Experience

LaserLinc, Inc.
• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Software Engineer

  • Dec 2019 - Present


Elsevier

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer III

  • Jul 2019 - Nov 2019

  Maintained and created new services for a continuous extract, transform, and load (ETL) process for key events from multiple products across ElsevierCreated init.d services, systemd services, and various shell scripts to aid the automation of deploying new artifacts to AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instancesMaintained and developed infrastructure as code through the use of Terraform to deploy AWS infrastructure changes and to easily replicate environmentsCreated Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) in Airflow to create an AWS Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) cluster, perform an Apache Spark job, and output the results to an AWS Redshift clusterUtilized Docker images to create the shared libraries compatible with AWS Lambda AMIsArchived Python modules for use with AWS Lambda Layers, decoupling the deployment of new code from the deployment of modules that are not standard on the lambda imageCreated various microservices utilizing AWS Lambdas to perform various tasks: such as, ingesting data from AWS Kinesis streams and AWS Kinesis Firehose, monitoring S3 bucket sizes, and creating temporary credentialsManaged and maintained role-based access through policies in AWS Identity and Access Management to ensure least privilege is granted to users and AWS infrastructureIntegrated Active Directory Federation Services with AWS User Pools to allow single sign on to internal toolsConverted services from sequential processing to multithreaded processing after noticing that network I/O was bottlenecking throughputMaintained version control via Git Show less

• Software Engineer II

  • Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

• Software Engineer

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018



LexisNexis

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

  Created a new internal test client combining XQuery, HTML, JavaScript, and JQuery to expose a new service to other developers to aid in faster development. Created a new internal test client that translated GUIDs to human readable display names. This required the integration of a new Java servlet with the client created in XQuery, HTML, JavaScript, and JQuery. Emulated parallel processing in portions of the test client by utilizing HTTP calls and MarkLogic's lazy evaluation to achieve faster response times. Modified the existing Lexis Advanced search test client to allow the removal and application of filters to the search query from XML input. Enabled the existing Lexis Advanced search test client to parse a new XML request version allowing for faster testing of more complex Boolean search requests. Maintained version control via Microsoft's Team Foundation Server. Show less



Wright State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  Introduced various tools within the Java Application Program Interface (API). Conducted a brief overview of concepts required for the week’s programming assignment to ensure the students had the tools necessary to succeed. Oversaw grading personnel to ensure that over 50 students received grades in a timely manner. Answered student questions by guiding them to a better understanding of the problem and the algorithms available to solve the problem. Stressed the importance of testing and debugging through the use of edge cases and Oracle’s built-in debugger within NetBeans. Show less



United States Marine Corps Reserve

• Warehouse NCO

  • May 2006 - Feb 2015

  Inventoried over $1.3 mil of command and control equipment Completed SharePoint I & II operator course Maintained and operated a warehouse for Landing Support Equipment Co, 4th Landing Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group Provided guidance, leadership, mentorship, and supervision to Select Marine Corps Reserve(SMCR) subordinates Delegated and supervised the issue of rations to SMCR personnel during monthly drills and annual training, and maintained signature records Supervised the issue and receipt of 782 equipment to SMCR personnel checking in and checking out of LSE Co (-) Coordinated and supervised the inventory of all warehouse assets Patrolled and provided security for Al Taqaddum Airbase while deployed in 2008 Show less



Grid Sentry, LLC

• United States
• Utilities

• Software Developer Internship

  • May 2014 - Jan 2015

  Designed a multi-threaded user interface in Java to drive a test of the finished product's hardware. Utilized RX/TX API in order to communicate to a Pacific Power Source over RS-232 as well as the finished product. Exercised the Observer Pattern to notify separate threads when new data was available from the open serial ports. Developed native code in C++ to accommodate communication over USB to the Agilent 34410a Multimeter. This required the use of the Java Native Interface (JNI). Compiled native code into a dynamically linked library for use by the JNI. Maintained version control through the use of GIT in order to ensure safe modification of stable code. Show less

• Student Help Room Worker

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

  Held impromptu lessons on various programming techniques and concepts for students coming to the Help Room Ensured students grasped the reasons that their programs crashed or would not compile Taught students the debugging process, and walked them through it with their own code, further solidifying their understanding of their mistakes Held impromptu lessons on various programming techniques and concepts for students coming to the Help Room Ensured students grasped the reasons that their programs crashed or would not compile Taught students the debugging process, and walked them through it with their own code, further solidifying their understanding of their mistakes



Defense Commissary Agency

• United States
• Retail Groceries
• 700 & Above Employee

• Store Associate

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2012

  Unload and receive product from incoming trucks using a motorized pallet jack Maintain a clean and safe warehouse environment Stock shelves with inventory from the warehouse on a first in, first out basis Unload and receive product from incoming trucks using a motorized pallet jack Maintain a clean and safe warehouse environment Stock shelves with inventory from the warehouse on a first in, first out basis



City of Fairborn Parks and Recreation

• Summer Helper

  • Apr 2010 - Sep 2010

  Maintained park appearance with mowing, weeding, cleaning public restrooms, athletic field preparation, etc. Maintained and prepared ball fields for games Maintained park appearance with mowing, weeding, cleaning public restrooms, athletic field preparation, etc. Maintained and prepared ball fields for games



Sears, Roebuck and Co.

• United States
• Retail

• Merchandise Pick Up

  • Oct 2007 - Dec 2007

  Sears, Roebuck and Co (Merchandise Pick Up), Dayton, OH, 2006 (Christmas season) & 2007 (Christmas season) Maintained and organized the stockroom Offloaded truck deliveries and organized warehouse as needed Operated manual pallet jacks and power lifts to relocate merchandise Sears, Roebuck and Co (Merchandise Pick Up), Dayton, OH, 2006 (Christmas season) & 2007 (Christmas season) Maintained and organized the stockroom Offloaded truck deliveries and organized warehouse as needed Operated manual pallet jacks and power lifts to relocate merchandise



Miamisburg Parks and Recreation

• Maintenance Man

  • Apr 2004 - Jan 2005

  Maintained park appearance with mowing, weeding, cleaning public restrooms, athletic field preparation, etc. Repaired park and aquatic facility features as needed Maintained park appearance with mowing, weeding, cleaning public restrooms, athletic field preparation, etc. Repaired park and aquatic facility features as needed