Grant Shoemaker
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Logan Goodin
Grant is a fantastic developer to work with. His work is always top notch, but it goes so much further than that. Grant is a collaborator who develops a deep understanding of the product vision. A true partner in product development, Grant is adept at talking through the business requirements and various technical limitations to land on an approach that requires the lowest level of effort to meet and enhance the minimum product requirements. He is able to translate vague requirements into new features that meet the business owners' vision and needs, and quickly pivot when any changes are introduced.
Livonia Fint
I have worked with Grant for almost 4.5 years. He is smart, cares about his work and develops with high quality. He is knowledgeable about latest technology and new ways to accomplish tasks and improve, security, performance and stability in our product. Grant thinks outside the box and is instrumental in creating sound and efficient feature designs. He works well as a manager, on a team and individually. He listens to differing point of views and makes informed and realistic decisions. He is a great asset to any team.
Logan Goodin
Grant is a fantastic developer to work with. His work is always top notch, but it goes so much further than that. Grant is a collaborator who develops a deep understanding of the product vision. A true partner in product development, Grant is adept at talking through the business requirements and various technical limitations to land on an approach that requires the lowest level of effort to meet and enhance the minimum product requirements. He is able to translate vague requirements into new features that meet the business owners' vision and needs, and quickly pivot when any changes are introduced.
Livonia Fint
I have worked with Grant for almost 4.5 years. He is smart, cares about his work and develops with high quality. He is knowledgeable about latest technology and new ways to accomplish tasks and improve, security, performance and stability in our product. Grant thinks outside the box and is instrumental in creating sound and efficient feature designs. He works well as a manager, on a team and individually. He listens to differing point of views and makes informed and realistic decisions. He is a great asset to any team.
Logan Goodin
Grant is a fantastic developer to work with. His work is always top notch, but it goes so much further than that. Grant is a collaborator who develops a deep understanding of the product vision. A true partner in product development, Grant is adept at talking through the business requirements and various technical limitations to land on an approach that requires the lowest level of effort to meet and enhance the minimum product requirements. He is able to translate vague requirements into new features that meet the business owners' vision and needs, and quickly pivot when any changes are introduced.
Livonia Fint
I have worked with Grant for almost 4.5 years. He is smart, cares about his work and develops with high quality. He is knowledgeable about latest technology and new ways to accomplish tasks and improve, security, performance and stability in our product. Grant thinks outside the box and is instrumental in creating sound and efficient feature designs. He works well as a manager, on a team and individually. He listens to differing point of views and makes informed and realistic decisions. He is a great asset to any team.
Logan Goodin
Grant is a fantastic developer to work with. His work is always top notch, but it goes so much further than that. Grant is a collaborator who develops a deep understanding of the product vision. A true partner in product development, Grant is adept at talking through the business requirements and various technical limitations to land on an approach that requires the lowest level of effort to meet and enhance the minimum product requirements. He is able to translate vague requirements into new features that meet the business owners' vision and needs, and quickly pivot when any changes are introduced.
Livonia Fint
I have worked with Grant for almost 4.5 years. He is smart, cares about his work and develops with high quality. He is knowledgeable about latest technology and new ways to accomplish tasks and improve, security, performance and stability in our product. Grant thinks outside the box and is instrumental in creating sound and efficient feature designs. He works well as a manager, on a team and individually. He listens to differing point of views and makes informed and realistic decisions. He is a great asset to any team.
