Gerry Miller’s list of representative projects, detailing a wide range of accomplishments during a 20-year career.

1. GERRY
MILLER
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BUSINESS
AND
TECHNOLOGY
VISIONARY
REPRESENTATIVE
PROJECTS
Aspen
Marketing
Services.
Enterprise
Architect
and
project
lead
for
NxGen,
Aspen’s
next
generation
online
marketing
automation
application.
Built
entirely
on
the
Amazon
cloud,
this
system
had
an
HTML5/CSS3
front-­‐end
making
heavy
use
of
Jquery
and
AJAX
to
communicate
with
back-­‐end
Web
services
developed
in
C#
using
Microsoft
.NET.
Significant
use
of
REST
services,
loosely-­‐coupled
architecture,
and
deep
cross-­‐
system
integration
using
a
WCF
message
bus.
detour.fm.
Single
technology
resource
for
this
music
discovery
service
launching
by
SXSW
‘13.
Using
AWS
cloud
hosting
and
Web
services,
built
this
dynamic
application
using
Visual
Studio
2012
with
hosted
ALM
provided
by
http://tfspreview.com.
Technologies
include
MVC4,
.NET
Framework
4.5,
DynamoDB,
S3
storage,
Jquery,
HTML5,
CSS3,
Simple
Email
Services,
Simple
Queuing
Services,
and
Amazon’s
ability
to
dynamically
adjust
resources
based
on
load.
WorkingHabitat.
Took
over
the
development
of
this
PHP
site
and
ported
to
a
cloud-­‐based
Linux
with
Amazon’s
MySQL
RDS.
Maintained
the
front-­‐end
in
Python,
then
ported
to
Drupal
CMS.
Microsoft
BizTalk
Server.
Developed
a
unique
method
of
providing
synchronous
calls
over
asynchronous
connections
via
correlation
IDs
that
eventually
became
part
of
the
core
BizTalk
Server
product.
Progressive
Insurance.
Lead
Architect
for
ambitious
$500MM
project
to
rebuild
Progressive’s
claims
processing
systems.
Led
an
innovative
development
strategy
using
Agile
process
and
Microsoft
.NET
to
create
Progressive’s
highest-­‐ever
rated
internal
application
in
record
time.
UDDI.
One
of
the
architects
of
this
joint
effort
between
Microsoft,
IBM
and
Ariba
to
develop
what
the
Gartner
Group
once
called
“the
most
important
event
in
eCommerce
for
the
next
five
years.”
Provided
architecture
guidance,
project
direction
and
developed
the
C++
replication
components.
Full
information
at
http://uddi.xml.org.
Victoria’s
Secret
webcast.
Won
an
award
from
the
Microsoft
Central
Region
VP
for
coordinating
and
managing
the
largest
webcast
event
in
Internet
history,
the
Victoria’s
Secret
fashion
show
from
Cannes,
France.
Amway
Quixtar.
Won
an
award
from
the
Microsoft
Central
Region
VP
for
work
on
Amway’s
Quixtar
site,
at
the
time
the
largest
e-­‐commerce
site
in
history.
Helped
the
team
resolve
issues
ranging
from
IIS
and
web
farm
configuration
problems
to
MTS
component
design.
Site
available
at
http://www.quixtar.com.

2. GERRY MILLER
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Architectural
Consultant,
for
State
Street
Bank,
one
of
the
largest
international
global
custodians.
Spearheaded
a
three-­‐year
effort
to
build
a
common
class
library
and
development
environment
for
PC
applications
throughout
the
company.
At
last
count,
there
were
over
20
applications
and
200+
developers
in
this
environment;
a
study
by
the
client
found
a
$16.5
million
savings
over
the
first
two
years
of
implementation.
Responsible
for
concept,
architecture
and
delivery
of
the
project.
Mentored
the
core
group
of
developers,
who
then
fanned
out
into
other
development
groups
to
provide
training
and
development
support.
Major
accomplishments
include:
Strategic
Consulting
Services
-­‐
Served
as
the
primary
source
of
technical
and
industry
guidance
to
the
main
IS
department’s
executive
staff
in
their
strategic
migration
to
object-­‐oriented
technology
in
a
client/server
environment.
Responsible
for
analyzing
and
providing
mentorship
on
emerging
technologies,
industry
trends,
tool
sets,
resource
pools
and
vendors.
Object-­‐Oriented
Development
Environment
-­‐
Designed
and
coded
a
majority
of
the
C++
class
library.
Incorporated
COM/OLE,
C++
exception
handling
and
run-­‐time
type
identification.
The
library
consists
of
over
275
classes
which
provide
low-­‐level
services
(such
as
database
access)
and
high-­‐level
business
objects,
including
an
entire
application
framework.
Order
Routing
Architecture
-­‐
Designed
and
implemented
a
thunking
solution
to
allow
this
32-­‐bit
C++
application
to
communicate
with
two
required
16-­‐bit
DLLs.
Also
provided
high-­‐level
analysis
of
the
development
environment,
which
involved
integrating
the
Windows
application
into
a
DCE
cell,
using
Encina
to
provide
transactional
RPC’s.
