Ben Baran
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Ben Alton
I'd highly recommend Ben for future development work. He quickly proved himself to be a high performer on our project. He consistently goes above and beyond of what is assigned to him and has a passion for technology. Additionally, he’s practical and doesn't get bogged down in endless design and is capable of quickly arriving at a first iteration of an idea and measuring the impact. I could rely on Ben to take the lead on items from a simple high level technical and business requirement. He is comfortable working with ambiguity and filling in the gaps. Ben was newer to development than some more senior resources who had arrived prior, but through his drive and eagerness to learn he quickly became one of our new technical leaders. I think with even more experience with more solutions he will continue to diversify his skillset and become even a stronger asset to wherever he goes next. He's got the right attitude and desire to improve so I think anyone who hires him on will be happy to have him on board. Ben is a full stack developer and in my time working with him I’ve seen he is comfortable building Angular modules and libraries for the frontend, he’s proficient with AWS Lambda .NET core microservices, and at home working with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and DynamoDB backends as well as dealing with distributed system microservice challenges. On the project, he consistently demonstrated strong behaviors as an agile developer, good DevOps fundamentals (building everything with IaC, managing risk with toggles + measuring the impact of his changes), in addition to showcasing his interpersonal skills, communicating effectively with business analysts and product owners to build out a technical design. The culture piece is always a hard one to hire for, but Ben has it in spades. He is self-motivated and committed to the success of the project. He jumps in to be part of the solution wherever the problem is, regardless of whether its related to his direct area of influence. He was well liked by his peers and by leadership for his attitude, dedication, and technical expertise. I would love the opportunity to work with Ben again in the future and would recommend him to others to hire if you get the opportunity.
Ben Alton
I'd highly recommend Ben for future development work. He quickly proved himself to be a high performer on our project. He consistently goes above and beyond of what is assigned to him and has a passion for technology. Additionally, he’s practical and doesn't get bogged down in endless design and is capable of quickly arriving at a first iteration of an idea and measuring the impact. I could rely on Ben to take the lead on items from a simple high level technical and business requirement. He is comfortable working with ambiguity and filling in the gaps. Ben was newer to development than some more senior resources who had arrived prior, but through his drive and eagerness to learn he quickly became one of our new technical leaders. I think with even more experience with more solutions he will continue to diversify his skillset and become even a stronger asset to wherever he goes next. He's got the right attitude and desire to improve so I think anyone who hires him on will be happy to have him on board. Ben is a full stack developer and in my time working with him I’ve seen he is comfortable building Angular modules and libraries for the frontend, he’s proficient with AWS Lambda .NET core microservices, and at home working with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and DynamoDB backends as well as dealing with distributed system microservice challenges. On the project, he consistently demonstrated strong behaviors as an agile developer, good DevOps fundamentals (building everything with IaC, managing risk with toggles + measuring the impact of his changes), in addition to showcasing his interpersonal skills, communicating effectively with business analysts and product owners to build out a technical design. The culture piece is always a hard one to hire for, but Ben has it in spades. He is self-motivated and committed to the success of the project. He jumps in to be part of the solution wherever the problem is, regardless of whether its related to his direct area of influence. He was well liked by his peers and by leadership for his attitude, dedication, and technical expertise. I would love the opportunity to work with Ben again in the future and would recommend him to others to hire if you get the opportunity.
Ben Alton
I'd highly recommend Ben for future development work. He quickly proved himself to be a high performer on our project. He consistently goes above and beyond of what is assigned to him and has a passion for technology. Additionally, he’s practical and doesn't get bogged down in endless design and is capable of quickly arriving at a first iteration of an idea and measuring the impact. I could rely on Ben to take the lead on items from a simple high level technical and business requirement. He is comfortable working with ambiguity and filling in the gaps. Ben was newer to development than some more senior resources who had arrived prior, but through his drive and eagerness to learn he quickly became one of our new technical leaders. I think with even more experience with more solutions he will continue to diversify his skillset and become even a stronger asset to wherever he goes next. He's got the right attitude and desire to improve so I think anyone who hires him on will be happy to have him on board. Ben is a full stack developer and in my time working with him I’ve seen he is comfortable building Angular modules and libraries for the frontend, he’s proficient with AWS Lambda .NET core microservices, and at home working with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and DynamoDB backends as well as dealing with distributed system microservice challenges. On the project, he consistently demonstrated strong behaviors as an agile developer, good DevOps fundamentals (building everything with IaC, managing risk with toggles + measuring the impact of his changes), in addition to showcasing his interpersonal skills, communicating effectively with business analysts and product owners to build out a technical design. The culture piece is always a hard one to hire for, but Ben has it in spades. He is self-motivated and committed to the success of the project. He jumps in to be part of the solution wherever the problem is, regardless of whether its related to his direct area of influence. He was well liked by his peers and by leadership for his attitude, dedication, and technical expertise. I would love the opportunity to work with Ben again in the future and would recommend him to others to hire if you get the opportunity.
