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Location:: Ann Arbor, United States (GMT-05:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed): 5.0
Member Since:: May 28, 2006
Last Worked:: November 4, 2007
oDesk Ready:: Yes

Asad H. - "J2EE/Java Developer - Freelance Programmer / Developer, United States"

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$20.00/hr

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Buyer ID	From/To	Job Title	Paid	Feedback
23093	10/2007 - 10/2007	Web Designer with strong Development Skills	$180 (8.00 hrs @ $22.50/hr)	No feedback given L Provider-to-Buyer Feedback: 5.0

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Oracle Developer	Provider	March 2, 2008

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Employment History
From	To	Company	Title/Role	Description
10/2008	04/2009	IGW SOLUTIONS L.L.C.	Business Analyst/Project Manager/Lead Java Developer / Team Lead	Determined the business requirements of the client and presented these requirements in a comprehensive project proposal. Delegated the development of certain underlying tasks, including the creation of DAOs and POJOs, to a junior Java developer. Implemented the core feature of the web application which enabled pet store managers to submit applications, create contracts, and generate amortization schedules on behalf of their customers.
11/2007	06/2008	BIOTECH WATCH L.L.C.	PHP Web Integrator/Developer / Team Lead	Integrated a new web design consisting of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code into the code base of the existing web application by tweaking and making additions to PHP code. Refactored the PHP code for certain features of the web application to enhance efficiency and to adhere to best coding practices. Incorporated the use of HTTP sessions into the web application and added PHP code to manage user sessions.
11/2007	02/2008	Frog Island Creative Services/Chrysler Corporation	Project Manager / Manager	Determined the best combination of Java web technologies to utilize for a web portal project based on Chrysler Corporation's requirements. Conducted numerous technical interviews in an effort to hire three competent Java developers for the project. Designed the architecture of the project and determined how to effectively integrate it into Chrysler Corporation’s existing IT infrastructure. Managed the undertaking of the project by assigning specific tasks to developers, by ascertaining that developers wrote codethat conformed to the architecture of the project, and by ensuring that developers wrote code that adhered to J2EE best practices.
07/2007	09/2007	Frog Island Creative Services/Chrysler Corporation	Java Web Integrator / Team Lead	Served as a liaison between web designers at Frog Island Creative Services and web developers at Chrysler Corporation by determining whether alternative new web designs were able to be incorporated into the Java code of a legacy application. Integrated a new web design consisting of HTML and CSS code into the Java code of the application by tweaking andmaking additions to existing JSP code.
02/2006	05/2007	Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Eastern Michigan University,...	Java/J2EE Developer / Team Lead	Revamped a J2EE EJB based web application that facilitated the sale and purchase of course books by undergraduate students at EMU. Converted a standalone Swing based application that processed faculty evaluations at EMU into a Struts based web application that used Hibernate for persistence. Designed and developed a Struts based web application to determine if undergraduate students at EMU are working behind a firewall.
05/2005	05/2006	AME Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan	Java/J2EE Developer / Team Lead	Designed and implemented a complex MySQL database to serve as the resource tier for a J2EE application. Architected, designed, and developed a Struts-based multi-tier J2EE application to enable local businesses to market themselves online by advertising their products and services.
01/2003	02/2006	Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan	Web Software Developer / Team Lead	Built intranet-based applications to aid internal users in password management, to allow the ME Webmaster to manipulate the properties of Zope objects, and to facilitate the access and use of financial documents by ME accounting personnel. Designed, developed, and deployed a J2EE multi-tier web application to enable prospective ME graduate students to view their current application status online, to submit supplemental application materials, and to provide valuable feedback to ME academic services personnel. Designed, implemented, and deployed two related J2EE multi-tier web applications to allow ME undergraduate students to sign up to pre-register and to pre-register for certain high-demand ME courses online within a specific time frame. Designed and programmed an intranet-based application to promote faculty data centralization by creating a set of highly customized user interfaces for faculty to update their Curriculum Vitae and administrative interfaces for the department Chair to review faculty data in an effort to assess their annual performance.
