Candidates About

Brian Fritz

Customer-facing projects including design, customization and integration of both proprietary and open-source applications.

Emphasis on high-performance, modular, secure and future-proof coding techniques, and database design.

Primary client-base in all aspects of the manufacturing industry.  Additional client-base work performed in insurance, mortgage and distribution.

Expert with Progress OpenEdge products, services, RDBMS through version11

Expert knowledge and certified with QAD Customer Self-Service B2B web application.

Expperience in web server technology analysis, setup, configuration, troubleshooting: Apache httpd, IIS, Tomcat

Implimentation of various public and private web services using RESTful techiques, JSON XML and SOAP payloads

Expert QAD Customer Self-Service B2B web application customization.

Web-facing, mobile, and emerging technology experience using JavaScript, Ajax: ExtJS, jQuery,  NodeJS

Web Server setup and administration: Tomcat,  Apache, IIS 7

Development, deployment and testing of SOAP Web Services utilizing tools: SoapUI, Visual Studio, WCF.

Interfacing with UPS, FedEx, and other services both proprietary and public.

Custom B2B and B2C web service model architectures developed using XML and JSON standards.

Credit card interface development using vendor APIs: Verisign, PayPal , Authorize.net,  High attention to PCI DSS compliance.

Source configuration management, continuous integration, policy development, and tool configuration.

Tools include: Subversion, Trac, RoundTable, Eclipse.

Virtual appliance technologies for development and deployment using virtualization platforms VMWare

Linux server and desktop administration.

Analysis of client requests and RFQ documents and production of custom development specifications and strategies.

Progress 4GL RDBMS versions 6 through 10, including CHUI, webspeed, AppServer configurations and DBA tasks.

A vast array of internet technologies employed in solution architectures: XML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX-style interfaces.

Work Experience:

Progress Software (Progress Bravepoint)

Senior Consultant

October 2014 - October 1017 (3 years)

BravePoint, Inc.

Senior Consultant

April 2006 - October 2014 (8 years)

Independent Contracter/Consultant

April 2003 - March 2006 (3 Years)

Serigraph, Inc.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

September 1995 - March 2003 (8 Years)

Data Acces

Computer Consulant

March 1995 - September 1995 (6 months)

Leisurecraft Insurance Agency

March 1990 - March 1995 (5 Years)