Experience
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YardView Yard Management Software
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United States
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Software Engineering
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May 2023 - Present
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S&P Global
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Director, Software Development Manager
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Nov 2012 - Mar 2023
Lead a team of developers as their manager and lead developer for a business intelligence platform. My responsibilities were 90% software engineering and 10% management. Worked closely with project ownership/management and development team to design requirements, solutions and determine technologies. Accountable for designing and delivering architecturally sound software solutions on time and achieving or exceeding business needs. Oversaw training and career development for direct reports. • Lead design and development of complete replacement of business intelligence platform to replace with completely new technology using .Net Core, Blazor, Power BI to name a few. • Designed and implemented concurrent multi-user full-featured forecasting module for use within business intelligence platform. • Was often regarded from employees as the best manager they have ever had. • Designed and implemented custom data alert system that notifies users when their data meets certain criteria configured in their custom alerts. Show less
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SNL Financial
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United States
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Information Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Senior Software Development Manager
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Feb 2015 - Jan 2023
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Manager of Application Development
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Oct 2013 - Feb 2015
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Software Engineer III
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Nov 2012 - Oct 2013
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Financial Planning Association (FPA)
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United States
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director of Software Engineering / Software Architect
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Aug 2009 - Nov 2012
Oversee two direct reports. Responsible for software architecture, design of custom software solutions, defining requirements, researching and determining technologies to use (framework, architecture). Lead teams in technical software development and maintenance. Work with outside vendors to integrate custom and off-the-shelf software systems. Accountable for designing and delivering architecturally sound software solutions on time, within budget, and achieving or exceeding business needs. Oversee training for staff and other department employees. • Designed coding standards and software development design patterns for FPA that implement software layers, reproducible components, and recognizable code. • Designed, developed and implemented a new conference registration system for FPA that reduced the work-load for staff when configuring each conference while also providing a supreme user experience for users and providing all the desired functionality. • Developed four apps for mobile devices utilizing mobile web concepts (html5, css3, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap) as well as native apps for Android and iOS. Show less
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Robert Half
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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700 & Above Employee
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.NET Architect/Sr. Developer for Financial Planning Association
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Dec 2008 - Aug 2009
Hired as contractor on a project basis to design and implement a replacement for FPA’s primary public-facing web application. Tasks also include mentoring and managing current on-staff development team. Was subsequently hired full time by FPA to oversee all development work. • Designed and implemented a robust, scalable and easily maintainable web application that provided consumers the ability to search for Financial Planners using several mechanisms including geographical location radius searches utilizing geocoding addresses and search terms. • Wrote prototypes to help the business determine requirements during the requirements gathering process to accelerate the design process. • Developed a Member Counts System – a reporting system using OLAP principles that reports all association membership changes, used by executive staff for forecasting and reflecting on a monthly basis their membership. • Created a CEU Import System that imports spreadsheets that contain data for members’ continuing education hours to import into the system to reflect the credits they should receive. Conversion from the previously manual process saved significant data-entry time. • Completed a project-based contract early to implement and in remaining contract time completed more projects at client’s request. Show less
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Owner
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Dec 2003 - Dec 2008
Co-founder of this software development services company. Oversaw software development projects with responsibility for meeting project schedules and maintaining client relationships of more than 35 customers. • Developed, implemented, and supported manufacturing fabrication and logistics system that provides inventory management, quoting, fabrication schematics, scrap minimization, and billing integration. • Sold and implemented additional features to provide clients with an integrated technological solution to their business needs. • Developed hybrid methodology for project implementation resulting in 60% increase of team productivity, using .NET, SQL Server, SSRS, and XML. • Solved a data reporting problem for a company operating a non-customizable legacy system and improved the timing and usability of reports tracking revenue, costs, insurance billing and other operations-related factors. • Established a system of software to create a custom e-commerce web application for a bike shop. • Devised an algorithm for minimizing scrap for a fabrication company, netting a 20% reduction. Show less
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Senior Software Developer
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Jan 2001 - Dec 2003
Responsible for design and development of software solutions for internal and external uses as well as primary customer contact concerning development effort and project status. Worked very closely with clients to determine requirements and design, and manage changes. Served as advanced source of knowledge for the entire development team. • Led major integration development project with high visibility for very large client, using .NET, SQL Server, BizTalk , XSL, and XML. • Developed software for internal issue-tracking system. Show less
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Education
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Colorado State University
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Germantown Academy
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Colorado Springs Christian School
High School