Nowell Strite
410 Sunrise Dr, Huntington, VT 05462 ● nowell@strite.org ● (703) 740-7552
Key Qualifications/Philosphy
- Embrace open source technology and the collaborative and iterative development approach that it inspires
- Employ an Agile based software development approach with a healthy recognition that interpretation is always necessary to craft a methodology that fits an organization’s culture
- Proven ability to lead conversations with internal and external clients to extract business requirements and translate/distill stories into elegant and robust technical solutions
- Strong application architect and developer, leveraging rapid prototyping and iterative development
- Integrate solid communication skills and creative problem solving into every stage of development
- Commitment to a hiring and collaborative philosophy which creates a cohesive, dynamic and passionate development culture
Experience
Public Broadcasting Service — 2005-Present
Senior Manager, Technology Solutions (2007-Present)
- Manage and inspire a team of 5 passionate, creative and diverse in-house developers along with multiple off site contractors
- Coordinate all product releases and development as lead architect and developer
- Direct projects through all phases of development (scope, requirements, use cases, design, prototyping, development and launch)
- Originate budgeting, project scheduling and application & server architecture
- Provide coordination with product management, program management, operations, IT and marketing/sales
- Crafted a software development life-cycle that fit the culture of PBS and implemented it into project intake and development processes
- Delivered multiple successful projects resulting in the growth of technical team from 2 to 6 individuals to accommodate demand
Manager, Digital Development (2007)
- Demonstrated leadership as technical lead; managing multiple project timelines and deliverables; working with colleagues to identify and develop solutions to operational requirements and shortcomings
- Negotiated with multiple companies to donate products and services to PBS resulting in recurring savings of over $40,000 (Atlassian, ExtJS, Github, etc.)
Senior Web Technologist (2005-2007)
- Developed and maintained existing e-commerce portal and learning management system
- Initiated transition to open source platform
- Spearheaded introduction of version control and deployment processes into the product development cycle
BearingPoint — 2004-2005
Systems Analyst
- Built a suite of enterprise web applications using PL/SQL (Oracle 9iAS)
- Assisted client program managers in tracking and running metrics on their planned acquisitions and existing contracts
PL/SQL, PHP, Oracle 9iAS, HTML, CSS, Javascript
Textron Lycoming — 1998-2004
Freelance Web Development Consultant
- Designed and provided ongoing development and maintenance of national award-winning dynamic Internet site to allow customers to access company resources (JSP with DB2 backend)
- Created and introduced, with continuing development and maintenance, a unique Intranet site providing executives and employees access to critical business and process information. (ASP with Oracle backend)
- Developed numerous custom applications and tools to solve unique client problems involving the conversion, automation, and filtering of business data (Visual Basic, PHP, ASP, Excel, Access)
- Created external marketing site, parts database
Java, JSP, PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, DB2, Microsoft IIS, ASP, Oracle
Electronic Data Systems — 1998-1999
Technical Support
- Independently installed, repaired and troubleshot over 300 computers
- Provided needed hardware and software support to the client
- Maintained and assisted in the development of a network infrastructure for over 300 computers
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S. in Computer Science, College of Engineering – 2000-2004 GPA: 3.4, Dean’s List
Skill Sets
Software Development
- Languages: Python, Java, SQL, C#, ASP, PHP, Javascript, CSS, HTML, XML/XSLT, ColdFusion, Perl, C/C++, Ruby
- Technologies: AJAX, REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, RSS, RegEx, Selenium Automated Testing, Google Wave, OpenID, OAuth
- Methodologies: Design patterns, Object-oriented design, Test-driven development, Agile development teams
- Frameworks: Django, .NET, CakePHP, Ruby on Rails, jQuery, YUI, ExtJS
- Concepts: SDLC, Agile/XP, RUP, Continuous Integration, Rapid Prototyping, Unit Testing, Database Design/(De)Normalization, Distributed Processing, A/B Testing, High Availability, Load Balancing, Performance Tuning, SEO, Web Analytics Tracking, Browser and System-level Caching
System Architecture
- Web: Apache, Lighttpd, Perlbal, Tomcat, Microsoft IIS, memcached
- Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, MSSQL Server
- Platforms: Linux, OSX, Windows, Amazon EC2/S3/EBS
- Message Queues: RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS
- Search: Solr/Lucene, Xapian, Sphinx
- Version Control: GIT, Subversion, complex branch-merge workflows, MS Visual SourceSafe
Honors
- Received PCWeek magazine’s 1999 Fast Track Technology Innovations Award for Textron Lycoming website.
- Rated 4th place on “The Top 100” list of world-wide manufacturing companies “deploying leading-edge technologies”
- Recognized for achievement with six PBS “Bravo” performance awards over four and a half years
- Selected to present my “Pluggable Resuable Application” Design Pattern at DjangoCon ‘09