J.C. Hamlin

 

Medina, MN 55340, USA | +1 763-221-5593 | jchamlin@gmail.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchamlin/

Summary

·         Highly effective and charismatic executive leader, technologist, consultant, architect, and extraordinary programmer with over 35 years of professional experience building and operating successful companies, developing and executing comprehensive technology strategies that achieve business objectives, improving developer and operational productivity, and attracting, retaining, and leading the best and brightest talent.

Expertise

·         Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of  Kinetic Learning for over 19 years responsible for technology vision, strategy, and execution including pre-sales, planning, staffing, product management, development, delivery, and operations.

·         Chief Architect at Plateau Systems that was hired to lead a globally distributed team to transform a monolithinc single-tenant on-premise sofware suite into a modularized cloud-based multi-tenant SaaS offering, improve developer productivity and operational efficiency, and then help take Plateau to market (IPO or acquisition) within five years. We succeeded! Plateau Systems became a multi-tenant cloud-based solution and was then acquired by SuccessFactors (a leading cloud talent management provider) four years later for $290M. Less than a year later, SuccessFactors was then acquired by SAP for $3.4B.

·         Chief Architect at SAP SuccessFactors, the leading provider of enterprise human capital management (HCM) software, responsible for leading a globally distributed team of over 1,000 people for seven years. Hired and created amazing leaders and highly productive teams that exceeded expectations year after year.

·         Principal consultant with 20 years of professional consulting experience.

·         Outstanding executive, manager, leader, mentor, trainer, communicator, strategist, architect, and programmer.

Experience

2005-Present  Kinetic Learning, Inc., Minnetonka, MN, http://www.kineticlearning.com

CTO for Kinetic Learning responsible for technology vision, strategy, and execution including pre-sales, planning, staffing, product management, development, delivery, and operations.

·      Industry: e-learning, interactive computer based training, website design and hosting

·      Role: Chief Technology Officer

·      Scope: 10+ team members

·      Result:.developed a SCORM learning management system (LMS) and web-based e-learning for many clients

·      Technology: Java, HTML, Javascript, SQL Server, Apache Web Server, Tomcat, and SUSE Linux

 

2003-Present  Technology Partners LLC, Minneapolis, MN, http://www.technology-partners.com

Principal Consultant and owner of a technology solutions company specializing in mission-critical and enterprise-level technology strategy and solutions to business needs.

 

                    Client – GovDelivery, Inc., St. Paul, MN, http://www.govdelivery.com

·      Industry: the world's leading e-mail subscription management system designed specifically for the public sector. Software as a service (SaaS) serving the FBI, CDC, Social Security Administration, and over 150 other public sector clients

·      Roles: Principal Consultant, Chief Technologist, Operations Manager, Team Manager, Architect, and Programmer

·      Result: Produced and operated enterprise-class electronic information delivery system (e-mail, SMS, RSS)

·      Technology: Web, XML, Java, Oracle, Tomcat, IIS, Apache, Red Hat EL, collocated Dell hardware

 

Client – Identix, Inc, Minnetonka, MN, http://www.identix.com

·      Industry: Digital Imaging, Biometrics

·      Roles: Consultant, DBA, Performance Tuner, and Programmer

·      Result: Produced web-based and standalone software for voter registration system capable of handling image recognition and de-duplication for 8MM registered voters

·      Technology: Web technology with XML, Java, Oracle, IBM blades and SAN

 

Client – Capella Education Company, Minneapolis, MN, http://www.capellaeducation.com

·      Industry: On-line University

·      Roles: Consultant, Performance Tuner, Load Tester, and Capacity Planner

·      Result: Analyzed system performance issues, identified bottlenecks, and helped produce load testing and capacity planning solutions

·      Technology: Web technology with clustered Intel and Solaris hardware and EMC SAN supporting 15,000 concurrent users

 

Client – Leading Provider in the Rental Garment Industry

·      Industry: Industry leading rental garment provider

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Business Analyst, User Interface Designer, Mentor, and Programmer

·      Result: Produced business flows, requirements, design, and prototype for a mobile technology solution

