James Michael Melott

712 Caplin Street, Houston, Texas 77022 (713) 742-6089
Email: jmelott@earthlink.net Website: JamesMelott.com
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SUMMARY:

Professional with over twenty years of experience in software architecture and development and project management with various roles in Internet and Intranet systems, database modeling and design, computational biology, artificial intelligence, GUI development, language design, and software security.

Industry experience includes: banking, finance, accounting, medical, education, oil and gas, chemical, energy, trading, engineering, and telecommunications.

Experienced in all phases of the project life cycles including inception, requirements gathering, design, development, quality assurance, sales, and support.

Quickly learn and utilize new languages and methodologies.

Experienced in documenting and teaching technical concepts.

Excellent communication skills.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

Programming Languages:
Java
JavaScript
SQL
R
HTML
Visual Basic
EDI
PL/SQL
ASP
XML
XFDL
C, C++, Pro*C
CORBA
HDML
COBOL
Bash, ksh, csh
RPG
ColdFusion
Pascal
.NET
Java Specific:
J2EE
JSP
Struts
Applets
Servlets
DeepLearning4j
JavaBeans
JUnit
Swing
Log4J
Internet Related:
Glassfish
Netscape Server
Weblogic
JRun
Tomcat
IIS
Browsers
FTP/SFTP
Telnet
.NET
Amazon Cloud
Google Cloud
Google Analytics
Wordpress
CouchDB
KnockoutJS
AngularJS
NodeJS
REST
CSS
Database Related:
Oracle
SQL Server
MS Access
ODBC
JDBC
SQL Developer
SQL Loader
MySQL
Couch DB
NoSQL
Methodologies:
OOAD
SDLC
RUP
Scrum
Agile
Source Control:
Source Safe
Star Team
CVS/PCVS
SVN
Git
Development Environments:
Netbeans
JBuilder
Eclipse
Ant
Maven
RStudio
Visual Studio
Various Software Packages:
MS-Word
MS-Excel
MS-Project
Powerpoint
Photoshop
PureEdge Designer
Peoplesoft 5.1
Oracle Forms 4/4.5
Oracle Reports 2/2.5
Visio
Other:
ERSI MapObjects
3D Animation
OpenGL
Docker
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Cloud Storage
Hadoop
UNIX/Linux
Windows 3.1-10
Job Roles:
Software Development
Software Testing
Database Design
Technical Writing
Business Analysis
Project Management
Product Management
Architect/Design
Marketing/Sales
Technical Support

EDUCATION:

Sep 1989
BS Computer Science, minor in Mathematics
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70609

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

May 2011 - Present
Senior Systems Analyst
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Created PathwaysWeb, a REST-like web service that provides a gene pathways API with directional interactions, expanded gene ontology, and versioning, integrating scientific data from multiple online databases.
  • Created R package for calculating protein concentrations from measurements of Reverse Phase Protein Arrays.
  • Authored over 1000 test cases for multiple scientific applications and assisted in additional manual testing.
  • Created prototype UI for use in a cloud application for creating Next Generation Clustered Heat Maps.
  • Assisted with development and testing of multiple scientific projects in Java, R, JavaScript, HTML, and XML.
  • Designed and implemented database schema for web service backend using Oracle.
  • Created scripts and applications in Java and R for creating large sets of test data for testing other applications.
  • Assisted in creation, improvement, and standardization of toolbox of web-based scientific data visualizations.
  • Published first author of article in Bioinformatics journal: 2016, 32(2):312-314 and coauthor on several others.
  • Combined and organized data from multiple external resources to assist in research of potential cancer drug effectiveness with respect to genomic mutations.
Nov 1993 - Present
Owner
Melott Enterprises

Oct 2010 - May 2011
Senior Consultant
National Oilwell-Varco (via ROI Staffing)

Nov 2009 - Oct 2010
Consultant
NRG Energy (via Talon Professional Services)

Jan 2009 - Aug 2009
Architect, Manager Level
JPMorgan Chase (via Cognizant Technology Solutions)

Nov 2001 - Jan 2009
Consultant
JPMorgan Chase (via Perficient, Inc.)

July 2001 - Sept 2001
Staff Engineer / Software Developer
Marimba, Inc.

Mar 2001 - July 2001
Deregulation Production Software Coordinator
Reliant Energy (via NECS)

May 1997 - Mar 2001
Assistant Vice President - Internet Services Team
Chase Bank (half via Techsource)

Apr 1996 - May 1997
Sr. Software Engineer / Project Manager
MCI Systemhouse

Jun 1995 - Nov 1995
Consultant
Bechtel Engineering (via BePOS)

Nov 1993 - Nov 1994
Consultant
KPMG Peat Marwick

Dec 1990 - Oct 1993
MultiMedia Software Engineer
Dataseek, Inc.

Sep 1989 - Dec 1990
Contract Programmer
Various Companies