Rob C.

Rob C.

Rolesville, United States of America
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About Me

Robert is a veteran software architect and consultant with over two decades of experience designing and building enterprise systems across finance, retail, biotech, and manufacturing sectors. He specializes in architecting scalable, cloud-native applications using Java, Scala, and modern data platforms like Hadoop and Spark. Robert is recognized for turning around failing projects and guiding cross-functional teams through complex migrations and performance-critical implementations. He implements, upgrades, and extends the life of software systems and allied technologies, producing high-quality, well-versed microservices-based solutions and design patterns.

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Java Engineer
2022 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Intuitive Consulting Services
Intuitive Consulting Services
Senior Developer Consultant
2017 - 2025 (8 years)
Remote
  • Transitioned a legacy Java POS system for Abercrombie & Fitch to a back end of RESTful services in Java, with Kotlin powering Android-based front-end devices across retail locations, including various web-based front ends.

  • Worked on various Big Data solutions, analyzing and providing insights and introducing new functionalities.

  • Implemented system updates for Tokyo Electronics to enhance integration changes when interfacing with external systems.

  • Reengineered legacy DataStage and SSIS workflows for 5/3 Bank to improve long-term maintainability and align with the development team's skillset.

  • Engineered data processing pipelines for biomedical research at the Institute for Systems Biology, integrating advanced fingerprinting algorithms and Big Data technologies to accelerate COVID-19 research collaborations with major healthcare partners.

Apparatus Infrastructure Services
Apparatus Infrastructure Services
Senior Developer & Architect
2016 - 2020 (4 years)
United States of America
  • Wrote and deployed software solutions for Eli Lilly's Information Exchange Platform, enhancing the standardization of drug-related testing data.

  • Overhauled the codebase on a new application to fix hard-coding of URLs, data, security failings, and complex defects.

  • Led a team to maintain and enhance the Kore monitoring application, improving response to client solutions.

Redwood Software
Redwood Software
Development Manager
2013 - 2016 (3 years)
Morrisville, NC, United States of America
  • Rebuilt and optimized core REST and SOAP web services for the Report2Web platform, enhancing performance, service stability, and integration reliability across Java and .NET (C#) environments.

  • Led the overhaul of the data layer to resolve schema inconsistencies between SQL Server and Oracle, introducing structural boundaries that transformed delicate architecture into a maintainable, enterprise-grade foundation.

  • Worked on converting multiple legacy utilities from VB6 to VB.NET and C# stacks using modern tools and processes.

  • Championed BDD by mentoring junior developers and creating an automated testing suite using Selenium, Cucumber, and Gherkin.

  • Transitioned the team from Waterfall to Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Lead Developer
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Cary, NC, United States of America
  • Architected and developed data ingestion pipelines for the RPL-ODS system, staging risk data from XML, JMS, databases, and web services into an Oracle Exadata warehouse and Hadoop cluster designed as the bank’s central risk data source.

  • Served as a technical resource for the rates and commodities risk viewers, handling the codebase, environments, non-functionals, and processes.

  • Led processes to improve a hedge fund data enrichment/validation application within the bank, verifying requirements, creating sandboxes, and setting up environments.

  • Built and deployed MapReduce jobs using Mahout within the Hadoop ecosystem, enabling advanced analytics and scalable data processing for downstream consumers.

  • Established robust client-facing access mechanisms, including REST services, stored procedures, and JMS, while embedding TDD and BDD (via dbFit) into the team’s workflow to raise code quality and accelerate delivery.

Cromley Computers, Inc.
Cromley Computers, Inc.
Senior Developer/Architect
1996 - 2010 (14 years)
Lewis Center, OH, United States of America
  • Managed processes to build new systems and platforms, modify existing solutions, correct errors, and introduce new technologies.

  • Collaborated with stakeholders to review requirements, translate requirements into solutions, and prepare detailed technical designs.

  • Worked on the continuous improvement of processes, coding, debugging, implementing, and supporting solutions.

  • Enhanced a customer-facing RFQ system named eQuote, which coordinates price quotes, scrap allocation, and supplier compensation for all North American Honda manufacturers.

  • Worked with a varied team of offshore and onshore developers to develop a new POS system for Donatos Pizza, designing and coding the back-end system that was architected as an SOA solution with the expectation of containing the business logic for both individual stores and online ordering.

  • Worked as lead developer to develop an intranet-based MERS reconciliation application for JP Morgan Chase, a SOA application that takes information feeds from various sources in the form of flat files and web services, allowing users to verify and modify data to ensure compliance with MERS standards.

  • Worked as lead developer on Nationwide Insurance claims system used by field representatives to handle insurance claims (CLASS).

  • Acted as a primary developer for a warehouse and distribution system for The Hoover Company, handling everything from receiving product from manufacturing through warehousing, shipping, and logistics.

Big Lots
Big Lots
Lead Developer
1995 - 1995
United States of America
  • Designed and implemented new features to enhance Big Lots' supply chain/warehousing software.

  • Improved the codebase with clean and efficient Synon 2/e code and solved problems using the most appropriate technology.

  • Actively participated in software/hardware configuration, releases, and installation tasks.

3X Corporation
3X Corporation
Consultant
1993 - 1995 (2 years)
Columbus, OH, United States of America
  • Contributed to software development projects for clients with AS/400 (iSeries) systems.

  • Worked for various clients developing code in Synon, Cobol, and RPG.

  • Adhered to standard procedures to improve operational and technical efficiencies in delivering solutions.

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Showcase

Senior Java Developer - Institute for Systems Biology
Senior Java Developer - Institute for Systems Biology
  • Developed and implemented data engineering solutions for healthcare data analysis, specifically for COVID-19 analysis.

  • Introduced new data ingestion pipelines to ingest data from multiple hospital systems and store it in raw data lakes.

  • Implemented data validation and ETL functions to migrate data to relevant data lakes for processing.

Senior Java Developer - Abercrombie & Fitch
Senior Java Developer - Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Migrated and improved Java RESTful services on the backend.

  • Enhanced Kotlin code for Android frontend.

  • Supported registers and in-store mobile devices.

Senior Java Developer - Price Waterhouse Coopers
Senior Java Developer - Price Waterhouse Coopers
  • Rewriting and deploying new solutions to an existing Python application for managing reference data.

  • Implementing microservices for cloud infrastructure.

  • Focus on Price Waterhouse Coopers project.

Education

Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH)
Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH)
Cloudera
2016 - 2016
BSc Computer Science
BSc Computer Science
Ohio State University
1986 - 1989 (3 years)