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Sameer Jaffer
Development Design Lead
sijaffer@gmail.com (972-415-4326)
Requirements:
Looking for an Applications Architect or a Design Lead position in an enterprise level Java J2EE and/or Microsoft
development environment.
My job strengths are:
Strong technical abilities to perform multi-task, multi-lingual projects.
Ability to work on more than one applications in a particular project
Provide support and help to co-workers that need undivided attention.
Provide solutions to issues at hand.
Provide specialized and easy tasks to solve difficult problems.
Skillfully develop software with provided tools and diagnostic software.
Contributing positive mental attitude with development team and business project teams.
Maximizing the use of all available resources.
Working with perfection in all aspects of development
Thinking Outside of the Box
Using necessary and available technologies for the right task.
Bridging the gap between processes.
Utilizing available products to minimize new software purchase.
Quality of Work with Proactive results
Creating a friendlier surrounding with peers.
Using the right resource for the right job
Adjusting to the needs of the company business.
Always available for extra work or hours needed to complete the job.
Always finish what I start.
Positive attitude towards the work at hand.
Exercising the use of Team Collaboration products for better communication.
Strong Sense for Business and Financial Commitments of the Company
Use previous self-employed retail business experience and skills to maintain cost effectiveness of projects
Achieve technology expense objectives – strive to reduce expense and contain costs in the company budget
Identify opportunities to save company budget and deliver solutions that the company could capitalize on.
Make sure all time that is spent at work is capitalized to the max.
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Sameer Jaffer
Development Design Lead
sijaffer@gmail.com (972-415-4326)
Technical Background
Databases
MS SQL Server 7.0/2000+ Oracle 9/10 Access97/2000/2002
Dbase Paradox FoxPro
mySQL
Languages
Visual Basic 5.0-6.0 Visual Basic for Applications Transact SQL
(VBA)
C/C++/Visual C++ Sun Java 2 (JDK1.2.2/3/1.4/1.5) Visual J++
PL/SQL HTML 2.0, 3+, 4+ ASP, ASP+
XML JSP/HTML .NET (C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET)
Operating Systems
Windows 95/98/ME Windows 2000 Adv Server and Windows 2003 Ent.
Professional
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Linux (Red Hat 6.0-7.2) OS/2 Warp
Server 4.0 Mandrake, Knoppix, Ubuntu
Microsoft Dos 3.3 – 6.22 Windows XP Professional MAC OS X 10.5.x
iSeries – AS400
Development Tools and Technologies
Microsoft
Remote Data Objects (RDO) Win32 API MS Document Object Model (DOM)
RDS – Remote Data Services Oracle Objects (COM) Internet Explorer
Crystal Reports MS Proxy 2.0 OCX Components
VB-Addins IIS4.0/5.0/6.0 , PWS Lawson
Front Page 98/2000
Sheridan Data Widgets Resize OCX Active Server Pages / HTML
Active-X EXEs DCOM / DCOM+ MTS – Microsoft Transaction Server
DAO Active-X Data Objects (ADO) Exchange 5.x/2000
ODBC Visual SourceSafe Active-X DLLs
MAPI and Outlook Libraries Macromedia Dream Weaver 4 MS SQL 7.0 Linked Server to other
Databases.
Macromedia Flash Point of Sale, Barcode, Scan Document Object Model
Software
MS SOAP .NET Remoting ADO.NET
BizTalk SharePoint 2003 Linkup – Document management
.NET Web Services via MS Dev Studio (COM/DCOM & WSDL and Wed Service component
SOAP/HTTP .NET Decelopment) development.
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Sameer Jaffer
Development Design Lead
sijaffer@gmail.com (972-415-4326)
Java Technologies
Document Object Model (DOM) JAXP 1.1 Spring Edition Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) 1.1.1
Apache RMI (Remote Method Invocation) Modular Code Design.
XML/JSF/MyFaces/Trinidad
Servlets JBuilder4-10 JDOM
Http over 128 bit SSL Socket Signed Applications Java Web Start.
tunneling. JSSE 1.02
JRun Tomcat Application Server Borland Applications Server 4.5
(Jakarta)
Java Applets J2EE Java Network Connections with
Sockets and HttpURLConnection.