This
architecture
currently
supports
over
$100MM
in
daily
market
trades.
Performance
&
Analytics
–
Recommended
C++,
then
developed
the
core
of
the
company’s
first
C++
project,
a
Microsoft
Windows
performance
&
analytics
program
that
was
a
critical
component
in
helping
the
client
win
a
$68
billion
fund.
Led
a
team
of
non-­‐Windows
programmers
to
successful
completion
in
6
weeks,
causing
this
project
to
win
Microsoft’s
Best
Business
Application
of
the
Year
award
and
become
the
model
for
application
development
at
this
client.
Report
Writer
-­‐
Developed
a
client/server
financial
reporting
system.
Fully
responsible
for
analysis,
design
and
development
of
a
C++
Windows
visual
report
writer.
The
project
was
bundled
with
the
client’s
financial
reporting
package.
SQL
OREO
management
system,
for
Bank
of
Boston.
Designed
and
managed
the
development
of
this
system
that
helped
make
profitable
a
real-­‐estate
portfolio
losing
$8
million
per
day.
Also
updated
and
debugged
a
multi-­‐billion
dollar
loan
management
system.
Responsible
for
project
management,
design
and
coding,
and
maintained
all
systems
documentation
and
assisted
in
preparing
user
documentation.
Participated
in
a
database
task
force
that
developed
and
documented
company-­‐wide
database
standards
and
strategies.
Also
wrote
several
80x86
assembly
utilities,
including
one
that
IBM
now
uses
to
determine
MAC
addresses
of
live
token
ring
cards.
Watchlisted
Loan
Tracking,
a
program
for
a
large
midwestern
financial
institution.
Helped
train
their
staff
in
object-­‐oriented
analysis
and
design,
then
mentored
them
in
developing
a
production
C++
Windows
application.
The
program
automates
the
process
of
tracking
watchlisted
loans,
reducing
by
2/3
the
amount
of
manual
input
required
under
the
previous
system.

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Proxy
Edge,
for
Fidelity
Investments.
Helped
develop
this
groundbreaking
proxy
management
program
for
the
mutual
fund
industry.
Resolved
over
500
bugs
in
this
Windows
C
program
in
less
than
1
month.
Ford/CarPoint
build-­‐to-­‐order
joint
venture.
Won
an
award
from
the
Microsoft
Central
Region
VP
for
leading
the
architecture
and
development
of
a
complete
COM+
application
for
handling
BizTalk
messages
on
Windows
2000
Advanced
Server.
Built
the
application
as
a
set
of
queued
components
and
event
handlers,
making
extensive
use
of
the
COM+
catalog
and
administrative
configuration
capabilities.
BizTalk
Jumpstart
Toolkit.
Worked
on
the
design
and
development
team
for
the
Microsoft
BizTalk
Jumpstart
Toolkit,
and
wrote
the
SMTP/POP3
transport
adapters
using
Visual
C++/ATL.
COM+
LCE
training.
Wrote
the
C++-­‐based
lab
materials
for
internal
Microsoft
training
on
COM+
loosely
coupled
events.
Included
material
and
examples
on
permanent
and
transient
subscriptions,
publisher
and
subscriber
filters,
and
programmatic
and
administrative
control
of
subscriptions.
XML-­‐Based
Business-­‐to-­‐Business
E-­‐Commerce
System,
for
Datastream,
the
world’s
leading
MRO
software
company.
Designed
and
led
the
team
that
built
an
XML-­‐based
engine
using
Visual
C++
with
ATL,
Microsoft
Transaction
Server
and
SQL
Server.
This
system
acts
as
a
middle
layer
between
the
client’s
software
and
the
order
fullfillment
companies
(e.g.,
Wesco
and
Fastenal).
E-­‐Commerce
Web
Site,
for
The
Foxboro
Company
(acquired
by
Invensys),
a
major
manufacturing
supplier.
Designed
and
led
the
team
that
built
this
commerce
site
available
at
http://www.iastore.com.
Worldwide
Extranet,
for
Allendale
Insurance,
the
world’s
largest
mutual
insurance
company.
Conceived,
designed,
managed
and
developed
this
IIS-­‐based
Extranet
that
securely
serves
confidential
data
to
over
1,800
client
companies,
including
Intel,
Sun,
Microsoft
and
Hewlett-­‐Packard.
Developed
server-­‐side
MTS
components
using
Visual
C++/ATL
with
ADO,
using
COM
interfaces
from
IIS
and
Certificate
Server.
Web-­‐Based
Defect
Tracking
System,
for
the
world’s
largest
software
company.
Prepared
the
proposal
that
resulted
in
this
business,
and
architected
the
entire
system.
The
application
has
over
10,000
databases
worldwide,
and
uses
a
DHTML
front-­‐end
coupled
with
a
SQL
Server
7.0
back
end
via
C++
MTS
components.
This
system
is
the
client’s
single-­‐most
important
internal
application
as
it
is
the
cornerstone
of
their
$6+
billion
localization
business.
