Joe Pemberton
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I'm Joe Pemberton

Developer and businessman

Hello! I'm Joe Pemberton. I am a Senior Services Developer specializing in back-end development. I am experienced with all stages of the development cycle for Agile-based projects. I am well-versed in numerous programming languages including Java, C#, JavaScript, SQL, and many others. I have been contracting as a Software Developer/Architect for 15+ years and have experience with many platforms such as IaaS, SaaS, SOA(REST and SOAP), and CQRS Micro-Service that utilize self-healing architectures.

Top Professional Skills

Java 90%
Aurora 75%
JavaScript 70%
Cloud Formation/EC2 70%
C#/.NET 90%
Dynamo DB 70%
SQL 90%
Continuous Delivery Pipelines 85%

Work Experience

10/2014 - Present

Nordstrom FSB - Credit Division

Senior Developer

Worked as part of a agile development team responsible for adding additional functionality to an existing java-based application. At the same time we were also breaking pieces off of the existing application and converting them to .NET Micro-Service based platform. This platform utilizes IaaS and continuous delivery principals to leverage AWS technologies.

07/2014 - 10/2014

Visa Inc.

Senior Consultant

Prototyped a solution in Windows Workflow to replace a legacy batch system. I also built out the backlog for this project so it would be easier for the team leads to manage the off-shore developers doing the work.

09/2011 - 07/2014

Motocol LLC.

V.P. of Information Technology

Responsible for maintaining Motocol's infrastructure. This included on-prem servers and AWS servers. Created a backup solution to back-up on-prem servers and workstations to AWS S3/Glacier. Was also responsible for all network operations including the installation fiber circuits for internet access and configuration of the Cisco Aironet WiFi infrastructure.

09/2012 - 07/2014

Nordstrom FSB(via Motocol)

Senior Developer

Added functionally that allowed Customers to apply for Nordstrom credit and debit products via Nordstrom.com. Redesigned Nordstrom’s Visa Annual Statement generation application taking the time to generate 900k pdfs from 5 days to 12 hours. Worked on a team redesigning Nordstrom’s public facing credit card management website.

01/2012 - 07/2012

JeffCo School District(via Motocol)

Senior Developer

Integrated Oracle's Enterprise Content Management system with JeffCo's instance of Campus Portal. This allowed school administrators to view imaged student documents such as health records in Campus. I also modified JeffCo's SOA services to include additional data elements required by the business.

09/2011 - 01/2012

The Boyd Group (via Motocol)

Senior Developer

Re-architected The Boyd Group's flagship commercial website. This included the SSRS web service to generarte reports on the fly based on customer entered criteria.

10/2008 - 09/2011

Frontier Airlines

Senior Developer

Developed the web service layer for Frontier’s IVR reservation system. These web services were responsible for providing the customer information about their reservations and itinerary. It also allowed them to perform various tasks such as reserving seats for a flight. I also developed the ticket shopping web service layer. These web services allowed users to shop for airline tickets via the IVR. The same SOA layer was also integrated into SiteCore. SiteCore was being utilized to re-write FrontierAirlines.com.

12/2008 - 12/2009

Nordstrom FSB - Credit Division.

Senior Developer

Converted the middle-ware application responsible for processing all credit card applications that are submitted via Nordstrom’s 17,000+ registers. This conversion involved moving from a single vendor system to four vendors. It also included adding a good deal of business logic that was handled by the previous vendor.

07/2008 - 12/2008

Prolink Solutions

Senior Developer

Completed new development on a web-based process management application for US Bank. This application allowed US Bank to manage their Tax Credit business from end to end.

06/2008 - 07/2008

City of Commerce City

Senior Developer

Supported a number of web applications for Commerce City. Completed a number of revisions to these web sites.

12/2007 - 06/2008

Nordstrom FSB

Senior Developer

Developed a SOA based application that took data from a Retail Transaction Switch, encrypted it using Microsoft’s Cryptography Application Blocs and an Ingrian NAE/HSM, and stored it in a SQL Server 2005 database. I also developed a system based on views and User Defined Functions that would allow a user to query the database using the normal set of the tools and have the data decrypted on the fly. This application was built PCI compliant.

05/2007 – 12/2007

Information Handling Services

Senior Developer

Created an application that streamlined the process of setting up a new company and its users for a web based application. This included dynamically generating SQL to be executed against multiple oracle databases, setting up ESRI Map services, and creating Home directories for companies to store their reports generated via the application. Also created a Java servlet/plug-in for a Novell eDirectory system. This plug-in was the result of dissembling existing plug-ins to derive functionality due to the source code was un-available.

