Brent Sowers - Senior Software Engineer, Yale University

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Work Background

Yale University CareersSoftware Engineer

Jun. 2016New Haven, CT• Tech Lead for the overhaul of Yale’s Online Giving platform. Supervised 6 senior developers and worked closely with the business to determine needs and develop solutions. The 9 month project was launched on time and has exceeded expectations. • Tech Lead on a project to decommissions 3 RHEL5 servers and move the assets to AWS instances running RHEL7. • Provide support for legacy applications running Ruby on Rails, PERL and PHP.

Development IISenior PHP Programmer

May. 2015 - Mar. 2016Woodbridge, CT• Conceptualized and implemented a plan for the flagship application, surveycount.com to be developed in the ZendFramework v1.x MVC model. I began the project in early June, 2015 and launched an alpha version of the platform by August 15, 2015 and a beta version by September 15 of the same year. • Through the Beta release, the development team was comprised of myself, a part-time, remot contract PHP programmer and two designers. In December of 2015 I negotiated with a firm in Argentina to provide additional resources for the surveycount.com project. • Managed the hosting environment at AWS which consisted of two web server running Ubuntu, a load balancer, a test server and an RDS MySQL instance. • Responsible for reviewing and interviewing prospective developer candidates for hire; maintained the local area network and determined requirements for other proposed ventures. • DII Labs was a business unit of Development II, and was their business incubator that focused on bringing new products to market fast and efficiently. In late March of 2015, Development II closed its doors.

North American Power and Gas, LLCProgramming Manager

Mar. 2012 - Apr. 2015Norwalk, CT• Managed the day-to-day operations of a 15+ developer team including offshore developers in Argentina in an AGILE environment. Assigning tasks, troubleshooting code and devising a deployment strategy for code changes to www.napower.com, www.informedpower.com, www.napclient.com, www.napcustomer.com and www.napowervip.com. Working with ZendFramework 1.x for our proprietary applications (informedpower.com, napclient.com, napowervip.com and napcustomer.com). • Responsible for the processing of thousands of inbound and outbound EDI transactions daily which facilitated the company's ability to bill customers for consumption and purchase energy futures on behalf of our customer base. • NAP Housed over a billion data records across multiple databases, communicated with third party vendors and utility companies in 60 markets in the United States. • My team was integral in the company generating over $300 million in revenue in between 2013 - 2015.

Nicolas Holiday IncWebmaster & Import Administration

Mar. 2011 - Feb. 2012Trumbull, CT• Responsible for web presence of Santa’s Best Craft in both mobile and traditional browser presentations. Transitioned www.santasbestcraft.com from CakePHP to Drupal 7. Utilizing available Drupal modules. The application was designed to drive content to multiple URLs (m.santasbestcraft.com and www.santasbestcraft.com) from a single content source utilizing custom themed templates. • Installed and maintained Wowza Media Server on a Linux Server for multimedia content delivery, detecting remote OS and browser to determine the appropriate delivery method.

RadisphereDeveloper

Oct. 2008 - Feb. 2011Westport, CT• Member of a 3 developer team responsible for the support of and assistance in defining business initiatives for a privately held tele-radiology firm. • The team maintained and enhanced custom web applications utilized by Radiologists and support staff for the receipt, delivery, interpretation and report capture/distribution for radiographic imaging (multiple modality) in a health care environment • Core application written in OO PHP.

Cronin & CompanySenior Web Developer

Feb. 2006 - Oct. 2008Glastonbury, CT• Worked closely with the creative department to design functional sites for a wide array of customers. Implemented the designs to pixel perfect renditions using CSS, html, PHP and JavaScript as was appropriate for the task. • Drupal sites: www.benihana.com, www.estroven.com, www.culturelle.com, www.azoproducts.com, www.estroven.co.uk

Coldwell BankerREALTOR

Mar. 2002 - Dec. 2005Branford, CT• Established and maintained relationships with individuals and organizations both local and in other states who were interested in purchasing property in Connecticut. Provided ongoing assistance to these clients by introducing them to properties that were suitable to their needs. Transaction management including, assistance in the drafting of the purchase and sales agreement, negotiating on behalf of the client and keeping the deal together and solving problems that were experienced in the process. Between 2002 and 2005 assisted in the purchase and/or sale of over $4,000,000 worth of property.

Knowledge Management, plcDeveloper

May. 2000 - Nov. 2001South Norwalk, CT• Oversaw the rewrite of existing sites from MSSQL and ASP to Oracle8i and PHP. Content development, database integration and system and database architecture/design. • Responsible for developing and implementing the electronic commerce element for the site to include redemption of points for products and partial point redemptions with credit card transaction clearing for the remaining balance.

The Polaris GroupNetwork Administrator

Nov. 1998 - Apr. 2000New Haven, CT• Responsible for acquisition of new technology and maintenance of existing technology for independent broker dealer, insurance agency, investment advisory and mortgage broker/lender firms comprising The Polaris Group, Inc. • Provide technical assistance and troubleshooting to 50+ local staff members as well as a 300+ field representative base for the company. (6) Windows Back Office 4.0 Servers with MSSQL 6.5, MS Exchange 5.5, MS SNA 4.0, IIS 4.0 and Proxy Server 2.0. Win9x clients running MS Office applications, Act! 4.0, Cheyenne FaxServe, WinOPS Back Office System and dbCams+ in a network environment.

eCommerce CorpDeveloper

Jan. 1997 - Nov. 1998Stamford, CT• Developed internet sites and maintained sites hosted by Ecommerce.com. Worked extensively in RAW HTML generation and integration of ICL (iCat Carbo Language) for database interaction. Extensive client contact. • Instrumental for development and maintenance of the following sites:www.gymboree.com www.uset.comproshop.miamidolphins.com www.lillianvernon.com www.redrocket.com www.rodalestore.com www.ultimatefootballshop.com (site taken down)www.livingbalance.com (site taken down)

US NavyHM2

Jan. 1986 - Dec. 1997Naval Undersea Medical Institute, Groton, CT. o Local Area Network Administrator for a 100 station Windows for Workgroups 3.11 network. o Responsible for the overhaul of existing network capabilities including procurement of $300,000 worth of equipment, running 10 Base-T cabling throughout a 3 story building, renovating the Student Computer Lab and enabling internet connectivity. o Secret Security Clearance. Oceana Branch Medical Clinic, Virginia Beach, VA. o Administration Department Leading Petty Officer serving 120 Officer/Enlisted and 70 civilian personnel. o Assistant System Securities Officer. o Involved in the establishment of a Windows NT 3.5/Windows95/Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Local Area Network. o Facilitator for the Executive Steering Board. o Basic Life Support Instructor. o Secret Security Clearance. Wing Surgeon's Office, Second Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, NC. o Administration Department Leading Petty Officer for 100 Officer/Enlisted personnel coordinating operational readiness and deployments, maintaining personnel records and routing routine correspondence and message traffic. o LAN Administrator for a 30 computer Banyan Vines Network. Played a major role in development and deployment of new technologies for the WAN servicing 4,000 service members. o Secret Security Clearance Naval Hospital Orlando, Orlando, FL. o Assistant Leading Petty Officer, Nursing Services. o Supervised 100 enlisted personnel.