06/2004	12/2004	American Motility Society, Belleville, Michigan	PHP Web Developer / Team Lead	Modified the existent voting procedure to allow society members to specify candidate choices for multiple leadership council positions on their online ballot. Added functionality to conduct an online annual membership drive that enabled new members to join the society and current members to renew their membership and update their information. Provided society members with the means to retrieve their lost or forgotten user names and passwords via e-mail.
09/2002	04/2003	LSA-MAIS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan	ASP Web Developer / Independent Contributor	Created interfaces to enable users of the Student Information Charting System(SICS) to specify options used to dynamically generate both general and specific, drill-down queries. Employed Active Server Pages(ASPs) to execute these queries on an Oracle database, to display the results as a graph or chart using the ChartDirector graphing utility, and to tailor graphs and charts through the selection of specific parameters.
05/2002	10/2002	Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan	Web/Database Developer / Team Lead	Analyzed the schema of an existing FileMaker Pro database using the Entity-Relationship(E-R) data model. Ported the FileMaker Pro database to a MySQL database, selecting functionally appropriate and memory efficient data types to represent existing fields, and adding fields to serve as primary keys, foreign keys, and indices for tables. Programmed elaborate interfaces using WebObjects to allow internal users to specify input parameters for database searches. Developed search applications using WebObjects to connect to and retrieve data from a FileMaker Pro database.
03/2002	05/2002	Statistics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan	Java Applet Developer / Team Lead	Implemented a Java applet for a graduate students publication using the Java 2D and Java 3D APIs to render a set of coordinate pairs that represented global communities in various forms. Programmed a menu-based interface for the applet which enabled users to control its rendered appearance through the selection of different label types for the data points and the choice of which relationships to reveal between subsets of data.
08/2001	10/2001	Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan	Web Site Designer/Developer / Team Lead	Outlined the hierarchical structure of an existing web site and suggested ways to make its organization more cohesive. Ascertained the feasibility of adding certain desirable features to the site by considering the functionality and compatibility of available alternative web technologies. Designed and developed the homepage for the revamped web site of the Biomedical Engineering Department.
04/1999	09/1999	Physics High Energy Group, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan	Java Developer / Independent Contributor	Developed an interface to represent the state of various hardware components of a circuit board, primarily registers and memories, using the Java Foundation Classes(JFC). Implemented a strategy to test the functionality of individual board components, which involved writing and reading specific selected values or a range of values from registers and memories. Designed and programmed an interface for a circuit board card in accordance with the specifications of the cards address space map.
06/1998	09/1998	C-TAD Systems Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, a consulting and software...	Software Developer / Independent Contributor	Determined the design requirements of an interface for LOOK>>IN, a browser for CAD data that allows for CAD conferencing.Created a GUI to enable clients to newly install software for LOOK>>IN servers or to update or change their existent configuration of this software. Unit tested and system tested the functionality of the GUI based on particular sets of input data.

Other Experience
Skills Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, and MS DOS/Windows.Languages: Pascal, C, C++, Java, Groovy/Grails, C#, Tcl/Tk, OpenGL, Perl, UNIX shell scripts, ColdFusion, VBScript, Python, DTML, PHP, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, X/HTML, and CSS.Databases: schema design(E-R Model/Diagrams), normalization, query optimization, SQL(database implementation, queries), stored procedures, Oracle PL/SQL, R/DBMS(Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access, FileMaker Pro).Compiler Tools: Lex/Flex and Yacc/Bison.J2EE Software Design/Practice: UML, Design Patterns(Front Controller, Application Controller, TO/VO, DAO), MVC(Struts), object-relational mapping(Hibernate, TopLink, iBATIS), ANT, Maven, unit testing(JUnit), versioning(CVS, Subversion).J2EE Web Technologies: Servlets, JSPs, EJBs, Tag Libraries(JSTL, Jakarta Taglibs), JavaBeans, JDBC, and JNDI.Software Administration: Apache/Tomcat/JBoss server administration, IDE(Eclipse, IDEA, WebObjects, CodeWarrior installation/configuration.Statistical Applications: SAS, SPSS, and Splus.

Education
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