Internet
Commerce,
for
PC
Connection,
the
nation’s
oldest
mail-­‐order
dealer
of
computer
software
and
hardware.
Designed
the
Internet
Commerce
solution,
which
went
live
in
July
1997.
Provided
architectural
guidance,
project
management
and
organizational
consulting.
Managed
a
team
that
built
the
system
using
Active
Server
Pages,
Microsoft
Transaction
Server,
custom
ActiveX
components
and
SQL
Server.
Site
is
available
at
http://www.pcconnection.com.
Web-­‐Based
Manufacturing
Control
System,
for
Perceptron,
the
automotive
industry’s
leading
supplier
of
non-­‐contact
measurement
systems.
Designed
and
managed
the
team
that
built
a
web
front
end
(Internet
Explorer
5
using
VML
and
DHTML)
and
COM
middle
tier
(C++
using
ATL,
XML,
XSL)
to
interface
with
laser
cameras
and
programmable
logic
controllers.
The
system
is
based
on
Windows
NT
Workstation
and
is
in
use
at
nearly
every
automotive-­‐related
manufacturing
plant
in
America.

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Email
Support
System,
for
Rational,
a
major
developer
of
software
tools.
Designed
and
led
the
team
that
built
a
system
that
accepts
incoming
support
request
email,
applies
a
set
of
heuristics
to
determine
the
problem,
and
automatically
enters
the
case
into
a
worldwide
Vantive
support
infrastructure.
The
system
uses
Microsoft
Exchange
with
server-­‐side
COM
components,
along
with
the
Vantive
API.
Web
Accounting
Application,
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
Wrote
the
proposal
that
led
to
Clarity’s
selection
as
one
of
two
firms
to
build
this
solution,
winning
over
larger
firms
including
Andersen
Consulting
and
Coopers
&
Lybrand.
Architected
the
technology
to
connect
a
web
front-­‐end
to
MMARS,
the
Massachusetts
mainframe
accounting
system
with
over
7,000
users.
Managed
the
team
that
successfully
built
this
system
using
Internet
Information
Server,
SNA
Server
and
custom
ActiveX
components.
Also
built
the
publicly
available
site
based
on
this
technology.
Internet
E-­‐Mail,
for
Juno,
a
vendor
of
a
free,
advertiser-­‐supported
Internet
e-­‐mail
program.
Using
Visual
C++,
designed
and
built
a
wizard
engine
for
the
registration
system
and
customized
the
program’s
spell
checker.
Also
built
automated
test
suites
using
Microsoft
Test.
Internet
Web
Agent,
for
a
commercial
software
company’s
Web
management
system.
Built
using
Visual
C++
with
MFC
Internet
classes,
the
multithreaded
program
acts
as
an
intelligent
caching
engine
to
pre-­‐fetch
web
pages
the
user
is
likely
to
view.
Also
provides
off-­‐line
caching
capability
through
scheduled
dial-­‐up
connections
to
the
Internet
using
RASAPI.
Distributed
Reporting
Architecture,
for
Stream
International,
a
$2.9
billion
software
services
company.
Responsible
for
architecture
of
a
high-­‐volume
distributed
reporting
system
built
as
a
set
of
multithreaded
Windows
NT
services
communicating
via
RPC
and
OLE
automation.
Also
responsible
for
designing
the
data
mart
that
feeds
the
system,
including
the
method
of
population
from
a
source
SAP
system
to
the
data
warehouse
to
the
data
mart.
Firewall-­‐Safe
Online
Support
Engine,
for
Lotus
Development’s
Web-­‐based
support
system.
Built
as
a
Windows
NT
service
using
Visual
C++
and
ATL,
the
program
exposes
a
DCOM
interface
to
allow
a
web
server
to
communicate
with
the
company’s
support
database
behind
the
firewall.
The
program
passes
these
requests
using
TCP/IP
sockets
over
a
secure
connection
through
the
firewall
to
a
daemon
running
on
the
database
server
machine.
OLE
Companion,
for
a
Lotus
Development’s
customer
support
system
(Vantive).
The
Visual
C++
program
allows
Vantive
users
to
insert
non-­‐OLE
objects
as
OLE
objects
into
the
Vantive
database.
The
program
provides
a
flexible,
extensible
framework
that
wraps
the
non-­‐OLE
file
in
an
OLE
structured
storage,
adds
management
information
to
the
storage,
then
stores
the
package
in
an
image
column
in
Vantive’s
Sybase
database.
ObjectScope,
an
object
repository
and
communications
tool
for
use
in
large-­‐scale
object-­‐oriented
environments.
Co-­‐managed
the
design
and
development
process,
including
actual
development,
writing
C++
using
OLE.
Used
this
project
as
a
pilot
to
beta
test
Microsoft
SQL
Server
6.0.
QuickStart
tutorial
for
Freelance
Graphics
for
Windows,
for
Lotus
Development.
PC
Week
called
it
“the
slickest
on-­‐line
tutorial
PC
Week
Labs
has
seen.”