Norris Shelton
9219 Morgan Jaymes Ct
Louisville, KY
40299
(502)266-5814


Objective

To obtain a position that will allow me to continue to expand my web development skills.


Professional Experience

Appriss Inc., February 2003 - Current
    Software Engineer
  • Re-developed a website written pre-MVC. Fully implemented using JSP 2.0 and Struts 1.2
  • Government security clearance
  • Developed/support secure website for law enforcement users
  • Support/configure Tomcat 4 server
  • Mentor junior developers

CNet Networks Inc., June 1999 - February 2003
    Senior Software Engineer/Software Architect
  • Extensive server side java (J2EE) experience in a ".com" environment
  • Extensive maintenance and re-design of a Discussion and Question & Answer system
  • Enhanced internet content viewing system for multiple products/sites
  • Perform exhaustive research to determine causes of memory leaks and performance bottlenecks
  • Updated internet ad presentation system
  • Electronic mailing approval system
  • Updated internet content viewing system
  • Implemented ATG Dynamo Personalization Server 5
  • Re-developed a Peer Contact Directory System
  • Developed a Vendor Directory Contact system
  • Developed E-commerce buying opportunity
  • Internet book viewing system
  • Develop standards/Mentor junior developers
  • Detailed TechRepublic Accomplishments

Kindred Healthcare Inc., September 1995 - June 1999
    Programmer/Analyst
  • Maintain clinical therapy system that allows clinicians to chart administered procedures, bills insurance providers for payment, and pay therapists for services rendered using Sybase SQL, Java and HTML
  • Redevelopment and Y2K remediation/certification of government reimbursement administrative reports (HCFA 672/802) using Sybase SQL, Perl and HTML
  • Low-level software and tool development for an enterprise-wide electronic patient medical record application using C, Unix scripts and Perl
  • Maintenance and development of interfaces between an enterprise-wide electronic patient medical record application and medical ancillary systems (e.g. pharmacy system, lab system, etc.)
  • Maintenance and development of clinical patient charting pathways for an enterprise-wide electronic patient medical record application
  • Implementation of IBM Tivoli integration with a 200-node Unix system.


  • Senior Systems Specialist
  • Maintenance and development of real-time interface systems between an enterprise-wide electronic patient medical record system and outside vendors/services (physician transcription service and microbiology laboratory results).

Humana Inc., January 1993 � September 1995
    Advisory Support Representative
  • Provided telephone support for PC/Novell LAN, OS/2 desktop/server, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 3.x, host communication problems between IBM mainframe and distributed patient care system


  • Co-op
  • Created the Customer Support Call-back Tracking system to track user support follow-ups using Cobol-85/Clist. Also completed several programs in SAS

Technical Related

  • Java J2EE: Servlets 2.3, JDBC 2.0, JHTML/JSP 1.2/Custom Actions
  • Web servers: Dynamo, Tomcat 4, WebLogic Application Server 5 & 6, Resin EE 2.1
  • Other Languages: C, Cobol, Lisp
  • Unix Scripting: C, Perl, awk, sed
  • Structured Query Language: Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 & 7, Sybase Adaptive Server 11.5
  • Other Skills: Y2K remediation, HTML
  • Source Code Control: Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Source Code Control System (SCCS), Panvalet/MVS
  • IDEs: IDEA IntelliJ, Borland JBuilder, Oracle JDeveloper, Eclipse/IBM WSAD, WebGain VisualCafe

Certification / Education

  • Certified Sun Java Programmer - April 1999
  • B.S., Information Systems/Data Processing - University of Louisville, August 1998
  • A.A.S., Information Systems/Data Processing - University of Louisville, May, 1995

Specialized Training

  • No Fluff, Just Stuff Seminar, Summer 2005
  • No Fluff, Just Stuff Seminar, Summer 2004
  • Dynamo Commerce Server, Winter 2000
  • Dynamo Scenario Server, Winter 2000
  • Dynamo Personalization Server 5, Fall 2000
  • Dynamo Application Server 5, Fall 2000
  • Sun JavaOne Conference with Java University, July 2000
  • Tivoli Enterprise Console, December 1997
  • Tivoli Management Environment, November 1997
  • Microsoft NT 4.0 workstation/server core technologies, Summer 1997
  • Novell 4.1 administration, Summer 1997
  • Gupta Development, Summer 1996
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