03/2007 - 05/2007

Springbok Services

Senior Developer

Setup a Team Foundation Server system for Springbok to manage their development environment. This included heavy customization of many aspects of TFS. Including: generating a number of customized work item types, creating customized work flows for the new work item types, creating a customized, web-service based, alert system to alert specific users when an item in the work flow needed their attention, Setting up a customized security model. I also created web parts to run in share point that would allow users to create/modify work items directly in the TFS system. In addition to the above; I migrated their VSS databases into the TFS.

01/2007 - 10/2007

Information Handling Services.

Senior Developer

Added requested revisions to the Fresh Tracks project. This included implementing AIFE reporting functionality. The AIFE functionality consisted of modifying various front-end web parts, modifying a number of back end web-services to interface with the AIFE service, as well as generating the billing and maintenance reports in SQL Server reporting services. I also updated the application to be IE7 compliant

08/2006 - 01/2007

America's Note Network

Senior Developer

Created an application to drive a series of 42” LCD’s with reporting data that was dynamically generated from a SQL Server database. Also developed a ASP.NET application to administer the content and schedules for the LCD’s. Built a suite of tools for converting source files and their history from Perforce into Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server. Built Visual Studio plug-in that allowed the SCM department to seamlessly deploy files from a Team Server repository to various other environments including Production, QA, Staging, as well as other repositories with a simple right-click of the mouse. Developed/optimized miscellaneous stored procedures in SQL Server and My SQL.

05/2006 - 08/2006

EMC Inc.

Senior Developer

Created a portal from the ground up for El Paso County Health Care. The portal allows health care providers to access patient data from an external system. This data access is accomplished via a series of web services and dynamically displayed as a series of custom reports.

09/2011 - 01/2012

Policy Studies International

Senior Developer

Supported and completed new development on a client-server privatized Medicaid management system. This system is used by PSI offices to manage Medicaid enrollments for the state. Another C# based, ASP.NET web application also exists for statistical reporting to the state itself.

12/2005 - 02/2006

Teletech Inc

Senior Developer

Supported and completed new development on a multinational Visa request system. This system is used by embassies to screen candidates for Visas, ensuring that they have all the proper paperwork filled out before they schedule an appointment, which is also does.

06/2005 - 12/2005

5280 Solutions

Senior Developer

Supported and completed new development on a large multi-client student loan servicing system.

04/2004 - 06/2005

Great West Life

Senior Developer

Supported and completed new development on a large-scale, enterprise-level, Intranet/Internet application. This application replicated 90% of GWL’s core business processes.

01/2004 - 04/2004

Great West Life

Senior Developer

Modified an existing data conversion application to include new finical data from a mainframe back-end. Created a new report module for an existing web-based application. This report utilized new data from the mainframe and was estimated to save GWL millions in lost revenue.

01/2002 - 11/2003

Airport Technology Solutions

Senior Developer

Created a GIS mapping application with real-time data points in .NET. This application was very similar to google maps in functionality.

03/2001 - 01/2002

Great West Life

Senior Developer

Continued development on an Intranet reporting application used to provide crucial information to the accounting community. This information was used to reduce/eliminate a 181 million dollar a year write off.

12/2000 - 03/2001

Sustain Technologies

Senior Developer

Continued development on a court case management system. Specializing in security and external interfaces.

10/2000 - 12/2000

eCollage

Senior Developer

Maintained and continued development on a web-based college course system.

05/2000 - 10/2000

ICG Communications

Senior Developer

Team Lead for queue based Decision Support System written in Cold Fusion used for provisioning Remote Access Service. I was required to maintain and continue development on existing web-based and back-end data-tier code.

03/2000 - 05/2000

Peripheral Systems Inc

Senior Developer

Responsible for continuing development on a Java servlet-based extranet. Which provides clients and internal sales staff, with the ability to run credit checks against rental applicants on-line.

06/1999 - 02/2000

Great West Life

Senior Developer

Led a team of developers, which developed and maintained a large scale multi-tier web based application. This application allowed internal(Intranet) and external(Extranet) users to modify most aspects of various insurance plans.

Education

2016

AWS Certified Developer Associate

AWS Certified
2014

Certified Scrum Master

Certified Scrum Master
1998

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - NT4

MCSE
1997

Certified Novell Engineer

CNE
1995

3COM 3Wizard Technologist

3Wizard!
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