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Slobodan Lohja

Slobodan Lohja

Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead
Chicago,IL

Summary

Bold leader, experiments, inspires others, relentless storyteller, works across boundaries, and adapts to the constant change. Working experience in healthcare, transportation, banking, insurance, and consulting. Developing business value streams and strategy for adopting new technology. Develops solid code and solutions with quality and security in mind.

Overview

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years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead

Hcsc Insurance Services Company (BCBSIL)
Chicago, IL
08.2019 - Current
  • Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments, including testing features and correcting code in PCF on Prem and Cloud.
  • Built outstanding and dynamic team of software engineers and developers which significantly boosted overall success of organization.
  • Supervised team of 10 developers and business analysts engaged in $400-million project for creation of new Claim system using SpringBoot Microservices and PCF Cloud..
  • Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
  • Worked closely with other business analysts, development teams and infrastructure specialists to deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
  • Reviewed SpringBoot Java code and worked with development teams in multiple time zones to correct problems, run test scenarios and prepare for deployment.

Sr. Software Engineer

GE Healthcare
Chicago, IL
08.2018 - 08.2019
  • I work on GE’s Command Center - Analytics based system that provides hospitals with insights, predictions using machine learning and improved patient experience ingesting hospital messages from various hospital systems.
  • Microservices with SpringBoot Java (interfaces, abstract classes, RESTful, JPA, and unit and mock testing).
  • SQL Server (design, develop schemas and stored procedures).
  • Messaging broker with RabbitMQ.
  • Agile development, documentation, quality assurance testing, scrum meetings, user story grooming.
  • Healthcare HL7 Message Standards processing and parsing.

Full Stack Software Lead Engineer

Canal Barge Company
Chicago, IL
01.2013 - 01.2018
  • Leading a team of developers both internal and contract to digitally transform a 90 year old marine transportation business by modernize legacy solutions by adopting IBM Cloud and mobile computing.
  • Java SpringBoot Cloud application to interface with Vessel PLC sensors.
  • Server side dynamic web based business application development with a JavaServer Faces technology called XPages.
  • Adoption of IBM Connections Cloud and IBM Verse mail Cloud for Social Business.
  • Modernizing legacy applications.

Senior Consultant

PSC Group
Chicago, IL
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Provided PSC clients professional services with modernization of applications.
  • Modernized an application which runs disconnected mode with 62,000 users globally.

Senior Application Developer

CCC Information Services Inc
Chicago, IL
01.2006 - 01.2010
  • Integrated legacy applications with Oracle eBusiness Suite for the HR module, Order to Cash module, Service Contracts and CRM modules.
  • Designed an enterprise Business Process Management system.

Software Engineer and Information Security Analyst

Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago
Chicago, IL
01.2000 - 01.2006
  • Started in the Information Security department as a highly technical analyst who can write software and later moved to the software development practice.
  • Designed and implemented a framework known as Logical Access that aggregated User accounts across distributed systems. Closed a SOX audit finding.

Information Security Specialist

Aon Services Corporation
Chicago, IL
01.1997 - 01.2000
  • Information Security Analyst who can write software.
  • In this era, there was no automation. Constructed software to automate and integrate systems.
  • Conducted Software Security Reviews.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

North Eastern Illinois University

Associates - Computer Science

Wilbur Wright College – City Colleges of Chicago

Skills

    Agile Methodologies

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Certification

IBM Certified Application Developer

Additional Information

  • Technical Speaker at Collabsphere 2020 on SpringBoot Microservices (Demo Lego Set builder solution from loose Lego parts)
  • Technical Speaker at IBM Think 2018 on Source Control with Git
  • Technical Speaker at Software Engineering Summit 2017 Going from DevOOOPS to DevOps
  • MWLUG/Collabsphere (Midwest User Group) 2017 JSF ActionListeners and Debugging.

Work Availability

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Accomplishments

  • IBM Champion 2019 These individuals evangelize IBM solutions, share their knowledge, and help grow the community of professionals who are focused on IBM offerings.
  • IBM Champions spend a considerable amount of their own time, energy, and resources on community efforts—organizing and leading user group events, answering questions in forums, contributing articles and applications, publishing podcasts, sharing instructional videos, and more.

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead

Hcsc Insurance Services Company (BCBSIL)
08.2019 - Current

Sr. Software Engineer

GE Healthcare
08.2018 - 08.2019

Full Stack Software Lead Engineer

Canal Barge Company
01.2013 - 01.2018

Senior Consultant

PSC Group
01.2011 - 01.2013

Senior Application Developer

CCC Information Services Inc
01.2006 - 01.2010

Software Engineer and Information Security Analyst

Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago
01.2000 - 01.2006

Information Security Specialist

Aon Services Corporation
01.1997 - 01.2000

Associates - Computer Science

Wilbur Wright College – City Colleges of Chicago

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

North Eastern Illinois University

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