{"id":300,"date":"2012-07-10T01:06:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T01:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garysieling.com\/blog\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2012-07-10T01:06:33","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T01:06:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.garysieling.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;d like to contact me, please email gary@garysieling.com.<\/p>\n<p>I am a Sr. Software Engineer at Wingspan Technology, in Philadelphia, PA. Wingspan provides technology solutions for the life sciences, pharmaceutical and energy industries. I focus on delivering large enterprise applications into complex client environments. In past work, I have worked on data-warehouse backed products, and am proficient in a wide range of tools, including Java, ExtJS, Oracle, and Postgres. I hold a BS in computer science degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p><b>Publications:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mywingspan.com\/how-etmf-reports-differ-from-database-queries\/\">How eTMF Reports Differ From Database Queries<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.compose.io\/articles\/write-stuff-measuring-database-performance\/\">Comparing Hosted Database Performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Talks:<\/b><br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.rawgit.com\/garysieling\/postgres-immutable-data\/master\/index.html#\/\">Immutable Data in Postgres &#8211; Postgres Open 2014 \/ Chicago<\/a> (9\/2014) (<a href=\"https:\/\/rawgit.com\/garysieling\/postgres-immutable-data\/master\/index.html#\/\">slides<\/a>)<br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.rawgit.com\/garysieling\/git-solr-talk\/master\/solr\/solr-4.5.1\/example\/solr-webapp\/webapp\/index.html#\/\">Mining Source Code Repositories with Solr (10\/2013)<\/a>)<br \/>\n* SQL Training for QA Testers (5\/2013)<\/p>\n<p><b>Wingspan Technology<\/b><br \/>\nFebruary 2009\u00a0\u2013 Present<\/p>\n<p>Work on almost all Wingspan products in two categories: Sharepoint and Documentum integration products, and custom verticals for regulated industries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Responsibilities:<\/em><br \/>\n* On-time project delivery<br \/>\n* Team leadership for projects of 2-8 people<br \/>\n* Primary Point of Contact for Client Communication<br \/>\n* Heavy use of Java, Javascript (ExtJS), Oracle, Postgres.<br \/>\n* Occasional use of VMWare, C#, Scala, and Solr<br \/>\n* Database performance tuning<br \/>\n* Ongoing involvement in recruiting, interviewing, one-on-ones, inter-departmental training, etc<\/p>\n<p><b>Software Engineer<\/b><br \/>\nThomson Reuters<br \/>\nMarch 2006 \u2013 February 2009<\/p>\n<p>Software developer on a web application that helps large law firms do market research.<br \/>\n* Work with business users to define functionality<br \/>\n* Interface with remote teams (QA, Business, Content Operations)<br \/>\n* Heavy use of C#, VB.NET, Oracle, SQL Server Reporting Services<br \/>\n* Oracle performance tuning in a data warehousing environment (reporting on 100+ million items)<\/p>\n<p><b>Software Intern (~1.5 year)<\/b><br \/>\nThomson West<br \/>\n* Javascript, Delphi, MS Access, SQL Server,<br \/>\n* Developer on several legal forms products (Bankruptcy Forms, Jury Instruction Forms)<br \/>\n* Develop and maintain bankruptcy e-filing software<br \/>\n* Wrote tool to export RTF (MS Word) documents from a reporting system<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garysieling\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lnkd.in\/pAeJtn\">Linked In<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;d like to contact me, please email gary@garysieling.com. 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