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SARAH M. HASKINS

sarah@frenchfrieswithpepper.com

PROFILE

Senior Software Engineer with full life cycle development experience in a diversity of environments. Particular expertise in data integration including development of custom EAI application and point to point solutions. Effective project leader, mentor, and team player with track record of delivering successful solutions under tight deadlines. Always willing to learn and take on new challenges and responsibilities.

Technical Skills:
Languages: Java, C++, C, SQL, XML, XSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Software: Oracle, JBoss 3.2.6, WebSphere 5.1, WebLogic Server, Sybase, SQL Server, Apache, Object Store
Technologies: J2EE, JSP, CORBA, TIBCO, AspectJ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

New York City DoITT New York, NY 2006-present
Developer - GIS Group



SAKONNET TECHNOLOGY New York, NY 2004-2006
Senior Developer – Financial Business Logic Group

As Team Leader, guide the development of business functions for trade capture and risk product (Xenon) for energy trading client base.
  • Created performance monitoring tools using AspectJ resulting in no risk for existing codebase and negligible impact on system performance.
  • Made product more thread-safe and able to support multiple customers in single environment, significantly cutting costs.
  • Enhanced product to facilitate purchase of power capacity utilizing Java, JMS, and Object Store database. Also designed enhancement to support Nordic power market.
  • Participated in major projects to improve quality and maintainability of codebase, including remodularization, object to relational database conversion, and unit testing initiative.


SUNGARD TRADING AND RISK SYSTEMS New York, NY 2002-2004
Senior Integration Developer

Acquired increasingly more responsibility during tenure with firm, progressing from programmer to senior developer. Served as team leader and mentor to staff of development professionals. Played active role in recruitment and interviewing of potential employees.
  • Led team of developers in design and coding of new Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) product enabling interface development between SunGard applications and third party systems. Cut down-time to production with significant savings to clients.
  • Designed and implemented codebase including Java interface to ZaiNet software via CORBA. Expanded Java interface with JMS layer.
  • Designed, developed and managed projects to build interfaces between external products and ZaiNet, internal energy risk management product.
  • Supported C++ interface for UK power trading.
  • Selected to develop and deliver technical presentations to key clients including annual SunGard User Conferences in both the US and UK.


TALLAN CONSULTING New York, NY 2000-2002
Software Developer/Consultant

Provided full range of technical consulting services to financial organizations. Trained both technical and business users on systems. Served on college recruitment team for North Carolina State University.

Clients included:

Knight Securities
  • Designed and implemented financial allocation system to facilitate communication between brokers and clients, including implementation of OASYS C++ API. Core of system was built using Java and J2EE on WebLogic server with Sybase database.
  • Acted as Sybase administrator which included database design, maintenance, and writing of stored procedures.
Wit SoundView
  • Developed live auction web site for IPO’s and secondary offerings using Java, JSP, XML, and RMI technologies with Oracle back-end.
  • Enhanced on-line venture capital site including moving all data updates into single transactions and adding customized error handling.


IBM Research Triangle Park, NC 1997-1999
Co-op Intern

As part of undergraduate degree program in Computer Science, performed a variety of technical functions in both the EDI and Electronic Commerce, and Machine Translation departments.
  • Integrated Templar into current process for exchanging EDI data using shell scripts.
  • Created Java programs for customer documentation.
  • Administered AIX test and production systems.


ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY 2001-2004
Teaching Assistant

Assisted professor with delivery of Introduction to Java continuing education course. This included curriculum design, class presentations, and grading programs.


EDUCATION

B.S. – Computer Science - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1999.
Graduated Cum Laude