Experiences at Cyclone Commerce

Responsible for all areas of information security related to Cyclone's software products and services. Also one of three people responsible for overall product architecture and design. Cyclone's primary product is a B2B integration engine which allowed businesses to securely exchange business documents with trading partners. All development was Java based. Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of a pure java security toolkit. This toolkit integrated PKI, Encryption, digital signature, LDAP, and XML technologies into a reusable java security framework. User interface components for the toolkit were developed using JFC/Swing technology. Named on multiple patents issued to Cyclone in the area of distributed computing. Utilized J2EE technologies (JSP/Servlets, EJB) and XML in architecting and designing a distributed n-tier version of the product.
Also participated in business development, pre-sales, and customer requirements identification activities. This included serving as the technical lead in sales presentations.
Spoke at several conferences and authored many white papers.
Day to day responsibilities included managing development team, creating and monitoring development schedule, gathering requirements, turning business requirements into technical requirements, writing technical specifications, designing technical architecture, writing java/j2ee code, mentoring junior developers, and interfacing with management.
During my time spent with Cyclone the company grew from 5 people to 125 people, so as you can imagine I had the opportunity to play a number of different roles in the company.

Skills Used:
Information Security, PKI, Encryption/Digital Signature, Java, C/C++, LDAP, X.500, XML, Servlet/JSP, Java Architecture, Rational Rose, Security Architecture, UML, Public Speaking, Technical Writing, Visual Sourcesafe...