Experience

Chicory

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Engineering

  • Feb 2022 - Present

• Software Engineering Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Feb 2022



LocalVox - A Vivial Company

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Data Architect

  • Sep 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Mixed role with 50% data architecture and 50% software engineering. • Architected and designed an enterprise data warehouse (DWH) from many disparate data sources using a variety of database management systems; e.g. MariaDB (MySQL), MongoDB (NoSQL), Oracle, SalesForce, etc. • Implemented a data lake with pushdown ELT and a business intelligence (BI) frontend using Snowflake, FiveTran, and Looker. • Identified and isolated application and business logic, and broke down a monolithic Drupal application into scalable services using service-orientated architecture (SOA). • Responsible for the architecture, design, and implementation of vendor integrations. • Identified and resolved performance bottlenecks using profiling tools like New Relic and Xdebug. • Designed internal RESTful APIs with advanced features like side-loading and caching. • Created an end-to-end vision for how data will flow through the organization. Show less



CF Search Marketing

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Software Engineer

  • Feb 2015 - Sep 2015

  • Developed a web application that integrates with Google AdWords and provides proprietary regression analysis tools to optimize ad spends, associate data from 3rd party vendors (Kenshoo, Marchex, etc.), and extend reporting capabilities. • Responsible for overseeing the design, development, and architecture of all development projects. • Resolved bugs and longstanding concurrency issues in multithreaded code within internal legacy applications. • Extended existing products with new features, e.g. outputting data using the Auto-lead Data Format (XML) • Built logistic regression models to analyze Google AdWords keyword performance, attributes, and behavior. • Implemented Agile software development processes, including adoption and training on issue and project tracking software (Atlassian JIRA + JIRA Agile). • Virtualized project development environments reducing the time and cost of new developer onboarding using Vagrant, Chef Solo, and shell scripts. • Performed peer code reviews on a weekly basis reducing defects and improving code quality. • Mentored junior developers in PHP, Python, Linux (Ubuntu), version control (Git), virtualization (Vagrant / Homestead), databases (MySQL), IDE’s (PHPStorm, PyCharm), debuggers (XDebug, pdb), and other web development tools. • Performed needs and requirements analysis for new software projects. Wrote software requirements specification (SRS) and other design documents. Show less



Freelancer (Tech Officers, et al.)

• Dover, New Hampshire

• Full Stack Software Engineer

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2015

  • Lead developer of a small team that created and shipped a student information system that helps personalize educational instruction for at-risk youth. • Designed, developed, and implemented a large-scale information system from concept through delivery. • Implemented a multistage release management process to improve code integration and quality during rapid application development. • Implemented best practices with source code control (Git), dependency management (Composer, Bower, NPM), build tools (Grunt), and trained team members in efficient development workflows. • Conducted peer code reviews to maintain product quality. • Worked with clients to perform needs analysis, which helped anticipate their goals and business needs. This greatly reduced their development cost and improved their end user satisfaction with the product. Show less



Rochester Electronics, LLC

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• PHP Developer

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011



Digital Research, Inc. (DRI)

• United States
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Programmer / Analyst

  • 2010 - 2011

  • Reported to the Director of Information Technology; responsible for all phases of product development, including research, planning, design, development, testing, and maintenance of client and internal projects. • Deployed, configured, and managed Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) virtual private servers (VPS) in a cloud environment. • Developed large-scale market research online communities (MROCs) using Drupal content management system (CMS). Programmed custom modules, themes, and interactive apps within the Drupal CMS. • Provided analytics and web engineering support to research services and clients. • Designed and programed complex research surveys with advanced skip, display, and conditional logic. Show less



Alliant International University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Technical Assistant to the Executive Director

  • 2007 - 2010

  • Developed PHP backend that dynamically published content from FileMaker Pro and MySQL databases, providing an intuitive user interface to access and input data on a web portal. • Coordinated national research studies, developing project websites (Drupal, Concrete5, and WordPress CMS) and deploying psychological research surveys with advanced skip and display logic; managed confidential databases and survey results, data entry and statistical analysis, and communications. • Obtained distribution lists, acquired approval to use copyrighted materials, and ensured IRB compliance. • Provided administrative and clerical support to the Executive Director, processed Human Resources and Payroll documents, maintained department records, prepared department correspondence and reports. Show less



NetXperts

• United States
• Computer Networking Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Network Engineer Intern

  • 2007 - 2007

  Planning, design, installation, deployment, troubleshooting, monitoring, and support of enterprise network solutions. Planning, design, installation, deployment, troubleshooting, monitoring, and support of enterprise network solutions.