DAMIEN J. EVERSMANN

2305 N Spaulding Ave, Apt 1, Chicago, IL 60647

C: (916) 662-4175

damien.eversmann@gmail.com

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT / SENIOR DEVELOPER

To obtain a position that will allow me to utilize and grow my existing skill set and expand upon my leadership capabilities

Skilled Pre-Sales Engineer: Strong in presentation and training settings with a knack for making the complicated simple and interesting.
Highly Effective Communicator: Able to communicate technical information to management and end-users at any level. Thrives on challenge, and excels in a fast-paced environment.
17+ Years of Software Development Experience: "Big picture" Systems Architect and Application Developer with demonstrated leadership capability in an enterprise IT environment.
Proficient Web Programmer: Proven expertise with object-oriented languages, web scripting, database programming, and more. Extensive experience in Windows, Unix (AIX), Linux, or Mac OS operating environments.
Effective Project Manager: Proven ability to meet deadlines. Extensive experience defining requirements and managing small- to medium-scale projects (analysis, budgeting, planning, estimating, tracking, and scheduling).
Strong Work Ethic: Self-motivated and dedicated. Able to work independently or in a collaborative team environment. Rapidly assimilates new technologies to implement customized, state-of-the-art solutions.

2016 - present Solutions Architect

Generalist pre-sales engineer for public sector sales serving state and local governments and higher education
Regular and requested presenter for conferences, workshops and technical sessions
Specialist in DevOps and Automation messaging and demonstrations

2015 - 2016 Development Manager

Serve as Lead Developer for several engagements interfacing directly with client representatives
Manage and participate in growth and development of several Open Source software initiatives
Serve as a primary resource for Kuali and Kuali-related applications and projects throughout the corporation

2011 - 2015 Senior Software Architect

Senior Architect for the Ekualiti product line: Served as lead technical sales support; responsible for overseeing the daily design and development; shared responsibility for the overall product roadmap; development team scrum master
Served as the Senior Software Architect/Implementation Manager: led and participated in engagements covering needs from KC to custom apps in locations from Los Angeles to Boston, and overseas
Architect and Development Manager for engagement at the University of Southern California to customize and implement Kuali Coeus Research Administration Software
Provided training and mentorship to development contingency at corporate headquarters

2010 - 2011 UC Systems Architect (Office of Administration and Resource Management)

Oversaw and implemented development standards including coding standards, unit testing standards, application template design, configuration, usage standards and more.
Architect and developer for several UC-System-wide development initiatives funded by the UC Office of the President including Risk Management, Environmental Health and Safety, Learning Management and Workers Compensation. (Kuali Rice, Spring, Struts, Hibernate)
Directed the acquisition, design, and implementation of server infrastructure to support dependency management and continuous integration. (Maven, Artifactory, Hudson/Jenkins, Kuali ImpEx)
Oversaw development and initial release of UCAction, a UC-System-wide application for the assignment and followup of requirements and tasks for legal and compliance issues. Awarded the UC Power of Ten Award. (Java Web Application, Spring, Hibernate)

2008 - 2010 Lead Developer / Programmer (Office of Administration and Resource Management)

Tendered Developer to Kuali Foundation, a consortium of universities, colleges and businesses dedicated to the design and development of open-source administrative software for higher education.
Architected and developed major components and new functionality that cut across several modules of the Kuali Coeus project. (Java Web Application, Spring, Struts)
Designed and implemented a complete overhaul of the unit test system for the Kuali Coeus project. (JUnit)
Software development methodology and architecture advisor for the Department of Safety Services in the Office of Administration and Resource Management.

2000 - 2008 IT Architect / Lead Developer (Application Systems)

Widely recognized as the "Go To" point-of-contact to expedite and execute lagging projects. Technical Lead on design and implementation of four portal web applications.
Received the "IBM Thanks Award" for timely and expedient turnaround of aggressive requirements on a project.
Lead Developer (team of 10) for large scale, multi-stage overhaul of process asset library and repository. (WebSphere, Java Web and Desktop Applications)
Lead Developer (team of 6) on customer-facing portal for process-management system. (WebSphere, Java Web Application, and Portlet development)
Architect and Lead Developer (team of 5) on the ground-up development of intellectual capital repository web application with search and administrative functionality. Received accolades from all levels of management. (Java Servlets, JSPs, Struts)
Development Lead (team of 3) for the expansion of procurement and capacity planning application.

2001 - 2002 Instructor, Part-time (Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

1999 - 2000 Software Architect (IT Development Group)

1998 - 1999 Software Design and Programming (Advanced Computer Technology Group)

1998 - 1999 Graduate Instructor (Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

Systems: Linux, Windows, Unix, Mac OS
Languages: Java EE/SE/ME (all JDKs), Ansible, AJAX, JavaScript, C/C++/Objective-C, Perl, PHP, XML, WSDL, HTML, XHTML, DHTML and others
Frameworks and Libraries: Node, jQuery, Angular, Kuali Rice, Spring, Struts, Roo, JUnit, Log4J, Ant, Maven, Selenium, Atlassian Suite, SVN, Git and others
Databases: IBM DB2, Oracle, MySQL, HSQLDB, MS SQLServer, MS Access and others
Software Development: Eclipse, IBM Rational Software Architect, IBM WebSphere Application Developer, Sun Java Studio Enterprise, NetBeans, XCode and others

Master of Science - Engineering Science, Software and Info. Sys. (1999, 4.0 GPA)
Bachelor of Arts - Theatre (1996, Magna Cum Laude)