Daryl S. Banttari
dbanttari@gmail.com
 
Availability: Currently Employed.
 
Summary of qualifications:
Programming: Expert at database-driven Web sites using Angular.js, ColdFusion (see Daryl's ColdFusion Primer at http://www.cfprimer.com/), SQL, and Java Servlets/JDBC, for Intranet/Extranet and e-Commerece applications. Lead developer for SeeFusion, a monitoring/troubleshooting plug-in for ColdFusion and other Java-based applications. 20+ years of professional IT experience, including mainframe systems programming and many different programming languages.
Networking: Expert in IP networking (Google for "TCP/IP", and you'll generally find Daryl's TCP/IP Primer in the top 3 pages of results.) Expert with Windows Server as a Web applications platform, familiar with *nix servers (Solaris and Linux).
Databases: Expert with ColdFusion or JDBC to query data residing in SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases. DBA experience (design, implementation, backup planning and especially performance tuning) with Microsoft SQL Server.
Systems: CTO of a small Windows-based ISP for several years. Familiar with Windows, MacOS, and Linux as hosting platforms. Non-recent experience with mainframe (IBM VM/SP) and midrange (AS/400, Tandem NonStop Himalaya) systems.
Communications: Excellent customer relations skills; specialized in dealing with "problem customers" while doing contract work for Ameridata (now GE Capital IT Solutions). Can generate understanding at both a non-technical and very technical level. Frequent speaker at ColdFusion user groups and conferences. Author: Contributed to "Hack Proofing ColdFusion" (Syngress, 2002).
Personal: A results-oriented, focused, skilled professional who understands Information Systems as a means, not as an end. Completes projects with maximum speed, efficiency, and maintainability. Measures personal success by the success of the organization, and seeks mentoring roles.
 
Professional Experience:
10/2011 - Present The Lacek Group: Senior Systems Engineer
  • In a DevOps role, provided the point of contact for automating deployments and resolving application issues.
  • Implemented BuildMaster for deployment automation.
  • Migrated web servers to Apache for consistent environments from local dev to prod.
  • Support and manage (often virtualized) application environments on Windows, MacOS, and Linux (Debian|CentOS).
  • Install, configure, and troubleshoot all facets of hosting: code deployment, name registration and DNS, networking, SSL, database performance tuning, security, monitoring, and load testing.
3/2010 - 10/2011 Snap Fitness: Applications Architect / DBA
  • Rewrote the door access integration scripts, resulting in greatly improved access card activation speed and accuracy.
  • Responsible for maintaining database efficiency and responsiveness.
  • Generated (and often automated) reports.
  • Designed and developed the "Fitness on Demand" video kiosk system (using Flex, C#, and ColdFusion.)
9/2008 - 2/2010 Analytics, Inc.: Senior Applications Architect
  • Leveraged Java to optimize processes that had been formerly done in ColdFusion, with a 30,000% performance improvement.
  • Integrated RADIUS-based two-factor authentication into a ColdFusion application.
  • Introduced Unit Testing, Continuous Integration, and improved version control management techniques.
  • Lead and mentor a team of developers to meet business goals in an efficient and effective manner.
  • Collaborate with IT Management for generation and approval of project scopes, timelines, and resource allocation.
  • Stay informed of new technologies and techniques, and update team methodologies when appropriate.
6/2005 - 9/2008 Webapper, LLC: Chief Architect
Lead Developer: Produced the SeeFusion product, leveraging skills with Java (including Servlet Filters and a JDBC Driver wrapper/decorator, with special attention to performance and thread safety issues), Coldfusion, JUnit unit testing, and compatibility with SQL Server, Oracle, and mySQL). Rewrote SeeFusion to use a Flex-based front end with a custom bidirectional messaging subsystem that doesn't require LiveCycle Data Services.
Systems Troubleshooter: Providing remote or onsite support for troubled ColdFusion- or Java-based Web systems, leveraging SeeFusion for problem diagnosis. Expert in database performance tuning, esp. with Microsoft SQL Server.
ColdFusion Application Developer: Used Fusebox, cfcUnit, and Flex to assist with large ColdFusion-based intranet and extranet projects.
Web Application Security Analysis: A recent spate of automated SQL Injection attacks has led me to update a ColdFusion script that automagically parameterizes ColdFusion queries, making them immune to SQL Injection.
11/2001 - 6/2005 Macromedia: Senior Product Support Engineer
Escalation point for troubleshooting and/or analyzing Web-based systems to identify and resolve stability and/or performance issues. Provide formal and informal training for systems administrators, programmers, or 3rd party consultants in managing or creating Web-based systems. Resident expert in Microsoft SQL Server administration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
6/2000 - 11/2001 Macromedia [née Allaire] Consulting: Senior Consultant
Troubleshoot and/or analyze Web-based systems (ColdFusion and Spectra) to identify and resolve stability and/or performance issues. Provide formal and informal training for systems administrators, programmers, or other consultants in managing or creating Web-based systems. Resident expert in Microsoft SQL Server administration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning. Recipient of Consulting's FastStart award, and its last MVP award.
2/1999 - 5/2000 Sprint: Lead ColdFusion Developer
Used expert knowledge of Networking, Systems, Databases, and Programming to produce advanced ColdFusion-based Intranet applications. Worked with databases handling over one hundred million inserts a day; replaced 'between 1.5 and 2.5 million' lines of COBOL with just under thirty thousand lines of ColdFusion. (It seems like an unreasonable ratio to me, too, but that's what I'm told.) Acted as team mentor, developing the skills of junior ColdFusion programmers.
6/1997 - 12/1998 Multicorp International, Inc.
Chief Technical Officer
Multicorp was a full-service provider of business Internet solutions, including Internet connectivity, website hosting, and advanced Internet applications development. Responsible for advanced website development, network security, networking operations, database server administration, research and development, and staff training.
3/1995 - 6/1997 Windsor Computer Services, Inc.
President/Independent Consultant

