Hello

I'm Keith Ransom

Senior Developer and Startup Entrepreneur

Location Westfield, NJ
E-mail kransom123@gmail.com

Hello! I’m Keith Ransom. Senior Developer specializing in full stack development. Experienced with all stages of the development cycle for dynamic software projects. Well-versed in numerous programming languages including Java, PHP, C#, JavaScript, and SQL.

Professional Skills (% used last 5 years)

Java (Advanced) 70%

Salesforce (Expert) 90%

PHP (Expert) 100%

SQL (Expert) 100%

JavaScript (Expert) 100%

.NET (Advanced) 30%

Work Experience

2018-Present

IT Director / Software Architect

• Responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the company’s proprietary Energy Analytics Portal.

2022-Present

Salesforce Consultant

• Work as part-time consultant on various salesforce projects. Projects examples include; custom APEX and custom integration to and from Azure API/Web containers

2019-2022

Developer

• Worked as developer on various Salesforce Lightning (Aura/Web Components) and Apex enhancements

2017-2018

Technical Lead (Consultant)

• Lead team of offshore developers on Salesforce Lightning and Apex enhancements. Features delivered with Agile Sprint methodology and Continuous Integration (Git Repositories).
• Collaborated with business sponsors on feature tasks and story creation.

2013 - 2017

Senior Developer

• Worked on various client facing website enhancements.
• Worked as primary developer on Salesforce enhancements. Enhancements include advanced Apex, WSDL, REST,
Java, Pardot, Hubspot, and Talend service integrations. Other notable enhancements are custom deployment scripts, custom JQuery/HighCharts dashboards, and business driven Visualforce workflow pages.
• Worked as primary developer on Incite’s Demand Response and Meter Management Portal. The energy portal combines real-time facility meter information with real-time regional pricing which empowers companies to be proactive with managing their electricity cost. The portal is built on PHP, Hadoop, SQLServer, various JavaScript libraries (JQuery, Underscore), and various integrations tools (Java &.NET Services, SISS, Talend). The portal is currently collecting 5 million meter readings a month with real-time JENE devices and 15 million readings a month with near real-time Smart Meter Texas (SMT) or IDR integration.
• Created various other service integrations with Talend ESB and ActiveMQ.

2011 - 2013

Lead Developer

• Migrated previous Call Center application to the newest version of Sugar CRM and Oracle 11g.
• Lead new enhancements to Call Center application, which included; service integration with Five9 dialer and Google maps integration.
• Developed service architecture (JAVA/TIBCO/REST) to send customer and appointment data to different applications or departments. In detail, data to/from MW stores, Call Center, MW website and mobile application(s).
• Worked as primary developer on Salesforce Service Now console solution for Call Center customer service.
Included advanced Apex and TIBCO service integration.
• Worked on various public facing website enhancements for the MW website and other MW owned brands.

2006 - 2011

Senior Programmer Analyst

• Worked as developer (SQL/JAVA/.Net) on in-house company applications.
• Integrated vendor and in-house software systems via Informatica, SSIS and Web Services.
• Completed application modifications using the agile software development methodology.
• Worked with offshore resources to complete application enhancements on in-house and vendor applications.

2005 - 2017

Web Developer

Develop/Maintain websites. Use web technologies and languages such as HTML, PHP, Javascript, and
Content Management Systems to create website solutions.

2003 - 2006

Tutor/Grader

Graded C/C++ project and tutored students on object oriented programming techniques.

2002 - 2003

Intern/Office Assistant

Drafted and revised transportation layouts using AutoCAD.

2002-2002

SHARP Intern

Learned about NASA’s daily operations while working alongside a mentor and presented final project on Finite Element.

Education

2007 - 2009

Master of Computer Science

Rankings:
#7 (tie) in National Universities (US News 2022)
#20 in Computer Science (US News 2017)

2002 - 2006

Bachelor of Computer Science

Rankings:
#137 (tie) in National Universities (US News 2022)
#74 in Computer Science (US News 2022)

Awards and Certifications

Salesforce Platform Developer Certified

The Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I certification is to acknowledge experience in building custom declarative and programmatic applications on the Salesforce platform.