·      Technology: Pocket PC 2003 SE, C#, ..NET Compact Framework, Java, WebSphere, DB2, AS/400

 

Client – Internet Broadcasting Systems, Mendota Heights, MN, http://www.ibsys.com

·      Industry: Leading news media provider for television web sites including NBC, MSNBC, Yahoo!, and CNN

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Designer, Mentor, and Programmer

·      Result: Produced a successful web-based application/system/architecture for 2004 Olympics Games

·      Technology: Web technology with XML, Java, and Oracle running on a heterogeneous environment

 

2011-2019     SAP SuccessFactors, San Francisco, CA, https://www.sap.com/products/hcm.html

Chief Development Architect and Senior Director for SuccessFactors, an SAP Company. SuccessFactors provides the leading cloud-based SuccessFactors HCM Suite, which comprises solutions that are complete, beautiful, and flexible, and which can help you optimize your workforce today and prepare it for tomorrow. SuccessFactors solutions are supported by a global partner ecosystem and the experience and commitment of SAP. Our solutions are innovative, but we also deliver process expertise and best practices insights from serving our broad and diverse customer base. Today, with more than 4,000 customers and 27 million subscription seats, we serve organizations of all sizes, from the large enterprises to small businesses, across more than 60 industries, in more than 177 countries, and in 37 languages. SAP purchased SuccessFactors in February 2012 for $3.4B.

·      Industry: Enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) Software

·      Role: Chief Development Architect

·      Scope: globally distributed team of 1000+

·      Result: Led a team of engineers that architected, designed, and transformed a collection of independent monolithic codebases obtained through acquisitions to a unified, modularized, cloud-based multi-tenant product suite.

·      Technology: Java, HTML, Javascript, Oracle, JBoss, Tomcat, and Oracle Enterprise Linux

 

2008-2011     Plateau Systems, Arlington, VA, https://www.sap.com/products/hcm/corporate-lms.html

Chief Infrastructure Architect for Plateau Systems, a leading global provider of adaptable, unified web-based talent management software, content and services to onboard, develop, manage and reward talent. SuccessFactors purchased Plateau in April 2011 for $290M.

·      Industry: Enterprise Learning Management Systems (LMS), Talent Management (TM), and  Human Capital Management (HCM) Software

·      Role: Chief Infrastructure Architect

·      Scope: globally distributed team of 50+

·      Result: Led a team of engineers that architected, designed, and transformed 20M+ lines of code in a monolithinc single-tenant on-premise sofware suite running on JBoss to a modularized cloud-based multi-tenant SaaS offering

·      Technology: Java, HTML, Javascript, Oracle, JBoss, Tomcat, and Oracle Enterprise Linux

 

2002-2003     Roxio, Maple Grove, MN, http://www.roxio.com

Senior Technical Manager for an industry leading PC software manufacturer responsible for architecture, design, mentoring, programming, managing, and hiring for components of Easy Media Creator 7.0 and Napster 2.0.

·      Industry: Industry leading PC Software manufacturer (Napster, Easy CD & DVD Creator, and GoBack)

·      Role: Senior Technical Manager, Architect, Designer, and Programmer

·      Scope: 100+ engineers for a year

·      Result: Architected, designed, and managed a team of engineers that created Roxio’s next generation of software, the Digital Media Suite with Napster, Easy CD & DVD Creator version 7.0

·      Technology: C++ in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 with Win32, COM, ATL, WTL, STL, and GUI development in Windows 2000 & XP

 

1999-2002     Dynamic Information Systems, Plymouth, MN

Senior consultant and chief technologist responsible for architecture, design, mentoring, programming, managing, hiring, sales, estimation, and building Dynamic’s Java servlet/J2EE template based e-commerce framework called iFrame.

