JEFF DAVENPORT
Washington, DC 20012 |  (202) 329-1457 |  jeff.davenport@ecsazza.com |  http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreydavenport

SENIOR IT PROFESSIONAL
Programming| Web Design | General Software Engineering Expertise

Accomplished, resourceful, and goal-oriented professional with a comprehensive background in information technology and software engineering. Extensive successful experience for prominent corporations. Strong leadership abilities, with proven technical expertise. Consistently recognized by management for exemplary performance, with a career track record of successful accomplishments.

* Programming (Java/C/C++)
* Software Architecture & Design
* Software Testing (Junit/Cucumber)
* Requirements Analysis
* Cloud Computing
* Web Design

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Proven expertise in developing complex large-scale projects from inception to completion, and within time and budgetary constraints.
* Demonstrated success in leadership roles of progressive responsibility, such as Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Chief Architect, and Senior Software Engineer.
* Recognized as a technical and engineering subject matter expert with strong proficiency in providing guidance to both internal teams and clients on a broad spectrum of technical issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ECSAZZA		2018 – Present
Chief Technologist
Developed Effecs™, a Software-as-a-Service product that provides workflow to other software products.
* Developed requirements for Effecs based upon market research.
* Architected system based upon AWS ElasticBeanstalk, Tomcat, and MySQL.
* Coded SOAP-compliant web services using Java and dynamic web pages using ThymeLeaf.
* Designed NoSQL backend using JSON-based storage.
* Tested system using JUnit and Cucumber.

Software Architect/Development Lead
Architected, designed, coded, and led the development of a major new IT system for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
* Developed mockups for UI to elicit requirements from stakeholders.
* Fully architected and designed system based on client requirements and best practices.
* Coded large sections of the system in Java, HTML, and Javascript.
* Designed data model for system.
* Supervised and mentored team of developers with varying levels of experience.

Key Achievements:
* Led the development of systems from inception to completion.
* Used leading technologies and best practices to deliver high-quality systems.

CARNEGIE MELLON SEI	2008 – 2018
Senior Member of the Technical Staff 
Delivered quality software engineering guidance and support to federal clients (including HHS and the U.S. Treasury), which entailed directing projects, building client relationships, and overseeing software acquisition from vendors 
* Simultaneously managed projects valued at over $1M for clients from various industries.
* Provided leadership and guidance to teams, establishing goals and promoting growth.
* Cultivated business partnerships with clients based on trust and rapport.
* Consistently engaged with clients and provide advice on areas such as Cloud Computing best practices.
* Collaborated with internal resources, such as finance and marketing, to drive processes.
Key Achievements:
* Served as a subject matter expert on projects, which included assessing software architecture quality, source code quality, readiness to adopt Agile methodology, and the impact of applicable federal regulations.
* Established and directed the company’s Cloud Working Group. 
* Played a pivotal role in the execution of more robust requirements engineering processes. 

SAIC	2003 – 2008
Chief Architect 
Drove a cooperative venture between the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) aimed at developing a common set of services to store and manage data about infectious agents
* Recruited and trained team members in areas such as business domains and software baselines. 
* Provided mentorship to team members in technical areas and monitored their performance.
* Drove the creation of coding/unit testing standards, while maintaining project technical quality standards. 
* Led the development and quality review of requirements and design specification documents. 
* Earned recognition from the USDA, which adopted SAIC’s software product over their original product.
Key Achievements:
* Developed and delivered a new system to the CDC that was a substantial improvement over their legacy system. 
* Simplified tasks of the CDC (and eventually USDA) personnel by developing a sophisticated user interface.
* Spearheaded the development of a comprehensive regression testing program using jUnit. 
* Architected a system, which entailed designing framework and framework classes for the entire application. 

Prior Experience:
NETWORK SOLUTIONS (VERISIGN), Senior Software Engineer 
INTUIT, Senior Software Engineer
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, Consultant 
CR SOFTWARE, Programmer


EDUCATION

Master of Science: Software Systems Engineering, George Mason University
Bachelor of Science: Computer Science, College of Charleston

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ATAM Evaluator & Lead Evaluator Training ? Software Architecture: Principles and Practices, SEI
Java for Web Application Development & Enterprise Systems Development, Learning Tree
SEI CMM Certification Training for Software Capability Evaluations, Abacus