Developed Internet applications, including one to replace a Visual FoxPro child care information system, which was being sold on a subscription basis. The customer was mailing sets of floppies with database updates to its subscribers (Fortune 1000 companies) on a regular basis, and requiring its subscribers' IS departments to install their application on all workstations that would access the database. The Internet-based solution (first to market by 5+ years) allows for centralized database updating; instant deployment at new subscribers' sites; and full control of their database.

Extensive network consulting, including planning and deployment of numerous NetWare 3.x to 4.x upgrades; capacity planning and LAN/WAN infrastructure deployment; deployment of remote access systems including NetWare Connect with and without Cubix and CommVision remote control clusters; installation and support of NetWare and NT servers; informal LAN administrator training.
4/1994 - 3/1995 Sufficient Systems, Inc.
Systems Engineer
Evaluated and selected products for a multi-million-dollar technology infrastructure project based on (then) present and expected future needs. Integrated selected products into systems design. Worked extensively with NetWare 3.1x and 4.10. Tested and evaluated various remote control and remote node products including ReachOut, NetWare Connect, and IBM 8235 remote node boxes (repackaged Shiva LanRovers). Tested and evaluated various fax server products including FacSys, RightFax, NetSatisfaction, and FaxServe over cards by Brooktrout, Gammafax, and PureData/Intel. Resident expert on Cisco and IBM routers used in WAN pilot on point-to-point and frame relay WAN links. Tested and implemented server products from IBM, Compaq, Cubix, and CommVision.
8/1992 - 4/1994 Computer Sense, Inc.
Director of Technical Services
Performed and supervised all aspects of designing and installing complete Novell LANs, including needs analysis, PC assembly (including supervision of three assembly technicians), running cable, installing workstation and server software, configuring systems to meet customer needs, training network administrators, and troubleshooting network problems.
8/1988 - 8/1992 United States Army (74F: Computer Programmer/Analyst)
Mainframe Systems
Primary systems programmer responsible for daily routine maintenance and crisis control of an (avg.) 160-user IBM 4381 mainframe system running VM/SP HPO. Responsible for resource allocation, conservation, and expansion. Administered Computer Security in a Top Secret (SCI) installation. Assisted the Computer Equipment System Security Officer with the technical details of managing the ACF2/VM security system. Wrote back-end interfaces in REXX for applications software. On LAN installation team responsible for the site's first Novell LAN. Programmer of the Year, 1990 (only year that award was available.)
Help Desk
Earned a reputation of being the person who would find some way to solve a user's problem. Assisted customers with questions or problems, and resolved complaints. Developed and maintained a database of software and hardware using dBase III. Implemented a UNIX (PC/IX) based software system, with no outside support or UNIX background, within a 72-hour deadline. Conducted user-level training classes.
 
Education and Awards:
Macromedia: Consulting's [last] MVP Award (5/2001)
Allaire: Consulting's FastStart Award for the newly hired consultant that brings the most value to the organization in the least time (11/2000)
Allaire: Certified ColdFusion Developer (11/2000) (Highest cert score in Consulting)
Novell: Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE 3.x/4.x)
University of Maryland: Associate of Science, Computer Studies (1992)
U.S. Army Field Station, Augsburg, Germany: Programmer of the Year, 1990
U.S. Army Programmer/Analyst School: Distinguished Honor Graduate
Current resume available online at http://www.darylb.net/resume.htm.