Ben Alton
I'd highly recommend Ben for future development work. He quickly proved himself to be a high performer on our project. He consistently goes above and beyond of what is assigned to him and has a passion for technology. Additionally, he’s practical and doesn't get bogged down in endless design and is capable of quickly arriving at a first iteration of an idea and measuring the impact. I could rely on Ben to take the lead on items from a simple high level technical and business requirement. He is comfortable working with ambiguity and filling in the gaps. Ben was newer to development than some more senior resources who had arrived prior, but through his drive and eagerness to learn he quickly became one of our new technical leaders. I think with even more experience with more solutions he will continue to diversify his skillset and become even a stronger asset to wherever he goes next. He's got the right attitude and desire to improve so I think anyone who hires him on will be happy to have him on board. Ben is a full stack developer and in my time working with him I’ve seen he is comfortable building Angular modules and libraries for the frontend, he’s proficient with AWS Lambda .NET core microservices, and at home working with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and DynamoDB backends as well as dealing with distributed system microservice challenges. On the project, he consistently demonstrated strong behaviors as an agile developer, good DevOps fundamentals (building everything with IaC, managing risk with toggles + measuring the impact of his changes), in addition to showcasing his interpersonal skills, communicating effectively with business analysts and product owners to build out a technical design. The culture piece is always a hard one to hire for, but Ben has it in spades. He is self-motivated and committed to the success of the project. He jumps in to be part of the solution wherever the problem is, regardless of whether its related to his direct area of influence. He was well liked by his peers and by leadership for his attitude, dedication, and technical expertise. I would love the opportunity to work with Ben again in the future and would recommend him to others to hire if you get the opportunity.
Experience
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Claro Healthcare
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Application Architect
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Jul 2022 - Present
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Application Development Associate Manager
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Dec 2021 - Jul 2022
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Software Architect
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Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Software Engineer
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Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
Acted as a scrum and program architect on a team working on an internal application used to track project plans and budget forecasting for Accenture client projects. Primarily acted as an architect / lead on a project to deconstruct the existing monolithic application into a series of microservices based on Amazon Web Services and .NET Core. ● Developed CloudFormation templates for serverless application stacks including AWS Lambda, DynamoDb, SQS and API Gateway. ● Developed an extensible .NET Core (C#) based rule engine for calculating meaningful metrics related to client projects. ● Developed .NET Core Web API for front end consumption of metrics through AWS API Gateway. ● Developed Splunk based dashboards to monitor product performance and identify functional and performance issues. ● Built Angular 9 / Angular Material responsive front end to display metrics and other business information in accordance with internal design standards and Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility standards. ● Participated in program level architecture, release planning and other activities and worked closely with stakeholders in the business to ensure program success. Show less
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CarePortfolio
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Greater Chicago Area
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Founder
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Apr 2017 - Apr 2019
CarePortfolio is a bootstrapped healthcare software development and consulting firm serving end of life and elder care organizations. I developed a product concept and built a modern, cloud-based Electronic Health Record application to allow patients and caregivers to access patient data from diverse legacy EHR applications. The product was built with Angular 7, .NET Core Web API, and Cosmos DB technologies. I also developed an open source npm library for authenticating Angular4+ applications to Azure Active Directory. The library has reached over 5000 weekly downloads. In addition to my product development I have also provided IT and Business Intelligence consulting to hospice and palliative care clients. Show less
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JourneyCare
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Business Intelligence Analyst
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Oct 2016 - Apr 2018
JourneyCare is the largest nonprofit provider of palliative, supportive and end-of-life care in Illinois, growing from 200 to 1500+ employees through organic growth and mergers. After six years with JourneyCare I was tasked by management to establish and lead a new BI function to modernize analytics capabilities. I collaborated with the CEO and executive team to identify and implement enterprise reporting requirements in compliance with federal regulations.I led evaluation of tools (Tableau, Qlik, Power BI) for a BI program and selected Power BI due to a robust feature set and price advantage for nonprofits. Next I led an enterprise-wide Power BI and data warehouse implementation in collaboration with a third party vendor to transform and consolidate data from clinical and financial systems.My hands-on work included developing data models and measures for business analysis, complex SQL stored procedures for reports, financial and clinical reports, and sophisticated dashboards to visualize data for all levels of the organization using Power BI. We also converted SSRS based operational reports into actionable analytics dashboards. Show less
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Solutions Architect
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Apr 2014 - Oct 2016
As a Solutions Architect I led process improvement and modernization projects that included designing, building, integrating, and implementing IT infrastructures and reporting and analytics platforms. I was also hands-on in building Angular and .Net Core API based apps for providing provider access to patient information.Other projects included a Cisco Contact center project and a consolidation of seven voice and data vendors to a single vendor that reduced costs ~$20K per year.
