Joshua Vickery

Phone: 919-412-0354 E-mail: josh@vickeryj.com Address: 2016 Englewood Avenue, Durham NC 27705

Summary

Java and Rails developer with strong OO design & development experience

Experience

Java (5 years)

• Extensive experience building J2EE, J2SE and J2ME applications for a diverse collection of projects
• Java development in FDA regulated environments
• In the roll of lead developer designed and implemented a SOAP webservice and SWT/JFace thick client application system to enable offline access to clinical data

Web Development (5 Years)

• Extensive experience building rich, dynamic and interactive web applications
• Web design work, both from graphic design composites and original designs

Ruby / Ruby on Rails (2 Years)

• Independent contractor working remotely on Rails development teams
• Mentored junior developers on Ruby and Rails practices
• Main proponent for Rails within mid-sized clinical research company

Infrastructure (5 Years)

• Linux systems administrator, Xen server virtualization
• Extensive experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle administration and performance tuning
• Web and Application server deployment and tuning

Education

BA in Computer Science, Grinnell College, May 2002

Skills and Languages

Computer Languages

Java, Ruby, Perl, C, C++, Scheme, Pascal, Javascript, PHP, CLISP, SOAP, XML, HTML, CSS, and SQL

Tools and Frameworks

Ruby on Rails, J2ME Polish, SWT/JFace, Hibernate, Struts 1 and 2, Spring IoC Framework, Webwork, Spring MVC, Axis, Xerces, Ant, JUnit, Eclipse, Netbeans, Visual Studio

Computer Applications

Subversion, CVS, Apache, Mongrel, nginx, MySQL, Tomcat, JBoss, WebSphere, Oracle 9i and 10g, Derby, PostgreSQL, Postfix, Courier and Cyrus IMAP, DHCP and DNS servers

Employment Timeline

Independent Software Developer

Durham, NC, November 2007 - Present

Senior Software Engineer, Confidant Inc.

Durham, NC, February 2007 - November 2007

Software Developer II, Health Decisions Inc.

Chapel Hill, NC, June 2004 - February 2007

Software Developer, Providence Software Solutions Inc.

Cary, NC, July 2002 - May 2004

Programmer / Systems Administrator, Grinnell College ITS

Grinnell, IA, August 2001-May 2002

Research Assistant, Grinnell College Department of Computer Science

Grinnell, IA, April 2000-August 2001