Christopher D. Ciulla

Technical Summary

Senior technical leader with 30+ years modernizing and stabilizing complex enterprise systems in production-critical environments.
Known for stabilizing high-risk codebases, restoring build and deployment discipline, and improving delivery predictability without disrupting operations.
Specializes in raising engineering discipline through pragmatic standards, testing rigor, and CI/CD hygiene.
Equally comfortable working across legacy Java platforms and modern JVM-based ecosystems.

Eliassen B2B Framework for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator | Dublin, Ohio (Remote)

Stabilized and incrementally modernized a value-added administrative portal built atop IBM Sterling B2B Integrator.
Maintained continuous availability while navigating vendor constraints, upgrade cycles, and production risk.
Built, operated, and evolved CI/CD pipelines supporting Java services deployed in AWS-hosted environments.
Reduced operational risk by improving observability, logging discipline, and engineering standards, making system behavior predictable and diagnosable in production.
Established clear engineering standards and provided hands-on technical leadership across a complex, legacy codebase.

Adobe Inc. | San Jose, California (Remote)

Upgraded a mission‑critical internal platform from Java 1.6 to Java 17, eliminating long‑standing security, supportability, and operational risk tied to obsolete runtimes.
Replaced an Ant-based build with Maven and re-established a functional continuous integration pipeline, restoring repeatable builds and developer confidence.

McLane Company, Inc. | Temple, Texas (Remote)

Set technical direction across geographically distributed teams in Europe, Mexico, and the United States, coordinating work and establishing clear execution patterns to keep delivery predictable across time zones and organizational boundaries.
Developed and stabilized invoice mitigation software in an agile environment using Java and OpenLiberty.

Served as a technical lead across multiple client engagements, consistently brought in to stabilize systems and restore disciplined delivery in existing production environments.

GAP, Inc. | Columbus, Ohio (Remote)

Served as the technical lead, collaborating with business stakeholders and external vendors to model complex Brexit-related duty, tax, and shipping workflows, translating that work into reusable, foundational patterns within the core Java system.

Signet Jewelers | Akron, Ohio (Hybrid)

Served as the Java technical lead on a greenfield chain-of-custody workflow system emphasizing correctness, traceability, and operational reliability.
Helped normalize pragmatic use of agile practices, unit testing, and static analysis, improving team effectiveness and delivery discipline.
Introduced CI practices and static analysis tooling to shift quality enforcement from individual effort to system behavior.

CAS | Columbus, Ohio (On-Site)

Developed and tested infrastructure and automation scripts using Ansible, Docker, Shell, and Python.
Helped introduce automated testing and static analysis practices, shifting quality enforcement from individual effort to repeatable engineering systems.
Supported the on-site engagement lead by providing technical oversight and day-to-day guidance to a separate DevOps team, improving execution discipline and reducing delivery surprises.

October 2018 to February 2019 – Leading EDJE; Senior Solutions Developer; Dublin, Ohio
March 2017 to October 2018 – Dedicated Tech Services; Senior Consultant; Dublin, Ohio
October 2015 to February 2017 – GateHouse Media; Digital Development Engineer; Columbus, Ohio
March 2015 to October 2015 – Fahrenheit IT; Senior Consultant; Dublin, Ohio
August 2001 to February 2015 – CareWorks Tech; Software Specialist; Dublin, Ohio
September 1999 to August 2001 – Quick Solutions; Senior Consultant; Columbus, Ohio
February 1998 to September 1999 – LDA Systems; Senior Consultant; Dublin, Ohio
May 1995 to February 1998 – Analysts International Corporation; Consultant; Columbus, Ohio

Administrative Specialist, Military Occupational Specialty 71L, Honorable Discharge

Java, Groovy, SQL

Test‑driven development, unit and integration testing (JUnit, Mockito, Spock, Selenium), static analysis

Repeatable builds, pipeline hygiene, incremental modernization (Apache Maven, Atlassian Bamboo, Gradle, Jenkins, Git, JFrog Artifactory)

Databases (Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server), data transfer and formatting mechanisms (REST, SOAP, XML, XPath, XSL)

Operating systems (Linux, Unix, Windows); IDEs and editors (IntelliJ IDEA, vi)