 

Client – Roxio, Maple Grove, MN, 2000-2002, http://www.roxio.com

·      Industry: Industry leading PC Software manufacturer (Napster, Easy CD & DVD Creator, and GoBack)

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Designer, Mentor, and Programmer

·      Scope: 3 developers for 2 years

·      Result: Built a web-based centralized management console for IT departments to manage GoBack installations across their organization which dramatically expanded GoBack’s potential market to include corporate environments rather than just home users

·      Technology: Java (iFrame), HTML, dHTML, JavaScript, Oracle and SQLServer, Windows and UNIX

 

Client – GovDocs, St. Paul, MN, 2000-2002, http://www.govdocs.com

·      Industry: Application Service Provider (ASP)

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Designer, Mentor, and Programmer

·      Scope: 3 developers for 2 years

·      Result: Built a web-based service which provides hosting for government documents resulting in a very successful business for GovDocs

·      Technology: Java (iFrame), HTML, dHTML, JavaScript, SQLServer, Windows

 

Client – Verisae, Plymouth, MN, 1999-2002, http://www.verisae.com

·      Industry: Application Service Provider (ASP)

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Designer, Mentor, and Programmer

·      Scope: 6 developers for 3 years

·      Result: Built a web-based service which provides retail chains with the ability to manage their service providers resulting in a very successful business for Verisae

·      Technology: Java (iFrame), HTML, dHTML, JavaScript, Oracle, Windows and UNIX

 

1993-1999     BORN Information Services Group, Wayzata, MN

Senior consultant and founding member of the object, client/server, Forté, and Enterprise Distributed Systems practices at an industry leading consulting firm on the Inc. 500 three years in a row.  Recognized by BORN as one of the best consultants in the company and by the industry as an expert in enterprise distributed systems architecture and integrating with external/legacy systems.

 

Client – CIBA Vision, Duluth, GA, 1999

·      Industry: Healthcare

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Mentor, and Programmer

·      Scope: 4 developers for 3 months

·      Result: Built a middleware that integrated legacy AS/400s systems with a PeopleSoft ERP implementation, constructed initial frameworks, and mentored lead technical resources in Forte and enterprise distributed computing principles resulting in a successful PeopleSoft implementation and legacy integration

·      Technology: Forté on HP9000s, PC/Windows NT, AS/400s, MQSeries, FTF, Oracle, Informix, and PeopleSoft

 

Client – Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, Omaha, NE, 1996-1999, http://www.radisson.com

·      Industry: Hospitality

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Team Lead, and Programmer

·      Scope: 30+ developers in 4 states for 3 years

·      Result: Partnered with Carlson and built a worldwide reservation system in Forté which is used in central reservation call centers in three countries and in over 1000 hotels worldwide resulting in a successful and long-term relationship between BORN and Carlson

·      Technology: Forté on Sequent Numa-Qs and PC/Windows 95&NT over a worldwide network including hotels connected full-time and part-time using a wide variety of network connectivity options and an InstallShield based automatic update system for the clients located around the world.

 

Client – Kirke-Van Orsdel, Inc., Des Moines, IA, 1996, http://www.kvi-ins.com

·      Industry: Insurance

·      Role: Consultant, Architect, Mentor, and Programmer

·      Scope: 2 architects for 2 weeks

·      Result: Quickly prototyped scalable legacy data access between Forte and data stored on IMF KSAM files on an HP3000 using BSD sockets, constructed initial frameworks, and mentored lead technical resources in Forté and enterprise distributed computing principles

·      Technology: Forté, C, and COBOL on HP3000s and HP9000s

 

Client – Medtronic, Inc., Fridley, MN, 1995-1996, http://www.medtronic.com

·      Industry: Healthcare Products Provider

·      Role: Consultant, Architect and Programmer

·      Scope: 3-5 people for 1.5 years

·      Result: Built enterprise-wide contract pricing system in Forté and managed engagement and projects resulting in a successful and long-term relationship between BORN and Medtronic

·      Technology: Forté on RS6000/AIX and PC/Windows  95

 

Client – General Dynamics Information Systems,
Bloomington, MN, 1994, http://www.gd-is.com

·      Industry: Defense

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect and Programmer

·      Scope: 2 people for 7 months

·      Result: Built X-Windows user interface to streamline operations of AWACS data recording systems, designed and implemented all difficult parts of the system which left a path that enabled the development team to successfully complete and deploy the system

·      Technology: Solaris, C, X-Windows, Motif

 

Client – Digital Biometrics, Inc. Minnetonka, MN, 1993-1995, http://www.identix.com

·      Industry: Digital Imaging, Biometrics

·      Roles: Consultant, Architect, Team Lead, and Programmer

·      Scope: 12 people for 1.5 years

·      Result: Built and managed a team that developed an internationalized version of a custom engineered real-time electronic fingerprinting system in C and X-Windows for the Japanese National Police Agency (NPA).

