Helena Bekele

Helena Bekele has over 20 years of work experience in software engineering and development. Helena has held various roles in different companies, starting with their position as an Application and Customization Programmer at Sunup from 1997 to 1999. Helena then worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Amdocs/Nortel/Clarify from 1999 to 2007, where they developed enterprise-class applications for the J2EE platform and implemented XML-based UI solutions using Struts framework and JSPs. Additionally, they designed frameworks for automatically converting and executing XML metadata for flow logic and developed tools for measuring client-loading time.

In 2008, Helena joined HighWire Press as a System Software Developer, where they worked on implementing backend infrastructure for hosting journal websites. Helena wrote REST services, integrated third-party web services, and developed web publishing frameworks in a Java web app environment.

In 2013, Helena joined Nisum as a Senior Software Developer and later became a Principal Software Engineer. In this role, they worked on various projects such as integrating Kafka with Spark streaming, designing and implementing KAFKA producer applications, and building Apache Cassandra databases for handling large datasets. Helena also developed web services using SOAP, REST, XML, and WSDL, collaborated with product development teams, and used Agile and Scrum methodologies for delivering high-quality work.

Overall, Helena Bekele has demonstrated extensive expertise in software engineering, development, and database management throughout their career.

Helena Bekele completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science from San Jose State University, where they studied from 1987 to 1991. Helena then pursued further education and obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science from California State University - East Bay, which they attended from 1991 to 1993. Later on, Helena received a Certificate in Internet Programming from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Additionally, they earned another certificate from the same university in Object-Oriented Programming using Java. The exact years of their enrollment for these certificate programs are not provided.