David Hecker

• Consulted to various clients including IBM, Daewoo, Gateway International, Hilton, Toyota, Oakwood Corporate Housing, FEDEX, Microsoft, Panasonic, State of Kansas
• Provided hands-on development and integration services to create and implement tightly integrated process and configuration management systems using Rational Jazz, Team Concert, Quality Manager, ClearCase/UCM, ClearQuest, and Multisite
• Implemented comprehensive source control systems and created automated build/smoke-test processes using Rational ClearCase/UCM, Multisite, ant, WebSphere / WSAD, db2, Curam, Java, and perl
• Performed all hands-on systems administration including Windows/Unix server administration, maintenance plans, disaster recovery procedures, server expansion and migration, documentation & knowledge transfer, complete end-user support, migration, user adoption, licensing, version control, patches, and upgrades

• Planned and executed server migrations, upgrades, patching, and customization for the Rational/RUP SDLC toolset
• Supported ongoing improvements to process and migrations, and change management
• Advised on and implemented best practices for software development including build and release, bug tracking, source control, requirements management and workflow
• Provided end-to-end support for Rational/RUP tools including ClearCase, ClearQuest, CQTM, RequisitePro, Test Manager, Functional Test, Manual Test, and all integrations between tools
• Implemented workflow and procedural practices to the Rational toolset and maintained documentation accordingly
• Designed and implemented a series of improvements to the Rational/RUP configuration that resulted in better performance, higher user satisfaction and adoption, and increased stability.

Served in both process engineering and development roles, building custom tool integrations and workflows.

• Designed and launched custom development process and toolset for 80-member team distributed across (4) locations using Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest, UCM, ClearCase Multisite, JavaScript, Perl, VBScript.
• Performed all migrations, upgrades, documentation, and training for developer, analysis, and quality teams.
• Built custom interfaces & integrations between primary tools (ClearQuest, ClearCase) via JavaScript, Perl.
• Architected highly-customized systems by optimizing existing toolset via custom code, hooks, branching automation.

· Planned and implemented source control, automated testing, requirements management, continuous build systems for 50-person team.

· Performed all migrations, upgrades, documentation, and training for developer, analysis, and quality teams.

· Designed and launched custom interfaces and API integrations between Rational tools (ClearQuest / ClearCase / UCM / WebSphere) via JavaScript, VBScript, Perl.

· Automated deployments / releases with custom build scripts in Java / XML using Apache Ant.

• Created and implemented formal SDLC procedures using RUP/UML, including development policies, training programs, employee review policies, and departmental strategy and technology standards
• Built and managed a multi-disciplined technology department of over 400 professionals in 7 cities to produce a series of quality software applications and complex Internet applications with distributed back-end systems
• Successfully realized utilization, margin, and overall P&L goals for the department
• Established company-wide standards for software development procedures, requirements gathering techniques and standards, and quality assurance procedures.