Hugh (Hugues) Johnson

Current

Manager - WebSphere Portal Development & Infrastructure at Allstate
Lead Portal Developer at Allstate
Lead Developer (C#) at Allstate

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Past

Software Engineer at Mercator

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago
Elmhurst College

Connections

33 connections

Industry

Insurance

Websites

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Hugh (Hugues) Johnson’s Experience

Manager - WebSphere Portal Development & Infrastructure

Allstate

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALL; Insurance industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

Manage team responsible for maintenance, support, and infrastructure for agency portal application:
* Integration of new and legacy applications
* Maintenance development
* Plan robust infrastructure to support high availability of WebSphere Portal for 40,00 users
* Stability and performance tuning
Lead Portal Developer

Allstate

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALL; Insurance industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years )

Achievements:

* Migrated existing homegrown portal to IBM WebSphere Portal platform
* Lead conversion of legacy applications to web services
* Developed web service integration layer for WebSphere Portal

Responsibilities:

* Lead development iterations using Agile methodology
* Train and mentor team of 15-20 developers
* Integrate off-source resources into development cycle
Lead Developer (C#)

Allstate

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALL; Insurance industry)

May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

Achievements:

* Developed data access layer for web portal with over 40,000 users
* Led successful initiatives to improve application quality and scalability
* Rapidly deployed technology to support major marketing pilots

Responsibilities:

* Code and unit test new components using C# and ADO .NET
* Develop database stored procedures using Transact-SQL
* Analyze requirements and author technical design specifications
* Mentor developers on coding standards, design patterns, and best practices
* Administer Visual SourceSafe database for team of 10-15 developers
* Manage continuous build integration process using NAnt and CruiseControl.NET
* Plan physical and logical architectures for applications
Software Engineer

Mercator

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)

January 1998 — April 2001 (3 years 4 months)

* Developed and enhanced applications using Visual Basic 6 and ADO
* Upgraded architecture of desktop product suite to client-server model
* Added XML import and export capabilities to existing B2B applications
* Maintained legacy applications using Visual C++ 6

Hugh (Hugues) Johnson’s Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

MS , Computer Science , 2001 — 2004

Thesis: "Neural Networks-Based Detection of Computer Network Intrusion"

Coursework:

* Artificial Intelligence
* Neural Networks
* Advanced Topics in Concurrent Systems / Petri Nets
* Object Stores
* Applied Graph Theory
* Computer Security
* Advanced Topics in Software Engineering
Elmhurst College

BS , Computer Science , 1996 — 1999

Graduated Cum Laude

Relevant Coursework:

* Artificial Intelligence
* Numerical Methods and Computing
* Computer Simulation and Modeling
* Operating Systems
* Concepts of Programming Languages
* Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis