Candidates About

 

Jermon D. Green

Objective

To obtain a creative and challenging position that enables me to utilize valuable commercial web development and design skills that I gained as part of my degree course and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Summary

●      Object Oriented PHP 5 / MySQL (LAMP) ,  Python,  JAVA leveraged in web and mobile application developer

●      Data Mining leveraging, MinHash, LSH, Cosine Similarity, and Spark MLlib; proficient in R Languange, SPARK, SOLR and WEKA (Machine Learning)

●      Start-Up experience 16 years - creating software engineering department infrastructure as department manager interfacing with executive staff, hiring and day-to-day management of staff; budget and resource management; executive presentation; held positions as Project manager, LEAD Developer, and Manager of Software Engineering

●      Developed Software Architecture Documentation and Software Design Documentation

●      Managed 20+ overseas staff using skype and AGILE Scrum methodologies and Software Architecture Documentation

●      Leveraged Linux, JIRA, CONFLUENCE, GIT, GITLAB, ASANA, and BEANSTALK

●      Creative online business strategist with proven SDLC expertise

●      Over 16 years developing for the Internet including HTML/CSS/PHP v(3,4,5) – 16 years , JSON /SQL /XML/JavaScript -  12 years,  JQUERY  - 8 years, Angular -  2 years, Angular2 – less than 1 year, NodeJS -  2 years, ExpressJS -  2 years, Node-WebKit(nwjs) -  1 year, JAVA - 2 years, Maven - 2 years

●      Strong back end developer with wide skill set including OOA/D/P

●      Experience developing to 508, ADA & WCAG 2.0 guidelines - 2 years

 

 

 

 

Skills

Professional

Excellent ABSTRACT reasoning, idea-to-reality conversion, Machine Learning Systems Design,Technical Documentation, Technical Staff Management, Technical Vendor Relations and Auditing, Web Development / Programming, Web Systems Administration, Database Design and Query Optimization, Online Business Development, Data Mining, Junior Developer Trainer, Web and Mobile Application Department Creation and Management, Executive Presentation, Hacking (Fuzzing)

Technologies

 PHP, JAVA ,SQL, PSQL, Apache Web Server, Perl/CGI, CentOS, PEAR, Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 8, 10), Familiarity with many other web technologies (CFM, ASP, JSP, ORACLE, SQL Server, IIs; exposure to Google Web Toolkit (GWT), & PEAR); Amazon Cloud EC2 & S3; CMS (WordPress & Drupal); CLI (SH & BASH); R; WEKA; Apache SOLR; NUTCH; SPARK; Familiar with Fuzzing; Apache OpenNLP; Proficient with Cellular Signal Processing (GSM, UMTS, CDMA, LTE, LTE Advanced, WiFi, WiMax) and leveraging within applications, OpenBTS, OpenLTE, HackRF, RTL-SDR, JAVA Spring

Applications

SPARK, YARN, JENKINS, DRUPAL, Wordpress,  APTANA, Notepad++, Adobe Fireworks, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat PDF, Microsoft Word,Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook 365, Adobe After Effects, Eclipse IDE, RSS, JIRA, Stash (GIT repo), GITHUB, Android Studio, X Code

Professional Projects/Portfolio

●      GITHUB -  https://github.com/dvelle

●      Momensity10 Android and Iphone app currently in respective App Stores

●      Momensity http://momensity10.com Launched 8/16 Responsive design, bootstrap, html 5, javascript and mobile app management of overseas multi-language team using oDesk.

o      Momensity creates personal data solutions by leveraging machine learning technologies such as R and WEKA  to create mobile applications

●      APCE http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/ Launch 12/3/10

●      EFC Calculator http://apps.collegeboard.com/fincalc/efc_status.jsp Launch 11/18/10

●      OSR https://scores.collegeboard.com/pawra/home.action Launch 5/19/11

●      SBO     https://springboard.collegeboard.com/SB/login.action Launch 1/11/2011

●      SOAS http://reporting.collegeboard.com/rms/reportAccess.do?reportId=2 Launch 1/6/2011

●      SSD http://www.collegeboard.com/ssd/student/index.html Launch 2/3/2011  

●      Regional Forums http://regionalforums.collegeboard.org/ Launch 11/8/2010

●      MCQS http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/prepare/quickstart Launch 11/18/2010

Experience

 

Data Scientist

Department of Forest Services ; USDA | Washington, D.C.

November 2017 – April  2018

●     SOLR integration with Drupal CMS tools consultation and leadership

●     SOLR integration with Spark MLlib for Research

●     Search & Recommendations

●     Answer Engine Development

●     Relevancy Tuning

●     API implementation for Drupal CMS Tools leveraging Faceting Search

●     Analysis results use -case creation

●     100% Remote Role

 

Architect & Lead Engineer

Momensity LLC (Start-Up) | Stafford, VA

November 2013 – Present

●     Managed staging servers and production servers (AWS - standard and EC2)

●     Architected and implemented Web Services

●     Last mile development for Android and iOS mobile apps

●     Daily management of 5 simultaneous project teams including code review

●     Managed $300,000 department budget and HR responsibilities of all staff - including interview, retention, and performance reviews

●     Managed 25 remote staff - engineers and designers

●     Android Studio

●     X Code

●     Java Spring Framework experience

●     Android and Iphone app now in stores under Momensity10

 

Sr. Text Analytics Engineer – Big Data Engineer

Aitheras and Department of Justice | Washington, D.C.

Oct 2015 – Nov 2017

●       Research & Development Email threading solution using SVM and ridge regression on ENRON email set

●       Spark and YARN tuning experience

●       Leveraging big data algorithms in Scala (native code, Spark/Akka) and Java (native code, MLlib (Spark)  , Mahout etc.) - including LSH, MinHash, Cosine Similarity, Jaccard, SuperBit LSH, ANN LSH, hamming, NLP

●       Created JAVA/SCALA hybrid application for YARN deployments

●       Worked within JAVA Spring Framework

●       Exposure to RIV (Random Index Vector) and GA(Genetic Algorithm)

●       Partner in development of scalable solutions using large datasets (1.5 million files per hour in some cases) with other data scientists on the team

●       Researched and wrote white papers in the pursuit of innovative data solutions

●       Conceptualize, analyze and developed actionable recommendations for strategic challenges

●       Worked with cross-functional teams to develop ideas and integrate a platform-based solution for predicative search tool

●       Required to remain current on new developments in data analytics, Big Data, predictive analytics, and associated technology.

 

Director of Engineering & Systems Architect

Trustcomm Engineering & Integration (Start-Up) | Stafford, VA

September 2014 – Oct 2015

●     Generated White Papers to pitch the VP and CEO on new engineering directions and market opportunities for prototypes and future engineering efforts

●     Engineering Program Design and Management

o     Program and Project Development Schedule

o     Resource Allocation projections including contractor need estimates

o     Consolidation of resource inputs and outcomes from engineering program through vendor and department negotiation

o     Policy and Procedure creation for program interaction

o     Managed Engineering Budget of $300,000 - projects frequently under budget

●     Tasked creating software engineering department infrastructure and managing staff

o     installed and setup JIRA (AGILE SCRUM), STASH (GIT repository)

o     Create job descriptions, interview candidates and hire engineers

o     Day-to-day management of engineers - lead daily 10 minute standups

o     Create daily reports when necessary and weekly reports routinely

●     Initial task, reverse-engineer vendor/agency created applications due to lack of documentation and prepare and perform audits of all commissioned vendor/agencies - towards the end of regression testing

●     Created system architecture and acted as Subject-Matter-Expert (SME) for engineering teams

●     Created VCRM Test Program

●     Created monthly department strategies for three (3) separate engineering teams

●     Represented and presented Engineering Department interests during Program Reviews to Executive Level Stakeholders

●     Audited technical vendors

o     Discovered poorly coded deliverables and called all hands to present re-design plan with project scope and budgets; gained CEO approval of proposed Software Architecture Documentation and additional staff requests to meet sales objectives and plan to re-start SDLC to deliver perfected-product as purchase orders for end-product were placed

o     Traveled to vendor/agency locations to initiate documentation guidelines for missing system architecture documentation

