Ted Husted

Current

• Business Analyst at VanDamme Associates
• Committer / PMC Member at Apache Struts Project
• Member at Apache Software Foundation

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Past

• Trainer at Struts Mentor (Husted dot Com, Inc.)
• Product Manager at BlueTie, Inc.
• Team Mentor at Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Water Division

• General Manager at Husted dot Com, Inc.
• Internet Website Consultant at WXXI
• Data Processing Supervisor at Lawrence Kesselring & Werner

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Home Page
• My Blog
• My Company

Ted Husted’s Summary

Twenty-four years experience building business applications, and nine years experience building enterprise web applications on multiple platforms. Six years experience with test-first and agile development practices. Five years experience designing and conducting training courses for web developers. Four years experience integrating Ajax into web applications.

Longtime member of the Apache Struts group and co-founder of the Apache Commons. Regular speaker at ApacheCon US, as well as to various user groups, including NEJUG. Consulted with teams throughout the United States, including CitiGroup, Nationwide Insurance, and Pepsi Bottling Group. Books include Struts in Action, JUnit in Action, and Professional JSP Site Design.

My professional goals include making the best use of the latest technologies by helping people help themselves.

Ted Husted’s Specialties:

Business analysis, web development, quality assurance, training, database architecture, application architecture, infrastructure analysis. Mentoring, knowledge transfer, documentation, customer support, agile development, unit testing.

Technical specialties: Java/J2EE, JSP, JDBC, SQL, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JUnit, NUnit, Selenium, C#, .NET, Ajax (including Atlas, Dojo, and YUI), iMIS AMS, Ektron CMS.

Ted Husted’s Experience

• Business Analyst

  VanDamme Associates

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

  August 2008 — Present (3 months)

• Committer / PMC Member

  Apache Struts Project

  (Computer Software industry)

  December 2000 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  Collaborate with other group members, and the greater Struts community, in order to provide day-to-day management of the Apache Struts software project.

• Member

  Apache Software Foundation

  (Computer Software industry)

  2000 — Present (8 years)

  The ASF members periodically elect a Board of Directors to manage the organizational affairs of the Foundation, as accorded by the ASF Bylaws. The Board, in turn, appoints a number of officers to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Foundation.

• Trainer

  Struts Mentor (Husted dot Com, Inc.)

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  June 2001 — August 2008 (7 years 3 months)

  Develop and conduct Struts 2 training courses for professional developers at client locations.

• Product Manager

  BlueTie, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 2008 — August 2008 (7 months)

  Oversee product lifecycle, from strategic definition through design, deployment, training, support, maintenance, enhancement, and refinement.

• Team Mentor

  Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Water Division

  (Government Administration industry)

  March 2002 — February 2008 (6 years)

  Develop various web applications using Java and .NET platforms. Provide mentoring and knowledge transfer to full-time employees. Install and maintain systems software, including DBMS, issue tracker, and wiki software.

• General Manager

  Husted dot Com, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 1995 — February 2008 (12 years 11 months)

  Provide development, training, and documentation services to organizations on a contract basis.

• Internet Website Consultant

  WXXI

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years)

  Work with internal staff to develop and maintain Internet web sites and applications, including online auction.

• Data Processing Supervisor

  Lawrence Kesselring & Werner

  (Law Practice industry)

  April 1984 — April 1995 (11 years 1 month)

  Oversee processing of commercial collection litigation; distribute work to staff; develop in-house software applications; install and manage local area network; develop and manage multiuser database (DataPerfect).

Additional Information

Ted Husted’s Websites:

• My Home Page
• My Blog
• My Company

Ted Husted’s Interests:

Technology consulting, web development and design, social networking and collaboration, training and education. Writing, dog walking, weight training, science fiction, self-help literature, alternative music, popular culture (TV).

Ted Husted’s Groups:

Apache Software Foundation, Rochester Java User Group, CrossBridge Community Church.

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Ted Husted’s Honors:

Books authored:

* JUnit in Action - Practical introduction to the JUnit testing framework. Manning Publications, November 2003.

* Struts in Action - Best selling guide to the Struts web application framework. Manning Publications, December 2002

* Professional JSP Site Design - Part 6: Content Management, Searching, and Portals. September 2001.

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