Christopher M. Judd

President & Consultant

685 Farrington Drive

Worthington, Ohio 43085

Phone: (614) 378-4119

Email: cjudd@juddsolutions.com

SUMMARY

Chris has 9 years of professional experience in object-oriented technologies, web technologies and technical education.  He has experience with all phases of the software development life-cycle, including requirements, analysis, architecture and design, implementation, testing, support, training and project leadership.  In addition, he has provided technical instruction to hundreds of information technology professionals though instructor led training, mentoring, conferences, user group meetings and co-authoring “Enterprise Java Development on a Budget”.  He has provided services to a diverse group of industries including manufacturing, transportation, government, insurance,

publishing, retail, content management, entertainment, service, and technology consulting.

EXPERIENCE

Consultant                                                                                                                                                      September 2004 – Present

Nationwide Insurance

• Assisted in developing and architecting IBM’s conceptual Insurance Application Architecture (IAA) framework using WebSphere Studio Application Developer, WebSphere Application Server, DB2 and Rational XDE for UML modeling
• Mentored a team of developers in Java, J2EE, unit testing, configuration management and agile methodologies
• Set up and administered a continues integration build server which provides code quality and metrics reports using ANT, cruise control, CVS and other open source tools

Consultant                                                                                                                                                      June 2003 – September 2004

CINTAS

• Mentored a team of 4 developers with almost no Java experience to become productive J2EE developers
• Archited and developed a multi-tier reusable service based J2EE application using JBuilder, WebLogic, Struts, Together and SQL Server for a new document management line of business
• Taught JBuilder, J2EE, StarTeam, Linux, Dreamweaver, Struts and Object-Oriented Programming
• Integrated a propriatary single sign-on server with WebLogic and JAAS
• Developed a fully functional dashboard prototype
• Automated development process using ANT

Author                                                                                                                                                             October 2002 – December 2003

Apress

• Co-authored “Enterprise Java Development on a Budget”

Consultant                                                                                                                                                      February 2003 – May 2003

CINERGY

• Architected and developed a secure mobile facility management application which runs on cell phones, Palms and Pocket PC devices using J2ME and web services
• Integrate web services with a legacy client/server facility management application
• Managed a distributed team of three developers using Agile methodologies

Consultant                                                                                                                                                      November 2002 – February 2003

METTLER TOLEDO

• Assisted in developing and deploying a multilingual web site (www.mt.com) in BroadVision using JSP and Servlets
• Mentored develolpers on best practices using break out sessions and one-on-one mentoring
• Implemented a tag library to simplify development, increase productivity and add additional debuging features
• Profiled and scaleability tested server-side application using OptimizeIt and JMeter
• Automated development process using ANT

Tech Reviewer                                                                                                                                              August 2002 – November 2002

Wiley Publishing

• Tech reviewed Masting JBuilder

Consultant                                                                                                                                                      August 2002 – November 2002

GE – Train Division

• Created a JUnit test harnass
• Replaced propriatary logging framework with Log4j and Commons-logging
• Implemented ANT build script
• Refactored CORBA and RMI communications
• Refactored and profiled Swing based application
• Refactored application into a single JVM
• Mentor team of developers using standard Java practices

Senior Instructor                                                                                                                                           June 2002 – Current

PILLAR Technology Group

• Taught Application Development using JBuilder 6 to software development professionals.

Consultant                                                                                                                                                      February 2002 - June 2002

Software Dynamics Corporation

· Developed a business operations product for quick oil change shops including backoffice and disconnected client funtionality using Message-Driven beans, Swing, JMS, JSP, J2ME and Java Web Start

Developer & Trainer July 2000 - January 2002
Advanced Computing Technical Services, Inc.

· Developed rule based meal forcasting software for airline catering service using JSP, Java, JDBC, XML, XSLT and Oracle

· Wrote, developed, customized and delivered Java, JavaServer Pages, Servlet, J2EE for managers and J2EE in Practice courses

· Mentored new Java developers in Java language, JBuilder, JDBC, object-oriented programming and distributed computing

· Developed an interactive e-commerce website for an entertainment company using Macromedia Flash, Interbase Database, Apache Web Server and Jakarta-Tomcat

· Developed an interactive e-commerce website, using Jakarta-Tomcat, Apache Web Server, Interbase Database and viaKlix.com, to process credit cards for Java Days 2001 conference allowing presenters to submit proposals, sponsers to apply, and attendees to register

· Extended propriatary J2EE XML and deployment framework to support WebLogic 6.0

· Developed JBuilder OpenTools extensions to improve code generation and efficency of locating files

· Co-coordinated and presented regular meetings for Central Ohio Java Users Group (COJUG)

· Assisted in planning and execution of Java Days 2000 and 2001 conferences for over 200 attendees

· Adminstered web, e-mail and firewall servers for the domains of actsi.com, cojug.com, antiochinteractive.com and javadays.com

Software Engineer                                                                                                                                        March 1999 – July 2000

Retail Planning Associates, Inc./Trellis Development Corporation

· Designed, developed and maintained:

