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Brent W. Wilkins [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-wilkins-1446433
Profile Senior Software Developer with 25+ years in the software development industry; the last 14 years in a Java and
agile environment.
Skills Client Side: HTML, JSP, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, CSS, Applets, JNLP, PowerBuilder
Server Side: Java, Spring, Web Services (both client and server side), MQ, Maven, Ant, Git, CVS; familiar
with Groovy, Scala, Perl, Python
Database Technologies: DB2, Hibernate
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, HP MPE
Member of Oklahoma City Java Users Group since its inception. Treasurer for the past 3 years.
Professional Experience The Hertz Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK 1990 – Present
Applications Consultant
Software Architect and Senior Developer for the U.S. counter systems. The counter system was originally
designed and implemented on HP mainframe servers using COBOL. In 2002, I was selected to be part of the
initial team that would redesign the entire system in a Java environment, deploying to multiple IBM WebSphere
servers and accessed via a custom built web based front end. I was involved in the design and implementation
of the infrastructure as well as many of the applications that make up the system today. Once the port was
completed in 2012, the system has continued to grow and enhance with the business needs of the company.
Architect and develop the business functionality requested by the Business Analysts.
Research and implement solutions to connect the web application to external hardware.
Communicate with System Analysts, Engineers, Developers and others to add new functionality and update
existing functionality to the current systems. This includes new hardware that the systems must be able to
interact with and updates to existing frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate.
Design and implement web pages using JSPs, HTML, JavaScript and JQuery for use with Struts MVC.
Aid other Developers and Business Analysts to acquire and install needed programs on their PCs.
Achievements
Designed and implemented a process to use existing print format files to create a print string for multiple
printer control languages. This allowed the new system and the existing legacy system to use the same
format files for printing thus saving both time and money. The format files were generic and a report
generator was created to convert the data into the language of different printers such as thermal printers,
receipt printers and PDFs for emailing.
Designed and implemented an applet that would allow the browser to send the print data to an external
thermal printer. This included determining how to sign the jar file with a code signing certificate for access
privileges from the web browser.
Designed and implemented the first web service for the ported application. Since then, multiple web
services have been implemented using newer and more robust frameworks such as SOAP and REST. These
services allow the business layer of the application to be accessed from different front ends such as
websites and mobile devices. This increased the company’s ability to serve the customer’s needs.
Designed and implemented a process to allow the web browser to communicate with a Signature
Capture/Mag Stripe Reader device to capture the customer’s signature and send an image of the print cards
and signature to a central site for storage. This eliminated locations from manually sending in print
contracts to be scanned and stored thus eliminating cost and time delays.
Aided in the design and implementation of a system that would allow users to add multiple charges to a
rental. This system allowed the user to select a charge from a drop down select field and used an AJAX
servlet to enable/disable fields needed to capture the rate and rent/return indicators. The mix of JavaScript
and a web servlet allowed the page to be updated instantaneously rather than waiting for a page submit.
Brent W. Wilkins [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-wilkins-1446433
Environment
Interface: HTML, JSP, Struts MVC, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, Applets, JNLP
Server: IDE-Eclipse, Java, Linux, Apache Tomcat (Development), IBM WebSphere (Deployment), Spring,
Web Services, MQ, Maven, Git, CVS
Database: Hibernate, DB2
Education MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, Ks
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Mathematics
