Dorothy J. Biederman

608 Knollwood Road
Severna Park, MD 21146
(443) 569-2671
dorothy@biederman.net
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothyjbt

Executive Summary

·           Accomplished hands-on senior information technology professional offering over 10 years of progressive career success developing and executing operational strategies to promote organizational growth by eliminating inefficient processes and embracing and optimizing the use of emerging technologies.

·           Problem solver and change agent with extensive experience leading software, business and operational development efforts within a diverse range of industries and disciplines.

·           Excels at developing motivated, productive teams that continually exceed goals and expectations.

·           Creative, results driven leader that has been recognized for taking on major challenges, adapting to rapidly changing technological and business environments and resolving mission critical issues to ensure bottom line success.

Experience

Sr. Lead Applications Engineer/Architect

Apr 2012 - present

Viatech, Inc., a DSCI Company, contracted to US Army Software Engineering Center – APG, MD

·           ADCCP (Army Data Center Consolidation Project) – Sr. Applications Architect/Engineer

o              Led engineering team responsible for building army.cloud.mil/cloud.mil self-service server provisioning services.

o              Led a team responsible for the decommissioning and re-eestablishing of world-wide Data Centers that were directed for consolidation by the US Congress including analysis, documentation and reprogramming of Department of Defense/Army mission critical applications.

·           DCGS-A (Distributed Common Ground System – Army)

o              Responsible for designing, planning, coordinating, and tracking of test events centered around the integration of three dozen COTS and custom software packages in to a single unified interface.

·           Secret Clearance (PSI Adjudication of NACLC OPM, Opened 2012 04 12, Closed 2012 04 21, determined Eligibility of Secret on 2012 04 24 DISCO)

·           Secret Compartmentalized Information (SCI) eligible.

·           Top Secret investigation in progress.

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2010 – Oct 2011

Edge Professional Services, contracted to The Boeing Company – Annapolis, MD

·           Developer on TAC and Midpoint (intelligence gathering and analytics software for deployment on secured government networks.)

·           Data gathering, extraction and analytics.

·           Developed dashboard for monitoring of software and dependent services.

·           TDD/BDD/Agile environment.

Chief Technology Officer

Aug 2007 – Jul 2010

Heavy Hammer, Inc. – Annapolis, MD

·           Responsible for shaping and executing the strategic technological and operational vision to support and enhance sales, productivity and operations by maximizing human resources, and eliminating operational inefficiencies while maintaining budget constraints and aggressive deadlines.

·           Recruit, manage and develop all IT and design personnel/contractors and supervise the efforts of the online marketing department.

·           Was instrumental in the crafting of claims for US Patent 7,813,958, awarded October 2010.

·           Automated the sales and billing process, reducing time till live from 3-4 days to seconds.

·           Replaced local hardware and services to substantially increase uptime to over 99%.

·           Implemented a green replacement policy for end of life hardware, cutting 70K in equipment costs and reducing energy consumption by 72%.

·           Implemented a VOIP phone system, including teleworker capabilities, allowing the company to double the size of the sales staff by recruiting quality sales staff nationwide and improve sales staff call productivity and professional development by providing data and custom tools for analysis of call metrics.

·           Cut 200K in development and operational costs by replacing legacy data collection processes with contracted data service providers.

·           Spearheaded the implementation of PCI compliance controls across the organization.

·           Increased client retention over 100% during an 18 month period by rolling out a free co-branded open source CRM and individual personalized websites for client use and providing free integration tools for use with third party CRM, marketing and lead generation systems.

Senior Applications Developer

May 2006 – Aug 2007

Fieldstone Mortgage Company/Fieldstone Investment Corporation – Columbia, MD

·           Led development of back end logging and monitoring framework for initial Sarbanes Oxley audit and continued compliance.

·           Developed reporting engine for on-demand delivery of data and custom analytics to Accounting, Compliance and Legal staff.

·           Developed multiple processes to facilitate the automated delivery and receipt of data with third party securitization and servicing partners.

·           Data warehouse redesign, moving from simple local clustered databases to a distributed Informatica environment with Microstrategy reporting.

Senior Web Applications Developer

Jan 2005 – Apr 2006

Heavy Hammer, Inc. – Annapolis, MD

·           Worked on a mechanism for delivering locally based advertising. US Patent

·           Developed B2C subscription based web application. Application grossed company $15.5 million in FY2005, up from $4 million in FY2004.

·           Developed web-based Affiliate Tracking application.

·           Full lifecycle software development on in-house enterprise class software system. Incudes CMS, CRM, traffic analysis, automated billing, lead management, reporting, and SEO optimization components.

·           Integration of in-house software with third party software and web services.

·           Maintenance and other janitorial duties on legacy code.