JNLP Java Web Services with SOAP Borland Web Service Tool Kit for
and HTTP JBuilder 6
Quartz scheduling Log4J J2ME – Midlets 1.0 and 2.0
WebSphere Studio for iSeries WebSphere Application Server NetBeans IDE
WSAD 5.1x 6/7 Swing 2.x
WebSphere RAD 7 ClearCase TIBCO Business Works 5.4
TIBCO EMS 4.4 Hibernate IBM RAD 7
IBM Clearcase
Training/Certifications:
Applied Science in Application Development - 2000
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Windows 95
Microsoft Certified Training of Windows 98, NetMeeting, TCP/IP, Windows 95, Customer Support and Networking.
Computer Hardware Training with IBM cloned machines and peripherals.
Other Training Institution (if external training) Completion Date
Java Web Development using Struts H.O.T.T 9/1/2006
Introduction to CMMI v1.1 Carnegie Mellon 9/29/2005
Developing E-Business Solutions using
Microsoft 9/16/2005
BizTalk Server 2004
Chordiant CDM Training Chordiant 04/20/2007
TIBCO Training Learning Tree 05/01/2008
JSF/Trinidad Learning Tree 06/02/2008
Hibernate & Persistance Learning Tree 07/01/2009
Training courses taken at Software Spectrum:
PC architecture, DOS Architecture, OLE embedding, Windows Architecture, Windows 95, Dos 6.22, Graphics, File
Conversion, CD-ROM Architecture, Multimedia Sound, Network Scripts, Customer Service and Support.
Training courses taken at Computech:
PC architecture, DOS Architecture, Windows 3.1 Architecture, Dos 6.22, File Conversion, CD-ROM Architecture,
Multimedia Sound, Network Scripts, Customer Service and Support, PC Hardware Installation and Repair.
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Sameer Jaffer
Development Design Lead
sijaffer@gmail.com (972-415-4326)
Education:
Robert E.Lee High School, Midland, TX
Midland Collage, Midland, TX
Tarrant County College, Hurst, TX
Current Status:
U.S Citizen
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Sameer Jaffer
Development Design Lead
sijaffer@gmail.com (972-415-4326)
EXPERIENCE: Note that experience dates will overlap when I work at more than one client at a time.
CitiGroup – CitiMortgage (Fulltime) Development Design Lead / Jan 09’ – Present
Parallel move within CitiMortgage as part of an organization change as a Development Design Lead in the Web/Middle
Office and Sales team. Provide design leadership on project and development processes. Aligning the development team
with architectural requirements on J2EE and web development guidelines. Planning strategic technical direction for the
web team and provide high-level and detail-level software analysis /design, and performance planning, SOA governance,
architectural proposals and proof of concepts. The role is to insure that proper design and development techniques are
applied across the application suite and are leveraged across all projects.
CitiGroup – CitiMortgage (Fulltime) Sr. Team Lead/ Mar 08’ – Jan 09’
Moved from CitiFinancial Auto to CitiMortgage as a Sr. Technical Lead. I provide technical leadership for development
projects within Real Estate Lending. I work with the deliver team, along with onshore/offshore vendors to translate
requirements specifications into development architectures. I provide high-level and detail-level software analysis and
design, capacity and performance planning, SOA governance, architectural proposals and proof of concepts.
CitiGroup – CitiAuto (Fulltime) Team Lead/ Jan 03’ – Feb 08’
Working at CitiFinancial Auto, a subdivision of Citigroup, we specialize in Auto loan processing. We are responsible for
processing over 15,000 approved auto loan application a day coming in from major auto industries like Carmax, eLoan,
LendingTree, DealerTrack etc. We also manage our online application processing at www.citifinancialauto.com . To
complete the loan process we also package our and our specific partner loans with our internal In-house Fulfillment
process and send the loans to the applicants for the vehicle purchase. Currently we are a $60+ billion revenue generator
for CitiFinancial which is about 19% revenue contributor to the company.
After becoming fulltime employee, roles changed from Technical Lead to Team Lead. Responsibilities included governing
technical leads under my supervision on newer challenging projects. I handle most Java development so I was also
developing along with managing technical leads. Major achievements included bringing web services framework to the
AS400 for the first time using servlets and XML using Tomcat and Java DOM. Implementing Microsoft SharePoint 2003
Portal Server for Team Collaboration to upper management and stake holders and introducing sophisticated reporting
tools like InfoPath for the support team. I am also the point of contact for any subject matter expertise for any of our
legacy (VB/COM+) and new (.NET/C#) applications in our application architecture. Also worked on BizTalk 2004
implementation and installation on clustered environments. I have been the subject matter expert for CitiFinancialAuto
ecommerce department on BizTalk 2004. Worked on reconstructing our existing B2B legacy pipeline to be replaced with
BizTalk 2004 as our new ESB(Enterprise Service Bus) solution. Currently working on a new originations project named
Maverick that will combine all the pipelines into one using Tibco as ESB and Chordiant as the new originations and loan
servicing system for CitiFinancial Auto.
