Design with an emphasis on the use of design patterns.
Cornell University

Bachelor of Science , Electrical Engineering , September 1988 — May 1992
City Honors School

1980 — 1988