Senior Systems Administrator

Sep 2003 – Jan 2005

Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Annapolis, MD

·           Administration and maintenance of WAN and LAN infrastructure.

·           Developed interactive corporate extranet site.

·           Developed application for tracking and mapping oyster fisheries and water quality indicators in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (Collaborated with MD Department of Natural Resources)

·           Administered Citrix farm.

·           Risk assessment and disaster recovery plan development.

Self-employed

Dec 1997 – Sep 2000
Dec 2001 – Sep 2003

PCXP – Coconut Grove, FL & Annapolis, MD

·           Provided turnkey solutions (development, security and network) to small and medium firms including application and database development, network configuration, security solutions, training and purchasing.

IT Director

Sep 2000 – Dec 2001

The Trump Group/TG Investments – Williams Island, FL

·           Oversaw all technology operations for TG Investments and its several subsidiaries

Other Work Experience:

·           Law Clerk, Baker & McKenzie, Miami, FL – Sep 1999 – Jun 2000

·           Director of Development, IA International, Miami FL -  Mar 1996 – Sep 1997

·           Vector Marketing Corporation, Southampton, PA & Youngstown, OH

-          Branch Manager (Summer 1995)

-          Assistant District Manager (Winter Break 1994 – 1995)

-          Sales Representative (Summer 1994)

Current and Past Personal Projects

·           MadAuth
Designed Microsoft Active Directory authentication module for use with a variety of modular open source CMS’s.

·           Route Optimization Application
Tackles the “Traveling Salesman Problem” by standardizing addresses, geocoding them and planning an optimized route which includes routing based on routing preferences (shortest or fastest), arrival and departure times (calculated with respect to time spent at each waypoint based on routed individual’s past history). Includes options for printing turn by turn routing in various document formats and automatically writing a trip file to Magellan GPS units.
 

Technical skills

Languages

·           Proficient in: PERL, PHP, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, XML, XSLT, DTML, AJAX, JavaScript, CSS, Visual Basic, VBA, HTML

·           Familiar with: Java

Software & Technologies

·           Databases: MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Riak

·           Servers/Services: Apache, LDAP, SSL, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft Exchange (2000/2003)

·           Platforms: Linux, Microsoft Windows

·           Other: Test Driven Development (TDD) & Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Agile Software methodology, Citrix Services, Terminal Services, Cucumber, Rake, WSDL/SOAP Services, Zope, Joomla, Drupal, SugarCRM, WordPress, PostNuke, Xaraya, MicroStrategy, Informatica, Talend, Active Directory, CommuniGate, GIS, GeoCoding and other mapping technologies, Open Source Software

Education

University of Miami School of Law

Sep 1997 – May 2000

Coral Gables, FL

·           Juris Doctor, cum laude

·           Book Award – Contracts

·           Dean’s List (various semesters)

·           High Honors – Legal Research & Writing

·           Activities: Co-founder - Information Technology Law Club, National Lawyers Guild Youth Prison Project, VIsTA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Sep 1992 – Dec 1995

Madison, WI

·           B.S., Biological Anthropology, magna cum laude

·           Certificates: Global Studies, Integrated Liberal Studies, French

·           Dean’s List (various semesters)

·           Pi Beta Phi

Council Rock High School

Newtown, PA

1992

Civic/Volunteer Activities

·           Job Coach for individual with Down’s Syndrome

·           Best Buddies

·           Labrador Retriever Rescue

·           United Way’s “Hands on Miami”

·           Graduate Advisor for University of Miami’s “Fun Day”

References

Michael Sola, IT Manager
World Wildlife Federation
(443) 254-2329
michael.sola@gmail.com
(Chesapeake Bay Foundation)

John Adams, Chief Information Officer
American Board of Radiology
(301) 331-4189
john@johnadamssings.com
(Fieldstone Mortgage Company)

John Camp, Manager – Engineering and Development
Infoblox, Inc.
(410) 360-2160
jcamp0711@gmail.com
(Fieldstone Mortgage Company)

John Crawford, Owner
Vada Solutions
(301) 922-9972
johnlcrawford@gmail.com
(Fieldstone Mortgage Company & Heavy Hammer, Inc.)

Suz Martin Wagner, Project Manager
EMC Corporation
(703) 967-5694
suzwagner@gmail.com
(Heavy Hammer, Inc.)

Monica Quigg, Director of Software Development
(443) 254-1999
mlquigg@gmail.com
(Heavy Hammer, Inc. & Edge Professional Services)

Jake Culp, VP Client Services
Planet Financial Group, LLC
(443) 538-3951
jk_culp@yahoo.com
(Fieldstone Mortgage Company)

Virginia K. Tippie, Director
Coastal America
(202) 401-9928
virginia_tippie@comcast.net
(personal)