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Director of IT/IT Systems Engineer
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May 2010 - Apr 2014
As IT Director I had five reports and managed a $1.2M budget with responsibility for all IT infrastructure and strategic planning, in addition to hands-on responsibilities. This was during a time of significant growth, so our IT team focused on scaling of services and setting a project roadmap to account for increased needs. I led large special projects for Cisco Contact Center, ManageEngine service desk solution, VMWare ESXi 4 infrastructure, a Cisco data network, Cisco CallManager, a PRTG service monitoring system, a Cisco Communications Manager VoIP, a Citrix XenApp farm, and a SharePoint intranet. I also led report automation for financial/clinical reporting (SQL Server Reporting Services), served as team lead for two mergers (IT assessments), led an MDM initiative, and moved the organization to increase software development capabilities in order to reduce reliance on vendor products. Highlights in our software development efforts included a web/mobile patient records portal (.NET WebAPI/jQuery and later .NET Core/Angular4 that became a core system, a contract management application, C# APIS and multiple JavaScript/jQuery front-ends. I also mentored teams in best practices for version control, unit testing, and continuous integration. Show less
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Erie Family Health Center
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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300 - 400 Employee
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Director of Information Technology
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May 2008 - Nov 2009
EFHC is a 350-employee health center with seven sites. As Director of IT I collaborated with executives and the board to develop a comprehensive IT strategy on ~$500k annual budget, managing a six-member team and CAPEX/OPEX budgets. I defined and executed the strategy and three-year roadmap to modernize existing infrastructure and build a future-proof IT environment. In this role I also planned and implemented IT infrastructure for a new 24 exam room Pediatric Health Center. EFHC is a 350-employee health center with seven sites. As Director of IT I collaborated with executives and the board to develop a comprehensive IT strategy on ~$500k annual budget, managing a six-member team and CAPEX/OPEX budgets. I defined and executed the strategy and three-year roadmap to modernize existing infrastructure and build a future-proof IT environment. In this role I also planned and implemented IT infrastructure for a new 24 exam room Pediatric Health Center.
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Chicago Public Schools
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Windows Architect
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Sep 2006 - Feb 2008
In this role I led teams and provided technical guidance for all aspects of a Messaging and Collaboration infrastructure for an environment with 70K-users, a 68K mailbox Exchange infrastructure, and 10K SharePoint users. I also co-managed 400+ Windows and Linux based servers, including physical installation, operating system and application installation, monitoring, and patch management. In this role I led teams and provided technical guidance for all aspects of a Messaging and Collaboration infrastructure for an environment with 70K-users, a 68K mailbox Exchange infrastructure, and 10K SharePoint users. I also co-managed 400+ Windows and Linux based servers, including physical installation, operating system and application installation, monitoring, and patch management.
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University of Chicago
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Information Systems Manager
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Oct 2002 - Feb 2005
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Education
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2003 - 2005
University of Chicago
M.S., Computer Science -
1996 - 2000
University of Chicago
B.A., Biology
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