Experience

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  INSPYR Solutions

  • Addison, Texas, United States

  • Software Developer

    • Sep 2022 - Present
    • Addison, Texas, United States

    • Facilitating progress of several components and features of complex internal enterprise software - for team member metrics and timekeeping reporting.• Maintaining PowerShell + Node.js + SQL Server app that I architected and built -- a new version of a legacy dinCloud Citrix Windows logon script - to modernize, simplify, and increase performance.• Eliciting feedback about end-users’ needs and turning them into Jira stories and development tasks - often doing QA/validation and cross-team communication, sometimes doing development myself.• Presenting business requirements to development teams and translating technical progress and challenges to business audiences. Facilitating a continual feedback loop, as requirements continually evolve.• Designing and creating data tables, writing and editing stored procedures with T-SQL, resolving SQL Server Agent job failures.• Project Tracking, Documentation, Source Control, and CI/CD with Atlassian - Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo.• Reviewing Qualys reports and remediating (or requesting remediation of) vulnerabilities on Data Center-managed Windows servers.

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  Theia Interactive

  • Chico, California Area

  • Software Developer

    • Dec 2019 - Sep 2022
    • Chico, California Area

    • Converted an existing Angular app into a responsive React PWA, added offline functionality, data caching, and serverless backend, integrating with Google Sheets to pull progressive client updates into the app's database• Performed live, on-call troubleshooting of (above) app during client's conference - diagnosed an urgent unexpected data issue and quickly deployed a hotfix before their next session• Co-developed a code plugin for Unreal Engine, participating in vast majority of SDLC, from receiving specs to shipping product, and subsequent releases based on customer feedback • Helped develop CI/CD pipeline including cross-platform builds• Wrote unit and integration tests for plugin code• Wrote bash scripts to automate testing, custom builds, and new plugin generation• Navigated and successfully built on top of a massive codebase with lots of missing documentation• Corresponded with the Unreal Development Network to address bugs / issues that were not yet posted in bug reports, forums, or elsewhere

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  CSU Chico Research Foundation

  • Chico, California

  • Student Research Assistant

    • Jun 2018 - May 2019
    • Chico, California

    • Debugged and Wrote Verilog and C for large project involving FPGA-to-PC communications and simulation• Searched waveform outputs for unexpected behavior to identify system timing and packet loss problems• Developed Verilog testbenches to test and debug ethernet-based data transfers• Used Wireshark to compare correct former simulation run on Virtex-6 FPGA to faulty simulation run on Virtex-7

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  Weather Tools

  • Chico, California

  • Software Development Intern

    • Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
    • Chico, California

    • Developed screens in React Native app based on mockups, and integrated them into an existing mobile app• Updated app navigation to include new screens

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  Multiple Companies

  • Greater Lancaster, PA and Chico, CA areas

  • Multiple Customer Service/Engagement Roles

    • Sep 2001 - Feb 2018
    • Greater Lancaster, PA and Chico, CA areas

    • Delivered above-and-beyond, solution-minded service to a wide variety of clients and customers, from retail shoppers to key business owners and account representatives• Turned dissatisfied customers into satisfied customers through empathy, calmness, owning mistakes when they happened, and problem solving