Kelly Beck
Full Stack Software Engineer at BAO Systems- Claim this Profile
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Dawn Aly
When I was a senior project manager, I sent the hardest problems to Kelly because I knew he could figure it out. I’m not the only one who takes advantage of this skill set; #KellyFix is an often used hashtag at Mediacurrent. Kelly also explains his approach in a way that everyone can understand. Listening to him break down really complex engineering solutions into every day language not only empowers our clients to make hard decisions, it also elevates the overall brainpower of anyone who was on the project. Kelly is the engineer you want on your project if you want the project done right from the beginning too. I’m not a developer, but I’ve certainly noticed that his projects have been built to have long legs, can be extended, and have been deeply tested and thought through. His commitment to process has also meant that schedules and budgets are kept - which made my life as a project manager much easier! After working with Kelly for 2 years, I can’t say enough good things about him.
Chris Hales
It has been a pleasure to work with Kelly on a number of projects and have him as a colleague to bounce ideas off of. He's extremely professional and a very skilled software engineer and systems administrator with a wealth of knowledge gained from practical experience. It's a comfort whenever we are assigned jointly to a project because I can always be certain that Kelly will go the extra mile to ensure that features he's developing are thoroughly tested, well documented and easy to handoff to other developers. He's an excellent addition to any project team.
Dawn Aly
When I was a senior project manager, I sent the hardest problems to Kelly because I knew he could figure it out. I’m not the only one who takes advantage of this skill set; #KellyFix is an often used hashtag at Mediacurrent. Kelly also explains his approach in a way that everyone can understand. Listening to him break down really complex engineering solutions into every day language not only empowers our clients to make hard decisions, it also elevates the overall brainpower of anyone who was on the project. Kelly is the engineer you want on your project if you want the project done right from the beginning too. I’m not a developer, but I’ve certainly noticed that his projects have been built to have long legs, can be extended, and have been deeply tested and thought through. His commitment to process has also meant that schedules and budgets are kept - which made my life as a project manager much easier! After working with Kelly for 2 years, I can’t say enough good things about him.
Chris Hales
It has been a pleasure to work with Kelly on a number of projects and have him as a colleague to bounce ideas off of. He's extremely professional and a very skilled software engineer and systems administrator with a wealth of knowledge gained from practical experience. It's a comfort whenever we are assigned jointly to a project because I can always be certain that Kelly will go the extra mile to ensure that features he's developing are thoroughly tested, well documented and easy to handoff to other developers. He's an excellent addition to any project team.
Dawn Aly
When I was a senior project manager, I sent the hardest problems to Kelly because I knew he could figure it out. I’m not the only one who takes advantage of this skill set; #KellyFix is an often used hashtag at Mediacurrent. Kelly also explains his approach in a way that everyone can understand. Listening to him break down really complex engineering solutions into every day language not only empowers our clients to make hard decisions, it also elevates the overall brainpower of anyone who was on the project. Kelly is the engineer you want on your project if you want the project done right from the beginning too. I’m not a developer, but I’ve certainly noticed that his projects have been built to have long legs, can be extended, and have been deeply tested and thought through. His commitment to process has also meant that schedules and budgets are kept - which made my life as a project manager much easier! After working with Kelly for 2 years, I can’t say enough good things about him.
Chris Hales
It has been a pleasure to work with Kelly on a number of projects and have him as a colleague to bounce ideas off of. He's extremely professional and a very skilled software engineer and systems administrator with a wealth of knowledge gained from practical experience. It's a comfort whenever we are assigned jointly to a project because I can always be certain that Kelly will go the extra mile to ensure that features he's developing are thoroughly tested, well documented and easy to handoff to other developers. He's an excellent addition to any project team.
Dawn Aly
When I was a senior project manager, I sent the hardest problems to Kelly because I knew he could figure it out. I’m not the only one who takes advantage of this skill set; #KellyFix is an often used hashtag at Mediacurrent. Kelly also explains his approach in a way that everyone can understand. Listening to him break down really complex engineering solutions into every day language not only empowers our clients to make hard decisions, it also elevates the overall brainpower of anyone who was on the project. Kelly is the engineer you want on your project if you want the project done right from the beginning too. I’m not a developer, but I’ve certainly noticed that his projects have been built to have long legs, can be extended, and have been deeply tested and thought through. His commitment to process has also meant that schedules and budgets are kept - which made my life as a project manager much easier! After working with Kelly for 2 years, I can’t say enough good things about him.
Chris Hales
It has been a pleasure to work with Kelly on a number of projects and have him as a colleague to bounce ideas off of. He's extremely professional and a very skilled software engineer and systems administrator with a wealth of knowledge gained from practical experience. It's a comfort whenever we are assigned jointly to a project because I can always be certain that Kelly will go the extra mile to ensure that features he's developing are thoroughly tested, well documented and easy to handoff to other developers. He's an excellent addition to any project team.
Experience
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BAO Systems
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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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Full Stack Software Engineer
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Nov 2021 - Present
Work with other engineers and product managers to deliver polished full-stack features. • Contribute to system architecture enhancements, including database design, API design, message queue design, and cloud-platform strategy • Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for both internal and external consumers • Design and implement data integration features that allow clients to easily integrate their data systems into the Dharma product Work with other engineers and product managers to deliver polished full-stack features. • Contribute to system architecture enhancements, including database design, API design, message queue design, and cloud-platform strategy • Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for both internal and external consumers • Design and implement data integration features that allow clients to easily integrate their data systems into the Dharma product
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Contegix
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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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Full Stack DevOps Engineer
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Feb 2021 - Oct 2021
Provided full lifecycle software engineering services as part of DevOps product team developing a FedRamp compliant PaaS CI/CD product using Ansible, Groovy, HTML, MongoDB, Java, JavaScript, React, REST, and Typescript in a microservices architecture. • Technical writing lead responsible for public-facing documentation. Produced the product’s first public-facing user guide using Sphinx and reStructuredText. • Customer facing responsibilities included solutions architecture services for CI/DC pipeline implementation and tier-3 support escalation coverage for the operations team.
