Robert W. Herrmann
89 Jennie's Way, Tewksbury, MA 01876
bob@jadn.com 781-526-7764

Application Technology: J2EE, Servlets, JSP, XML, Swing, Ant, Struts
Application Servers: J2EE, Tomcat, Oracle 9iAS, Websphere, WebLogic
Languages: Java, C++/C, JavaScript, HTML, Perl, TCL/TK, VBScript
Operating System: Linux/Solaris/Unix, WinXP/NT/98
Databases: Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, mysql

EXPERIENCE
P&H Solutions, Waltham, MA Senior Consulting Engineer MAY 2004 – Present
Part of a team migrating mature banking web application from the Microsoft platform (C++/COM/MTS/ASP/ADO/VisualBasic) to the J2EE (Java/JDBC/JSP/JUnit) platform.
- Provide just in time architecture and design
- Team resource for Java/J2EE expertise
- Utilize agile methods; refactoring, unit tests, continuous integration

Sun Microsystems, Marlboro, MA Senior Consulting Engineer JAN 2003 – MAY 2004
Part of a team that developed an application for monitoring storage systems. The application is implemented using Java, XML, Javascript, tag libraries, Oracle, eclipse, Ant, Tomcat, Linux, Solaris
- Designed and developed application features; Searching, Filtering, and Custom Reporting
- Ensure application automatically switched to Chinese, Japanese or French based on client's language

Cell Exchange, Cambridge, MA Architect, Senior Developer DEC 2002
Cell Exchange is an application development company working primarily for the U.S. Military.
- Rapidly architected and developed an aircraft status web application

Sun Microsystems, Burlington, MA Consulting Engineer MAY 2002 - NOV 2002
Contributor to the open source Apache Tomcat project. Tomcat is the reference JSP/Servlet implementation. It is a core technology in many J2EE application servers.
- Implemented new Servlet 2.4 functionality for Tomcat 4 and Tomcat 5
- Track/fix/eliminated problems with SSL, session handling, and logging
- Participated in Tomcat development community (discussions, votes, bug fixes)

Network Engines, Canton, MA Senior Consulting Engineer DEC 2001 - MAR 2002
Network Engines designs and manufacturers rack-mount servers with customizable front panels.
- Contributed to the completion of the SDK, enabling customers to create front panel applications.

Lucent Technologies, Marlboro, MA Senior Consulting Java Engineer APR 2001 – JUL 2001
Improved web based HR system allowing managers to award bonuses
- Implemented new features using J2EE, JSP, Java, JDBC, HTML, JavaScript, Oracle 9i AS/8i DB
- Refactored JSP reports to include new features and improved speed, quality plus maintainability
- Created a place for managers to post questions and answers to communicate with employees

Voice of the Web, Reading, MA Chief Architect/Co-Founder NOV 2000 - MAR 2001
Co-Founded a Startup Company creating software to scan news sites and create spoken audio content from the site’s content. Finalist in both the Lycos Labs and Boston.com business plan competitions.
- Rapidly developed and deployed system in 2 months using J2EE, XML, VoiceXML, Java, JSP, Apache’s Tomcat, tellme.com, Bell Labs Text-to-speech engine

Lumapath, Inc. Maynard, MA Senior Engineer, Team Leader JAN 2000 - NOV 2000
Venture funded early stage startup that created an innovative search and user interface technology.
- Designed and created a knowledge engineering tool for editors to process daily flow of search terms. Tool allowed editors to create/edit/test/execute a set of rules for improving search hit quality.
- Lead creation of automated deployment system for server farm (JSP/Java, F5’s load balancer, Akamai’s cache, offsite hosting, NT, IIS, Netscape/iPlanet, JavaScript, XML, Oracle)

Radnet, Wakefield, MA Senior Consulting Engineer MAY 1999 - DEC 1999
A consulting firm specializing in corporate web sites.
- Developed portions of portal architecture (User, Preferences, Content Database) using Java/COM, IIS, ASP, MTS, Oracle
- Developed modular web UI controls included throughout the portal (JavaScript, Java)
- Critiqued existing architecture and suggested and implemented changes
- Mentored team members with Java/COM, JavaScript, XSLT, ASP, MTS, IIS

General DataComm, Marlboro, MA Senior Consultant MAR 1998 – FEB 1999
Created a router based on an existing General DataComm fiber optics product.
- Devised and created distributed Java based testing tool which performed test plans
- Brought an ATM networking product to production readiness by finding/fixing bugs in C on embedded 68k PSOS system

Sun Microsystems, Chelmsford, MA Senior Engineer, Team Leader MAR 1996 - MAR 1998
- Lead team creating Java printing service for network computers
- Researched and developed next generation email system leveraging Java technology

Bridge Information Systems, NYC, NY Software Engineer APR 1994 - MAR 1996
- Part of team that created a robust electronic order routing and trading system
- Created C++ networking library that handle millions of daily transactions between Windows, Unix and Databases (Oracle, Sybase)

Knight Ridder Financial, NYC, NY Software Engineer JUL 1990 - MAR 1994
- Developed networked stock price and financial news processing engine in C/C++

CAE-Link Flight Simulation, Binghamton, NY Software Developer MAY 1989 - JUN 1990

EDUCATION
Binghamton University, NY, MAY 1989
BS, Electrical Engineering