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Ohio University

Benjamin Logan High School

Independent Consultant

* Launched a startup company
* Created home maintenance software. System offers recommendations and connects with relevant services, provides history, and helps plan maintenance activities.
* Authored business requirements and use cases.
* Created technical materials for the patent application.
* Developed all application  layers utilizing Java stack technologies (JSF, EJB, JPA).
* Created materials to present concepts and prototypes to potential investors.

Fosterglisson Inc.

Founder

* Contributed to the design and architecture of a CI/CD platform catering to the Veterans Administration software development needs.
* Analyzed existing system setup including installed software and compared to dynamic project requirements.
* Became familiar with available AWS  components for application development, deployment and hosting.

Sierra7, Inc.

Architect

* Authored project designs and conducted technical panel reviews.
* Directed service provider resources for solution building and ensured proper delivery of the solution into production.
* Provided guidance on the technology design governance review process for PwC led projects.  
* Ensured that: standards were maintained, project risk was mitigated and technologies were aligned across territories.
* Designed and developed an application prototype in Python that acquired information from news feeds and performed various machine learning techniques such as sentiment analysis.  This  prototype was used as a template for several other projects.
* Created message flows in IBM IIB to facilitate various human capital onboarding functions.  The realization of these message flows will allow the firm to switch over to a new human capital management system.
* Designed and developed a Java based web application that allowed internal customers to view and manipulate data used during various business processes.  This elevated their process to exclude direct database intervention and queries.
* Trained on Google Cloud Platform to design and develop applications for cloud and hybrid architectures.
* Designed AWS hosted applications for several prototypes..

Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture

Consultant providing architectural assessments and formulation, business process analysis and application design solutions.

* Designed and developed internal software using Java EE technologies to manage the financial products offered by the customer for private and public retirement plans.
* Designed and developed functionality in all aspects of the system including plan administration, account management, financial instrument management, transaction processing and corrections, reporting and statements.
* Designed and implemented RESTful web services using JAX-RS.  Developing in this manner allowed interoperability with several third party systems.
* Conducted performance analysis of various time intensive aspects of the system.  Implemented designs based upon that analysis, resulting in faster financial transaction processing, a more responsive user interface and greatly reduced data retrieval times for several key areas of the application.
* Led development teams using the Agile Scrum software development methodology.
* Formulated requirements and business specifications, achieving and maintaining a healthy backlog for the scrum development teams, optimizing resource utilization.
* Conducted release planning and cost estimation resulting in budget efficiency realization.
* Performed business use case analysis and business modeling.
* Designed and developed a web interface for a hospital chain to collect and store medical information.  This enabled the client to receive claims in the standard UB92 format, validate the information they contain and forward them as HIPAA compliant EDI transactions.

Jay Foster