Jaime Valerio
Chicago,IL
Summary
Accomplished Senior Software Developer with over 15 years of experience leading projects by acting as architect, developer and programmer analyst. Proficient in supporting project deliverables and maintaining releases. Strong leader in guiding support teams and solving complex issues. Steadfast in planning and implementing effective development strategies based on industry best practices.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Developer
United Airlines
01.2012 - 05.2023
- Successfully migrated "Offers" web service project from On-Prem infrastructure to AWS, resulting in cost savings of 30% and improved scalability and availability. The Offers web service is a personalization service used extensively by the .com site and Mobile application.
- Architected, developed, and delivered a suite of microservices written in .NET core for tracking of Airplane part codes from Boeing to United, turning a week-long process into a real-time process.
- Architected, developed, and delivered the "Real-Time retro credit" project which consisted of a suite of web services that allowed United and United customers to retro actively request credit from United and Star Alliance Partners. Customers would be able to request flight credit not received on all 26 Star alliance members and vice-versa. Testing included a coordinated effort throughout all 26 Star Alliance members in Germany.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate software components seamlessly into existing systems.
- Led various teams on-shore and off-shore to deliver successful, world-class, applications from concept to scale-up using Agile / Scrum and proven software development practices. This integration allowed customers and partners to use miles as form of payment and created a backend monthly reconciliation program
- Collaborated with leadership across the company to prioritize and plan for loyalty project work streams
- Stabilized growth in traffic to our core services (up to 8 million hits per day for Core Services) and was able to sustain that growth without experiencing interruptions to our Loyalty Platform
- Worked with leadership to build a micro-service and a web facing app called Purchase PQM (Premier Qualifying Miles) project, which earned $12m in its first year
- Collaborated with DBA, Loyalty, business stake-holders to deliver the Chase benefits micro-service to provide benefits to Chase card holders (baggage benefits , upgrades)
- Worked with the micro-services team to create an IMS Remarks service, which allowed service consumers to add comments to a customers account. The service was then consumed by all customer facing applications
- Modified GPU RPU Application to include 2-year functionality and provide GPU’s RPU’s to our premier members
- Created application to match the status of a UAL frequent flier with a Marriott rewards status
- Delivered high-quality code on time by effectively managing project timelines and prioritizing tasks accordingly
- Mentored junior developers, providing them with the necessary guidance and resources to develop their skills, resulting in a 50% reduction in onboarding time for new hires
Software Developer
Prescient Solutions
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Client: The Marmon Group LLC, a Berkshire Hathaway Company
- Architected and developed a library of C# core components to be used within Marmon to standardize development
- The libraries included methods for claims management, LDAP authentication to approved user groups and email communication to outside legal counsel
- Maintained and enhanced the Digital Billing system, a C# Windows Application that processed an average of $700k on a monthly basis for accounts payables to Marmon and its business units
- Created additional reporting functionality using Crystal Reports and Excel Power Pivot Business Intelligence
- Designed and developed a C# website from conception through deployment to issue legal holds, maintain history, schedule reminder notifications and the dynamic generation of PDF's using open source components
- Designed monthly reports (templates) for executives based on claims paid through the digital billing system using Business Intelligence and Power Pivot for Excel with access to SQL Server.
Software Architect
William Paid
01.2010 - 01.2011
- A startup company that allows website users to pay their rent online (www.WilliamPaid.com)
- Created the project plan to migrate the existing cold fusion website to a C# .Net application
- Assessed different Cloud based database solutions to migrate the website to; including SQL Azure, CouchDB, SimpleDB, and Amazon’s RDS (MySQL)
- Created the API documentation that would lead to the architecture of the website, and the process of how 3rd parties would interact with the William Paid web app
- Assessed and implemented the Amazon Web Services into the Web Application
- This included implementing Amazon’s SQS (Simple Queue Service), AMI (Amazon Machine Images), RDS (MySQL) and their S3 (Amazon’s Simple Storage Service).
Founder/ Owner
Fina Interactive
01.2007 - 01.2010
- A technology firm with 10 employees that focused on software development and integration
- Built models and provided performance indicators for a 22M student loan portfolio
- Merged multiple disparate data sets into an SQL server allowing for in depth analysis and detailed reporting
- Designed and executed mobile and SMS message strategy for the UNO Charter Schools, a 3500 student charter school system
- Developed and Implemented Content Management System websites for non-for-profit organizations and elected officials in C#
- Negotiated a partnership with Software Development Integration (SDI) to work with the City of Chicago’s 911 Center and the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Client Services Manager
Click Commerce
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Responsible for addressing issues and development enhancements for three products; written in different computer languages and platforms (.NET, Java, and a proprietary language)
- Managed a team of 11 developers working in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and off-shore
- Managed and distributed development tasks to the support team with benchmarks and performance metric reports.
Project Manager/Consultant
TransTech
01.2001 - 01.2002
- Managed a team of developers for the redesign of a sales force website for Pfizer
- Responsible for the integration of disparate systems at Jones Apparel Group in Philadelphia.
Developer
ComEd (Exelon)
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Developer in a team responsible for the enhancement of a procurement website for the nuclear division
- Assisted with the development of the e-Outage website; a site designed to inform municipalities of outages.
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science -
DePaul University
Chicago01.2003
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science -
Roosevelt University
Chicago01.1999
Completed one year leadership program -
Metropolitan Leadership Institute (MLI)
Chicago01.2008
Skills
- API Integration
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Security best practices
- Cross-platform Development
- User requirements analysis
- Design patterns
- Microservices Architecture
- Net Core, C#, Python, C
- Docker
- PL/SQL
- Message Queuing (IBM MQ, MSMQ, Rabbit MQ)
- Git
- AWS Amazon Web Services
- MS Azure
- Agile Methodologies
- TensorFlow Lite
- Subversion (SVN)
- Git
- Amazon Web Services
- MS Azure
- Agile Methodologies
Hobbies
Photography
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Software Developer
United Airlines
01.2012 - 05.2023
Software Developer
Prescient Solutions
01.2011 - 01.2012
Software Architect
William Paid
01.2010 - 01.2011
Founder/ Owner
Fina Interactive
01.2007 - 01.2010
Client Services Manager
Click Commerce
01.2004 - 01.2006
Project Manager/Consultant
TransTech
01.2001 - 01.2002
Developer
ComEd (Exelon)
01.1999 - 01.2001
Master of Science in Computer Science -
DePaul University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science -
Roosevelt University
Completed one year leadership program -
Metropolitan Leadership Institute (MLI)