BRYAN BEAM

Tools:

Language - Objective C, JAVA, C#, C++, COBOL, TAL, IDL, WSDL
Development - Java (Java 2 Platform) – J2SE 1.6, J2EE 1.4, Servlets/JSP ASP, EJB 2.1, CORBA IIOP/IDL/RMI, SOAP, IBM Websphere 6.0, Eclipse 3.3.0, JBoss 4.2.1, IBM RSA 6.0, BEA WebLogic 10.0, BEA WebLogic Portal 7.01, BEA WebLogic Workshop, BEA WebLogic TopLink, BEA WebLogic Process Integrator, Gemstone/J, IIS, MagicDraw UML 9.5, Spring, Struts, GWT, JSF, AJAX, Axis, Documentum 4i Content Manager, Apache Server 2.0.59, Tomcat 5.0,
Rational Rose/ClearQuest/ClearCase/TestManager/Unified Process/Requisite Pro, JMS, UML, DB2, MS SQL Server 2003, Oracle 10g, MySQL 5.0, Quest Software TOAD, LDAP, XML, XSLT, XPATH, DTD, CSS, Xerces, Xalan 2.7.0, Saxon 6.5.5, XML Spy, TogetherJ 6.0, iPlanet Directory Server, SourceSafe, CVS, JBuilder 9.0 Enterprise, Visual Café, Java WebServer 1.1.1, Applets, JDBC/ODBC, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, WinRunner, Blaze Advisor Builder, PERL/CGI
Design - Dreamweaver 8, Director, Shockwave, Flash, Authorware, Macromodel, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Sitemill, Pagemaker, Premiere, Texturemaker, MS Word, Video Fusion, Live Picture, Quark Xpress, Logomotion, Texturescape, Quicktime, Raydream Designer Studio, Walkthrough Pro, Movie Cleaner Pro, Strata Studio Pro
Mainframe – Base 24, XPNet, Moneynet, Pathway,  INET, Base II, VisaNet

Experience:

July 2007
To Present

Northrop Grumman, San Diego, CA

SR. JAVA ARCHITECT
Created GWT calendar, and results page located at http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/cob/bosa/index.html. Documentum DFS Web Service integration for AJAX based selection criteria and document retrieval.  Core developer for San Diego County Treasurer Tax Collector property tax payment processing system.  Development of reports using Eclipse based BIRT reporting tool.  Integral VB.NET project contributor for Intranet site for San Diego County Advisory Board.  Created VB database migration program converting Access database to MS SQL Server 2005 database.  ASP.NET web page development. Architecture role for conversion of San Diego County Probation Department Intranet site from Weblogic 6.1 to JBoss 4.2.1, as well as, serving a vital production support role. Upgrade effort included JDK 1.3.1_20 to JDK 1.6.0_02.  Automation for mass producing letters sent to victims of crimes that want to be notified of all related criminal hearings.  MQ Series queue setup for criminal record updates.
Environment: GWT, EJB 2.0, Eclipse, JIRA, CVS, Weblogic 6.1, JBoss 4.2.1, Oracle 10g, MySQL 5.0, MQ Series, Derby 10.3.1.4, OpenESB, Struts, Spring,, JMS, Serena, BIRT 2.2.0, Ant 1.7, MS Project Web Access 2003, Visio, JUnit, openSTA, James 2.3.1, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005

April 2007
To July 2007

United Health Group, Irvine, CA

SR. JAVA ARCHITECT/TEAM LEAD
Responsible for Java development team for support/development of PegaSystems Inc. PRPC based Business Process Management (BPM) application.  Pharmacy based application based on strict HIPPA and SOX requirements.  
Environment: Weblogic 10.0, PRPC 5.2, MS SQL Server 2005, MS Project 2003, openSTA

