David A. Lloyd
Experience
current
Web Applications and Software Solutions
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
lloydhome consulting, inc.
Architecting, designing, and implemeting several tools for the Professional Services division of Orange Business Services. These tools are for revenue and trend forecasting, resource utilization optimization, and workflow management.
Dec. 2001 - 2005
Freelance Web Application Specialist
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sub-contracted through Wesson Enterprises
Primary developer and architect of the flagship agent portal website
www.agentcafe.com for insurance agents at Americo Financial Life &
Annuity Insurance Inc. I am responsible for the design, architecture,
implementation, support, and maintenance of its 24x7 operation. This is
an ongoing engagement as more features are continually added. This
website utilizes Struts, JSP, JDBC, XML, XSLT, FOP, SQL, Servlets,
JavaScript and ASP on WebLogic.
The Agent Cafe website requires integration with the Vantage One
mainframe system for insurance companies. Insurance agencies writing
business for Americo use this portal to keep up to date on their
commissions, policy status, and current forms.
Primary developer and architect of several back-office applications for
Americo Financial Life & Annuity Insurance, Inc. These
applications, written with Java Swing and IBM's Host Access Class
Library (HACL), required extensive integration with the Vantage One
mainframe system for automating business processes and mailings.
Sub-contracted through Jcorporate
As a core developer for the open source project Expresso
(hosted by Jcorporate.com), I have provided help to many corporations
implementing web solutions with Expresso. I have implemented projects
such as the eForum Enterprise product powering forum groups on various
websites - including Jcorporate's. Expresso is a powerful, open
standards-based, enterprise-strength architectural framework for
developing database-driven web applications based on open standards.
Nov. 2000 - Oct. 2001
Synthis Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia
Systems Architect
Team Lead and Architect of the critically acclaimed Adalon
from inception through delivery. Utilized skills in Java2 (version 1.3
server-side and Swing), JSP, JDBC, EJB, XML, XSLT, SQL, Servlets,
JavaScript, Java applets and other tehnologies on application servers
such as WebLogic, Turbine(Tomcat), Struts(Tomcat), JBoss, and Enhydra.
The project created a Swing framework
which rapidly advances a project design into a working website. The
project was centered on a Java-based client design tool that captures
business requirements and site structure then generates code and
necessary support files for the various supported Application Servers.
Nov 1996 - Oct 2000
Exchange-America / Dexus Technologies
Atlanta, Georgia
Senior Software Engineer
Team Lead of more than 20 persons and Architect on three large
projects. Utilized skills in C++ (server-side and MFC), Java2
(server-side, Swing, and Applets), CORBA (Orbix 2.02 – 3.0), XML, XSLT,
Servlets, POET (object database), Prolog, and others to produce highly
distributed products to the insurance industry. (exchangeAmerica, SalesConnection)
The third project involves a 4-tier highly available b-2-b e-commerce
solution for intelligent insurance applications with a thin client or
web solution front-end (www.exchange-america.com).
Architect, GUI design and team lead of 5 persons on a product to enable
Business Analysts to design screens and rules for the above product
using a Java/Swing product.
Built Dexus' team of developers from 4 employees and 4 contractors to
18 developers, 2 web developers, 6 testers, and 2 technical writers.
April 1996 - Nov. 1996
TransQuest (Delta Technologies, division of Delta Airlines)
Atlanta, Georgia
Software Engineer IV for Component Architecture
Performed data transfer and storage optimizations for a manpower
planning project. Data transfer between several Delta facilities across
the nation over interstate frame-relay and TopEnd (a transaction
monitor). I optimized the data by modifying Huffman's data compression
algorithm to take advantage of specific data properties. The data was
stored in Oracle databases where a lot of time was spent optimizing the
queries to get the data in/out in high volume situations without
causing unacceptable lag times.
Prototyped solutions for middle-ware problems using MQ Series
(including taking the administrator's 1 week class), CORBA, and various
other technologies.
May 1993 - March 1996
AGC Corporation
Cleveland, Tennessee
Software Engineer
Developed 2-million line fund accounting package for a shrink-wrap
vertical market with three other individuals. The product was named AccountAbility.
I was team lead of 2 other developers for a membership & pledge package for non-profit organizations named Impressions which was designed, developed, and deployed in less than six months.
I was the Project Manager for a membership, attendance, contribution, and pledge package for non-profit organizations named Impressions Plus.