▪      Initiated strategy plan to start consolidating vendor/agency relationships as external needs are being brought in-house

●     Learned and improved on knowledge of several new technologies to perform bug fixes, enhancements and fulfill Software Design Documentation (SDD) including:

o     Yo Generators

o     Grunt Servers

o     NodeJS interface with (Interface Control Document) ICD air-gapped system

o     Compass/SASS

o     MongoDB/Express

o     Signal processing Software Systems (CDMA, LTE, LTE Advanced, GSM, UMTS)

o     Scapy for Wifi and WiMax Access Points

o     Chrome Apps including Hosted| Extension | Packaged

o     (Command Line Interface) CLI (Bash and SH)

●     Successfully proposed machine learning opportunities to enhance produce offerings to executive management and also integrated R and Weka technologies into product line

●     Angular Experience audited 3^rd party vendor code and unit tested for verification of functionality. In this process found the delivered Angular functionality not to be as described by 3^rd party vendor resultintg in a legal action by Trustcomm.

 

Senior UI Engineer

Department of Defense| Washington, D.C.

Aug 2013 – March 2014

●     Tasked creating all UI needed for United Health Care Group (UHG) website

●     Leveraging Web trends software, JavaScript, html5, bootstrap technologies  within UHG site

●     Sunsetting Webtrends and implementing Adobe Site Catalyst within site and mobile app

●     Working within Rational Application Development using JSPs and multiple SVN branches to accomplish tasks

●     Waterfall methodology was in place

 

Architect/Lead Developer

World Bank| Washington, D.C.

June 2014 – July 2014

●     Created multiple data visualization artifacts for “flyer” sites using d3js

●     Worked with multiple teams and stakeholders across multiple national boundaries

●     Leveraged Basecamp and weekly Sprints to stay on schedule and in communication with team assets

●     Created a custom WordPress theme to meet the client needs

●     Several custom elements were needed to be added to tree graph graphical assets using JavaScript was able to effectively meet requirements and stay on budget

●     Agile Scrum methodology was in place

 

Architect/Lead Developer

Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA

Apr 2014 – June 2014

●     Tasked with finishing reverse engineering undocumented code from Flash – action script 2.0 and converting to HTML5

●     Tasked with creating a Learning Management System (LMS) using Moodle CMS

●     Tasked with learning and becoming effective with Adobe Captivate to use video assets in the Moodle CMS

●     Given a short window of opportunity to be effective, was able to save project and deliver on time and below budget

●     Waterfall methodology was in place

 

Web Administrator/SiteCore Developer

State of Virginia | Chester, VA

Aug 2013 – April 2015

●     On Call for no more than 30 hours per month total to provide support to Virginia.gov (sitecore CMS based) administration needs including system upgrades and troubleshooting

●     Leveraging ASP.NET to build custom functionality when required

●     Leveraged CSS3, Javascript and HTML to build thematic elements for Virginia.gov

●     Some help desk requirements within allotted time

●     Waterfall methodology was in place

 

Senior Social Media Specialist/Lead Web Developer/Architect/Designer

Department of State| Washington, D.C.

Oct 2011 – June 2013

●     Tasked with internal website (Social Media HUB, a WordPress website)re-designs and development for US Embassies and Consulates around the globe

●     Designed & developed DIY Web Platform for social media education leveraging gamification methodologies and engagement strategies

●     Social Media Campaign and Audience Engagement Consultations for US Public Diplomacy

●     Policy creation for intra/inter department work relationships and increased efficiencies

●     Worked in environments that required VoIP and media streaming

●     Develop applications for data visualizations usage in regards to monitoring and engagement of the Social Web, leveraging NodeXL, javascript. Some html5

●     Re-designed Lowermekong.org Drupal based platform (GUI and Functional)

●     Re-factored and “enhanced” WordPress plug-ins according to new requirements

●     Maintained Software Design Documentation for all projects

●     Develop UI Design Analysis Reports for all design tasks

 

Senior Web Designer/Developer/Training Consultant

Geico Insurance| Chevy Chase, Maryland

June 2011 – Oct 2011

Hired and tasked with mentoring more junior designers and developers in day to day problems that I have greater understanding and outside perspective on; in addition to working on difficult UI developer tasks.

