Resume of Christopher Graziano

20+ years hands-on experience with design, implementation, performance tuning, testing, installation, training, support and maintenance of high quality, scalable and flexible technical solutions.

Able to plan application, data, and infrastructure architecture; self-sufficient but works well with teams; able to proactively manage dependencies and blocking issues, and develop meaningful relationships.

Java, Spring Framework, JMS, JEE, SQL, PL/SQL, Hibernate, workflow, multithreading & parallel processing, SVN/GIT, Test-Driven Development, JUnit, Agile development, continuous integration (CI), data modeling, object-oriented design, JSON, XML (DOM/SAX), JAXB, JAXP, XSLT, HTML, JSP, Ajax, ExtJS, JavaScript, Perl, C/C++

Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server; Windows, Linux, Solaris

Career

• Designed and developed mission-critical functionality to enable sales of Mortgage Backed Securities to government and private investors, including rules-based data validation engine, workflow for data defect management, dynamic querying and reporting, and interfacing with both internal and external client systems. (Java, Spring Framework, JMS, Oracle PL/SQL, MS Sql Server, XML)
• Collaborated with end users to proactively identify potential improvements, plan strategic projects, and deliver solutions.
• Led major unification of code base to improve productivity, as well as performance improvements (up to 10x in some cases).

• Led design and implementation of mission-critical systems, both client-facing and interdepartmental. (Java, JEE, XML, HTML, CSS, JMS, Solaris, Sybase, Oracle, ExtJS)
• Extended functionality to allow system to process high volumes of customer trades across a wide variety of products (including Equity, Fixed Income, Repo, MBS, FX), applying business rules and routing data.
• Improved system architecture for increased maintainability, performance, and stability.
• Improved team productivity and quality through careful introduction of modern best practices and technology. (Agile development, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Ajax, ExtJS, JUnit, code coverage tools)

• Led design and implementation of InterWorld's commercial product: a secure, high-performance, customizable web-based e-commerce server that powered high-volume e-commerce sites such as Disney.com.
• Developed flexible multiple-platform system architecture, and products including a high-volume order processing engine and run-time configurable catalog engine. (Java, JEE, XML, HTML, Javascript, C++, Unix, Windows, Sybase, Oracle)
• Developed visual editor for managing business workflows. (C++, MFC, XML)

• Developed message-based feeds (C++, Sybase, Solaris) between accounting systems and Windows front end applications providing visibility into accounting operations across North America to executive management.

• Developed client-server Windows applications to share advertising costs between manufacturers and retailers. (C++, MFC, Sybase, Solaris)

• Developed retail back-office transaction entry system.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, SUNY at Stony Brook