Dale C. Mensch
(email Dale)


LANGUAGES,
SOFTWARE TOOLS,
OPERATING SYSTEMS

 

Java, OO Design, Flex, SQL, Agile, Perl, HTML, J2EE,
XML, JMS, JAXB, Hibernate, Spring, Swing, OS/390 Java
IntelliJ, Eclipse, RAD, Websphere, Rational suite
Oracle, MySQL, Derby, DB/2
UNIX (Most varieties), MSWin (Most varieties)

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

 

May 1993 to
Present

 

Software development consultant (Incorporated as Real Mensch Systems, Inc.)

Clients: Thomson Reuters Paisley, Surescripts, Medtronic, Thomson Reuters, Identix, Cigna Behavioral Health, Personel Decisions International, Express Scripts, RBC Dain Rauscher, Datacard Group, The St. Paul Companies, Agiliti, Minnegasco, WAM!NET, Automated Wagering, Siemens/Empros, Insight Access Group, 3M

  • Designed and implemented new Flex based GUI features

  • Built automated GUI tests using HP QuickTest Professional (formerly Mercury Interactive)

  • Validated information against industry standards and customized state requirements

  • Wrote company's first project to straddle heterogeneous Linux/Oracle and Windows/SQL Server environments

  • Wrote a UI for content management for a new business line as part of a team

  • Provided a web UI gateway to a Documentum system from an Oracle Forms application

  • Replaced legacy application batch process with a system using JMS, servlets, Tomcat, Spring, and Hibernate

  • Designed, implemented, and enhanced FitNesse test system.

  • Replaced legacy application front end with a WebSphere/Struts web UI.

  • Communicated with legacy business logic and data using Oracle Toplink and XML/Castor.

  • Modified and extended existing core software framework to add remote communications modules for new customer.

  • Reverse engineered existing communication system to replace/update software using HTTPS, SFTP, SMTP, POP

  • Performance improvements to batch database updating system.

  • Evaluated and implemented a context search feature for a content management system using Apache Lucene.

  • Diagnosed and cured memory leaks in a Struts/TopLink/Oracle/WebSphere/Solaris web application

  • Helped port a Java Servlet/HTML/Poet application to Struts/Oracle

  • Ported to Java and enhanced a C/Oracle business rule engine.

  • Debugged and enhanced a JBoss/JSP/Struts web app.

  • Helped maintain and enhance Ant deployment system.

  • Designed and implemented a Swing applet to OS/390 Java application image archive solution.

  • Designed and implemented WWW connectivity to web-based front end using server-side JavaBeans in Java Server Pages.

  • Designed and implemented connectivity from Java middle tier to mainframe using IBM MQSeries for Java.

  • Designed and implemented several front end to middle tier connection types:

    • Java Servlets

    • Java RMI

    • C CGI

  • Implemented EJB and XML utilities.

  • Implemented XML SAX parsers for local data

  • Mentored employees in Java.

  • Helped design and implement a standalone Java Swing application

  • Helped design and implement Websphere servlets for mainframe data transfer

  • Ported C++ code between SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, OSF/1 and IRIX

  • Helped design and implement a three tier wide area network media database front end using Java JDK 1.0.2/AWT and JDK 1.1/Swing.

  • Helped design OO framework for rapid distribution of 3-D geophysical data.

February 1992 to
May 1993

 

Senior UNIX Programmer, Integrity Engineering, Inc.

  • Ported DOS CAD package to Microsoft Windows, SunOS/OpenWindows, and HP-UX/X

  • Developed C++ method interfaces to commecial platform-independent C language GUI toolkit

September 1990 to
February 1992

 

Manager of Software Development, Xerox Corp

  • Xerox corporate management contact

July 1989 to
February 1992

 

Software Engineer, Xerox Corp.

  • Lead technical graphics programmer

  • Lead Xerox technical contact

  • Coordinated development efforts with other Xerox groups, implementing graphic front ends for new Xerox hardware

June 1988 to
July 1989

 

Senior Programmer Analayst, Crosfield Dicomed, Inc.

  • Designed and implemented graphics primitive libraries

May 1985 to
June 1988

 

Senior Programmer, Intran Corporation

  • Supervised programmers

  • Designed and implemented graphics primitive libraries

May, 1982
to May, 1985

 

Systems Programmer, Sperry Corporation

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science,
University of Minnesota IT, 1982