Valkyrie Software, Inc.

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Web Development & Software Consulting
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Philadelphia
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Username: valkyriesoftware
Minimum Hourly Rate: $35/hr
Location: United States, PA, North Wales

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Valkyrie Software, Inc. is a provider of software development and consulting services. Located in North Wales, PA, we serve the greater Philadelphia region and beyond.

Our specialities include:

Website & Web Application Development
Business Information System Development
Software Project Management & Support

Please give us a call at 215.290.0636. We look forward to speaking with you!

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Valkyrie Software, Inc.
2001-Present - Principal, Software Developer
Participated fully in the architecture, design, implementation and testing of a commercial product for the management of agile software development projects (www.featureforward.com). Product was built using Java EE 5 technologies, and deployed on the JBoss application server platform. Integrated e-commerce subscription support through PayPal.

Developed, enhanced and maintained over the course of several years an electronic data capture (EDC) system for a client in the pharmaceutical industry. Evolved the system from a VB/COM infrastructure to Java/J2EE + Applets. Participated in many functions related to 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, including SDLC definition & documentation as well as standard operating procedure (SOP) specification. Provided database and system administration services as needed. Reviewed and recommend third party software products to fill various needs.

Defined and documented corporate software project development methodology. Evaluated and implemented agile development practices as appropriate, borrowing heavily from Scrum and Extreme Programming. Engaged in numerous exploratory and product development meetings with customers and prospective customers. Provided software development & consulting services on numerous additional projects.
Breakaway Solutions
2000-2001 - Senior Consultant
Developed web-based e-commerce and intranet applications using Microsoft and Java/J2EE technologies. Specific tasks included creating a COM middle-tier for use in an online cruise reservation system. Made extensive use of COM, J2EE and XML/XSLT for several projects including a commercial loan processing application, a B2B exchange for two major companies in the lighting industry and a billing and reporting system for a phone service provider. Wrote various C++ services as needed.
Systems Research and Applications Corporation
1997-2000 - Member of the Professional Staff
Member of the testing staff for the Transportation Operational Personal Property System (TOPS) project -- a system to aid in the relocation of military personnel. Constructed and executed test scenarios in support thereof. Also performed UNIX system administration tasks as needed.

Continued employment as a sub-contractor to Computer Sciences Corporation, Marlton NJ on the Navy Joint Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (JCALS) project. Primary duties included the development of Visual C++ and Visual Basic data entry applications. Primary designer/developer on several projects, including a tool for generating printable, customizable reports from an Oracle database. Created web applications as DLL extensions to Microsoft and Netscape web servers using COM objects, Java applets and Javascript. Developed custom parsers for various grammars using the Flex and Bison compiler-compiler utilities.

About Us

Profile Type: Business
Year Founded: 2001
Number of Employees: 9 or fewer
John Learn
Principal, Software Developer

John graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Since that time, he has amassed a great deal of valuable experience, developing software for a diversity of clients. John has worked on projects for the US military, the pharmaceutical industry, business to business networking sites and retail e-commerce. To each project, John brings technical expertise and a dedication to doing the job right. In 2008, John obtained a Masters in Software Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.

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Pennsylvania State University, Masters of Software Engineering
2006 - 2008
University of Pennsylvania, Bachelors of Science & Engineering (Computer Science)
1993 - 1997
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