JOAQUIN VENTURA
Revere
Summary
Accomplished Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience at Staples Inc., specializing in AS/400 and Agile methodologies. Proven track record in designing and implementing innovative solutions, enhancing application performance, and resolving incidents efficiently. Strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to team collaboration drive successful project outcomes.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Mindtree
Framingham
01.2021 - 03.2024
- Design, Develop, Unit test and deploy enhancements to existing applications
- Submit documentation to the Change Management team when code changes are ready for deployment
- Deploy code changes to production via Implementer tool
- Provide status updates on development tasks to the Scrum master on the daily standup meeting
- Manage the maintenance task on the Jira board
- Provide support to Staples home office business users
- Manage the incident tickets queue
- Resolve incidents that came into our queue from vendors and business users
IBM i Developer
IBM
Framingham
04.2017 - 01.2021
- Design, Develop, Unit test and deploy enhancements to existing applications
- Submit documentation to the Change Management team when code changes are ready for deployment
- Deploy code changes to production via Implementer
- Provide status updates on development tasks to the Scrum master on the daily standup meeting
- Manage the maintenance tasks on the Jira board
Principal Software Engineer
Staples Inc.
Framingham
05.2000 - 04.2017
- Responsibilities include the design, development, coding, testing and post implementation support for various major applications, adhering to Staples standard Project Life Cycle methodology requirements using the Agile methodology.
- Providing support for existing applications.
- I am also responsible (SME) for the Canada End of Day Cash and Inventory Postings.
- I am also responsible for the completion of development task assigned to me for the monthly releases.
- I have continued to polish my technical skills by attending IBM AS/400 user group conferences as well as WebSphere boot camp, ILE, Oracle and JAVA training.
- Working for Staples has required a high level of commitment and dedication in order to meet the changing demands of the fast-paced retail industry as well as completing the projects on time and within budget.
- Worked as the Tech Lead for the ESD (Electronic Software Download) project for U. S. and Staples Canada
- Designed and developed a BOPiS (Buy on line pick up in Store) application for Staples Canada
- Worked on the migration of U. S. Order Management System to the Sterling Platform
- Worked on the Easy Rebates project as the technical lead. This was a challenging project due to a tight timeline.
- Re-engineered the Physical Inventory process used by all retail locations. Analyzed, designed, coded, tested and lead the successfully implementation into production.
- Analyzed, designed, coded, tested and successfully implemented a RF gun application for all the Staples retail stores to perform cycle counts.
- Worked on a global SKU application which consists of building a global SKU database for all the Staples Business Units, national and international.
- Responsible for the daily support and maintenance of various applications which included Physical Inventory, Lost Prevention, and Shrink.
- Provided support to all U.S. Retail locations, to Corporate business partners as well as outside vendors
Education
Associate of Science - Computer Science, Computer Programming Concentration
Bunker Hill Community College
Charlestown, MA05-1993
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NHSkills
- AS/400
- RPGII
- RPGIII
- ILERPG
- CL
- CLLE
- Query
- SQL
- SDA
- DDS
- DDM
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Visio
- Jira
- Software development
- Agile methodology
- Application support
- Project lifecycle management
- Code deployment
- Unit testing
- Incident resolution
- Team collaboration
- Problem solving
- User support
- New employee mentoring
- Design and development
- Project documentation
- Testing and deployment
- Technical analysis
Volunteer Experience
Treasurer, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Chelsea, MA, 01/01/02, Present
Languages
- Fluent in English
- Fluent in Spanish
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Mindtree
01.2021 - 03.2024
IBM i Developer
IBM
04.2017 - 01.2021
Principal Software Engineer
Staples Inc.
05.2000 - 04.2017
Associate of Science - Computer Science, Computer Programming Concentration
Bunker Hill Community College
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance
Southern New Hampshire University