Benjamin Rosenbaum
Widdendream Systems LLC

Methodologies

TDD, Lean, Agile, Kanban, Scrum, Human Centered Design, Scaled Agile, Lean Canvas, XP, CI/CD, UML, OOA/OOD, BPMN

Languages

Java, C#, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Scala, SQL, HTML5/CSS3, JSON, Elm, Haskell, XML, XSLT, C++, C, PHP, Perl, Lisp, Unix shells

Databases

MS SQL Server, MongoDB, Oracle, Postgres, Sybase, MySql

Tools

AWS, Rails, Sinatra, jQuery, WPF, WCF, Linq, ASP.NET, MS Entity Framework, ADO.NET, lodash, Kendo, Gatling, git, Github, Stash, Kanbanize, JIRA, TeamCity, sbt, maven, Subversion, VisualStudio.NET, SharePoint, Google and Facebook APIs, OData, Tomcat/Apache, JRun, IIS, Websphere, JUnit, NUnit, Eclipse, Ajax, Hibernate, mockobjects, httpunit, log4j, NLog, TCP/IP, ODBC, COM

Operating Systems

Linux, iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD

Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

B.A., Computer Science, 1991
B.A., Religious Studies, 1991

Certifications

Scaled Agile Framework Enterprise (SAFe) Program Consultant, October 2015
Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, Microsoft, February 2014
Certified Java 1.4 Programmer, Sun Microsystems

Widdendream Systems LLC

03/2016 to present

Washington, DC; Basel, Switzerland

• Led a distributed team in developing native iOS and Android mobile apps for healthcare brokers, and individual enrollees.
• Gathered requirements, did agile process management, acted as product owner, wrote Ruby and Java code.
• Supported three project teams in adoption of Lean/Agile processes including Kanban boards and CI/CD.
• Coordinated APIs, processes, and SOA between various teams within the Health Benefits Exchange.

Courage LLC

09/2015 to 03/2016

Washington, DC, USA

• Helped establish DC’s Technology Innovation program, providing strategic consulting to align OCTO’s project portfolio with mayoral priorities.
• Applied Kanban, Scaled Agile, Lean Canvas, and Human Centered Design techniques to projects including prototype citizen involvement and criminal justice oversight websites.
• Contributed to citywide Open Source and Open Data initiatives.

Learning Objects

06/2014 to 09/2015

Washington, DC, USA

• Developed personalized learning software including adaptive assessments and competency-based learning.
• Worked closely with customers, including top medical publishing house Elsevier.
• Provided technical leadership, mentoring other developers, and establishing standards.
• Drove company-wide adoption of software best practies such as increased automated unit and integration testing with data conditioning.

itsystems AG

07/07 to 06/14

Basel, Switzerland

• Technical lead for ProcessPoint, a Business Process Documentation system (BPMN/Flowchart).
• Spearheaded agile development techniques, introduced Kanban software development process.
• Consulting, design, architecture, and implementation on a variety of custom software solutions (document management, collaboration platforms, web applications, data aggregation) for large, medium and small clients in medical, pharmaceutical, government, and retail sectors.

Avenity

12/06 to 06/07

Reston, VA, USA

• Designed and led development of a web-service based .NET reimplementation of a client's flagship public agency risk management solution, incorporating agile development practices and TDD.
• Helped design and implement Java-based custom web storefront, data analysis, and data management solution for one of the world's largest HR companies.

Computer Intelligence Associates

09/05 to 12/06

Washington, DC, USA

• Designed and led development of a greenfield transportation permit issuing application, integrating with legacy systems, creating significant cost and time savings for utilities, business users, and government employees.
• Spearheaded adoption of Agile, TDD, incremental releases.

Compuware Corporation

09/03 to 08/05

McLean, VA, USA

• Analyst, architect, team lead, Java/J2EE expert, and technical contributor for web-based funding, grants management, and document managment software with over 300,000 external users, winning the Division of Information Systems Team Award.
• Championed TDD, modern development tools, automated builds, and best practices.

COMIT Financial Systems AG

07/99 to 09/03

Basel, Switzerland

• Helped design and develop of loan processing, account management, real estate valuation and credit rating applications for major Swiss banks.
• Championed code reuse, TDD, Design Patterns, CI/CD, open source, XML, UML, coding standards.
• Mentored 20-30 Java programmers across 3-5 projects.

Digital Addiction

11/97 to 02/99

Laurel, MD, USA

• Leading a small team, designed and developed a head-to-head, turn-based internet strategy game, 'Sanctum', based on collectible digital objects.
• Developed components for user interface, game logic, client/server communication with TCP/IP sockets, account management, database access, matchmaking, load balancing, collectible digital object trading, and e-commerce.
• Sanctum was awarded '1998 Online Game of the Year' by Game Industry News.

CareerBuilder

11/96 to 04/97

Reston, VA, USA

• Developed user interface, client/server connectivity, internet connectivity, and text search components for a Human Resources Management product, "Team Builder 2.0 ("Top Product of 1997", Human Rescource Executive magazine).

Brilliant Nite Software

05/94 to 10/96

McLean, VA, USA; Bern, Switzerland

• Researched, designed, and prototyped an international multilingual small-business accounting system.

Books that Work

12/92 to 05/94

Palo Alto, CA, USA

• Developed 3D graphics libraries, user interface, and knowledgeable CAD objects for award-winning do-it-yourself products combining multimedia and user-friendly 3D design.

• Native English speaker, fluent in German, proficient in Italian
• Have published nonfiction, fiction, and poetry in major websites (e.g. Motley Fool, Tor.com), national print magazines (e.g. Harper's, F&SF, Nature), best-of-the-year anthologies, and a college textbook; stories translated into over twenty languages; finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, BSFA, and Sturgeon fiction writing awards.
• Board member (and President for two years) of a local synagogue, 2008-present.