Bond Execution System Technology (BEST)

Insurance Surety Bond customer facing web application which allows insurance agents to search and issue Surety Bonds. BEST is a large scale high performance system, servicing agents within the continental United States and abroad. It achieved an ROI within the first year of use and contributed to a department that was the most profitable department in the company. This project won the President's award for its ease-of-use, agent-feedback, and ROI. Compatible with all major browsers.

Technologies

Java, JDBC (uses the JADA product I developed and the Form Manager web service discussed below), JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Struts, IBM Websphere, IBM DB2 (both mainframe and distributed), IBM Content Manager, IBM MQ Workflow, Adobe LiveCycle Forms, Adobe Reader Extension Server.

E-Label web service

An internal and reusable print service component which allowed Ohio Casualty personal lines policy administration system to produce online and real time insurance forms populated with the policy information. This service sits on top of the Form Manager service (discussed below).

I presented this technology at the ACORD user conference (2007) in Orlando Florida. It was very well received.

Technologies

Java, Struts, Adobe LiveCycle Forms and Adobe Reader Extension Server.

Form Manager web service

An internal and reusable form service component which allows systems to store, query, populate, and produce their various online forms using Adobe PDF technology.

Technologies

Java, JSP, Struts, DB2, IBM Content Manager, Adobe LiveCycle Forms and Adobe Reader Extension Server.

Java Instructor

In addition to the above, I also was instructor for the following courses held internally at Ohio Casualty.

Beginning Java
Focused on converting legacy developers into Java developers. It covered the Java language as a whole as well as object orientation principles.

Advanced Java
Covered J2EE and web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and JSP and java servlets.

Struts
An introductory course focusing on the STRUTS Java framework.

SIMON (Simple Information Management Online)

A web-based content management system designed to manage the content on an Intranet.

Technologies

Active Server Pages (ASP), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, IIS, SQL Server.

Search Engine

Redesigned and rewrote the existing search engine within Relizonline. My implementation involved an extensive indexing process that allowed for quick and accurate search results through millions of records, eliminating the latency experienced by the users.

B2B module.

Redesigned and rewrote the existing Business-to-Business module, resulting in no B2B production issues being reported and excellent system performance. Prior to the rewrite, the B2B module was continually failing with timeout issues when large orders were sent during heavy load time. The B2B process takes advantage of the JADA package that I created.

Budgeting Module

Designed and developed a budgeting module which allowed our customers to create budgets for their users to spend. The module would stop the user from ordering past their budget.

Broadcast Order

Designed and developed a module which allowed Relizonline users to place an order and ship the order to a group of shipping addresses.

TranSend

An Active X control that allowed external Windows applications to call COBOL processors within CINCOM Control Manufacturing (an ERP/MRP package). CINCOM Control Manufacturing was a closed system. This Active X controlled bridged the gap between online web applications and/or Windows applications and CINCOM Control Manufacturing.

Technologies

Visual Basic 6.

ERP / MRP Software

Participated in the development of an ERP / MRP web enabled package for small to medium sized businesses, called Converge. The front-end screens for Converge were written in Active Server Pages for the Internet Explorer browser. The back-end COM objects were written using Visual Basic 6.0. Converge utilizes the SQL Server 7.0 database

Technical Team Lead

Served as a technical team leader for Jireh Consulting and Regent Systems Inc. doing consulting work for numerous projects involving Visual Basic, Powerbuilder, COBOL and MANTIS programming

Powerbuilder Developer

Served as a developer for BASS and participated on the team to develop the BASS MerchaNT system, a client-server application providing a Windows NT compliant GUI interface. MerchaNT is a back office system for in-store management of a grocery store. The interface was designed using PowerBuilder 5 and Microsoft Visual C++. The database was SQL Anywhere and resided on a server and was accessed over a LAN using the PowerBuilder native communications

COBOL and MANTIS Development

Worked as a consultant for RJO Enterprises. I participated in the development of the Defense Integrated Subsistence Management System II (DISMS II) project. Development of the DISMS II project was done using MANTIS, COBOL, and SUPRA