nominal31+ years of professional software experience, and counting.

Resume

Jim Toy

Newark, DE, USAjim.toy@gmail.comlinkedingithub

Work Experience

Vice President · JPMorgan Chase

September 2006—Present

Wilmington, DE

  • Provide technical leadership across enterprise-scale, business-critical systems supporting global banking operations
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to modernize legacy platforms and improve system resilience and uptime
  • Mentor engineering teams and guide adoption of modern development practices
  • Oversee design and delivery of high-availability systems supporting customer-facing and call center operations

Consultant (Chariot Solutions; Diamond Technologies, Inc.) · Senior Programmer Analyst & Help Desk Analyst (Rollins Leasing Corp)

1995—2006

Wilmington, DE & Fort Washington, PA

Delivered enterprise client/server and business-critical systems across consulting and in-house roles, including client engagements with AstraZeneca and Delaware state agencies.

Projects

Blackout System · Software Developer Lead

  • Provided technical oversight for the Blackout system, a business process used when other production systems are unavailable
  • Performed code reviews, created designs and estimates for modular development to replace legacy "all or nothing" solution
  • Improved business up-time and customer experience with JPMorgan Chase call centers through modular system design

Java · Servlets · Weblogic 10 · Oracle 9i · JDBC · SQL · WebWork

Education

B.S. in Computer Information Systems · Goldey-Beacom College

1994

Skills

Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript

Frameworks & Libraries: React

Databases: MySQL, Oracle

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Microservices architecture

AI & Modern Tooling: AI-assisted development (e.g. Claude Code), LLM-based tooling & workflows

Tools & Platforms: Git

Soft Skills: Leadership, Problem-solving, Communication, Project management, Team collaboration