Nigel DeFreitas
Technologist and Software Engineer in Jersey City, NJ
Chief Technology Officer and Author, specializing in a wide variety of GIS enabled Insurance Risk Management, and Fraud Prevention Systems deployed on technologies ranging from Cloud Native AWS, Mainframe (zOS/zLinux), distributed systems (Windows/Solaris). Most recent areas of exploration include Entity & Relationship Resolution, Spark based Big Data Analytics, and Enterprise Savings using common reusable services. Practitioner of Agile Software Development (SRUM), Continuous Integration & Code Quality (using Atlassian tools w/Sonar). Education includes a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, and a MSIS Graduate Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJ.
I also enjoy competing in Triathlons, playing competitive Foosball, DJing, designing & creating web-sites, and building Apple iOS applications.