Chris Navta's Resume

Christopher J Navta
Indianapolis, IN 46226 USA

Summary
Innovative architect and leader with over 10 years of experience creating and managing technology solutions that solve enterprise challenges.

Objective
To envision, architect and develop innovative software solutions, embracing new technologies that enable creative solutions to today's business problems.

Skills

Languages: Java, C# Groovy, Ruby, PHP, Perl, Python, Javascript, PeopleCode
Java/J2EE Frameworks: Spring, Hibernate, EJB, JMS, Portlets, Struts, Serlvets/JSP/JSTL, OSGi, Velocity, DWR, JUnit, Ant, Grails, Apache Camel
Microsoft Frameworks: MVC.NET, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services
Methodologies: Scrum, XP, Waterfall
Java Application Servers: Tomcat, WebLogic, JBoss, SpringSource DM
Database Platforms: MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server 2008, OLAP
Enterprise Platforms: Cognos, BEA Aqualogic SOA, BEA Aqualogic User Interaction
PeopleSoft Applications: PeopleSoft HCM 8.8 & 8.9, Integration Broker
AJAX Frameworks: Prototype, ExtJS, PageBus
Additional Technologies: Salesforce, XML, XSL

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer	Carmel, IN
ChaCha.com	March 2010 - Present

Design and develop core product lines

Director, IT Research & Development / Innovation	Indianapolis, IN
First Advantage	September, 2008 - March, 2010

Responsible for conceptualizing, developing and proving new product ideas.

Works with senior and product management to establish each concept's feasibility.

Evaluates and implements new technologies and architectures.

Designs and develops mockups and proofs of concept for new products.

Works with clients and end users to gather input on new product concepts.

Notable Projects:

Developed a Innovation and Research Process for the prioritization and development of new product concepts

Researched and developed proof of concepts for predictive analytic recruitment applications using SQL Server Analysis Services 2008, Grails, BEA ALUI and other Java and .NET frameworks

Director, Recruiting Technology Solutions	Fishers, IN
First Advantage	July, 2007 - September, 2008

Responsible for technology department P & L.

Manages an onshore team of three developers, an implementation manager and one business quality analyst as direct reports.

Manages an offshore team of 4 developers.

Notable Projects:
Talon - Recruitment Email Marketing Engine
Talon is a recruitment-centric lead gathering and email marketing tool. It integrates deeply with recruitment marketing efforts to provide in-depth effectiveness reporting and continued lead engagement.

Acted as ScrumMaster for the project.

Lead a team of 2 core developers, 1 contractor, and a Q/BA.

Designed and architected the core systems and domain model, using Java, Spring, Hibernate, Apache Camel and JMS for the middle tier and Grails for the presentation tier.

Developed an administrative application for the easy implementation and maintenance of clients accounts.

Brought the project to successful completion in time for a Fortune 10 client to switch from a competitor's product.

Software Development Manager	Fishers, IN
First Advantage Recruiting Solutions	October, 2005 - July, 2007

Managed three developers as direct reports.

Responsible for the technical architecture for all technology product offerings.

Championed and implemented Scrum as standard development methodology.

Achieved Certified ScrumMaster status.

Trained management and team members in Scrum and Agile Development techniques.

Performed the role of ScrumMaster, working with the team and product owners to create and manage to Sprint and Product Backlogs.

Developed media and job posting effectiveness tracking applications.

Notable Projects:
NavTrack - Recruiting Campaign Tracking System
NavTrack provided valuable effectiveness metrics for recruitment marketing campaigns by collecting basic contact and source information from the candidate traffic generated.

Created a prototype system in PHP.

Architected and developed production version in Java using Spring, Hibernate, and JMS.

Internal Order Fulfillment Tracking Application

Designed and implemented an internal tool to track technical implementation orders using Grails and AJAX.

Used this project as a test-case for many AJAX based techniques using Prototype and Script.aculo.us.

Integrated Salesforce.com data into the application using Salesforce's web services API.

Senior Technical Manager	Fishers, IN
TruStar Solutions	July, 2004 - October, 2005

Lead development team on all software projects.

Designed, architected and lead the development of a complete rewrite of an enterprise class job distribution and tracking software, utilizing Spring and Hibernate.

Consulted with clients and implemented custom technology solutions to their recruiting challenges.

Performed basic Linux system administration.

Notable Projects:
PostMasterLX - Job Posting Distribution and Reporting System
PostMasterLX is the industry leading enterprise job posting management and reporting system. This project was a complete Java rewrite of the previous Perl-based version.

Acted as project manager for the project.

Lead requirements gathering and definition, using a Use Case based requirements definition process.

Designed and architected the core systems and domain model, using Spring and Hibernate for the middle tier and Spring MVC, JSTL, and DWR for the presentation teir.

Developed the external system integration and batch processing systems.

Lead and organized the migration of client accounts from the legacy system to the new one.

Harvest - Career Site Job Scraping and Distribution System
Harvest is an award-winning technology that scrapes a company's career site and distributes those jobs to a network of sites aimed at providing Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) compliance for federal contractors.

Identified the need for a reliable, hands-off solution for the distribution of jobs to OFCCP compliance related sites and designed a technological solution.

Prototyped concept using Perl.

Oversaw the development, testing and implementation of the production system.

Web Analyst Engineer	Fishers, IN
International Internet Recruitment Consultants	January, 2002 - July, 2004

Designed and developed a major point release for a job aggregation software.

Created centralized integration framework to enable easy integrations with partners.

Developed integrations with PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8.

Designed and developed the data model for a career site hosting application.

Responsible for providing technical support for all clients.

Developed custom features for clients.

Training
Certified Scrum Master PeopleSoft Training: PeopleCode I & II, Integration Broker

Education

Majors: Theatre and Television Arts, Graphic Design	August 1994 - May 1998
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana

Other Projects
Developed and maintains the Apache Camel plug-in for the Grails framework: http://www.grails.org/plugin/camel