AC GRIFFITH C. CARUANA
Software Design Engineer
Talisay City,Cebu, Philippines
Summary
Software design engineer with 12+ years of experience in application development. Skilled in project management and development for maintenance and new projects. Quick learner and adaptable, excelling under pressure and minimal supervision. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Certified in Philippine National Information Technology Standards Foundation, Inc. (PhilNITS) Fundamental Exam, with passing grade on Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3. Licensed as Berlitz L4 Professional Teacher. Self-motivated Developer adds high level of experience over more than 10 years collaborating and working on multiple web-based projects. Passionate, hardworking coder with penchant for developing customized interfaces that factor in unique demands for accessibility, reachability and security. Organized approach to meeting multiple, concurrent deadlines. Pulls from active knowledge of current technology landscape to promote best practices in web design.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Developer/Reviewer/Team Lead
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
04.2019 - Current
- Integration system for a Japanese airline company
- Technologies: IBM Application Connect Enterprise, IBM MQ, Java, Junit, DB2, Postgre, pgAdmin, rfhutil, SoapUI, Postman, SQL, ESQL, VDI
- Responsibilities: Started in the project with zero knowledge on IBM ACE and presented to client with a working prototype using the same technologies
- Helped train new members by creating study guides, practical activities and wikis
- Acted as lead reviewer and one of the resource persons for IBM ACE in the whole Cebu branch
- Managed team deliverables, schedule, quality and risks
Developer/Support Staff
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
10.2021 - 09.2022
- PMO task for a Japanese banking project
- Technologies: VBA, Excel, IPPF
- Responsibilities: Create reports of monthly project resource and cost plan change
- In-charge in understanding existing project excel macros and update them to accommodate project latest updates
Developer/Tester
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
01.2021 - 10.2021
- Web application of a pharmaceutical company
- Technologies: (Application 1) AngularJS, HTML, CSS, Node.js, eCharts, AWS SDK, SQL (Application 2) Angular2, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, d3 Visual Studio Code, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, GIT
- Responsibilities: (Application 1&2) In charge in creating web pages (with different charts) from front-end to backend
- (Application 1) In charge of creation the upload to cloud AWS S3 storage functionality using AWS SDK and JavaScript
Developer/Tester/Reviewer/Team Leader
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Tokyo , Japan
04.2019 - 12.2020
- Porting desktop application from VB to C#
- Technologies: VB, C#
- Responsibilities: One of the pioneer members of the team and in-charge in creating prototypes during proof-of-concept phase
- In charge in managing schedules and task deliverables, spotting and mitigating risks, progress reporting, and relaying issues to Japanese counterpart
- Ensured high quality outputs (Team was praise as one of top 3 highest quality of all teams from Philippines, Japan and Vietnam)
- Acted as lead technical reviewer
- Helped train and improve skills of new-graduate members
Developer/Scrum Master
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
09.2017 - 12.2017
- Web/Android/iOS Application of a skill management system
- Technologies: (Web) AWAG, Integrated Repository, Java EE, DB2, IBM Products (WAS, RAD, BlueMix) (Android) Android Studio, Junit, Mockito (iOS) Xcode, Swift, XCTest
- Responsibilities: In charge in creating screens for web, android and iOS applications
- In charge in creating REST API services called by the three clients above
- Acted as scrum master in a one-week sprint
Developer
IBM Japan Services Company, Ltd.
