"James Hickman is the most talented software engineer and overall innovative problem solver we have ever worked with. He goes beyond conventional software engineering to invent new custom solutions that helped us build our own Green Building Integrative Management platform in record time, and with a restricted budget. He responded to client demands quickly, and was always able to meet their requests. His overall positive proactive attitude makes him a pleasure to work with, and a rare commodity for any team!" -- Summer Gorder-Fowler owner of EcoREAL

"The GBIM platform provides useful and customizable organization to track the various LEED v4 metrics on a project. The ability to track and organize this information is critical to successfully attaining construction credits in LEED v4. ecoREAL Solutions has regularly updated the platform to adapt to changing project needs which has also been invaluable." -- Race Clark, Project Mnager, Hoffman Construction

Custom application developed in partnership with EcoREAL. Application based on the Framework 42 (Python) and Web Bus (Javascript) frameworks I created. Provides an intuitive workflow for collecting the necessary data for calculating the progress towards LEED Green Building certification.

The application features an innovated approach to data collection offering a spreadsheet import feature that allows the in field users to complete partially completed spreadsheets for automatic import. Current analysis output can be downloaded in a detailed spreadsheet for off-line presentation and analysis if desired.

The underlying Framework 42 system implements a scalable multi-tenant architecture allowing isolation of tenant data with multiple projects. User access is managed via the LDAP protocol so user management is centralized in a centralized location such as a Windows Active Directory server as well as others. File storage integrates with ECM storage and file tracking solutions including Sharepoint as will as many other servers for easy management of imported spreadsheets and supporting document attachments. Processing Execl spreadsheets is performed in a Java microservice using a mature Microsoft Office file manipulation libraries.

Technologies and languages: Python WSGI, Java Microservices, Apache Poi document API, CMIS integration, LDAP authentication, Framework42 and Web Bus.