●     Commissioned to create training program for analyst transitioning into Web Design and development; resulted in 3 month training program with manuals

●     Became proficient in the use of JSF methodologies and Java Swing syntax within 21 days to keep my contributions to ongoing projects on time and on budget.

●     Utilizing in depth JSF and Richfaces within Eclipse with basic UI technologies knowledge to contribute quality code to JAVA platforms

●     Commuted 100% of time

 

UI Engineer Consultant

Silverchair Inc.| Charlottesville, Virginia.

April 2011 – June 2011

Hired and tasked with utilizing Visual Studio to develop alongside ASP .NET developers and learn .Net to become knowledgeable and an asset to the organization as a UI developer.

●     Became proficient in the use of Visual Studio and ASP. NET syntax within 7 days to keep my contributions to ongoing projects on time and on budget.

●     Utilizing in depth XSLT/XSD  in addition to basic UI technologies knowledge to contribute quality code to .NET platforms

●     Utilizing Sharepoint for task delineation and reporting

●     Effectively worked remotely 80% of time

 

Senior UI Engineer Consultant

The College Board, Inc. | Reston, Virginia.

October 2010 – April 2011

Hired and tasked with department infrastructure policy & standards creation, interdepartmental policy negotiations, in addition to general web developer duties within 3 main platform environments Vignette, Drupal, and Stand-a-lone. Team-building as a general focus for new hires as well as proper on-boarding training was also a goal while in this role.

●     Was tasked with Drupal, though was not a core competency and successfully delivered in a 3 day turn around a full functional site becoming highly proficient during the process

●     Created 2 department policies dealing with separating the development process into environment setup, development, and integration to improve LOE estimates within the SCRUM process and to minimize double-work within a finite budget due to post-integration factors.

●     Successfully developing on 4 – 6 projects, simultaneously, at any given time staying firmly within LOE estimates

●     Managing an administration intensive role while delivering on time and on budget.

●     Organized monthly team building activities to re-instill trust, kinship, and overall productivity

 

Contract Web Developer / Producer / Consultant

BeThereSMG LLC. (startup) | Richmond, Virginia

September 2008 – Present

Apply a wide breadth of technical skills, Internet knowledge, and experience across the spectrum of online development in the service of building and improving (using web analytics) online properties for multiple clients. Includes: site architecture and infrastructure, backend development using open source toolset (LAMP stack) front end development with CSS and HTML/XHTML, organic search engine optimization and strategy, web systems administration, technical writing, marketing communications and online business consulting.

o      http://apps.facebook.com/the_hustle  End-to-End Developer of current development of PHP/JQUERY /JS FACEBOOK USER entertainment application 5 month Cycle.

o      ICFI  contract 1/2016 – 7/2016 Drupal Senior developer 90% remote; served across multiple teams; custom drupal plugin development; and content administration; mentoring of junior developers

o      US AIDE contract 11/2017 to 11/2018 Served as senior consultant and architect for DRUPAL migration from MS Access HR Management system cobbled together by previous developers. Collected requirements, planned system architecture with Requirements Analysis Document. Created Software Architecture Document and initial prototype designs. Resourced team for development using JIRA 2 week sprints.

 

Web Developer / Administrator / Producer/Co-Founder

BeThereOnDemand LLC. (startup)| Richmond, Virginia

July 2006 - July 2008

Developed Patent pending PHP/COLD FUSION delivery technologies to deliver live media content over the Internet with minimum latency. Effort required a new normalized MySQL database, extensive SQL query optimization, a database conversion application and PHP application development; also wrote custom JavaScript functions for a statistical reporting application.

In addition to code development, maintained project documentation. Served as the primary web developer on company's flagship product,  bethereondemand.com. (Work available for review upon request) Helped build and grow the site to be one of the most popular live entertainment hubs on the Internet.

●      Converted all user facing applications from PHP to AS2

●      Normalized database tables and performed extensive query optimization.

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