May 2006
To April 2007

Principal Financial Group, Orange, CA

SR. JAVA ARCHITECT
Architect of replacement Web based health out-of-network cost management system, currently hosted on legacy Open VMS platform.  Functional proof of concept developed using MDA architecture tool AndroMDA. UML Use Case/Activity/Sequence/Class diagrams created. J2EE MDB development for providing back-end Health Savings Account (HSA) processing.  Web Service generated/coded/implemented to calculate fees for each HSA contract using Axis tool. Development of JSF front end DB2 interface tool that displays formatted results of callable & prepared statements.
Environment: Rational Software Architect (RSA), Eclipse 5.0 Workbench, IBM Websphere 6.0, JBoss 4.0.4, ClearCase, AndroMDA, MagicDraw UML 9.5, Spring, JSF, AJAX, Struts, Google Web Toolkit, Axis, SOAP ,HTML, Dreamweaver, DB2, MySQL 5.0, MS Visual Basic 6.0

January 2005
To May 2006

DirecTV, El Segundo, CA

SR. JAVA PROGRAMMER
Full life cycle involvement using Agile web development process for directv.com site, call center intranet, and legacy billing systems.  Assisted in rollout of new DirecTV DVR device for online programming decision tool.  Created Java Struts action classes for prospective DirecTV installers.  Configured Autonomy search engine, while also providing additional filters for call center intranet site through use of Autonomy API’s.  Externalized parameters for sports auto renewal legacy COBOL billing program.  Created ATG form handlers/validators/ droplets for setting up online recurring EFT payments.  Wrote remote data objects (RDO) and data access objects (DAO).  Used Axis SOAP engine to facilitate access to customer profile information.
Environment: ATG, Axis ,SOAP, HTML, JavaScript, IntelliJ, Dreamweaver, Struts, DBVisualizer, Oracle 9i, Weblogic 8.1, PVCS, Interwoven TeamSite/OpenDeploy, Castor, Autonomy, Open VMS

August 2004
To January 2005

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, Culver City, CA

SR. JAVA PROGRAMMER
Added capability to purchase audio tracks from connect.com music download site selectable by genre and mood.  Provided offering of selected digital movies to be downloaded/embedded from Sony Digital Home Entertainment and played using Windows Media Player (WMP).  Created installation DVD for use with newly purchased Vaio computers.  Devised mechanism for unlocking WMP digital movies through the use of online coupon codes.  Wrote JavaScript methods for page navigation.  
Environment: Digital Rights Management (DRM), License Manager, Windows Media Player 9 (WMP), Content Management System (CMS), Hibernate Distributed Cache, Tangosol Coherence Cache, XML, XSLT, Jakarta Struts, WebLogic 8.1, Eclipse, Win XP, Flash, HTML, Photoshop

January 2004
To August 2004

WellPoint Health Networks, Woodland Hills, CA
 
 SR. JAVA PROGRAMMER/IT SECURITY ANALYST
Used Sun Microsystems Lighthouse identity management customization tools to develop an in-house solution for real time provisioning of over 10,000 employees. Highly proficient in Lighthouse XPress language (XML based programming language) developing workflows/rules based on business requirements with emphasis on HIPPA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Developed Java based Lighthouse resource adapter's enabling resource connectivity for such environments as Hyperion. Built single Ant script to deploy application server configurations to all of their disparate environments (development, production, quality assurance, integration).
Environment: Lighthouse, Active Directory, AIX, ACF2, HP-UX, NetWare  NDS, VPN, Siteminder, Peoplesoft, Novell, Softerra LDAP Browser, XML Spy, CVS, Ant, MySQL, Tomcat 5,Websphere 5.1, Oracle 9i, Win2k, Win XP, Win NT sp6

September 2002
To January 2004

TransCore, Pasadena, CA
 
.NET ARCHITECT/PROGRAMMER
Designed and developed C#/ Managed C++ extensions CORBA bridge server providing vehicle traffic data for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and Caltrans. Provided links between two different and disparate traffic control systems interfacing between TAO and Orbix 2000 CORBA ORB’s displaying map based traffic congestion and incident data. Applied object oriented software design patterns including the Acceptor-Connector pattern.
Environment: Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect, Rational (Requisite Pro, Rose, SoDA, Quantify, Purify, Robot, Team Test, Test Manager), Install Shield 3.0.3 Express, ACE CORBA ORB, MDAC SDK 2.6, Win NT 4.0 sp6, CVS, StingRay Objective Studio

