Senior Software Engineer

• Aug 2022 - Present

Senior Software Engineer

• Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

Senior Software Engineer

• Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

Full Stack Software Engineer

• Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

Core Software Engineer

• Sep 2016 - Jul 2019

Working with the Core Team, improving integration with credit card processors while building stronger and faster infrastructure, performing MSR/EMV processor certifications, TLV data interpretation, producing documentation, interpreting EMV specifications, Ruby API engineering. Payment Processor Certification accomplishments: - Vantiv MSR, EMV, NFC, QuickChip - Datawire Secure Transport Compliance - First Data MSR Working with the Core Team, improving integration with credit card processors while building stronger and faster infrastructure, performing MSR/EMV processor certifications, TLV data interpretation, producing documentation, interpreting EMV specifications, Ruby API engineering. Payment Processor Certification accomplishments: - Vantiv MSR, EMV, NFC, QuickChip - Datawire Secure Transport Compliance - First Data MSR

Full Stack/Ruby on Rails Developer

• Jan 2014 - Jul 2018

A couple of years ago, my good friend Matt Alexander suggested learning Ruby on Rails. Years of experience with shell scripting, web technologies and problem-solving brought me so far, but I had little understanding of the larger framework that makes up any web application. Rails was exactly what I needed. I immediately began work to rebuild a website for Prairie Hill Learning Center (http://www.prairiehill.com). My initial desire to rebuild the site was two-fold; I find Wordpress cumbersome to use and I wanted to build an application for volunteer sign-up at the Children's Country Fair (an annual Prairie Hill event for families to visit and have fun with outdoor activities like pony-riding and obstacle courses). Taking this on as my first big application proved to be the best challenge I could get. The site has undergone a few refinements as I understood more of what I was doing while building every other application I was inspired to create (audio logs, blogs, developer forums, video uploaders, schedulers, etc) and the volunteer sign-up application successfully allowed us to forgo the massive google docs spreadsheet (containing all sorts of information not applicable to the individual volunteer) we had been using previous. As a result of this experience, I decided to begin freelance work in the summer of 2014, building sites and applications for local non-profits, realtors, helicopter pilots, tattooers, game developers and my own creative and useful fancy, as well as helping to solve problems with existing sites. It's what I love to do! Also currently building in Angular2! Show less

Web Designer

• 2012 - Jun 2018

Wordpress configuration, frontend design (html, css, javascript, jquery), content creation and upkeep, volunteer application development and maintenance, administrative coordination, troubleshooting and technical support

Certified Assistant to Infancy

• Nov 2005 - May 2014

Early childhood development support and guidance

Body Piercer

• Oct 2014 - Oct 2016

I never thought I'd be a body piercer again (1999-2003 The Ozone), but here I am at the best tattoo shop in town! I never thought I'd be a body piercer again (1999-2003 The Ozone), but here I am at the best tattoo shop in town!

Driver

• Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

Getting people safely from point A to point B brings the biggest smile to my face. Getting people safely from point A to point B brings the biggest smile to my face.