Christopher L. Brown

                            401 SW 4th Ave   Fort Lauderdale, FL   33315    (804) 677-6801

                                                                      brownclb100@gmail.com               

 

Professional Summary

 

·   More than 15 years experience with an emphasis in the design and development of distributed, object-oriented systems using C#, Java.

·   Architect and developer of enterprise industry leading cloud application using C#, .NET managing trusts and estates.

·   Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of multiple startup companies.  managed all aspects of application development, business operations, customer service and operations.

·   Designed and developed customer care systems using core J2EE technologies including Enterprise Java Beans, JSP, JMS and JDBC.

·   Senior developer, business analyst and project manager on multiple mission-critical projects. 

·   Designed and developed B2B connectivity frameworks.

·   Designed and developed distributed customer account management and billing systems on multiple platforms.

·   Managed teams of developers through the full life-cycle of applications development.

·   Experience with order entry, account receivables, financial reporting, remote system interfaces, collections and payment processing software design.

·   Served as liaison between senior management and development teams.

 

Technical Skills

 

Databases	SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL
Operating Systems	.NET, Unix, VMS.
Languages	C#, Java, Visual Basic, C, C++, Pascal, Fortran, Cobol
J2EE Technologies	JSP, JDBC, EJB, JMS,
IDE	Visual Studio, JBuilder, Visual Café, Eclipse
MVC Framework	Jakarta Struts
Cloud/Web	Microsoft Azure, WebLogic, Tomcat, ASPX
UML Tools	Borland Together Architect, Rational Rose
Version Control	TFS, CVS, PVCS
Misc	Ant, JUnit, Visio,Wordpress

 

 

Professional Experience

 

CrummeyService.com, LLC, Boca Raton, FL

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer/Architect7/2009 - Present

 

·   Chief Technology Officer/Architect leading the development and implementation of an enterprise solution for managing all aspects of life insurance trusts.

·   Developed N-Tier application developed using C#, .NET with an ASPX and Visual Webgui presentation layer and SQL Server database deployed in Microsoft Azure.

·   Developed applications performing credit card authorizations, data export and import and integration with third party vendors such as life insurance providers.

·   Responsible for the design/implementation/maintenance of the site as well as direct contact with end users and corporate decision makers.

·   Managed company budgets, sales, invoicing and receivables.

 

Circuit City Stores, Richmond, VA                                                                                    8/2003 – 1/2009

Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead

 

·   Design and developed applications linking circuitcity.com and the 360 Commerce POS system.  These applications included the processing of customer sales information and credit authorizations transmitted to 360 Commerce via XML document exchange.  Assisted in the design of the underlying infrastructure linking the web site with 360 Commerce using core Java and JMS.

·   Developed Java web APIs supporting order entry and customer maintenance.  

·   Developed custom interfaces to legacy POS systems using C, C++.

·   Created real-time inventory inquiry and reservation interfaces with Yantra inventory management systems using JMS and custom code.

·   Designed and developed infrastructure and applications supporting product delivery via Amazon.com and third party suppliers.  These applications managed information exchange via FTP file transfer of data in EDI, XML and custom formats.

·   Served as the technical support for business users and mentor to junior associates.

·   Created detailed technical specifications and design documents in UML.

·   Agile team member supporting rapid development of new site functionality.

·   Managed the full life cycle of development, including design, coding, testing and maintenance.

·   Served as first level on-call support of web applications and infrastructure.

  

 

Sentraliant, Richmond, Va.                                                                                8/2001 – 6/2003

Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead

 

·   Chief technical lead for the design, construction and deployment of web-enabled customer care and retail partner solutions for Sirius Satellite Radio. 

·   Created applications constructed in Java and deployed in clustered Weblogic application servers using EJBs, JMS and XML document exchange. 

·   Developed components applications using MVC framework (Struts).  Created infrastructure components enabling asynchronous logging using JMS.  Migrated static HTML pages to JSPs. 

·   Created custom rules engines managing the transformation and validation of customer data.

·   Developed asynchronous logging and messaging services using EJB and JMS.  These applications enabled distributed copies of key customer information to data warehouse systems.

 

AetherSystems, Richmond, Va                                                                        8/1999 – 7/2001

Senior Software Engineer/Technical Lead

 

·   Designed and developed J2EE based middleware that managed data transformations and information exchanges between wired/wireless clients and remote systems. 

·   Applications were implemented using EJBs deployed in a BEA Weblogic 6.n application server, and supported client connections via native interfaces, JMS, HTTP.  Integrated with Oracle/SQL Server databases using JDBC and stored procedures.  Supported data in custom format or XML.

·   Designed and developed mobile point-of-sale middleware enabling credit card and check authorizations using cell phones, pagers and Palm OS devices with connectivity to remote systems using XML over HTTP.

·   Designed and developed user interfaces and the server framework supporting a mobile delivery tracking system. The server framework included the development of multi-threaded load-balancing software communicating with Oracle databases.

·   Created business delivery and verification applications on Palm OS devices.

·   Created data conversion applications using Visual Basic and SQL Server.

 

 

 

Digital Video Express (DIVX),  Richmond, Va.                                            8/1996 – 8/1999

Project Manager/Senior Technical Lead 

 

·   Led the development of distributed account receivables, customer billing, royalties and product pricing systems implemented using C, C++. 

·   Responsible for all phases of development, including functional specifications, system and transactional design and logical data models.

·   Developed applications managing information exchange with credit card authorization and settlement systems.

·   Supervised 11 software engineers.

·   Responsible for project schedules, budgets, test plans.  Reported directly to senior management.

 

CSG Systems, Omaha, NE                                                                          4/1996 – 8/1996

Senior Systems Analyst

 

·   Designed a manpower tracking and customer appointment system managing the real-time scheduling and dispatching of cable installation and repair personnel.

·   Designed the core classes used in the creation of a distributed cable television account management system.

·   Managed development efforts between local and remote teams.

 

 

Media One, Richmond, Va.                                                                        

Senior Developer/Project Manager 

 

·   Designed, developed and maintained numerous telecommunications applications, encompassing order entry, account receivables, manpower scheduling collections and payment processing.

·   Developed high-transaction database persistence and recovery systems.

·   Designed and developed a television advertising sales and traffic system.

·   Designed and developed a distributed, multi user television advertising sales and traffic system.  Features included invoicing, commissions, inventory control and time scheduling

·   Performed more than 15 data conversions of more than 10 million of customer accounts.  Analyzed requirements, created conversion software, managed schedules, assisted with on-site training

·   Developed protocol conversion software and remote interfaces enabling communication with remote banking and credit bureau systems

 

 

Education

B.A. , University of Richmond.