Rajesh Patel
St. Louis, MO
rpatel@rajix.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Java developer with 10 years industry experience. Proven ability to design and deliver web based applications.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Languages: C++, Java, ,SQL, SNMP, UNIX shell scripting,HTML, UML,

Systems and Tools: UNIX (Solaris, HPUX), Linux(Red Hat), Windows 2000/XP, MS Visual C++, Clear Case, Rational Rose, CVS, Ant,
JUnit, JMS, Cygwin, JUnit, Eclipse, Rational Application Developer, Websphere, Weblogic J2EE,JSP,JSF,Servlet,Struts,Hibernate

Presentations

• Introduction To JBPM – http://rajix.com/JBPM.pdf

• EJB3 -http://rajix.com/EJB3_stljavasig.pdf

• JBoss Seam - http://rajix.com/SEAM.pdf

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

• Provided Architecture Guidence

• Mentored Junior Developers on java development

• Provided Estimates for several projects.

• Migrated a Struts application to Java Server Faces(JSF)

• Ensured applications were compliant with Section 508(Accessibility)

• Responsible for infrastructure upgrades such as upgrading to hibernate 3 and migrating to the ajax4jsf framework.

• Utilized the Peoplesoft Java API to expose a webservices. This webservice was part of the multi billion dollar Finance Transformation effort at Boeing.

• Migrated a flash based app that was suffering from poor performance to an AJAX based solution utilizing DOJO, DWR, Spring. End users were simply amazed with the performance of the new application.

• Extended Apache Axis such that it could communicate through the corporate reverse proxy enabling Boeing to participate in its first B2B SOAP communication

• Used WS-Security with X509 to provide a standards based solution to above issue

• Mentored junior developers on the use of JSP, Struts, Spring, Hibernate 3, OOA/D

• Developed a SOAP based Powerpoint Broker with Apache Axis designed to serialize serverside requests for Powerpoint slides

• Implemented the Tomcat Container Manager which allows easy administration of multiple Tomcat Installations

• Advocated and installed the Continuous Integration server Anthill

JBoss Consultant(Harpoon Technologies is a JBoss Partner Company) :

• Hibernate Consultant – Provided Mentoring and development assistence

• JSF Seam Consultant – Implemented Hibernate Auditing and Provided Technical assistance with the JBoss seam framework.

• EJB3 Consultant – Assisted client with EJB Clustering, EJB3 usage, EJB3 testing with JUnit

Environment: Java, Eclipse, SQL , Hibernate, EJB 3.0, JSF, JBoss, JBoss Seam, MySql, Oracle, XML, Ant, Junit, Log4j

• Key member of a team developing a workflow engine/editor. Designed a task tracking system which reported statistics on the state of the workflow.

• Optimized and cleaned up the open source project VNCJ(http://sourceforge.net/projects/vncjlgpl/)

• Responsible for full software lifecycle including Requirements, Architecture, Code/Unit Test, System Level Testing, and Deployment

• Utilized Open Source tools such as Ant, JUnit, and Unix Shell Scripting to automate the build process.

• The team utilized an Agile methodology which featured tight communications with the customer, aggressive unit testing, peer reviews, six month release cycles, and continuous integration.

Environment: Java, Eclipse, SQL , MySql, Swing, XML, Ant, JUnit

• Designed and developed a multi-threaded Java application that took SNMP messages and stored them in an Oracle database using SQL and forwarded them to other applications using a Message Oriented Middleware (Vitria BusinessWare)

• Created a fault tolerant messaging queue which serialized messages to disk in XML when communication was lost to the Vitria BusinessWare server

• Responsible for full software lifecycle including Requirements, Architecture, Code/Unit Test, System Level Testing, and Deployment

• Utilized Open Source tools such as Make, Autoconf, Ant, JUnit, and Unix Shell Scripting to automate the build process.

Environment: Java, Netbeans ,JDBC, Oracle, Corba, UNIX(HP-UX, Solaris), XML, and Vitria BusinessWare

Embedded Software Engineer - "Bold Stroke" Project: September 1998 – March 2001

• Participated in several full iterations of Object Oriented development which was done under the Rational Unified Process(RUP)

• Involved with analysis, design, code/unit test, and system testing of the Operation Flight Program for the F/A-18 which utilized an open system architecture, C++, CORBA, and commercial off-the-shelf components

• Rational Rose used for software requirements, architecture, and code generation

• Provided training and mentoring to several engineers after only six months on the project

• All development is performed under ISO 9000, with an assessed SEI level of 3.

Environment: Visual C++, Rational Rose, UML,Visual Source Safe, ClearCase, TAO/ACE, PowerPC

Mission Computer Software Engineer January 1997 – September 1998

• Senior Engineer in charge of F/A-18C/D and E/F Control and Navigation software.

• This software is implemented on our real time embedded AN/AYK-14 mission computer.

• Duties included engineer training, requirement analysis, software design and documentation, code, and test. All development was performed under ISO 9000, with an assessed SEI level of 3.

• Used Unix shell scripting to streamline our development process

Environment: Assembly, Unix Shell Scripting, PCMS

• Worked as part of a help desk to provide technical assistance to users on a network consisting of PC running Windows NT

• Provided technical support, configured workstations and used MS Access to keep track of spare parts inventory.

Environment: Windows 3.11, Windows NT

Education

University of Missouri at Columbia

BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering (Graduated Dec 1996)