Resume

Phillip Duba

Objective

I am looking for a technical leadership position that allows me to act as a project lead within an information technology or information systems organization. My ideal position would be one where I can continue to work with emerging technologies, particularly those from Adobe (ColdFusion and Flex in particular) and lead a team of programmers who are actively involved with projects encompassing the entire software development lifecycle.

Education

• Masters of Science and Engineering - University Of Pennsylvania May, 2001
  Systems Engineering with focus in Information Systems Engineering
• Bachelor of Science - United States Naval Academy May, 1998
  Systems Engineering

Work Experience

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
November, 2007 - Present

Lead ColdFusion developer on the Web Team, part of the organization tasked with running CHOP's internet and intranet sites. Specific work as a Web Applications Engineer include:

• Reworked clinical application that was having performance issues by analyzing queries and business logic
• Rewrite a service application to include rearchitecting both the user interface and administration system.
• Developed various small applications for use across both the internet and intranet.
• Performed requirements analysis and RFP evaluation for new content management system as well as associated new products such as blogging and forum software
• Active leader on team performing a hosting migration including upgrades of web servers , database servers , application software , and content management system
• As part of the migration team , installed and configured ColdFusion 8 in a multi - server , distributed mode environment utilizing Apache 2.2.11 and working alongside a CMS that utilizes mod _ rewrite and mod _ proxy.

WinMill Software - Sr. Consultant
January, 2007 - November, 2007

WinMill is an IT Services company and as a Senior Consultant, I am expected to lead various projects utilizing an assortment of technologies, contribute to the overall educational forum, and, eventually, be able to instruct on a topic/language in the classroom. Specific work as a Sr. Consultant includes:

• Lead design and development of a SAML/ColdFusion implementation between an asset managing company and a national financial institution
• Lead design and development of a ColdFusion/Yahoo User Interface-based administration area upgrade that helped improve performance and user interactivity.
• Led development of a ColdFusion project for logging report interactions within a financial system.
• Project Lead for the extension of a ColdFusion-based pension program site into a dynamic gateway to pension information covering the full life cycle development
• Developer on a union intranet project built using ASP.NET

ADP :: VirtualEdge Corporation - Sr. Software Developer
January, 2005 - January, 2007

ADP :: VirutalEdge is a leading provider of Talent Lifecycle Software whose products encompass the hiring process from initial contact through boarding of the new employee. Specific responsibilities include:

• Work with Client to best determine how to incorporate their site branding into the ATS generated career center using best practices of user experience.
• Design of integrations between VirtualEdge and various Background Check vendors.
• Design interfaces with various third-party assessment vendors.
• Define the requirements for, design of and develop solutions for Single Sign-On mechanisms from a client s infrastructure to the VirtualEdge suite of tools.
• Originally hired as a Sr. ColdFusion Developer, with the following specific responsibilities:
  • Designed and developed new application for Candidate Onboarding experience (VE Salute) using Fusebox 4 and ColdFusion Components within an MVC architecture.
  • Developed integrations with third-party assessment vendors using web services.
  • Performed maintenance and performance improvements on all VirtualEdge products.
  • Expanded the coding standards to more conform with those established/suggested by Adobe.

Lockheed Martin - Sr. Application Analyst
June, 1998 - December 2004

At Lockheed Martin, I held a variety of positions during my six-and-a-half years there. I entered as a member of the Engineering Leadership Development Program and upon completing my four rotations across various areas of the company, I accepted a job with the Integrated Development Environment team (IDE). The IDE team was tasked with building a Java collaboration tool based on an existing purchased product. For the last 3 years at Lockheed Martin, I was a Senior Application Analyst for the Business Applications group where I lead a number of projects and performed every part of the software development lifecycle from requirements gathering through development to test and delivery. Specific responsibilities included:

• Lead analyst for the development of a ColdFusion based system allowing for a contracting organization within Lockheed Martin to track contractual modifications/purchases on the AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) from the various remote locations used in its manufacturing.
• Lead analyst in the implementation of a SAP based portal for the Moorestown, NJ, based business unit which integrated systems using ColdFusion and Java and mainframe based.
• Lead analyst and developer of Flash/ASP .NET web services system for tracking program financial and status across all Lockheed Martin MS2-Moorestown engineering projects.
• Chaired the Business Applications Standard Committee which centralized and defined database, design, and coding standards across the Moorestown business unit
• Lead developer on a ColdFusion/Fusebox system which tracked Information Technology requests through the prioritization and budgeting process, allowing for feedback and active comparisons of tasks across all organizations
• Graduate of the Engineering Leadership Development Program
• Worked in various rotational programs while in ELDP covering Systems Engineering, Software Engineering and Program Management

Languages

• ColdFusion - Experienced
• HTML - Experienced
• JavaScript - Intermediate
• CSS - Intermediate
• XML - Intermediate
• MXML/Flex - Beginner
• ActionScript - Beginner
• Java - Beginner
• ASP.NET 2.0 - Beginner

Additional Information

• Adobe Certified Professional - Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
• Institute of Certified Professional Managers (2/04)
• Lockheed Martin Center of Excellence Award
• Lockheed Martin/AEGIS Excellence Team Award
• Graduation from Lockheed Martin Technical Development Curriculum I and II
• Presenter at Philadelphia ColdFusion User Group (Database design and Model-Glue)
• Personal website
• Active member of the ColdFusion community
• Eagle Scour