· platform independent, enterprise-wide, multi-channel content management tool using Java and XML

· platform independent media repository using Java and XML

· distributed retail interactive framework using Delphi

· retail interactive applications using proprietary framework (Trellis)

· video-conferencing kiosk using proprietary framework (Trellis) and Intel Business Pro Share Video Conferencing

· kiosk support website using COM and ASP

· Delphi and JBuilder OpenTools extensions to improve development process

· Administered Microsoft Collaboration Server and website for communicating with clients about technical specifications

· Coordinated daily operations and updates of 150 kiosks throughout Canada for large cellular phone company

· Managed project team throughout framework conversion project

· Earned 1999 Grand Prize Interactive Store Fixture/Kiosk from National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers

Instructor January 2000 – June 2001

Columbus State Community College

· Developed and taught curriculum for Introduction to Java course

· Developed and taught curriculum for JavaScript Programming Fundamentals course

· Taught Database Programming using Oracle, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, SQL and PL/SQL

· Taught PC Applications using Microsoft Office

E-Commerce Specialist March 1999 – October 1999

BuckeyeFSBO.com

· Designed, developed and maintained interactive home marketing website using Apache, PHP3 and JavaScript

· Designed and implemented normalized database in MySQL

Emerging Technologies Consultant                                                                                                         October 1997 – March 1999

Compuware Corporation

· Trained Delphi Client/Server Foundations, Component Creation and Advanced Client/Server Techniques courses

· Mentored a Delphi development team

· Developed a health care client/server application architecture using Delphi

· Facilitated object modeling sessions using CRC Cards

· Developed a threaded discussion forum using ASP and Java Servlets for sharing technology and company news

Computer Programmer June 1996 – October 1997

Nationwide Insurance

· Modeled and built business and system objects using an OMT model and associated business rules

· Developed DCOM (distributed common object model) and COM objects using Delphi

· Developed insurance related client/server application using Delphi and Oracle

· Designed and built components using Delphi

· Developed and constructed intranet website for project team using Microsoft FrontPage

· Converted batch reports from print control language to PostScript

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages:                             Java, XML, XSLT, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Object Pascal, C, C++, SQL, ASP, PHP

Development Software:             Sun JDK 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, Sun Java 2 SDK Enterprise Edition 1.2.1, WebSphere Studio Application Developer, JBuilder,Eclipse, Delphi, Together, Xalan, Xerces, Ant, Tomcat, Struts, Velocity, OptimizeIt, ServerTrace, CVS, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Clear Case, DreamWeaver, FrontPage, Flash, Interwoven TeamSite, Test Director, JMeter, TCPMonitor, Jakarta Commons, StarTeam, Jakarta Axis, JUnit, Rational XDE, Rational Rose, CaliberRM, XPlanner, Emma, DBUnit, PMD, Check Style, Log4J, OJB, Hibernate, Spring

Technologies:                           J2SE, J2EE, J2ME, JavaServer Pages, Servlets, JAAS,EJB, JNDI, JDBC, JMS, JNLP, XML, XSLT, Formatting Objects, COM/DCOM, ActiveX, SVG, UML, Groovy, Jython

Application Servers:                WebLogic, WebSphere Application Server, JBoss, Borland Enterprise Server, Sun J2EE RI, BroadVision

Web Servers:                          Apache, IIS

Databases:                             Oracle, MS SQLServer, JDataStore, Interbase, hsqldb, Cloudscape, Access, MySQL, DB2

Systems:                                 Windows NT/2000, Windows 9x, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS, UNIX (Linux, SunOS), VAX/VMS

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration                                                                                                May 1996

Major: Computer Information Systems G.P.A: 3.78/4.0

Minors: Accounting and Finance

Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS No Fluff Just Stuff 2004 · Groovy · Enteprise Java Development on a Budget · Java Web Start EclipseCon 2004 Eclipse for PHP Developers O’Reilly Open Source Conference 2003 Entprise Java Development on a Budget Introduction to Jakarta Commons Eclipse for PHP Developers Borland Europe Conference 2002 (London) JavaServer Pages with JBuilder XSLT and Formatting Objects Debugging with JBuilder EKON 6 Conference (Germany) JavaServer Pages with JBuilder XSLT and Formatting Objects Debugging with JBuilder Borland Conference 2002 JavaServer Pages with JBuilder XSLT and Formatting Objects Debugging with JBuilder Borland Conference 2001 · J2EE for Managers · JavaServer Pages with JBuilder Java Days 2001 · JavaServer Pages Java Days 2000 · Introduction of Java · Get a Grip on Java (Java for the Palm Pilot)

COJUG PRESENTATIONS · JavaServer Pages · JNLP (Java Web Start) · XSLT & Formatting Objects · Open Source Java · JBoss · What is Common about Jakarta? · Wireless J2ME · Jython

PUBLISHED · Enterprise Java Development on a Budget (Apress) · Template Based Wizards in JBuilder (Borland Community)

CERTIFICATIONS · JBuilder Certified Developer and Instructor · Delphi 4 Client/Server Developer · Delphi 4 Client/Server Trainer

References available upon request