Experienced Java and J2EE Instructor, Mentor and Senior Project Manager for internal software projects. Has been coaching and training clients all over the world. Capable of leading a team of developers, coaching them and getting the project ready on time. Laurent is a published author.

March 2007 – Dec. 2010
J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services (RPS), Kansas City, MO. Remote office in Flagstaff, AZ.

Certified ScrumMaster:
Since January 2010 worked as ScrumMaster to create FastTrack to Agile with Scrum courseware, and internal RPS development Scrum wiki site. Also contributed to J.P.Morgan RPS "ScrumCentral" Sharepoint site. Worked as ScrumMaster and team member on IT Process Improvement Analysis project (Oct. – Dec. 2010).

Senior Developer:
Started on the MaxPlans development team. Created and updated the MaxPlans product line of web applications: OurMax (Fixed Cash Balance plans) and MyMax, (Traditional DB plans) and other supporting applications. We created and updated a suite of products that designed hybrid (cash balance) Defined Benefit (DB) pension plans. This involved embedding actuarial rules into the software which in turns help the actuaries create complex designs for corporations, thereby speeding up their work tremendously. The software output PDF files, and other types of data. Laurent worked on various software development projects, as well as serving as the lead refactoring developer for OurMax, and lead security advisor.
Responsibilities included:

• Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) with UML: Refactoring solution for OurMax.
• Coding solutions in C# and ASP.NET
• Creating a comprehensive security plan for ongoing risk mitigation.
• Creating a comprehensive refactoring plan to bring OurMax to desired target state.

Business Systems Analyst (BSA):
Laurent shifted into the BSA role when the MaxPlans business was spun off. As BSA, he worked on specific technology solutions on the Common Services team, as well as leading efforts for adjacent teams, as needed. Responsibilities include:

• OOAD with UML: Participant Group Service rewrite/refactor for IVR.project.
• Functional Specification creation: Non-Qualified Retirement Plans, Secure Message Center, Plan Sponsor Portal Indicative Data, and more...
• Technical Specification creation using Java, and associated technologies:
• Spring, iBATIS, Apache Tiles, Ehcache, XML, and more...
• Interfacing between Business and IT requirements and needs.
• SDLC guidance and involvement, including working with QA test leads.
• Wrote 200+ page Java courseware on the above technologies and taught it numerous times at the Kansas City RPS IT HQ (to train the Technical Leads).

India Program Manager:
Since October 2008. Worked to create the RPS IT Mumbai India Office (extension of our RPS IT KC location). Duties included:

• Creating an "IT Offshore Roadmap" and implementing that plan to hire up to 60 technology FTEs over two years.
• Travel to India to interview, hire, and train FTEs (60+ currently on staff in Mumbai based on this work).
• Working with J.P.Morgan Legal, Risk, and other internal J.P.Morgan divisions to ensure healthy Mumbai team creation and sustenance.

• Cisco Systems, San Jose/Boston/NC, USA
• Government Communications HQ (GCHQ) UK
• Levob Bank, NETHERLANDS
• Nortel Networks, Santa Clara, USA
• Sears, Roebuck, & Co., Chicago, USA
• Sempra Energy, Los Angeles, USA
• Hewitt Associates LLC, Chicago, USA
• Stanford University IS/IT Department, USA
• Vanderbilt University IT Department, USA
• USA Department of Defense (SSO)
• Experian, Costa Mesa CA, USA
• LexisNexis, Bethesda MD, USA
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange, USA
• Manhattan Associates, Atlanta, GA, USA
• Online Business Systems, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Client reviews available upon request.

• Management of over 15 remote employees over a one year period
• Authoring of Learning Objectives and Questions in the Java programming subject matter
• Web design and development using Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP)
• Database design and development using Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) and PostgreSQL database
• Interface with third tier server ASP front end
• Testing and debugging of all original software
• Maintenance of all new clients using software

• Understanding of J2EE EJB software component model
• Artistic design and layout for all pages of the site
• Creation of alliance relationships with vendors, organizations, and other individuals including:
  1. Hewlett-Packard
  2. Allaire Corporation
  3. BroadVision
  4. ComponentSource
  5. Compoze Software
  6. Computer Associates International, Inc.
  7. Evidian (a Groupe Bull Company)
  8. Flashline.com
  9. Fujitsu Software Corporation
  10. GemStone Systems, Inc.
  11. HAHT Software, Inc.
  12. Hands On Technology Transfer, Inc.
  13. HP Bluestone
  14. Information Builders
  15. Mercator Software, Inc.
  16. Netscape Communications Corporation
  17. ObjectSpace, Inc.
  18. ObjectVenture, Inc.
  19. Rational Software Corporation
  20. realMethods, inc.
  21. Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  22. Unify Corporation
  23. WebGain, Inc.
• Custom creation (authoring) of relevant content for inclusion on the site HTML, assisting with MacroMedia DreamWeaver production