Tokyo , Japan
11.2016 - 12.2017
- Web/mobile application of a Japanese Bank
- Technologies: Java, JSP, C IBM Products (WAS, RAD, BlueMix), Android/Windows/Apple phones and devices, SVN
- Responsibilities: In charge in updating source codes and documents related to Japanese date changes brought by ascension of new emperor
- In charge in testing output in different devices, mobile phones, bank terminals, and OS
- Immersion in a full Japanese working environment as this was an internal assignment
Developer/Sub Leader
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Tokyo , Japan
06.2017 - 08.2017
- Web Application of a waste management system
- Technologies: Selenium IDE, CSS, HTML, jQuery
- Responsibilities: Managed task assignment and in charge in training of new members
- Created and updated test scripts for the system’s automated testing
- Ported existing mock files to another version that could be run in any browser
Developer/Scrum Master
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
02.2017 - 06.2017
- Skill-up activities
- Responsibilities: Member and scrum master in a team developing a utilization summary tool using IBM BlueMix, IBM WACS, Java EE (Ajax, Hibernate, JSP, JS, jQuery), and Agile
- Review facilitator for N4 Nihongo class and lesson facilitator for N3 Nihongo class
Developer
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
11.2016 - 02.2017
- Web application of a logistics system
- Technologies: C# ASP.NET (MVC), HTML, Javascript, Jquery, SQL
- Responsibilities: Created and reviewed deliverables for project’s display screen
- Perform testing, bug fixes, and specification changes support
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
05.2012 - 11.2016
- Desktop application of a network management system
- Technologies: Java, Spring RMI and MVC, MyBatis, Seasar2, SWT, Jacoco, Remote Debugging, Optical Transport Network (OTN)
- Responsibilities: Created and reviewed deliverables for OTN related modifications
- Reverse engineered the web application version of the application
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
11.2015 - 01.2016
- Membership management and e-commerce system
- Technologies: Java, JSON, JavaFX, H2 Database
- Responsibilities: Helped the team deliver on time by helping in modules like JSON parsing, DB manipulation, data synchronization
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
12.2015 - 12.2015
- Web application of a router manager
- Technologies: Java, AngularJS, Hibernate, JUnit
- Responsibilities: Mainly involved in creating and reviewing test codes and specifications
- Assigned in quality support as tester
Team Lead
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
09.2015 - 11.2015
- Telecommunications concepts study
- Technologies: Link Aggregation Group (LAG), Multi-protocol Label Switching Protocol (MPLS)
- Responsibilities: Spearheaded the in-depth study of LAG and MPLS using IEEE/RFC documents
- Created, reviewed(main) and presented study outputs to engineers unfamiliar to telecommunication concepts
Team Lead
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
09.2015 - 11.2015
- Browser plugin development
- Technologies: C++, OpenCV2, Javascript, FireBreath, HTML
- Responsibilities: Spearheaded the research and selection of appropriate frameworks and technologies to be used
- Spearheaded the creation of prototype and demo materials
Developer/Reviewer/Assistant Group Leader/Project Leader
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
01.2013 - 08.2015
- Firmware for NEC network element (gateway, router, etc)
- Technologies: C, CppCheck, Coverity, GDB, GCOV/LCOV, XML, Linux Ubuntu, VxWorks, Linux CentOS, UML, Link Discovery Protocol (LDP), Ether Ring Protection Switching (ERPS), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- Responsibilities: Monitored and managed project for 2/6 project releases
- Assigned as IT support delegate to Japan in 4/6 releases
- Core resource person on projects 4/6 project modules
- Created, reviewed, and delivered project deliverables on time
- Spearheaded the reverse engineering effort of simulator to test new supported functionalities
- Helped the team in achieving high customer satisfaction through KAIZEN and proactive mindset
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
05.2015 - 05.2015
- GPS Tracking and Management of city’s fire prevention assets
- Technologies: C#
- Responsibilities: Helped in meeting deadline by implementing modules related to Excel file manipulation
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
Cebu City, Philippines
07.2012 - 12.2012
- Web application for project management tool
- Technologies: J2EE (Hibernate, Spring, Struts, Intramart), MySQL, UML
- Responsibilities: Created requirements specifications to detailed design phase deliverables
- Fixed latent bugs and assigned as integration tester
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Cebu Institute of Technology – University
Cebu City, Philippines 01.2008 - 01.2012
High School Diploma -
Talisay City Science High School
Talisay City, Cebu, Philippines 01.2004 - 01.2008
Skills
Programming
Problem-solving
Team collaboration
API integration
Japanese Language Proficient
Others
- Membership management and e-commerce system, 11/01/15, 01/31/16, Java, JSON, JavaFX, H2 Database, Developer, 10, Helped the team deliver on time by helping in modules like JSON parsing, DB manipulation, data synchronization
- GPS Tracking and Management of city’s fire prevention assets, 05/01/15, 05/31/15, C#, Developer, 3, Helped in meeting deadline by implementing modules related to Excel file manipulation
Timeline
Developer/Support Staff
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
10.2021 - 09.2022
Developer/Tester
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
01.2021 - 10.2021
Developer/Tester/Reviewer/Team Leader
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
04.2019 - 12.2020
Developer/Reviewer/Team Lead
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
04.2019 - Current
Developer/Scrum Master
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
09.2017 - 12.2017
Developer/Sub Leader
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
06.2017 - 08.2017
Developer/Scrum Master
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
02.2017 - 06.2017
Developer
IBM Solutions Delivery, Inc.
11.2016 - 02.2017
Developer
IBM Japan Services Company, Ltd.
11.2016 - 12.2017
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
12.2015 - 12.2015
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
11.2015 - 01.2016
Team Lead
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
09.2015 - 11.2015
Team Lead
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
09.2015 - 11.2015
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
05.2015 - 05.2015
Developer/Reviewer/Assistant Group Leader/Project Leader
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
01.2013 - 08.2015
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
07.2012 - 12.2012
Developer
NEC Telecom Software Philippines, Inc.
05.2012 - 11.2016
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Cebu Institute of Technology – University
01.2008 - 01.2012
High School Diploma -
Talisay City Science High School
01.2004 - 01.2008
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