Adam Jackson

An honors Yale graduate in Computer Science with decades of industry experience as a software engineer and technical leader. • Outstanding technical skills. Over twenty years of professional programming experience. Well-versed in object-oriented techniques, design patterns, concurrency, data modeling, database design, system architecture, system security, cloud architecture and performance & scalability techniques. • Experienced software developer and technical lead. Led the design and construction of dozens of successful working systems. Seasoned in all phases of the software development lifecycle. Known for building unusually bug-free and maintainable software. • Exceptional analytical skills. A gift for understanding complex problems, generating conceptual clarity and creating optimal solutions given the real-world constraints. • Outstanding ability to explain complex concepts verbally and in writing. Have created many technical write-ups that have stood the test of time as the essential go-to guide for that concept. Have taught 20+ lectures on topics (such as Java 8 features, Unicode, coding standards, software quality, the architecture of our software systems, etc.). • Focused on the customer and the bottom line. Skilled at collaborating and pragmatically weighing the tangible and intangible benefits of an initiative against the costs and then proactively managing risk to ensure success. Specialties: Software Architecture, Object-Oriented Design, Data Communications, Databases, SaaS, Distributed Systems, Software Quality, Cloud Computing, Java, Gradle, AWS.