John Boswell, Ph.D.

 

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS                                                                                                        

 

Proficient in application development, including all stages of software development:  Functional and Technical Design, Data Modeling and Programming.  Significant development experience with  Web Application Servers (JBoss, WebLogic) and Frameworks (Struts). Provided administration of email, web, directory and DNS services, as well as Unix Systems Support (Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, and IRIX). Responsible for Installation and Customized programming of Content Management System (Interwoven Teamsite) including Administration, Workflow, Data Capture, and Programming Enhancements.  Responsible for the development of Medical Center Internet and Intranet Services.  Significant skills in the areas of Network and Systems Security, Database Administration (including Oracle, Informix, PostgreSQL, and MySQL), and Enterprise Systems Support.  Also developed paper-less bill system and remote video control and monitoring software.

 

Technical Expertise

Web Application Servers (JBoss, WebLogic, Tomcat), Web Frameworks (Struts, JavaServer Faces), Java (JSP, J2EE), Perl, PHP, HTML, XML, Unix Administration, Network Systems Security, Interwoven Teamsite Content Management System Administration

 

Operating Systems

Linux (i386/PPC), Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, MacOS X, Windows NT/2000/XP

 

Languages and Technologies

Java, J2EE, JSP, Perl, PHP, SQL, XML, C

 

Databases

Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Informix

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                                                                                               

 

12/04 to Present     Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

 

Technical Lead on a large J2EE application development project.

 

12/00 to 12/04         Principal Consultant

RABA Technologies

 

Principal consultant focusing on Web Application development with emphasis on Functional and Technical Design, Data Modeling and Programming.  Principal developer for a large-scale web application running on JBoss with an Oracle data repository.  Significant development experience using Perl and PHP in Application Server environments.  Significant consulting experience with the Interwoven content management suite of products.

 

 

1999 to 12/00          Director of Specialized Programming

                              System X, Inc.

 

Responsible for Internet Development, including E-commerce, Secure Services, and Business-to-Business Applications in Java, Perl and PHP.  Other responsibilities included the administration of Email, Web, Directory, and DNS Services.  Unix System Support (HP-UX, Solaris, IRIX, Linux).  Database administration (Oracle and Informix), Enterprise Systems Support (JD Edwards, Elite), developed paper-less bill system for Elite, and developed Remote Video Control and Monitoring software.

 

 

1996 to 1999           Health Systems Analyst Programmer, Active Digital Library

                              Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

Development of Medical Center Internet and Intranet Services in Java, Perl, and PHP.  Aided in Unix Systems Support, and Oracle Support.

 

1995 to 1996           Systems Manager, Department of Computer Science

                              Oregon Graduate Institute

 

Unix Systems Support and MacOS Systems and Network Support.

 

 
EDUCATION                                                                                                                                               

 

Ph.D., Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 1992

BS, Chemistry (minor in English Literature), Boston College, 1986

 

 

CLEARANCE                                                                                                                                               

 

                              Top Secret / SCI (current)

 

Memberships                                                                                                                                   

 

                              Columbia Linux Users Group

                              American Association for the Advancement of Science

                              American Chemical Society

 

 

Publications                                                                                                                                         

 

Boswell J.S., Giuse N.B., Huber J.T., Williams Jr. T.W., Miller M.D. (1997) "Developing a Web-Based Consumer Health Information Resource" Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, May 27, 1997 (Poster).

 

J. S. Boswell, B. J. Reedy, R. Kulathila, D. Merkler, N. J. Blackburn (1996) "Structural Investigations on the Coordination Environment of the Active-Site Copper Centers of Recombinant Bifunctional Peptidylglycine alpha-Amidating Enzyme." Biochemistry, 35 (38), 12241-12250.

 

Y. C. Fann, I. Ahmed, N. J. Blackburn, J. S. Boswell, M. L. Verkhovskaya, B. M. Hoffman, and M. Wikstršm. (1995) "Structure of CuB in the Binuclear Heme-Copper Center of the Cytochrome aa3-Type Quinol Oxidase from Bacillus subtilis: An ENDOR and EXAFS Study" Biochemistry, 34 (32), 10245-10255.

 

B. A. Eipper, A. S. W. Quon, R. E. Mains, J. S. Boswell, N. J. Blackburn. (1995) "The Catalytic Core of Peptidylglycine alpha-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase: Investigation by Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Cu X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance." Biochemistry, 34 (9), 2857-2865.

 

K. M. Borges, J. S. Boswell, R. H. Leibross, and K. E. Wetterhahn. (1991) "Activation of Chromium (VI) by Thiols Results in Chromium(V) Formation, Chromium Binding to DNA and Altered DNA Conformation." Carcinogenesis, 12, 551-561.