Paul Webster is an accomplished platform architect and principal engineer with a wealth of experience in high-level system design, software development, project management, and agile methodologies. His strong background in information and communications technologies, networking, data processing, cloud computing, predictive analytics, big data, and web technologies has earned him recognition as a Certified System Architect (CSA) by Pegasystems and as a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) by Scrum Alliance. With over 15 years of hands-on experience, Paul is a formally trained Agile Scrum Master.

Paul is proficient in several programming languages, including Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JAVA, C, C++, SCALA, C#, .NET, PERL, Visual Basic, SQL, JavaScript, Postscript, PDF, Pascal, Fortran, Forth, XML, CGI, PHP, ASP, JSP, and X86 assembly language. He also has extensive knowledge of platforms such as Red Hat/Ubuntu/CentOS Linux, BSD UNIX, Sun Solaris, MAC OSX, CYGWIN, Microsoft Windows (16/32/64 bit), VMS, and VM Ware.

When it comes to interface protocols and standards, Paul is well-versed in HTTP, HTTPS, SSL (TLS), SSH, CORBA, TCP/IP sockets, RESTful API's, SOAP, SNMP, RCP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, TELNET, TDS, IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet), IEEE 802.4 (Token Bus), RS-232 (Serial), and IEEE 488 (HP GPIB). He has also worked with application interfaces such as JAVA AWT/Swing/NIO, Win 32 API/GDI, DirectX, Open GL, X11, XTERM, KDE, QT, RDP, CITRIX, and SUN XVIEW/OPEN WINDOWS.

Paul is no stranger to web technologies, as he has extensive experience with HTML, XHTML, CSS, CGI, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, AJAX, SOAP, JSON, JQUERY, APACHE, IIS, TOMCAT, FLASH, LAMP, and DRUPAL. He is also familiar with databases such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and Sybase SQL.

Throughout his career, Paul has worked with various development tools such as GCC/G++/GDB, Microsoft MSC C/C++, Borland C/C++, JAVAC, SUN ACC (ANSI), and CC (KR) compilers. He is highly skilled in IDEs like Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland, Netbeans, Open Perl IDE, and Dev C++ (GNU GCC). Tool kits he has experience with include JAVA AWT/Swing/NIO, Microsoft Foundation Classes, Borland Object Windows Library (OWL), and PERL CPAN modules. Paul is also no stranger to SCM tools like GIT, Sub Version, SVN, RCS, Beyond Compare, and CVS.

Overall, Paul Webster is an experienced and highly skilled platform architect and principal engineer with a broad range of technical abilities and extensive knowledge across many areas of information and communications technologies.