About Me

Paw Figgé Kjeldgaard is a freelance developer and architect specializing in Object Oriented Software Development and Internet applications. He has over 20 years experience working with both small and very large projects involving the development of web based solutions and applications. He also has experience with the DevOps role maintaining a PKI solution in the banking industry, giving him a unique insight into building maintainable solutions. As a Java developer he has become comfortable with many of the most relevant and cutting-edge tools and technologies involved in developing J2EE applications, including Spring, Hibernate, JPA, Tomcat, JBoss, SQL, plus strong skills in open source and Unix (Linux). Most of all he excels in applying his problem solving skills to develop good simple solutions, along with being an experienced technical lead. Paw works best in project teams, but can also easily work independently, where agile methods are mastered so that development can be quickly adapted to the customer's wishes and needs. Typically works in roles such as: Developer, Architect and Coach. Specialties: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Java Development, Software Architecture, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, Quarkus.io.

Skills

Industry Knowledge

Different types of industries

Private banking, mortgage institution, consultancy, software vendor, retailing and telecommunications

Roles

Roles in groups

Developer, DevOps, Lead Developer, Solution Architect, System Engineer and Coach

Work

Career & Projects

08.2019 - Present

7N - Freelance Consultant

Project Blackberry at Stofa A/S as Java & Kubernetes consultant

New provisioning platform for service providers

Skills used:
Java, Kubernetes, Red Hat Openshift, Spring Boot, Docker, MySQL, Gitlab, Maven, Go, JPA, Rest, Gatling, Keycloak, Prometheus, Quarkus.io

08.2019 – 12.2019

Figgé Consulting - Freelance Consultant

Red Hat JBoss Fuse on Openshift consultant at SOS International A/S as Developer & Coach

Assist SOS International in using their new Red Hat Openshift platform.

Develop integrations and micro services for roadside assistance using Red Hat JBoss Fuse on Openshift.

Educate SOS International developers in the use of Red Hat middleware on Openshift.

Skills used:
Java, Apache Camel, Kubernetes, Red Hat openshift, Maven, NodeJS, Git, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Apache ActiveMQ, Spring Boot, Jenkins, Ansible, TypeScript, Rest, Keycloak

01.2017 - 08.2019

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Red Hat JBoss Fuse on Openshift consultant at SOS International A/S as Developer & Coach

Assist SOS International in using their new Red Hat Openshift platform.

Develop integrations and micro services for roadside assistance using Red hat JBoss Fuse on Openshift.

Educate SOS International developers in the use of Red Hat middleware on Openshift.

Skills used:
Java, Apache Camel, Kubernetes, Red Hat openshift, Maven, NodeJS, Git, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Apache ActiveMQ, Spring Boot, Jenkins, Ansible, Rest, Keycloak, Prometheus, 3Scale

01.2017 - 01.2018

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Digital Asset Manager and leaflet for Danish Supermarket as Developer & architect

Development of a digital asset manager and leaflet application on Adobe AEM for Danish Supermarket / Salling Group.

Skills used:
Adobe AEM, Java EE, Apache Camel, Javascript, Git, TravisCI, HTML, CSS, AngularJS, Docker, Rest

03.2016 - 01.2017

Systematic A/S - Senior Software Developer

Project Cicero as Lead developer

Migrating data from existing library systems to Cicero library system developed by Systematic using a proprietary migration platform.

Skills used:
Java EE, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle DB, Maven, TeamCity, Git, Hibernate

08.2011 - 03.2016

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Integration consultant at DT Group as Developer & architect

Working on specifying and implementing integrations between DT Group's business systems. Red Hat's Middleware products (Fuse Service Works & A-MQ) are primarily used.

Skills used:
Apache Camel, Red Hat Fuse Service Works, Java EE, Apache Active MQ, Maven, Microsoft SQL Server, Git, UML

09.2013 - 12.2014

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Application Maintenance and Operations at Nets DanID A/S - OCES 1 as DevOps

Operation and maintenance of OCES1 (Digital signature).

Skills used:
Java EE, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Sun Solaris, LDAP

04.2014 - 05.2014

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Medius Integration at DT Group as Developer

Integrating EG Aspect4 ERP software with Medius using Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works.

Skills used:
Apache Camel, Java EE, FTP, Apache Subversion (SVN), Maven, Red Hat Fuse Service Works

10.2013 - 01.2014

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Grundfos Market Area at Grundfos A/S as Developer

Development of Grundfos Market Area web site using Adobe CQ 5.

Skills used:
Adobe AEM, Java EE, Maven, Apache Subversion (SVN), HTML, JavaScript, CSS

09.2011 - 10.2013

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Digital Signature / NemID at Nets DanID A/S as Developer

Development and maintenance of PKI solutions for Nets DanID (OCES1 & OCES2).

Skills used:
Java EE, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), BEA Weblogic Portal Server, JBoss AS, Spring, Hibernate, Apache Subversion (SVN), Maven, Oracle DB, Apache Tomcat

04.2013 - 05.2013

Miracle A/S - Senior Consultant

Adobe WCM New sletter integration with Globase at Grundfos A/S as Developer

Grundfos eNews integration with Globase email marketing.

Skills used:
Java EE, Apache Subversion (SVN), Maven, Adobe AEM

01.2009 - 08.2011

Tieto Denmark A/S - Consultant

Digital Signature at Nets DanID A/S as Developer

Maintenance and development of PKI platform for Nets DanID A/S.

