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David Zientara

Franklin Lakes,NJ
David Zientara

Summary

Highly skilled software development professional bringing enormous talents for software design, development and integration. Offering advanced knowledge of in-demand programming languages. Background writing code and developing systems for digital post-production applications.

Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous employee. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success.

Overview

27
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Prasad Corporation
Carlstadt, NJ

Software Developer
02.2016 - 04.2020

Job overview

  • Developed software using Phase One cameras and relevant supporting applications
  • Provided support for these applications
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality.
  • Developed software for both desktop and mobile operating systems.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for project plans.
  • Planned and developed interfaces that simplified overall management and offered ease of use.
  • Coordinated with project management staff on database development timelines and project scope.
  • Completed book within a 6 month deadline.

Packt Publishing
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Author
01.2016 - 12.2018

Job overview

Wrote a series of three books for Packt Publishing covering pfSense, an open source firewall/router.

  • Edited and proofread all texts with help of Word 2016
  • Used pfSense 2.4 and Oracle Virtual Box to complete the assignment.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to produce accurate, high-quality documentation for customers.
  • Completed thorough research into assigned topics.

Oxberry LLC
Carlstadt, NJ

Software Engineer
07.1996 - 02.2016

Job overview

  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Optimized software to efficiently use memory and speed
  • Ported software from UNIX to Windows
  • Installed and configured software applications and tested solutions for functionality.
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
  • Wrote highly maintainable, solid code for software system, forming core framework and earning consistent praise from subsequent developers since initial version.
  • Adjusted design parameters to boost performance and incorporate new features.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality.
  • Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
  • Conducted regression testing, analyzed results and submitted observations to development team.
  • Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
  • Created procedures for system monitoring, recovery, backup and optimization.

Education

Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

Bachelor of Arts from Politics

Truecoders
Birmingham, AL 35244

from Flex - Software Engineering
11.2022

Skills

  • Technical Drawings
  • RDMS Development and SQL
  • Analytical Thinking and Problem-Solving
  • Eagerness to Learn New Technologies
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • Databases: Oracle, MongoDB
  • Source and Version Control: Git, GitHub
  • Microsoft Visual C
  • Programming Languages: Java, C#, Net, Python
  • Database Schemas
  • API Design and Development

Certification

CompTIA A+

CompTIA Network+

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Linux+

Timeline

Software Developer

Prasad Corporation
02.2016 - 04.2020

Author

Packt Publishing
01.2016 - 12.2018

Software Engineer

Oxberry LLC
07.1996 - 02.2016

Catholic University of America

Bachelor of Arts from Politics

Truecoders

from Flex - Software Engineering

CompTIA A+

CompTIA Network+

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Linux+

David Zientara