Grinnell College

North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners

Associated Colleges in China

Web Developer

May 2023 - Present
Lead development of an application for processing and visualizing credit reporting data, to support CFPB’s enforcement of consumer credit laws. Design back-end system architecture and API. Plan development roadmap and delegate tasks. Contribute to DevOps automations for continuous deployment. 
Main technologies: Python, Django, TestCase, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, CodeBuild, OpenIDConnect

March 2018 – May 2023
Created, improved, and maintained features on the consumerfinance.gov website. Created and maintained data pipelines for publishing financial data. Created automation using DevOps principles to reduce technical maintenance burden. Communicated complex technical decisions to executive-level leadership. Oversaw the work of interns and contractors. Supported hiring initiatives by participating in resume reviews, code reviews, and interview panels. Wrote and maintained clear, useful documentation.
Main technologies: Python, Django, Wagtail, Jenkins, Groovy

January 2016 - March 2018
Developed Scala code to create the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act filing application: a scalable, message-driven platform built on a microservices architecture. Contributed to DevOps solutions, load testing, and data publication efforts. Championed unit testing to support code base reliability. Mentored newer developers in Git, GitHub, and agile best practices.
Main technologies: Scala, Akka, Spark, Protobuf, DC/OS

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Back-end web developer

Architected and built maintainable, extensible software to meet complex client needs, keeping projects within clients’ budget, timeline, and scope. Use agile software development strategies to deliver working software early and often. Main technologies: Ruby, Rails, SQL, Git, RSpec, HTML, JavaScript, CSS

Served as point person ensuring relationship success in our longest-running client relationship, resulting in excellent reviews from client contacts, 2014.

Bendyworks

Developer

Provided individualized customer support for six organizations installing and using Epic’s Health Information Management software, acting as main point person for these customers’ success. Developed technical troubleshooting resources for resolving immediate issues and proactively preventing issues. 

Developed relationships with customer analysts, took responsibility for customer success, teamed up with coworkers to resolve issues, contributed to improvement of internal technical resources, pursued self-education on industry topics, mentored newer coworkers.

Produced weekly scripts in M to pinpoint the causes of software errors, reducing troubleshooting time. Coordinated consolidation of 7 source systems containing 1.5m patient records into a single database, reducing patient duplication from 70% to 5% for Franciscan Health Svcs Tacoma, WA, 3Q 2012 to 1Q 2013.

Epic

Technical Services Engineer

Tutored Calculus students one-on-one and in small groups in a walk-in support center.

Re-hired each year for mathematical ability, clarity of explanations and dedication to student understanding

Grinnell College Math Lab

Calculus Tutor

Summers 2006 and 2008
Conducted independent mathematical research project with a professor of mathematics, produced a formal paper of research findings (Summer 2008). Collaborated to develop statistical research tools on a team with professors of Statistics and Computer Science and select students (Summer 2006). Presented research findings to faculty and students.
Quickly learned and implemented programming skills in Java, Latex and Matlab

Betsy Lorton