Tom Maki - Java Consultant

Resume Summary - Tom Maki

• 10 years of experience in scaleable, high-performance Java based transactional systems
• 15 years of object-oriented, distributed development experience
• In-depth knowledge of Java/J2EE products and technologies
• Team lead on several projects ranging in size from 4 - 15.
• Proven track record of completing projects on time and on budget. "What ever it takes" attitude in completing gap items that endanger the release date.
• Able to mentor and guide team members but can assist at a low level when necessary.
• Skilled in resource requirements and utilization, project plans, ROMs, functional and technical requirements.
• Wide range of ancillary skills in areas such as database and system administration

Objective

Seeking part-time opportunities on a Java-centric project acting as a software architect, hands-on developer, and mentor to junior Java developers. Also available as an database/system administrator, performance tuner and general "fire-fighter".

Technical Skills Summary

Experience

Oracle, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

2003 - present

Senior Principal Development Consultant

• Lead on Oracle's RSS retail product. Created project plan and wrote design documentation and detailed technical specifications. Assigned team members to development activities and monitored adherence to design patterns and project standards. Development proceeded so efficiently that resources could be allocated to others areas that were falling behind schedule. Functional area completed on time and under budget. A minimum of defects where identified in QA and UAT phases.
• Performance tuned web and wireless applications to support 8000 concurrent users. Made code and architectural changes that increased performance by one or more orders of magnitude. Enabled object caching of immutable objects using caching framework. Solved the "n+1" problem of finding and reading objects by finding primary keys in one database roundtrip and reading the collection of objects in the next. Reviewed application design and functional requirements identifying opportunities for significant performance gains.
• Utilized expert knowledge and skills in java in mentoring others and contributing significantly to over a million lines of production and test code.
• Researched, evaluated, recommended and implemented strategies to meet the functional, technical, operational, and strategic requirements as defined by customers and corporate goals. Analyzed product requirements, available resources, project constraints, and technical strategies in designing solution architectures.
• Designed and developed presentation tier components such as commands, actions, JSPs, domain and domain access objects using Agile Processes/XP and best practices.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Servlet/JSP, Weblogic, Oracle 9iR2/10gR2, OC4J, Solaris, Sun, Linux, Apache Struts framework, Introscope, JProbe, Tomcat, Eclipse, Ant, JUnit, XP, agile processes, design patterns.

Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, MN

2002

Application Architect/XP Coach

• Lead development and design of the current release of Fedline for the Web for the FedACH (Federal Automated Clearinghouse) project. The system allows customers online access to over 20 million transactions a day worth over $30 billion dollars.
• Mentored development team in the use of J2EE as well as the twelve principles of eXtreme Programming.

Environment: J2EE 1.2.1/1.3.1, WebSphere 3.5.6/4.0.3, EJB 1.2 (Session and CMP), Design Patterns, IPlanet WebServer 4.1, DB2 Connect, DB2 v6.1, Tivoli Policy Director.

HealthPartners, Bloomington, MN

2001 - 2002

OO Architect/Developer

• Designed and created components for company's object framework using best practices and design patterns such as Model-View-Controller (MVC).  Used TogetherSoft's Control Center (formerly Together/J) for OO modeling and development.
• Produced EJB's and servlets for Weblogic 6.1 that acted as middleware between Swing clients and EIS back-tier for HealthPartners online claims processing system.
• Instrumental in completing a variety of gap items to enable successful launch of company's B2B/B2C website, my.healthpartners.com.

Environment: Java 1.3, J2EE 1.3, WebLogic 6.1, Together Control Center, UML, HIPAA, Oracle 8i, Solaris 8, Mumps, DEC VMS.

Qwest, Minneapolis, MN

1999 - 2001

Systems Architect/Lead

• Architect/Lead for the Umbrella Management Systems (UMS) group.
• Designed and lead implementation of a fault tolerant and redundant n-tier distributed TMN system, including use of Oracle Advanced Replication and WebLogic. System was able to achieve peak event rates of several hundred per second. The successful release of the high profile project enabled Interprise to meet a critical company-wide goal.
• Designed message oriented middleware (MoM) for asynchronous messaging to legacy systems using CORBA event and notification services.
• Listed inventor on two US Patents, pending, involving redundancy and alarm processing.
• Produced project plans, resource requirements, Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates, functional and technical specifications.
• Designed new components to use an XML/HTTP interface to move away from using CORBA as middleware, resulting in much simpler interfaces.

Environment: Java, WebLogic, EJB, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, WebLogic, JUnit, Rational Rose, RequisitePro, Together/J, VPN, UML, RUP, Oracle 8i, SQL, Apache, Tcl, TMN, SNMP, Perl, Solaris 2.6, Linux Red Hat, Windows NT, CORBA, OrbixWeb, ORBacus, XML, XLS, JBuilder 3.5, Disaster Recovery, JNDI, HTTP, ObjectStore / PSE Pro, MS Project..

Wamnet, Inc., Bloomington, MN

1997 - 1999

Web Developer

• Help launch their Wam!Base digital archiving service.
• Worked as senior developer to write C++ and Java software that served as middleware between a Java client and Informix back-end using XML as the interface.
• Analysis and design of various back-end functions that were critical in bringing Wam!Base to market.
• Frequently worked beyond expected duties, writing stored procedures and fixing problems in the front-end AWT (later Swing) code base.

Environment: Java, XML, Informix, JDBC, Visual Caf?, Patterns, ESQL/C, Apache, SGI, UNIX, C++.

Northwest Airlines, Inc., Eagan, MN

1996 - 1997

E-Business Architect/ Technical Lead

• Redesigned the electronic ticketing system for Northwest Airlines. New system used advanced UNIX IPC to handle a several fold increase in ticket volume.
• Code was written in C++ using OOP techniques to allow for easy maintenance and future enhancements.
• Team was able to meet a critical pre-holiday season deadline that if not met could have had serious consequences to Northwest Airlines' business.

Environment: C++, AIX, UNIX Internals, Design Patterns, TCP/IP, SQL, IPC, Sybase SQL Server.

Earlier C++ professional experience available upon request

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Citizenship

• US Citizen