Neumont College of Computer Science

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Staff Software Engineer

Designed and developed web and mobile applications to expand customer reach.  
Collaborated with a team of 4 to build customer facing web application using server side rendered ReactJS, modernizing website, updating SEO and doubling page views
Supported multiple applications with services written in NodeJS and Golang utilizing AWS Lambda to keep services fast and still cheap
Leveraged and expanded cloud infrastructure in AWS to increase application reliability using RabbitMQ and Docker
Developed mobile app using React Native to increase team productivity be enabling rapid iteration on the application

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Senior Director, Engineering & New Technologies

Organized and led a team of student developers and test engineers to implement a new testing automation framework using web UI automation tools and the latest Microsoft testing tools
•	Automated web UI and web service testing framework, consolidating testing teams by reducing manual test work and increasing test team efficiency
•	Integrated test framework with existing build processes, increasing test visibility and reducing time reporting new issues

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Student .Net Developer

Built a distributed load-testing application using NodeJS for integration with companies’ Continuous Integration (CI) infrastructure, providing important information about performance changes during the development cycle.
•	Utilized Test Driven Development (TDD) and Pair Programming to speed up the development cycle and produce higher quality code
•	Improved code test coverage, bringing the average from almost 0% to 80%

Pluralsight

Node.js Student Developer

Built a new java web application to provide messaging services to law enforcement professionals.  Over ten weeks, I led a project team of four interns to build a complete messaging application using J2EE, JSF, and JPA.

Spillman Technologies

Java Web Student Developer

Worked with many businesses as an IT and network consultant.  Helped small businesses bloom and larger companies grow to meet market demand.  
Built a startup IT consultancy by meeting with new customers and planing new IT strategies for their businesses.

Cumulus Nine

IT Solutions Architect

Designed and maintained network security in a mid-sized financial institution.  Built a virtualization and networking infrastructure at a COLO data center to increase reliability and reduce cost.

Started as a help desk technician in 2009.  Over the next two years I was quickly promoted up to the position of Senior System Engineer.

Softwise

Senior System Engineer

Tested email and web malware analysis application utilizing Microsoft Virtual Server.  Performed system, load and functional/performance testing on applications using automated and manual testing methods. Leverage knowledge of Microsoft’s scripting languages to help validate, verify, and resolve software issues through thoroughly documented testing.  Designed and followed detailed test plans and test cases to verify operational requirements.

M86 Security acquired Avinti in March of 2009.   I remained a Junior QA Tester working on the Isolation Server product after that time.

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