Welcome

I am a Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP), a SAS programmer with 10+ years of experience, and most recently an Adobe Flex/ActionScript developer. I started this site in 2008 as a place to test out my latest projects. Currently, between work and graduate school (Masters of Computer Science expected December 2011) I have had less time to add new projects to the site. I am currently branching into Android development, so hopefully I will have something new out here in the next few months. As mentioned, I am a long-time SAS developer who turned my focus toward Java, web and object oriented technologies early in 2008.  Technologies have included J2SE, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, Struts, MySQL, XML, iBATIS, JSTL, UML, Swing and more!

Currently, I work primarily in Adobe Flex 3, developing web report portlets for corporate clients. These portlets display SAS Risk Management data primarily through DataGrids and FusionCharts. I'm coding in Flex (mxml), AS3 (ActionScript), and I code the SAS backends as well. I am also using technologies including FlexUnit, ASDoc, JavaScript, SAS Enterprise Guide, Subversion, Unix, XML, CSS, and others.

My last major Java project (May-September 2009) was building the Player management system for a local gaming company.  This was built on Struts 2, JSP and Servlets, with a MySQL database.  I used AJAX, Dojo and JavaScript for the Rich server interaction within the pages, dynamically calling Servlets for data validation and database checks.  I hope to make a similar application for this site to exhibit these technologies once I have some time. 

Check out the Projects tab to see my Java portfolio, including Servlets/JSP, a beer database (MySQL) built on Struts 1, and a downloadable BlackJack application (Requires Java 6).

Why Kaizen?

Kaizen is the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement in all aspects of life. In my years of work, I have constantly applied this principle, whether I knew it or not. At this point in my life, I think this summarizes my approach to work, and to life.

Contact Me

Please feel free to contact me at:
rory@rorycullen.com