Christopher D. Ciulla

Senior Software Developer with over thirteen years of client/server programming experience in a variety of roles across a number of industries.

• To rapidly and accurately solve my customer’s information technology challenges
• To develop and lead teams of developers who share my passion for technical excellence and superior customer service
• To safeguard my customer’s financial resources through robust, flexible, and maintainable architectures

XML, XSL, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, Object Pascal

Linux (Debian, SuSe, Red Hat, Fedora Core), Unix (Solaris, SunOS, HP/UX), Windows (XP, NT, 2000, 9x, 3.x)

JAD, SDLC, Design Patterns

Apache HTTP Server, Jakarta Tomcat, BEA WebLogic, ATG Dynamo

CSS, DHTML, J2EE, JDBC, JSF, JSP, JSTL, LDAP, ODBC, XML-RPC, JavaBeans, Regular Expressions, XPath

IBM Informix, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase ASE, mySql

Apache Ant, Apache Log4j, Apache Struts, BeanShell, Borland JBuilder, Borland OptimizeIt, Eclipse, JSPWiki, JUnit, Jakarta Lucene, Kofax Ascent Capture, Microsoft Source Safe, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, NetBeans, PVCS, Perforce, Seagate Crystal Reports, XStream, cvs, vi

MCP, Visual Basic

MCP, SQL Server

CareWorks Technologies
Software Specialist

Healthcare Supply Chain Company

• Worked as a senior programmer analyst.
• Standardized core architecture logging using Java and Apache Log4j.
• Developed web-based reporting front-end using BEA WebLogic, Java, JavaScript, Apache Struts, and Java Server Pages against an Oracle database.
• Wrote unit tests using JUnit.

EDI Software Company

• Worked as a software developer.
• Developed an API and Web demo application using Java, Apache Tomcat, and Java Server Faces against an Oracle database.
• Wrote programmer-level documenation.

B2B Software Company

• Worked as a senior software engineer.
• Enhanced performance of untuned code by several orders of magnitude.
• Mentored interns in Java, Ant, *nix, and vim.
• Researched and lead initial effort for a new database platform.
• Subject matter expert in Ant and PMD.
• Developed new installation processes.

Third Party Insurance Adminstrator

• Worked as a lead developer, systems analyst, and report specialist.
• Developed ad hoc and canned reports using Crystal Reports.
• Managed technical relationships for internal clients, external clients, and vendors.
• Mentored programmers in SQL and Crystal Reports.
• Performed analysis of internal and external data feeds using perl, Access, SQL Server, and Sybase ASE.
• Responsible for optimization and tuning of new and existing SQL stored procedures.

State Governmental Agency

• Worked as a software architect and lead developer.
• Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained a human resources intranet site using Apache, Jakarta Tomcat, and JSPWiki.
• Extended and enhanced the user experience with LDAP user authentication, XML-RPC web services, and Lucene-based search technologies.
• Responsible for training business users in wiki-based content management.
• Mentored COBOL programmers during the transition to Java.

Institution of Higher Learning

• Worked as a software architect and lead developer.
• Designed, developed, and maintained the automation of a manual on-line admissions application and administrative oversight process using Jakarta Tomcat, JSP, JSTL, CSS, PostgreSQL, Java, BeanShell, and Apache Log4j.
• Introduced Joint Application Development and User Acceptance Testing
• By focusing on highly reusable code, laid the foundation for future development efforts.

Household-Goods Manufacturing Company

• Worked as a project lead.
• Responsible for managing technical workflow and supervising efforts of a five-member team comprised of both consultants and client staff.
• Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained workshop scheduling intranet web sites using BEA WebLogic, JSP, JSTL, CSS, SQL Server, Java, Crystal Reports, and Apache Log4j.
• Initiated and directed transition to structured Model-View-Controller idiom.
• Mentored consultants and client staff.

County Governmental Agency

• Worked as a software architect.
• Developed robust object-oriented platform using UML, Visual Basic, Access, XML, Kofax Ascent Capture, and Perl.
• Selected best hardware/software platform with best price/performance ratio.

Quick Solutions
Senior Consultant

Chemical Manufacturing Company

• Worked as a technical lead.
• Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained B2B e-commerce web sites using ATG Dynamo, Java, JHTML, and SQL Server.
• Maintained lowest defect rate for development teams.
• Mentored consultants and client staff.

Bio-Chemical Company

• Worked as a technical lead.
• Developed and implemented financial analysis/sales tracking system using Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Crystal Reports.

United States Army, Active Duty

United States Army, Inactive Ready Reserve

Administrative Specialist, Military Occupational Specialty 71L

Honorable Discharge