Experience

Larson Texts, Inc.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  - Lead a team of developers, testers, and other technical team members, including setting expectations and measuring success, supporting individual and team growth, and ensuring team best practices are followed - Work with management and product owners to shape and finalize release planning for digital products - Responsible for ensuring that team members and third-party vendors receive and work from product specifications and requirements and evaluate work based on those specs -… Show more - Lead a team of developers, testers, and other technical team members, including setting expectations and measuring success, supporting individual and team growth, and ensuring team best practices are followed - Work with management and product owners to shape and finalize release planning for digital products - Responsible for ensuring that team members and third-party vendors receive and work from product specifications and requirements and evaluate work based on those specs - Research and recommend improvements for the long-term sustainability and performance of digital products - Responsible for overall quality of products in the marketplace and internally Show less



Degreed

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Backend Developer

  • Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Architect and develop various services and APIs for the Degreed product • Use SOLID principles in creating maintainable and high quality code • Collaborate with product owners to ensure features/changes meet business requirements and fulfill the Degreed strategy • Work closely with designers, UX, and other developers to gain understanding of new features, dependencies, and technical details



Alkami Technology

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Performance Engineer, .NET Developer

  • Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Install, configure, customize and resolve all technical issues related to the Alkami’s SaaS platform for hosted environments • Publish reports and analysis of performance data for the Alkami product for production, test, and development environments. • Maintain, support, upgrade, and troubleshoot reports as issues arise or are identified • Identify technical challenges and provide recommendations for improvement, focusing on client satisfaction and efficiency for both Alkami’s SaaS… Show more • Install, configure, customize and resolve all technical issues related to the Alkami’s SaaS platform for hosted environments • Publish reports and analysis of performance data for the Alkami product for production, test, and development environments. • Maintain, support, upgrade, and troubleshoot reports as issues arise or are identified • Identify technical challenges and provide recommendations for improvement, focusing on client satisfaction and efficiency for both Alkami’s SaaS multi-tenant model and in-house clients • Anticipate and raise project, business, and technical issues to the appropriate resources, log issues, track progress, and actively participate in their resolution • Provide technical support to dedicated Support resources to upgrade and troubleshoot systems and environments as needed • Share guidance, knowledge, skills, and experiences with team members, provide technical feedback, and update internally-maintained knowledge repository • Provide labor estimates for custom projects and assigned tasks

• Performance Engineer, .NET Developer

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

  Plano, TX - Work with new clients to improve backend performance to prepare for launch - Work with existing clients to troubleshoot any performance problems - Develop internal tools to automate production processes (i.e. production pod sizing reviews) - Respond to Sev1 production performance issues - Provide training to internal teams on Performance related issues - Advise SRE Operations team regarding production performance issues/questions - Perform load tests of new and existing… Show more - Work with new clients to improve backend performance to prepare for launch - Work with existing clients to troubleshoot any performance problems - Develop internal tools to automate production processes (i.e. production pod sizing reviews) - Respond to Sev1 production performance issues - Provide training to internal teams on Performance related issues - Advise SRE Operations team regarding production performance issues/questions - Perform load tests of new and existing clients to calibrate backend performance

• Software Engineer II

  • Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Develop new features and platform improvements in an Agile environment • Quickly triage incoming fires when necessary • Participate in Sprint Demos every 2 weeks • Became Payroll Widget SME on my team within 6 weeks of onboarding • Mentor to Summer Intern in both Alkami processes and overall full stack development • Take notes for the team and create Knowledge Base articles for other developers • Take lead in meetings when Scrum Master or Product Owner cannot… Show more • Develop new features and platform improvements in an Agile environment • Quickly triage incoming fires when necessary • Participate in Sprint Demos every 2 weeks • Became Payroll Widget SME on my team within 6 weeks of onboarding • Mentor to Summer Intern in both Alkami processes and overall full stack development • Take notes for the team and create Knowledge Base articles for other developers • Take lead in meetings when Scrum Master or Product Owner cannot attend Technologies Used: .NET Framework, C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Knockout



Women Who Code DFW

• United States
• Software Development

• Dallas Director

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Coordinate and organize bi-monthly network meetups • Recruit, vet, and coordinate Location Sponsors for meetups • Recruit, vet, and coordinate Tech Talk & Lightning Talk speakers • Promote meetups on social media



Brierley+Partners

• Developer

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Plano, Texas • Interpret scope documents per client’s requests • Set up customer facing and customer service web portals • Write and implement custom modules for portals • Document and test all custom code



nThrive

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Manage my own clients' implementations, usually 4-8 clients at a time • Write custom business rules to clean claims for payers and increase acceptance rates • Write custom rules/edits in proprietary scripting language • Write and generate custom reports for clients • Investigate invalid imports and correct file errors for clients • Attend weekly internal conference calls to keep client up to date on implementation progress Primary Technologies Used: C#, SQL Server… Show more • Manage my own clients' implementations, usually 4-8 clients at a time • Write custom business rules to clean claims for payers and increase acceptance rates • Write custom rules/edits in proprietary scripting language • Write and generate custom reports for clients • Investigate invalid imports and correct file errors for clients • Attend weekly internal conference calls to keep client up to date on implementation progress Primary Technologies Used: C#, SQL Server, Visual Studio Show less



ARGO

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Certified Programmer

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2015

  Richardson, TX • Work individually and with team to assess implementation defects and apply fixes. • Design, develop, and implement enhancements for Teller Base Product. • Write and update technical design documents.

• Entry Level Programmer

  • Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

  Richardson, TX • Work individually and with team to assess implementation defects and apply fixes. • Design, develop, and implement enhancements for Teller Base Product. • Write and update technical design documents.



Hitch Enterprises, Inc.

• United States
• Ranching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programming Intern

  • Oct 2011 - May 2013

  Guymon, Oklahoma Managed C# CRUD classes, Developed 6 C# applications currently in production, Designed and developed SQL Server Databases to support applications, Designed and generated reports for different departments, Light filing for corporate accounts