September 2002
To October 2002

PLX Systems, Pasadena, CA
 
JAVA ARCHITECT/PROGRAMMER
Converted their English language based IP asset management system to Japanese. Setup development/test environment using Visual Cafe in conjunction with iPlanet application/web server.
Environment: iPlanet 6.0, Visual Cafe 4.5.1, Win NT 4.0 sp6, Oracle 9i, Solaris, SourceSafe
 

January 2002
To September 2002

Motion Picture Association of America, Encino, CA
PROJECT MANAGER/JAVA ARCHITECT

Project manager and Java architect for their Unified Security System (USS) and Box Office Reporting Internet System (BORIS) used to distribute world wide box office statistics to member studios.  Rational Unified Process (RUP) techniques were fully incorporated into the design process producing such documents as: Software Requirements Specification, Use-Case, and Software Architecture.  Applied the Jakarta Struts design framework using JAAS security implemented with the MVC architecture.  Provided software recommendations and wrote a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) document for a company wide 3rd party single sign-on solution. Programmed Java classes and tested using JUnit/Cactus extension.
Environment: Apache Server 2.0.32, Jakarta Tomcat 4.0.3, opennetwork.com DirectorySmart, Netgrity SiteMinder, Jakarta Struts, Win2K, JBuilder Enterprise 6.0, TogetherJ 5.5, MS Project
Rational Rose/ClearQuest/TestManager/Unified Process/Requisite Pro, JUnit/Cactus, WinCvs, Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4.0, iPlanet Directory Server, OptimizeIt Suite, JBoss
 

November 2000
To September 2001

econnections.com, Pasadena, CA
SR. JAVA DEVELOPER/QA

B2B electronics supply chain management application development.  Authored J2EE  ejb’s based on design pattern templates.  CORBA client/server ORB’s developed for communication with electronics mathematical formula engine.  Created proxy controller’s managing JSP client input with access to Oracle database tables.  JSP’s included use of HTML, JavaScript, Applets and Proxy bean calls.  Authored/distributed/analyzed RFI for purchase of automated HTML validation software. Liason between development group and QA for full deployment of large scale B2B application using Rational ClearQuest/ClearView/ClearCase tools.    
Environment: Gemstone/J application server, J2EE, XML, CORBA technologies, JBuilder 4, Apache web server, Rational ClearQuest/ClearView, ClearCase, Oracle, Cygwin, Reflection, JavaScript, JSP, WinRunner, Test Director, Blaze Advisor Builder

July 2000
To November 2000

clickaction.com, Los Angeles, CA
SR. JAVA DEVELOPER/ARCHITECT

Liaison between CTO and Documentum Inc. Director of  Sales in the evaluation of the RFP for content management services.  Conducted product demonstrations for prospective clients. Deployed J2EE stateful session entity bean with container managed persistence to distribute every email campaign put forward by a particular customer.  Each campaign viewable in detail with automated report generation. Enabled EJB CORBA ORB using the RMI over IIOP protocol for shared interoperability for distributed email campaign management. Created portlets using the Weblogic Personalization server with the user authenticated through a Netscape LDAP server. Produced a unified user profile in conjunction with the Weblogic Personalization server for combining both local Oracle & external LDAP profiles. Monitored click through events through JMS after activation of links/images from customized newsletter emails. Integrated the Documentum content server into the Weblogic Commerce Server. Utilized many Gang of Four design patterns including Factory.
Environment: WebLogic Commerce Server, TopLink, EJB, XML/XSLT, WebLogic Personalization Server 3.1, WebLogic Process Integrator, Documentum 4i Content Manager, JMS, UML,  JDK, Oracle, Win2K

