Experience

One Door

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Greater Boston Area Ember and Rails Development. Planogram Connector Onboarding Developed and managed client data integration solutions. Parallelized import feed processing to improve client wait time for large floorplan planograms utilizing Resque. Improved performance of existing data integration services (Ruby/Rails). Client Integrations Implemented and led client SSO integrations at One Door (Ruby-Saml). Worked with One Door Professional Services to document and offload this process from… Show more Ember and Rails Development. Planogram Connector Onboarding Developed and managed client data integration solutions. Parallelized import feed processing to improve client wait time for large floorplan planograms utilizing Resque. Improved performance of existing data integration services (Ruby/Rails). Client Integrations Implemented and led client SSO integrations at One Door (Ruby-Saml). Worked with One Door Professional Services to document and offload this process from Engineering. Addressed urgent client-facing bugs when they arose. Technical Leadership and Engineering Support Identified successful entry level engineering candidates. Interviewed and mentored interns and junior software engineers. Constantly worked on improving the internship experience to a place where some candidates turn down full time offers to intern at One Door. Served as interim tech lead whenever a project had a tech lead extended absence. Developed solutions for issues arising from our single tenant architecture. Contributed to performance related code improvements. Recently started and maintains a technical book club for Engineering. Show less



Launch Academy, Inc

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ruby on Rails Apprentice

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2015

  Boston, MA Full-stack development apprenticeship with a focus on Ruby on Rails and Test Driven Development (TDD).



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visual Leader and Technical Advisor

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2014

  Greater Boston Area Increased sales of specific products by developing and implementing digital signage in store. Collaborated with corporate and field team members to develop customer tools and programs. Developed, modified, and executed planogram and marketing material. Test, image, troubleshoot, and deliver demonstration experiences and devices to retail floor.



Best Buy

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advance Repair Agent

  • Aug 2005 - Jul 2013

  Taught workshops for children to build and troubleshoot PCs, video production techniques utilizing green screen, photography, and introduced coding concepts through Scratch (game making application for youths). Reduced inventory discrepancies due to paperwork errors and minimize losses to net profit. Software and repair work included virus and malware eradication, operating system installation and repair (Mac and Windows operating systems), and software troubleshooting.



US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Dec 2011 - Jan 2013

  Internship in USDA Plant Physiology and Genetics Unit focused on identification and analysis of genes and enzymes involved in the production of industrially important fatty acids. Conducted molecular genetics experiments to isolate omega-3 fatty acid genes involved in cold tolerance of crops. Participated in lab meetings and presented at journal club.