·      Technology: UnixWare, C, X-Windows, Intel 486 machines running UnixWare

 

1991-1993     Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN, http://www.cray.com

·      Architected and built two new X Windows user interface toolkits, one in C and one in C++ and designed and built the user interface to the most powerful and important software project at Cray, the complier

 

1992-1993     University of Minnesota
Department of Computer Science, Minneapolis, MN, http://www.cs.umn.edu

·      Taught object-oriented programming and C++

 

1992-1993     Automotive Sound & Security by Hamlin, Eagan, MN

·      Owned and operated a custom car audio installation business with five contract employees

 

1990-1991     Serving Software, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

·      Architected and built an expert system that automatically mines data for, prepares, and presents an executive graphical dashboard

 

1988-1989     Department of Health & Human Services, Social Security Administration, Scottsbluff, NE

·      Trained users, analyzed office automation needs and built PC solutions still in use today

 

1986-1988     Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff, NE

·      Created animated computer graphics of college logo used nationwide

Technologies

Operating Systems
Windows 3.1 – Windows 11, Android, macOS, iOS, Linux (SUSE, Red Hat Enterprise, Oracle, Ubuntu, Gentoo), UNIX (AIX, DYNIX/ptx,, SunOS, Solaris, HP/UX, Ultrix, UnixWare, UniCOS)

Development Tools, Languages, and Technologies
Access, Apache Web Server, ASP, assembler (80x86 & 65x02), ATL, awk, Batch, C, C++, C#, COBOL, COM, CORBA, bash/csh/tcsh/sh/ksh, DB2, dBase, Delphi, dHTML, Forté, Fortran, HTML, InstallShield, Java, JavaScript, J++, JSP, JBoss, lex, .NET, .NET Compact Framework, Objective C, Oracle, Paradox, Pascal, perl, PowerBuilder, Rexx, SCORM, sed, Smalltalk, SOA, SQL, SQL Server, STL, Tomcat, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Weblogic, WebSphere, Web Services, Win32, WTL, XML, X Windows (Athena, Motif, OpenLook), yacc

Education and Certifications

Landmark Education’s Curriculum for Living http://www.landmarkeducation.com

Sun Certified Java Programmer for the JavaTM 2 Platform

Franklin Covey Time Management Program

BORN’s Technical Architect Mentoring Program

Dale Carnegie Communications Skills Mentoring Program

Forté Programming and System Administration Training

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology

·         Studied system design and engineering with many design and programming intensive courses

·         Special emphasis on object oriented concepts, real-time client/server and distributed object systems, graphics, graphical user interfaces, and teaching

·         Programming in all classes done in UNIX, C & C++, X Windows & OpenGL

·         Only undergraduate teaching assistant in the history of the computer science department – taught classes in C++ and object oriented concepts

·         Graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA

Western Nebraska Community College & Scottsbluff Senior High School

·         Attended three years of college level computer classes while in high school

·         Helped teach our high school's computer courses

·         Emphasis on teaching, system design, computer programming, and computer graphics

·         Graduated valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA

Awards

CIBA Vision's NASCAR Project Achievement Award, 1999

Carlson’s Bridging The Future Award, 1999

Carlson’s 60th Anniversary Chairman’s Award, 1998
for providing Carlson with the highest level of commitment and excellence

Carlson’s The Milestone Award, 1997

Updates

This document was last updated on 10/5/2024. You can get the most current version of this document in at: http://www.technology-partners.com/J.C._Hamlin’s_Resume.doc.