Ricky Stead

Experience

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  Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

  Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

  Software Engineer Intern
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  Horace Mann

  May 2007 - now

  -Led multiple TIBCO workstreams totaling 12 onshore/offshore designer and developer resources for a strategic Property and Casualty modernization project. -Architected a new real-time, enterprise, SOX-compliant financial processing system to replace a legacy mainframe solution. -Trained multiple QA resources to utilize SoapUI/ReadyAPI to strengthen testing. -Coached both product owners and business analysts on system requirements. -Coordinated several multi-day, end-to-end cycles, engaging both technical and business contacts for all source and target systems. -Trained in upgraded BusinessWorks version 6.x and educated other resources. -Participated in all 5.x and 6.x code reviews. -Facilitated in creation of enterprise data model. Show less -Headed an application development team of four TIBCO resources in strategic FINRA-compliant Life and Retirement modernization from mainframe to SaaS solution. -Interacted directly with enterprise architects and business partners to design and develop high-complexity TIBCO solutions, using an updated canonical business object and incorporating ACORD standards. -Re-architected Apache HTTP Server to be highly-configurable and migrate away from wildcard TLS/SSL certificate, requiring direct coordination with multiple internal and external consumers. -Incorporated SoapUI/ReadyAPI to enable TDD capabilities against TIBCO web services. -Introduced JWT (both JWS and JWE) generation and validation into the company. Show less

  • Technical Architect

    Aug 2020 - now

  • Expert Application Systems Analyst/Programmer

    May 2018 - Aug 2020

  • Application Developer, Experienced Application Systems Analyst/Programmer

    Sept 2012 - May 2018

  • Senior Programmer Analyst

    Mar 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Programmer Analyst

    Mar 2008 - Mar 2011

  • Programmer

    May 2007 - Feb 2008