The responsibilities for this project change when required. Initially worked on Non-functional requirements for Use-Cases
from business, basically translating the use-cases to technical requirements. Then moved on to help with build
management, creating a combined code build from the different development teams into an integration stream and deploy
to integration WebSphere Server. Create the reference documentation for development workstations so they can setup
ClearCase and rebase machines. Setup WebSphere environment for development and integration. Install Chordiant
Decision Management application in integration. Worked on ESB components to interact Chordiant with TIBCO.
CitiGroup (Consultant) Technical Lead/ Jul 00’ – Dec2003
Currently working at CitiGroup Auto Finance division for ECommerce Auto Loans. N-Tier Projects include Online
Applications for ConfidentialLoan.com, DriveHome.com, Insight, Print Control and Security Model for all applications.
Technologies include VB6, ASP, DCOM, XML, Sun JAVA 2, SSL and SQL 7. Major tasks include the combination for two
different technologies Sun JAVA and Microsoft COM/DCOM. Sun on Presentation layer due to ease of deployment
through Java Web Start and functionality and Microsoft on Logic and Data layer, Transferring data with 128 bit SSL
Secure Encryption. This was done by creating a common bridge with use of XML for light weight data transfer between
the middle-tier. Insight, Print Control and Security Model are all JAVA thin client presentation applications which
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Sameer Jaffer
Development Design Lead
sijaffer@gmail.com (972-415-4326)
communicate with the Microsoft DCOM objects. Designed other complex MTS Distributed Components for various utility
tasks such as CMSIConvert, a conversion utility and FileInfo for complex DLL searches and information. Also Created thin
client-server imaging application using Java Advanced Image 1.1.1 to manipulate TIFF images from RightFax Server.
Other duties included in managing some of our consultants. Responsibilities included in keeping their track records and
behavior at the client, meeting with them every week to see how they are coming along at work. Being in touch with them
via email and voice every other day on company updates. Help in diversifying and planning their future with new
technology and their future with the company.
Meristar(Consultant) Technical Lead/ May 00’ – Jul 00’
Worked on an Accounts Payable project at a Major Hotel Corporation. Responsible for technical lead decisions in a sub
project in the Accounts payable division of Construction, and is their go to person for technical solutions. Technology
involving the (n)-tier infrastructure for connecting 200+ hotels with a centralized Accounting System (Remote Accounting
System) across the WAN through out the Nation. Using Visual Basic 6.0 as the presentation, MTS (DCOM) as Business
Logic, SQL 7.0 and Oracle for the Data. This new system adds custom functionality to their current Lawson application.
Meristar(Consultant) Senior Applications Developer / January 99’ – Jul 00’
Created multiple Service Applications to synchronize Oracle Accounting data in Lawson with data in SQL Server. Created
N-tier applications for Accounting, Security and Property Management using Visual Basic 6.0, MTS (Microsoft Transaction
Server) and SQL Server 7 and DCOM (Distributed Components). Have created numerous types of complex dynamic
SQL strings in stored procedures and triggers. Customized certain Visual Basic controls using the Windows API. I was
also required to create Visual Basic service Application to custom generate email files for other service applications to
upload to Oracle Database tables. Created a connection between SQL Server and Oracle using Linked servers so the
real-time data can be accessed from Oracle into SQL Server Stored procedures. Created shared components, which
were used for email, database and other shared functionality. Was also responsible for creating several small
applications for importing raw de-centralized data from emails and was responsible for centralizing the files into Oracle.
Helped customize applications(s) that used the ADO and Outlook Library and MS Exchange server to distribute files in
email attachments and update SQL Server and Access97 Databases. Also helped create numerous Dynamic Linked
Libraries (DLL’s), which help in parsing data in raw files and automate updates to the database.