Skills used:
Java EE, Spring, Maven, JBoss AS, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Hibernate, Apache Subversion (SVN), Oracle DB, BEA Weblogic Portal Server

10.2008 - 01.2009

Tieto Denmark A/S - Consultant

Secure email (SEPO) as Developer & architect

Development of portal for configuration and collection of statistics for "Secure E-mail Mailbox" (SEPO) server.

Skills used:
Java EE, CVS, Spring, Hibernate, JBoss AS, Apache Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Ant

09.2007 - 10.2008

Tieto Denmark A/S - Consultant

Ericsson Telebit EDA EMP as Developer

Development and maintenance of EDA EMP application for Ericssonc DIAX.

Skills used:
Java EE, Java, IBM/Rational ClearCase, SNMP, Ant

01.2007 - 09.2007

Tieto Denmark A/S - Consultant

LDAP client/server for Ericsson HLR at Ericsson Telebit as Developer

Development of LDAP client / server for Ericsson HLR. Modified existing OpenLDAP code to run in a single process, reduced memory usage and running on Ericsson's TIP stack.

Skills used:
C, CVS, GNU Make, OpenLDAP

06.2006 - 01.2007

Tieto Denmark A/S - Consultant

Ericsson Telebit EDA EMP as Developer

Development and maintenance of EDA EMP application for Ericsson DIAX.

Skills used:
Java EE, Java, IBM/Rational ClearCase, SNMP, Ant

08.2004 - 06.2006

>Cyber Com Consulting A/S - Consultant

Development of advisory portal (x-Portal) at Nykredit A/S as Developer & coach

Development of advisory portal for Nykredit for the dissemination of mortgage loans for Nykredit and Totalkredit partners. The solution is based on SOA and the interface itself is built using BEA Weblogic Portal Server.

Skills used:
Java EE, BEA Weblogic Portal Server, Hibernate, IBM DB2, Oracle DB, XML, Web Services, AJAX

01.2003 - 08.2004

>Cyber Com Consulting A/S - Consultant

SonyEricsson internet platform as Developer & configuration manager

Technical support for SonyEricsson's internet platform. Managing and solving reported errors in the applications. Stabilisation of platform.

Configuration manager responsible for deploying applications, defining development processes, version control and maintenance of ClearCase MultiSite.

Skills used:
Java EE, Apache Subversion (SVN), IBM/Rational ClearCase, XML, Akamai Edge Suite, Sun Solaris

01.2002 - 01.2003

>Zellsoft A/S - Developer & architect

Development of entertainment platform for the mobile market, based on Java / J2EE technology.

Skills used:
Java EE, XML, SOAP, Oracle 9i AS, Oracle DB

06.2001 - 01.2002

CMG A/S - Consultant

Java consultant for various customers.

Skills used:
Java, Java EE, BEA WebLogic Server (WLS), IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

04.1999 - 06.2001

Itera Denmark / 3Enigheden Net Solutions Aps - Developer

Development of CMS- and e-Commerce solutions for various customers.

Skills used:
Java EE, ASP, VB, Microsoft SQL Server, PHP, CVS, IIS, Perl, Sybase, CashCow, HTML, JavaScript, CSS

08.1997 - 04.1999

Politiken A/S - Developer

Development and maintenance of Politiken's and EB's web applications.

Skills used:
ASP, VB, Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, Perl, Sybase, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java

Languages

Danish: Native or bilingual proficiency

English: Professional working proficiency

Education, Courses & Certifications

Education

2012 Master of IT, Software Construction

1998 Bachelor of Engineering, Electronic

Courses

2016 Coursera - Functional Programming Principles in Scala

2016 Coursera - Functional Program Design in Scala

2016 Coursera - Parallel programming

2014 Coursera - Principles of Reactive Programming

2014 Red Hat - Application Development with EAP 6

2013 Entrust - Entrust Security Manager Comprehensive

2012 Aarhus University, Master of IT - ThesisS

2012 Adobe - Adobe CQ5 Developer Training

2012 Coursera - Functional Programming Principles in Scala

2011 Aarhus University, Master of IT - Software Architecture in Practice, Basic Software Architectture

2010 Aarhus University, Master of IT - XML- & Web-technologies

2009 Aarhus University, Master of IT - IT Security

2009 Teknologisk Institut - Basic C# 3.0

2008 Aarhus University, Master of IT - Programming of large object-oriented systems

2001 BEA - Developing Enterprise Applications. Using EJB/JMS

2001 BEA – Commerce Server 3.5/Personalization Server 3.5/Campaign Man. 1.1

Certifications

2018 Red Hat, Delivery Specialist – Automation 1

2015 The Open Group - TOGAF 9.1 Certified

2010 Red Hat - Red Hat Middleware sales certification

2003 Akamai - Akamai Edge Suite

Personal Info

I'm married to Tina. I’m the father of 4 boys. However, we lost one boy when he was 4 months old. In my spare time I practice Taekwondo together with my oldest son where I have obtained 2nd DAN. I’m coaching a soccer team where the two youngest sons also are a part of the team. I used to ride road cycling in the past. Where I ended up riding two seasons as an A-rider before stopping.

Get In Touch.

Your always welcome to hit me up with an email. I will try to answer as fast as possible. Have a good day