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johnseq@pobox.com
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John Sequeira designs and develops all aspects of data driven, e-commerce web sites,
from high level business requirements gathering to low level database and web site
performance tuning. He has extensive experience in database engineering and fault
tolerant e-commerce architectures. He has a keen appreciation for business needs in
addition to technological requirements, and a rare ability to deliver pragmatic solutions
that fit with the client's infrastructure, skills, timeframe and budget.
John has over two decades of programming experience. Current expertise includes:
He has a Bachelor's degree in Applied Physics from Cornell University and attended the
University of California's Physics Ph.D. program before beginning a career in IT
consulting. He has completed advanced training in database technology and has worked
with SQL Server and Oracle platforms. He has been involved in several books in Web
and Database technology; please see Publications for more details.
He has designed and implemented dozens of complex web technology projects in the
following areas:
* RECENT PROJECTS
ETL Developer
2008
Downtown Boston Law Firm
Sole developer of CRM/Accounting system data integration project using Microsoft ETL
toolset ( SSIS/SQL 2005/ASP.NET). Project included data dictionary reverse
engineering, automated load process, and web-based change reporting.
CRM Architect
2007-2008
NYC-based Real Estate Firm
Quickbase/Data Integration
2003-Present
Trust For Public Land
The website integration/mashup code delivered for these projects used the Quickbase
Javascript API, the .NET API, and Perl API, and direct HTTP access. The functionality
included straightforward table embedding as well as CSS/HTML theming using both
server-side code and Javascript/jQuery. Third-party geocoding mashups were
implemented with Google Docs and Google Maps. Additionally implemented special
custom-branded version of Quickbase.com website so that website visitors could use
Quickbase navigation tools without reimplementing functionality on third-party website.
2008-Present
Swimfish Consulting
2007
Loan Origination Firm
Lead architect for CRM platform selection on 2,500 user SugarCRM implementation.
Initial responsibilities included requirements gathering, RFP preparation, vendor due
diligence, RFP response scoring, and documentation. Once platform was chosen, lead
data integration efforts between CRM system and Oracle 10g-based accounting systems
using pl/sql packages.
ETL/BI Developer
2005-2007
Supply Chain Startup
October 2002-2003
Fidelity Investments
Swimfish Consulting – http://www.swimfish.com
Lead architect for visioning and web strategy engagement for Human Resources unit of
Fortune 500 financial services firm. Project involved gathering business and
technical requirements for short and long term development plan by
interviewing both business groups and technical staff within company.
Responsible for assessing architectural implications of business needs and
reconciling those with existing technical infrastructure within company. Phase 2
of project involves implementation of development roadmap using the
Interwoven Teamsite Content Management System.
March 2002-2004
Adteractive
Initial engagement involved code review and write-up of a plan for achieving fault
tolerance using mirrored data centers and SQL Server log shipping. Also included
assessing the suitability of using MSSQL Server OLAP Services as a reporting platform
for clickstream warehousing application.
The project evolved into general purpose Transact-SQL query performance tuning as
well as new web application development for an extranet reporting application using
ASP/PerlScript.
February 2002-2003
Financial Services Company
Sole developer of clickstream analytic data warehousing application for high-traffic (50M
hits/mo) web site implemented on Microsoft Analysis Services and SQL Server 2000.
Application consisted of significant extraction, transform, and load (ETL) processes
written in Perl, VBS, and Data Transformation Services (DTS). Wrote object oriented
middle tier which transformed MDX queries into XML-based WDDX packets for display
by Cold Fusion user interface.
Project was completed to spec and ahead of schedule, with zero critical defects reported
by QA department. Responsibilities were then expanded to include refactoring a targeted
email marketing application and general web site/SQL performance tuning. After
reviewing web site architecture for scalability issues, recommended and prototyped an
Edge-Side Include (ESI) caching reverse proxy using an Apache/mod_perl to cache as
much of the site's dynamic content as possible.
August 2001
Swimfish Consulting – www.swimfish.com/
Conducted feasibility study concerning integration of Siebel SFA platform and Intraspect
document management solution for large financial services company. Study involved
reviewing documentation and interviewing vendor engineering staff to deliver vision
document of potential application integration scenarios. 30+ page deliverable included
deployment diagrams and project estimates, and considered the impact of corporate
security policies, directory integration, and replication topologies.
DATA WAREHOUSING
Separate projects involved implementing data warehousing database design and intranet
reporting application for telecom infrastructure provider and venture capital management
consulting firm. System architecture included both relational and online analytic
processing components using Microsoft SQL & OLAP Servers.
* EDUCATION
1992 B.S., School of Applied & Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca NY