James D. Flesher

NueInk Software 2026 – Present

Founder & Principal Engineer

Founded a software consultancy delivering custom development, cloud architecture, and technical leadership
Full-stack engineering across modern web, mobile, and cloud platforms
Advising organizations on modernization strategy, security posture, and team scaling

LuminateHealth Feb 2022 – Present

Senior Full Stack Developer / Engineering Manager

Member of the leadership team alongside co-founders, contributing to product direction and organizational strategy
Managing engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and career development support
Providing system architecture, development, and testing expertise to the product owner
Developed commerce web application allowing patients to order lab tests online using Expo / React Native
Developing a native application using the Expo platform for patients to view lab results
New feature development and maintenance of existing Vue single page application used by administrators to support patients
Research, implementation, and organization of multiple projects in JIRA to manage deliverables across complex customer integrations
Conducting code reviews, production releases with rollback strategies, and root cause analysis providing thorough details and remediation options
Conducting interviews to support development team growth ensuring candidates are both a technical and cultural fit

Formstack May 2019 – Feb 2022

Senior Full Stack Developer / Tech Lead

Performed as Tech Lead providing system architecture, development, and testing expertise to the product owner
Conducted code reviews for commits submitted by developers
Performed root cause analysis for production issues providing thorough details for cause of failures and options for resolution and remediation
Responsible for promotion of features and defect remediations throughout lower environments, orchestrating testing sessions prior to release to production
Responsible for conducting production releases including rollback strategies
Conducted interviews to support development team growth ensuring candidates are both a technical and cultural fit
Provided technical guidance for team members

InsureSign Nov 2018 – May 2019

Tech Lead

Responsible for continued feature development and support for InsureSign's cloud-based SaaS e-signature platform hosted exclusively on AWS
Established procedures and practices for disciplined software engineering including separation of concerns, encapsulation, data flow diagrams, activity and class diagrams, and task breakdown
Established code quality measures with compile-time static analysis using PMD, Checkstyle, Spotbugs (FindBugs), CodeNarc, and Sonar evaluations
Implemented unit tests and began refactoring and re-architecting the software to support unit, integration, and component testable software
Researched and implemented a local AWS development deployment strategy using LocalStack to support integration and component testing
Development of Lambda functions for new features and defect remediation
Developed a webhook-style callback feature for integrating customers to provide realtime responsiveness to document and signature events
Enhanced Chargify webhook callback processing to support additional event type handling
Provided technical guidance for team members developing the UI using React / Redux
Conducted code reviews, production releases with rollback strategies, and root cause analysis
Executed performance improvement plans for team members and provided feedback to the business owner

Booz Allen Hamilton / SPARC Jun 2014 – Nov 2018

Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer

Managed development team supporting release delivery milestones, release management planning, requirements gathering, story development, software design documentation, and implementation
Performed as a career manager providing guidance in peer career development, conducted annual reviews, and provided monthly feedback on performance and advancement
Exam Destination: Developed an overlay technology for local Spring Boot development with Weblogic production deployment. Microservice built in Java using Spring Boot 2 with RESTful API secured via JWT. UI developed with React, Webpack, and Babel. Implemented strict code coverage and build-time static analysis (CodeNarc, Checkstyle, PMD, FindBugs). Quality measures resulted in a single defect reaching production over two releases
E-Folder Content Migration: Architected and executed an 800TB file content migration from FileNet to Amazon S3, delivering $100M+ annual cost savings. Implemented Discovery Client/Server integration for dynamic scaling and redundancy. Built custom health monitoring using Spring Health Indicators and Dropwizard Metrics. Developed monitoring console using JMX connectors for real-time application visibility. Throughput managed using Spring Thread Pool Managers and task threads
Exam Management: Supported development to decrease Veteran claim processing times. Developed messaging protocol architecture using Spring Integration to read messages off JMS Queue with Spring Application Event Publisher for event-driven processing. Used Hazelcast for session and application-level caching. Developed data feed ingestion component using Spring Batch for scheduled task-oriented jobs. SOAP used for secure external data resource communication
Designed and supported deployment of a data synchronization component for VBMS using Spring Batch to improve application performance

SAIC Aug 2006 – Dec 2014

Software Design Engineer IV

Responsible for requirements gathering, analysis, ROM estimates, POA&M, software documentation (SDD, Test Plans, User Guides), database design, OOP, multi-tiered application development, systems administration, hardening, and accreditation
DCGS-MC: Developed Java-based web application to record and distribute intelligence information using JBoss Application Server. Built PostgreSQL data store and web services for inter-system communication. Designed network separation solutions for system security. Redesigned multi-page web application to single page application using JQuery and REST-style web service calls. Designed WCF Windows service to process NITF files and produce thumbnails
TacMobile Web: Developed and maintained .NET web application and Windows service facilitating Single Sign-On across multiple supported systems. Developed SharePoint 2007 features, custom workflows, lists, and sites for several supported projects
TEG-RWS: Developed ASP.NET help desk application for tracking, maintaining, and reporting trouble tickets
JTCW: Developed ASP.NET application for electronic registration and end user agreements with Active-X control for digital signature support
Provided SME support for application development, system architecture, testing, and troubleshooting. Organized analysis of alternatives events and reported findings to stakeholders
Addressed high-level design issues of current and future products and technologies to ensure longevity of overall system architecture
Established quality assurance standards and conducted code and system reviews

Byte Solutions Nov 2004 – Aug 2006

Engineer

Software development for multiple customers utilizing various applications and platforms
Developed Windows application providing a management interface for reviewing and applying file security permissions using Visual Basic .NET
Developed Windows application and .NET Remoting service to extend Bloomberg data access from a single license to multiple workstations
Directory integration, server implementation and management, client router and firewall management, systems administration and patching
Built, managed, and maintained VOIP PBX systems for clients. Implemented backup strategy and participated in disaster recovery planning

ChoicePoint Feb 2003 – Nov 2004

Developer

Implemented modifications to billing system
Designed, developed, and implemented customized software packages
Ran statistical reports and provided hardware and software support

American Traveler May 2001 – Jan 2003

Programmer / Network Administrator

Designed, developed, and implemented customized software packages and statistical reports
Managed firewall, performed systems administration and patching of all servers and workstations
Participated and performed physical and logical network infrastructure expansion
Implemented and maintained backup strategy and participated in disaster recovery planning

South Carolina Pipeline Jun 1998 – Apr 2001

Programmer / Network Administrator

Designed, developed, and implemented a data collection system and estimation system
Replaced legacy software and maintained billing system
Project coordinator, upgraded network infrastructure, and organized cable installation
Provided server and workstation administration, patching, hardware and software support
Implemented and maintained backup strategy and participated in disaster recovery planning and execution

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