Kent Frazier
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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German Limited working proficiency
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Latin Limited working proficiency
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LinkedIn User
Hands down - Kent was the best backend / API devloper @ CanWeStudios. Always had GREAT ideas RE: architecture, design and implementation.
Jessica McCay
Kent is a great asset to my team and to the IT community at the University. I worked with Kent on a major project in which he was the lead on UI and all things python, and I was his number 2. It was a little intimidating because Kent's knowledge on python, JavaScript, and CSS is so great, but he was always willing to sit with me and explain his techniques. I learned a ton from him during that project. Even when I wasn't on a direct team with Kent, he consulted with me on projects and trained me in python. He is the guy that people seek out to explain technical concepts or resolve technical bugs. He is also a lot of fun to have in the office!
LinkedIn User
Hands down - Kent was the best backend / API devloper @ CanWeStudios. Always had GREAT ideas RE: architecture, design and implementation.
Jessica McCay
Kent is a great asset to my team and to the IT community at the University. I worked with Kent on a major project in which he was the lead on UI and all things python, and I was his number 2. It was a little intimidating because Kent's knowledge on python, JavaScript, and CSS is so great, but he was always willing to sit with me and explain his techniques. I learned a ton from him during that project. Even when I wasn't on a direct team with Kent, he consulted with me on projects and trained me in python. He is the guy that people seek out to explain technical concepts or resolve technical bugs. He is also a lot of fun to have in the office!
LinkedIn User
Hands down - Kent was the best backend / API devloper @ CanWeStudios. Always had GREAT ideas RE: architecture, design and implementation.
Jessica McCay
Kent is a great asset to my team and to the IT community at the University. I worked with Kent on a major project in which he was the lead on UI and all things python, and I was his number 2. It was a little intimidating because Kent's knowledge on python, JavaScript, and CSS is so great, but he was always willing to sit with me and explain his techniques. I learned a ton from him during that project. Even when I wasn't on a direct team with Kent, he consulted with me on projects and trained me in python. He is the guy that people seek out to explain technical concepts or resolve technical bugs. He is also a lot of fun to have in the office!
LinkedIn User
Hands down - Kent was the best backend / API devloper @ CanWeStudios. Always had GREAT ideas RE: architecture, design and implementation.
Jessica McCay
Kent is a great asset to my team and to the IT community at the University. I worked with Kent on a major project in which he was the lead on UI and all things python, and I was his number 2. It was a little intimidating because Kent's knowledge on python, JavaScript, and CSS is so great, but he was always willing to sit with me and explain his techniques. I learned a ton from him during that project. Even when I wasn't on a direct team with Kent, he consulted with me on projects and trained me in python. He is the guy that people seek out to explain technical concepts or resolve technical bugs. He is also a lot of fun to have in the office!
Credentials
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Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1
CourseraApr, 2012- Nov, 2024
Experience
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MyFitnessPal
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United States
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Search and Data Platform
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May 2021 - Present
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Reliability Engineering
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Dec 2020 - May 2021
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Under Armour
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United States
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Reliability Engineering
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May 2020 - Dec 2020
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Manager, Search Engineering
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May 2019 - May 2020
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Manager, Data Engineering
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Jul 2018 - Apr 2019
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Lead Software Engineer, Data Engineering
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Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
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Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering
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Jul 2015 - Mar 2018
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Self-Employed
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Austin, TX
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Freelance Software Engineer
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Sep 2013 - Jul 2015
Assisted clients in a variety of roles, with a focus on server-side software development and development operations (DevOps). Worked closely with clients as part of a team, emphasizing clear and honest communication. Strengths include broad knowledge of technology, the ability to acquire new skills quickly and efficiently, and a strong capability for developing abstractions from complex requirements. Technologies used include: Scala, Akka, Play, Cassandra, CouchDB, RabbitMQ, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Django, Ansible, Vagrant, VirtualBox, Amazon S3, Bash, Ubuntu, and many others. Show less
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CanWe Studios
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Server Engineer
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May 2013 - Sep 2013
Led a team of three developers in building a new server environment focused around horizontal scalability and resiliency against failure. Created a set of deployment scripts that could be used to automatically build a local environment using virtual machines, or could provision and configure servers in the cloud using Amazon EC2 and VPC. Developed a proof-of-concept algorithm for efficiently storing and calculating geographical distance in a distributed database with limited indexing. Built a distributed peer-to-peer messaging framework for sending requests and receiving responses from a dynamic pool of worker machines. Reduced server costs by more than 60% by eliminating unneeded and redundant resources and converting on-demand servers over to more cost-effective reserved and spot instances. Technologies included: Python, Django, JavaScript, Node.js, Java, Bash, Apache Cassandra, ØMQ, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Ansible, Vagrant, VirtualBox, Amazon Web Services, Ubuntu, Upstart, Git Show less
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The University of Texas at Austin
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Software Engineer
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Feb 2012 - Apr 2013
Wrote and maintained server-side and client-side middleware framework to ensure consistency between systems and ease the development burden for other developers.Created materials and taught classes for a variety of topics, including Python, Django, JavaScript, web development, and interface design.Advised and determined goals for the core Python and Django infrastructure team.Led user interface development for four major projects.Technologies included: Python, Django, JavaScript, jQuery, Java, Bash, XHTML, CSS, ADABAS,Software AG Natural, Oracle Database, SVN, ANTLR Show less
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Software Engineer
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May 2011 - Feb 2012
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Software Developer/Analyst
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Oct 2009 - Apr 2011
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Systems Analyst
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May 2009 - Sep 2009
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Information Analyst
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Feb 2008 - Apr 2009
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Information Analyst Trainee
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Sep 2007 - Jan 2008
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Manpower Professional
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Austin, Texas Area
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Information Technology Contractor
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Mar 2007 - Sep 2007
Installed and repaired computer and network systems, along with specialty hardware such as point-of-sale devices. Installed and repaired computer and network systems, along with specialty hardware such as point-of-sale devices.
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National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
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Natchitoches, LA
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Information Technology Assistant
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Nov 2005 - Jun 2006
Digitized print, audio and video publications for online distribution. Assisted the Center’s webmaster with additional ad hoc technical tasks. Digitized print, audio and video publications for online distribution. Assisted the Center’s webmaster with additional ad hoc technical tasks.
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Education
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2000 - 2005
Louisiana Scholars' College
Bachelors of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Thought, Philosophy, German, Literature, Linguistics -
2003 - 2003
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz / University of Graz
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