Sept. 1999

To July 2000

whatshotnow.com/WHN, Marina del Rey, CA
SR. JAVA DEVELOPER/ARCHITECT

Assisted CTO with the debut of the b2b site to potential angel investors. One of three development members that designed/programmed/implemented The Hot List™.  Member of the 'triage team' that evaluated, diagnosed, and resolved http traffic contention, internal memory leaks, and database collisions. Developed the ''Buy from Browse' feature for the B2C site. Closed all external fraudulent activity relating to the B2C frequent purchase program. Created the browse function of products for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics commerce site. Member of deployment team that produced the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter commerce site. Key technical person for the 'NBC Who wants to be a millionaire' commerce link. Directed the time critical promotion for the ABC show 'All My Children' anniversary product debut. Advisor to the debut b2b site.  Promotional giveaway's problem solver for technical issues.
 Environment: Servlets, ASP, JSP, JBuilder, WebLogic, MS SQL, SourceSafe, Windows NT

May 1999
to Sept. 1999

Continental Data Graphics, Culver City, CA                                                              

Environment:  COMPAQ S-Series, MS Project, TAL, COBOL 85, VersaTest, XY2K, Relate

Feb. 1999
to May 1999

IDX, Seattle, WA                                                                                                
MAINFRAME CONSULTANT

Provided mainframe backend software enhancement support for the LastWord Hospital Visit Management system.
Environment:  COMPAQ HIMALAYA, COBOL85, TAL

Sept. 1998
to Feb. 1999

Capital One, Glen Allen, VA                                            
Y2K CONSULTANT

Providing Base24 support for Base24-POS/Base24-ATM 5.0/5.1 products. Added RPQ custom code modifications to Base24-ATM & Base24-POS.
Environment:  JAVA, HTML, COMPAQ HIMALAYA, TAL, COBOL 85, BASE 24, Gensim, XPNet

Sept. 1997
to Sept. 1998

Insureco, Orange, CA                                                                        
Y2K CONSULTANT                                                                                                                                                         
Evaluated, recommended and acquired Y2K analysis tools for company.  Performed Y2K analysis and remediation. Client/Server Tandem programmer developing Pathway Servers that communicate with Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 generated Clients.
Environment: COMPAQ K‑1006 D36, PATHWAY, COBOL 85, Menlo, Visual C++ 5.0

Nov. 1991
to Sept. 1997

INDEPENDENT MAINFRAME CONSULTANT                                                                                                     
Worked as an independent consultant/project lead with the following companies in the mainframe arena: Experian, JC Penney, Options Clearing Corporation, Southwest Securities, Greyhound, Transceiver, Metromedia, and Gathers Software.                                                       
Environment: COMPAQ CYCLONE, CLX, VLX, COBOL 85, TAL, BASE 24, XPNet

June 1987
To Nov. 1991

COMPAQ COMPUTERS, Plano, TX                                                                                                           
PROJECT MANAGER

Activities included: charting timelines for several phases of activities, drafting contracts and providing cost estimates for enhancements of software; and monitoring any production related outages/problems for immediate resolution.  Supported highly visible companies: the Toronto Stock Exchange and Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

On‑site customer representative at Motorola for $500M joint effort OEM deployment of a worldwide cellular intelligent network, including Sweden, Germany and Italy.  Implemented initial first level support for all Compaq Telecom products at their national support center.  Provided On-site application support and design recommendations for Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC’s).  Troubleshooter of SS7 network elements for 800 services at Sprint.  Assisted sales staff personnel with technical knowledge.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Authored and executed SS7 IEEE compliant test plans. Created PowerPoint presentations for President of the Telecom division.

SYSTEM ENGINEER

Core group member for development of Compaq Telecom's baseline products.

Environment: COMPAQ CYCLONE, CLX, VLX, TAL, C, COBOL 85

June 1985
To June 1987

Bank One, Dallas, TX
Sr. Mainframe Programmer

Wire transfer system & EFT software development.
Environment: COMPAQ CLX, VLX, TAL, C, COBOL 85, Moneynet, TESS

March 1983
To May 1985

Applied Communications Inc., Omaha, NE
Associate Software Engineer

EFT, Switch & ATM device driver software development.
Environment: COMPAQ TNS I, TNS II, COBOL 85, TAL