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GollyGood Software
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United States
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Software Development
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Senior Software Engineer, Co-Founder
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Aug 2015 - Feb 2021
Co-Founded and managed a software engineering firm based in Augusta Georgia that is dedicated to the craft of producing high-quality software. Offered contract software engineering services in a range of open source web technology platforms including Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla!, Symfony, Silex, Android, Chef, and Vagrant. • Provided the contract consulting services to Drupal projects as part of web development teams: customer requirements gathering, systems analysis, software architecture, hosting systems architecture, delivery scheduling, team leadership, software implementation, and technical documentation. • Significant projects - Implemented Single SIgn-on using LDAP, Active Directory, and PHP for a major law firm intranet. - Architecture and implementation lead for a major pharmaceutical company public outreach site. - Architecture and implementation lead for CMS implementation teams providing state-level legal aid services based in Illinois, Massachusetts and New Hampshire
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Mediacurrent
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Drupal Architect
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Aug 2012 - Jul 2015
Responsible for customer requirements gathering, systems analysis, software architecture, hosting systems architecture, delivery scheduling, software team leadership, software implementation, and technical documentation for small to mid-sized Drupal projects as part of web development teams. This multidisciplinary role required deliverables in all aspects of web development projects from pre-sales and project planning/delivery all the way through post-launch support of customers and delivered systems. Significant clients/projects included: University of Georgia Center For Continuing Education, Habitat For Humanity Magazine, Turner Broadcasting support for NBA Team sites, Multiple projects for The American Society of Clinical Oncologists, NASCAR Home Tracks Internationalization, Ad Giants Websites and Platform Support, Networking Communications Inc. Website Platform development, and AIDS Clinical Trials Group Network Site Upgrade Analysis. Key Contributions: • Systems Analyst, Architect, Lead Developer, and Technical Support for Enterprise Drupal projects. • Co-architected and implemented an internal development platform based on Vagrant, Chef, Git, and Drush. • Provided guidance and software solutions as a specialist in data migration to Drupal-based systems; source platforms included Wordpress, Joomla, and full custom content systems. • Ensured adherence to best practices and quality guidelines as a development team lead. • Managed time allocation, staff composition, development schedules, and daily tasking for Drupal projects. • Provided Linux systems administration and analysis services as part of a DevOps team.
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Senior Programmer Analyst
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Jun 2009 - Jul 2012
Provided full lifecycle software engineering services, from requirements analysis and specification, through main development phases, and into maintenance and end-of-life planning, for several U.S. government public health departments and the following national-level clinical trials networks: ACTG, IMPAACT, and NIRC. Subject matter expert tasked with overseeing and providing development effort all software engineering projects based on the Drupal CMS platform and Single Sign On systems. Promoted, instituted, and maintained project management and source control systems in support of company-wide commitments to software engineering process (CMMI) improvement. Acted as a liaison, consultant, and as-needed systems administrator to the systems engineering department in order to ensure continuity and quality of service to the application layer systems. • Systems Analyst, Architect, Lead Developer, and 2nd Tier Support for all Drupal-based projects. • Developed Single Sign On and Identity Management solutions. • Drove the adoption of and supported infrastructure for revision control using Subversion across many units of the company. • Developed, tested, and supported project management tools in support of company-wide SDLC/CMMI initiatives. • Provided Linux systems administration services as needed
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Blackbarn Media
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Developer
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Feb 2009 - May 2009
Expanded large project planning and delivery capabilities as the senior Drupal architect and provided training and guidance to less experienced staff. • Lead Developer and Project Manager on several medium-sized Drupal websites. • Reinforced existing efforts to adopt full SDLC methodologies within the development team and encouraged industry best practices in project management. • Developed PHP framework capabilities based on the Symfony platform and provided training based in general Object Oriented software design principles and practice.
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Morris DigitalWorks
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Online Audio and Video Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Sep 2005 - Feb 2009
Summary: LAMP software development and engineering process maturation through full SDLC adoption.Responsibilities include: • Provided software engineering and level II enterprise customer support for the following CMS products: Drupal 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, Spotted 1.7.x, Spotted 2.x, application plug-ins, and CMS backend data loading components, administrative tools development, RPM package and build system development, FAST search integration, authentication systems integration, release engineering, source repository management, and Linux systems administration. • Lead Drupal module development and training efforts while specializing in search, content, SSO, and aggregation module development • Technologies utilized: PHP, MySQL, Oracle, Drupal, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Perforce, RPM, Ant, Bash, HTML, XML, and Xen Virtualization in Linux server environments.
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PC Technician
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May 2001 - Aug 2005
On-site software, hardware, and network support for end users On-site software, hardware, and network support for end users
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Augusta State University
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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PC Technician
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Oct 2000 - May 2001
Computer hardware maintenance and custom software tools in C++ and Perl Computer hardware maintenance and custom software tools in C++ and Perl
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Education
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1995 - 2005
Augusta University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science -
Westside High School
High School
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