Andrew Rohling

Profile

12 years of experience as a senior level developer in web-enabled enterprise application development adept at bridging the gap between technical and presentation requirements.

Objective

Seeking a challenging team leadership position that leverages my existing technical and leadership skills.

Skills Summary

  • HTML/XHTML
    5/5 Stars
  • CSS
    5/5 Stars
  • JSTL
    5/5 Stars
  • jQuery
    5/5 Stars
  • JavaScript
    5/5 Stars
  • JSP
    4/5 Stars
  • Photoshop
    3/5 Stars
  • Java
    3/5 Stars
  • Struts
    3/5 Stars
  • Subversion
    3/5 Stars
  • ANT
    2/5 Stars
  • XML
    2/5 Stars
  • SQL
    1/5 Stars
  • Ruby on Rails
    1/5 Stars
  • GIT
    1/5 Stars

Education

  1. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Regis University, Denver Colorado, Cum Laude, June 2005.
  2. Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, June 2002.
  3. Associate of Applied Science degree , Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady New York, May 1998.

Experience

  1. RollStream/GXS

    • Senior Web Developer
    • 2/2010 - Today
    • Tysons Corner, Virginia

    Began massive restructuring of existing UI implementation to be more light-weight, scalable and easier to maintain.

    • Deliver wireframes and activity diagrams for new layouts as well as updates to existing pages.
    • Build new markup and CSS structure to provide scalable base for future growth while providing support for existing CSS.
    • Delivered best practices presentation for CSS, HTML and JavaScript.
    • Leveraged existing jQuery expertise to grow existing JavaScript API.
    • Perform light Ruby on Rails development as needed to assure iteration deadlines.
    • Collaborate with Product Management to iterated over each design and modify as needed during each step of the development process.
  2. Online Resources

    • Principal Web Designer/Developer
    • 6/2008 - 2/2010
    • Chantilly, Virginia

    Worked with Product Management to implement designs provided by Graphics Designers. This entailed:

    • Working in Photoshop to provide alternatives, image updates, proof of concepts, tweaks to images provided by Graphic Design and engineering of image set into UI framework.
    • Implementation of jQuery into existing JavaScript framework.
    • Design and implementation of scalable JavaScript event binding paradigm leveraging jQuery and flexible Web/JavaScript design.
    • Use of CSS Sprites and Photoshop SmartObjects to streamline development and management of images and improve website performance.
    • Enforce and maintain XHTML compliant pages for easier cross-browser support and theme scalability.
  3. Cybertrust/Verizon Business

    • Software Engineer
    • 12/2005 - 6/2008
    • Herndon, Virginia

    Acting team lead during acquisition period focused on increasing cross-team collaboration, and morale. Ensured colleagues matched their tasks with their development needs. Encouraged more open communication through lessons learned debriefs and brainstorming sessions.

    • Engaged development team members in ongoing dialogue to drive future project direction, leverage developer knowledge, increase innovation and strengthen developer buy-in.
    • Spearheaded the introduction of more formal software development lifecycle processes and best practices into the development process.
    • Developed web tier components and application using Wicket, CSS, JavaScript and Maven for re-engineering of legacy JSP application.
    • Maintained and enhanced legacy web application using Struts, JSTL, CSS, XML and Ant.
    • Re-engineered web tier of existing web application using JSF, Seam, Maven, CSS and XHTML for next evolution of application.
    • Worked with XML Open Document format for the Java based implementation of web based report generation of network security scan results.
  4. Booz Allen Hamilton

    • Associate
    • 11/2002 - 12/2005
    • McLean, Virginia

    Increased responsibilities by transitioning from individual contributor status to team lead. Led small development team responsible for development of presentation tier of a federated database search application using MVC, JSTL and CSS.

    • Managed and mentored staff and peers ensuring in-depth knowledge transfer. Wrote performance reviews and development plans. Provided ongoing feedback to staff and peers.
    • Selected for mentoring in Information Assurance by senior management.
    • Integrated applications and COTS products for identity management effort at USPTO by leveraging Active Directory. Technologies included WebSphere, SunOne Application server, PHP and ColdFusion. Served as the primary Booz Allen interface for the USPTO client.
    • Provided technical leadership during functional requirements phase of large-scale project for EPA by introducing technologies such as JSTL into the functional prototype and demonstrating highly modular approaches to both XML schemas and object models.
    • Leveraged technical expertise to migrate existing Department of Labor eGov initiative website from a Type I architecture to true MVC or Model-View-Controller architecture with use of the Jakarta Struts package. Played a key role in the implementation of type-checking and data validation to reduce the threat of cross-scripting attacks.
  5. B2eMarkets

    • Developer
    • 11/1999 - 11/2002
    • Rockville, Maryland

    Established myself as front-end expert by consistently delivering top-notch presentation layer products including custom images, web pages, supporting Javascript and Struts implementations.

    • Developed and maintained EJB's, JSP, SQL queries, servlets, tag libraries, and JavaScript for multiple browsers across three tiered web-based e-commerce application using iPlanet, BEA Weblogic and Oracle.
    • Responsible for assuring data validation, integrity and safeguards against man-in-the-middle and cross-scripting attacks in all presentation layer code.
    • Played key role in integration and ongoing maintenance of Web Crossing's online forum product into existing application.
    • Worked closely with development and marketing departments to provide new or modified graphics with quick turnaround.
    • Excelled at creating HTML prototypes for sales and marketing efforts on short notice with fast turn around and superior results.
  6. Other