Ben Northrop Senior Java Developer Pittsburgh, PA http://www.bennorthrop.com

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Technology:

EJB

Ciber      > Transtar		Jun2001 - May2002
Implemented key business components within the EJB specification for an internet application used by Railroad operators for placing railcar orders (EJB, DB2, WebSphere, Visual Age)

Straightline		Jun2002 - Dec2003
Created a Notification hub used by different J2EE applications to send messages to subscribers in different file formats and via different delivery channels. Implemented based on the Publish-Subscribe design pattern (JavaMail, EJB, Struts)

Straightline		Jun2002 - Dec2003
Maintained two key business components for calculating prices of different product configurations of steel and for checking inventory availability for these products. (EJB, Oracle)

Straightline		Jun2002 - Dec2003
Led the development effort for an online contract management tool used by customers to manage their own accounts. Developed utilizing core J2EE design patterns including the Business Delegate, Session Facade, Value Object, MVC, and Service Locator patterns (EJB, Struts, WebSphere, Oracle, Java)

Straightline		Jun2002 - Dec2003
Built custom extensions to the Struts framework providing common functionality for session management, resource lookup, and data caching. (Struts, EJB, Java)

SDLC Partners      > MSA		Feb2005 - Jun2007
Researched and refactored an exception handling rules-engine. (Java, EJB)

Summa      > Telecom Client		Jul2007 - Aug2008
Led the design and development of a web-based system used to manage the process of customers opting out of license agreements with the client. (Java, JSP, Struts, Oracle, EJB)

Summa      > Telecom Client		Jul2007 - Aug2008
Designed, garnered consensus on, and then implemented a key refactoring to an infrastructure piece responsible for managing configuration files. (Java, EJB, JMS)

Summa      > Telecom Client		Jul2007 - Aug2008
Helped implement enhancements to the client's Online Application system to support a critical business goal of increased agility and responsiveness to customer requests. (Java, EJB, Struts, JSP)