Aud's Abridged Resume

Audree Thurman

http://www.audsplace.com

Summary

Talented software architect, technical lead and senior developer with the following technical skills and interests:

Object-Oriented design and development
C++ multithreaded application development
Distributed Multi-tier application development
Databases
Workflow
Distributed Web-based architectures
Java, J2EE technologies
XML technologies
Unix development
Software Development Lifecycle; UML
Microsoft technologies: .NET, C#, VC++

Experience streamlining and automating business processes, communicating affectively with technical and non-technical associates, developing project plans and executing them successfully.

Experience

January, 2008 - Present: AdOn Network

Senior Software Engineer working on architecture, design and development of a heavily utilized advertising network executing in a large (200 node) Linux (LVS) network. Projects include:

Distributed Cache Infrastructure: Designed/implemented custom distributed caching solution (replacing danga.com/memcached) resulting in increased reliability, reduced network traffic and significantly improved throughput (single node throughput increased from 40 to 100 requests processed per second). Object-oriented client/server solution implemented in C++ using POSIX threads; JNI interface exposed to java/jsp application.
Keyword Matcher and Geolocation Tracking Interface (using Digital Envoy IP database) implemented in C++. These pieces are an order of magnitude faster than the pieces they replaced.

October, 2002 - December, 2007: Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Manager of Enterprise Applications (with five direct reports) responsible for planning and leading the design and development of the campus information architecture along with all in-house software . Projects include:

ePortfolio System: Designed, developed and successfully implemented an ePortfolio system used by thousands of students and employees throughout the Maricopa Community College district. Technologies include C++, Perl and various open-source components. System is simple to use, has RSS syndication throughout and supports a variety of dynamic and web 2.0 style page templates.
Workflow Engine: Designed/developed object-oriented (C++) workflow engine used to automate and streamline many cross-departmental activities Workflow definitions expressed in XML; visual workflow builder (java based) added for easy definition of workflow processes.
Portal: Role-based portal (with single sign-on) released August, 2006. This gives students and employees a single point of entry for of their relevant applications, forms, check sheets, etc. Portal built in PHP with a SQL Server database. This project was the recipient of the College and District Innovation awards, 2006-2007.
Website Architecture: ePortfolio System extended to be a website Content Management System and is currently the back-end structure for http://www.cgc.edu.
Budget System: Designed/developed Budget request system used by college employees and administrators to collect, rank and allocate funds; also handles reallocations between existing accounts. Technologies include Java, Berkeley DB XML (innovation award received), Echo framework.

June, 2000 - October, 2002: Insight Enterprises Inc.

Independent Consultant architecting and designing n-tiered enterprise-wide information infrastructure to support multiple business models

Participated in Use-Case generation representing business requirements, created/documented high-level architecture using UML
Implemented middleware in a J2EE framework (EJBs using Web Logic and JBoss application servers)
Designed/developed Product Searching database and middleware offering sub-second response time for generic product catalog searching

June, 1999 - May, 2000: Arizona State University

Lecturer and Undergraduate Faculty Advisor teaching a variety of Computer Science Classes and advising undergraduate students.

June, 1998 - May, 1999: Axxess Technologies

Principal Software Engineer responsible for the architecture, design and implementation of a customer-driven Kiosk to sell customized engraved items

Object-oriented design documented using Rational Rose
Component architecture, browser based
Internationalized Java applets running in frames comprise 70% of the application
Kiosk frame window written in Visual C++/COM using Microsoft's Web Browser control

1995 - June, 1998: Mesa Community College

Computer Science Faculty and Program Coordinator
Under my leadership, the Computer Science curriculum grew from eight to over twenty courses with over 35 sections offered each semester. Additional responsibilities included:

Developing course competencies and outlines
Hiring and evaluating adjunct and contract faculty
Participating in outcomes-based program review process

1986 - 1996: Emtek Health Care Systems

Senior Software Engineer (and original employee) in startup venture that grew to more than 200 employees and a customer base exceeding fifty hospitals.
Lead technical contributor in system architecture and database of distributed Clinical Information System (client/server architecture) running in large hospital enterprise networks world-wide.
Extensive involvement in all aspects of the development cycle including requirements analysis, design, implementation, test and QA.
Primary designer (using object-oriented techniques) and developer (C/C++) of Distributed Object-oriented Database designed for rapid access/processing of clinical data.

Education

Purdue University
MS in Computer Science; August 1980

Montclair State College
BS in Mathematics (Summa cum Laude); May, 1979

Presentations & Awards

Winner of the Paul M. Pair Innovation Award for myCGC Portal, 2006-2007
"Creating and Using a Simple In-House Survey Tool" presentation at the Association for Institutional Research - June, 2005
Winner of College Innovation Award - 2004
Winner of Berkeley DB XML Best Application Innovation Award - 2003
"Developing a Budget Request System using an XML database" presentation at the Phoenix Java User's Group - October, 2003

Miscellaneous

US Citizen
Part-time fitness instructor at Bally Total Fitness (2002 - present)
Enjoy music, reading, aerobic dance
References available upon request