John Fording

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About John Fording

Information Technology services professional with 20+ years experience architecting, prototyping, developing, and delivering solutions for large and small companies and concerns. Recent activity Since mid-2011, deployable Systems Engineer for Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, delivering sustainable KM solutions supporting commands In 2010-11, Senior System Analyst work for Joint Knowledge and Program Management: proof-of-concept exercises for sustainment of net-centric enterprise web services. In 2007-09, Data Analyst for Force Provider, responsible for Global Force Management data. Requirements, analysis, testing for Data Pilot for enterprise app to consume web services from across DoD to support plans, policy, allocation, rotational, emergent, contingent, training, equipment, redeployment processes. Data-workflow paradigms used in enterprise web databases, flexible processes using loose coupling to transform on-demand data using schemas to deliver datasets to geographically-distributed commands. In 2007, Information Assurance Engineering for demo of cross-domain system to distinguished visitors and potential sponsors (including SECDEF, SASC, FBI) of prototype-engineered system supporting multi-national data sharing across networks. Throughout 2006, web Config Management, App Dev and Support supporting multi-national exercises managed by Joint Experimentation lab. In 2005, Onsite Facilitator in delivery and sustainment of open source web applications portal to Coalition Forces headquartered in Baghdad, Iraq. Developed Staff Action Task Tracker workflow integrated with web-based doc management. 2004 coordinated Web App Development and Support for JFCOM's Knowledge Management website in Norfolk VA. Specialties: Web applications Sharepoint, Web Services, Tomcat, Java, UI design, Microsoft technologies such as ASP.NET, IIS, Visual Studio, Javascript, MVC modeling, Lotus Domino background, relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, DB2.