Software Spectrum(Fulltime) Support Engineer / July 98’ – December 98’
Responsible for technical support, testing and documentation of Windows 95 and Windows 98. I have received
specialized training in the areas of customer care and service. Monitored product release issues, consulted with
support specialist, and prepared articles for TechNet.
D’or(Consultant) Applications Developer / January 98’ – June 1998
Responsible for creating a client/server POS (Point-of-Sale) application using Visual Basic 5 and Access97 database. The
application would keep track of the daily sales, inventory and customer information for mailing. Created the application to
also keep track of Accounts Payables and Receivables and added the functionality for bar code scanners to improve
sales.
BasinLink(Consultant) App. Dev./Tech. Support July 97’ – December 97’
Responsible for technical support, Web development and Network support at a major ISP. Also responsible for writing
advanced HTML and VBA logic to automate data into MS Access through Data Source Name (DSN) in Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC) from the internet using Common Gateway Interface (CGI) tools such as DBWeb and dynamically
generating HTML pages for real state search engine (http://www.basinlink.com/homesearch). Created web pages for
clients to insert and/or update real-time state data from the Internet to the database.
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Sameer Jaffer
Development Design Lead
sijaffer@gmail.com (972-415-4326)
Nurse Finders(Consultant) Programmer / July 96’ – June 97’
Designed VBA applications in MS Word to automate and generate custom reports. Also created add-ins to serve as tools
for the developers. Designed applications that were used to automate document conversions and serve as a report
server, which handled incoming data from C++ applications.
West Texas Respiratory(Consultant) Programmer/DBA / Sept 95’ – June 96’
Created an inventory maintenance database using Paradox 7. Used VB and ObjectPal to customize the database and for
user input, validation and reports. Also installed the company’s network using Windows NT 3.51 and Windows for
Workgroups.
BBS Support (FullTime) Technician / Network 94’ – August 97’
Systems Operator for a national bulletin board system using WildCat! on OS/2 Warp.
Computech(FullTime) Technician / Network 92’ – August 95’
Responsible for producing fully integrated customized machines. Helped troubleshoot many computer systems on-sight
with complete confidence. Able to Setup several peer-peer workstations on client side, in Windows 3.11/ Windows for
Workgroups or OS/2 Warp systems.
Academic Time Student 84’ – August 95’
Maintain School computer systems from Z80 Spectrum Sinclair machines, Commodore 64/128 and 286-386 IBM
compatible machines; servicing hardware/software for school and staff.
Other Skills
Skill Set Summery:
Internet Connectivity Create SQL Tables Create SQL Relationships Create SQL Indices Back UP SQL Database Restore SQL Database Create
SQL Maintenance Plan Schedule SQL Jobs Set up SQL security Set up SQL mail SQL Replication Transact SQL SQL Query Analyzer SQL
Server Profiler Visual Interdev Adobe PhotoShop Microsoft Image Composer Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) Crystal Reports MS IIS
Administration MS Proxy Server SQL Server Graphics Editing HTML DHTML Web Site Hosting WWW Domain Registration Active-X
Component Development Active-X Data Objects (ADO) Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) Active Server Pages Classes (methods,
properties and events) Component Object Model (COM) Active-X DLLs Active-X Documents Active-X EXEs DCOM Java JavaScript ODBC
OLE DB Polymorphism Remote Data Objects (RDO) Remote Data Service (RDS) VBScript Win32 API XML Access BackOffice Exchange
FrontPage Image Composer Internet Explorer Internet Information Server Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition
Microsoft Repository Microsoft Transaction Server NetShow Oracle Site Server SQL language SQL Database constraints SQL database
triggers Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Visual Basic 5.0 Visual Basic 6.0 Visual C++ 5.0 Visual InterDev 6.0 Visual SourceSafe Windows
95 Windows 98 Windows DNA Architecture Windows NT Server Windows NT Workstation NT Administration Project/Resource Planning
Requirements gathering Responsible for project budget Management of people issues for a project Technium Site Manager Microsoft
Foundation Class VBA Crystal Info Excel PowerPoint Netscape Macromedia Director BB Edit Adobe Pagemaker GifBuilder
3dStudioMax R2 C++ Stored Procedures Database Views SUN JAVA Flash 5 Dreamweaver 4 XML Spy JBuilder4/5/6 JAXP1.1 Java
Advanced Imaging DOM XML JRun Borland 4.5 app Server Tomcat(Jakarta) Acid Pro XML Spy Cake Walk Reason Sound Forge
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