Ryan J. Sonnek

Attributes

Agile Software Architect

• Enjoy building software with Pair Programming in a Test Driven Development environment
• Strongly advocate agile programming paradigms (eXtreme Programming, Getting Real)
• Able to quickly come up to speed with various frameworks and libraries
• Believe strongly in incorporating stakeholder feedback into project development using short development cycles (Domain Driven Design)

Passionate Opensource Developer

• Author of popular Hiberate/Lucene integration
• Contributor to Spring Rich Client framework (jtaskpane integration, manifest aware application descriptor)
• Project Lead for several small opensource projects (shard, swingwork, RIVA)

Web 2.0 Developer

• Familiar with several popular javascript libraries (scriptaculous, prototype, dojo)
• Author of several AJAX enabled Java components for the Wicket web framework (drag/drop panels, autocomplete textfield)
• Author of offline page preview for component frameworks

Build System Engineer

• Developed and maintained build systems with Ant, Maven1, and Maven2 tools
• Implemented continuous integration for projects using CruiseControl and Continuum

Experience

Digital River - Global E-Commerce Outsourcing

Senior Software Engineer
April 2004 - Present

• Consistently delivered high quality projects in a fast paced, highly demanding environment.
• Worked on infrastructure for a extremely high traffic e-commerce application with high availability demands.
• Modularized an extremely large codebase into smaller packages for increased build efficiency (over 1 million LOC).
• Built custom search framework using opensource libraries to replace expensive third party package.

Codecrate - Opensource Software Solutions

Founder/Owner
June 2005 - Present

• Founded independent company to deliver opensource software solutions to businesses and individuals.
• Designed personalized websites and provided complete hosting options.
• Project Lead for several small opensource projects (shard, swingwork, RIVA)

Brown Printing Company - One of the Nation's Largest Magazine Printers

Lead J2EE Developer
June 2001 - April 2004

• Introduced scalable, high available, n-tier systems for the foundation of several enterprise applications.
• Created data collection system used to track manufacturing performance and improve efficiency.
• Built custom intranet used by over three hundred personnel for secure content management and business reporting.
• Administered application and web servers to maintain 24/7 uptime.
• Standardized and maintained development environment for all Java developers.

MSU,M Academic Computer Center - Managing MSU,M Computer Resources

Hardware Coordinator - Supervisor
July 2000 - June 2001

• Solved various computer hardware and software problems across a campus network of over five hundred computers.
• Implemented custom web application to dynamically manage resources and diagnose problems.
• Presented computer related workshops to educate students, faculty and staff.
• Created student attendance system used by finance department.
• Provided network installation and support for Minnesota Vikings Summer Training Camp.

IBM-Mankato Project - Partnership Between MSU,M and IBM

Project Coordinator - Team Lead
April 1999 - July 2000

• Designed, implemented, and analyzed computer systems for internal and external use.
• Responsible for education and training through a team environment.
• Integrated various technologies into an AS/400, WinNT environment.
• Maintained high level of communication and documentation for IBM - Rochester.

Education

Sun Microsystems Education Services

Java 1.4 Programmer Certification, Developing J2EE Compliant Applications
April 2002

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Science (Major), Math (Minor)
September 1997 - May 2001

3.85 Cumulative GPA
4 year member of Dean's List
MSU,M Who's Who Award Recipient

Activities and societies: Vice President of Intramural Tae Kwon Do Club

Technical Skills

Although this list is useful, I strongly believe that my ability to quickly adapt to new technologies is much more important than the contents of this list.

Programming Languages

• Java
• SQL
• XHTML
• CSS
• Javascript

Web Technologies

• Web Application Frameworks (Struts, Spring MVC, WebWork, Wicket)
• Presentation Layer Technologies (Velocity, JSP/JSTL)
• Application Servers (JBoss, Tomcat, Jetty, Oracle OC4J, Apache HTTP Server)
• Javascript libraries (scriptaculous, prototype, dojo)

Java Enterprise Technologies

• Spring Framework
• Object Relational Mapping Technologies (Hibernate, JDO)
• Search Engine Integration (Lucene)
• Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)
• Java Management Extensions (JMX)
• Java Message Services (JMS)
• Java Authentication and Authorization Services (JAAS)
• Java Naming and Directory Interfaces (JNDI)
• Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
• Database Servers (Oracle, MySQL, HSQL)

Java Desktop Technologies

• Swing
• JGoodies
• Spring Rich Client Framework
• Java Web Start

Testing Technologies

• Unit Testing Libraries (JUnit, JMock, Easy Mock)
• Acceptance Testing Tools (FIT, Selenium)
• Performance Testing Libraries (JUnitPerf)

Development Tools

• Build Tools (Ant, Maven1, Maven2)
• IDE (Eclipse, Net Beans)
• Source Code Management (CVS, Subversion)
• Issue Tracking (Bugzilla, JIRA, Scarab)
• Continuous Integration (CruiseControl, Continuum)

Articles

I've contributed a number of articles over the years related to opensource software development and I'm constantly surprised by the feedback I continue to receive from readers. Here's a list of some of the more popular articles I have published. A more complete list of articles can be found here.

Recommendations

Ryan is an extremely skilled developer of object-oriented code, very familiar with the Java language and standards. He produces very clean object/pattern-oriented designs at a fast pace. He ensures very high code quality by consistently writing test cases for the code that he puts in.

Ryan is a very dynamic developer, able to take significant responsibilities and even willing to assume the risks. He has strong technical aptitudes and is very intelligent. The solutions he delivers are both sound and innovative. Ryan is also open to learning new things and promoting changes.

Ryan is very self motivated and I am always impressed with the work he produces. He frequently searches for better ways to accomplish tasks and is always a proponent for cleaning the code base. He is a proponent of new testing techniques and evangelizes testing to the team.

Ryan has a special gift to effectively accomplish tasks whether it be individual, or within a group setting. He works hard to achieve his goals.