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John Cooper

Murfreesboro,TN

Summary

Defense Electronics

Manufacturing

Sales

Marketing

Insurance

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Developer/Architect

IBM
01.2022 - Current

While at IBM, I earned Amazon's Certified Cloud Practitioner credential. I am squad leader of front-end applications with 10 applications and as many developers for which I am responsible. We migrated the legacy applications from AIG into AWS workspaces and utilize other AWS Cloud services such as Code Commit, Cloud Watch, S3, API Gateway, Oracle RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, Managed Secrets. Other skills used include C#.NET, Python, JSON, XML, HTTPS,


Senior Developer/Architect

AIG
03.2008 - 12.2021

At AIG I helped develop and became lead developer of their main back-office application still in use for policy administration. I also developed ad-hoc tools for tracking systems status. I developed several other client/server applications including a medical history viewer used by underwriters as well as ad-hoc proof-of-concept applications as requested by senior management. Skills used include Visual Studio .NET (C#), Oracle DB, Sybase Gateway, SQL Server, ASP.NET, HTML, XML

Consultant

Compuware Corporation
11.1998 - 03.2008

Clients served as a consultant developer/architect:

  • Saturn Corporation - Spring Hill, Tennessee , November 1998 - February 2003 - Manufacturing
  • Trane/American Standard - Clarksville, Tennessee, February 2003 - March 2004 - Sales/Marketing
  • AIG/American General - Brentwood, Tennessee March 2004 - March 2008 (hired on with AIG in 2008) - Insurance


At AIG I helped develop and became lead developer of their main back-office application still in use for policy administration. I also developed ad-hoc tools for tracking systems status. I developed several other client/server applications including a medical history viewer used by underwriters as well as ad-hoc proof-of-concept applications as requested by senior management. Skills used include Visual Studio .NET (C#), Oracle DB, Sybase Gateway, SQL Server, ASP.NET, HTML, XML


At Trane, I created COM components to support their co-branded web site for Home Depot. Also, provided DHTML support for the web presentation. Skills utilized included Visual Basic, DHTML, HTML, CSS, SQL, Java Script.

At Saturn I created and maintained client server applications for back-office and manufacturing floor systems. Also created online reports. Skills leveraged included MS Visual Basic, SQL Server, HTTP, HTML, TCP/IP, MS Excel. Also during this time I earned a MS Certified Solution Developer credential.


Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
12.1998

Skills

  • DOT NET C#
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • XML
  • Java Script
  • AWS Cloud Services
  • JSON
  • Python

Accomplishments

Designed a Medical History Viewer, including the client, web, and database tiers.

Designed an AWS Lambda Step Function solution for processing nightly inbound feed from a third party vendor.

Designed specialized software tools to show health of applications in various environments, i.e. development, QA, and production.

Designed a .NET API for our apps to communicate with a third-party automated workflow distributor.

Lead developer for Service Workbench projects.

Tapped to be squad leader at IBM responsible for 10 applications and several developers.


Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (not current)

Fishing, Boating, Bowling, Golf, Engines

I enjoy fishing and boating, bowling, playing golf, and working on small engines

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Developer/Architect

IBM
01.2022 - Current

Senior Developer/Architect

AIG
03.2008 - 12.2021

Consultant

Compuware Corporation
11.1998 - 03.2008

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

California Lutheran University
John Cooper