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Software Engineer
Kollective Technology•  January 2019 - July 2019
• Improved functionality of an important web-based video presentation tool resulting in improved user experience, more stable video playback and faster response times, up to 5x faster. • Took initiative regarding high priority tickets which helped the Webcaster project move forward more efficiently and with fewer serious issues, resulting in a major release that was held up for months prior to my employment. Was let go after the project I was working on went into maintenance and was officially shelved. They didn't want to keep more developers on it than necessary.
Software Engineer
CMD Agency•  September 2017 - September 2018
• • Designed and developed a lightweight React-based funds transfer tool that helped clients do their business more efficiently, streamlining management of their marketing funds. Integrated Salesforce, Joomla, PHP and HTML/CSS into a modular solution to accomplish this. • Developed an event planning system for mobile showroom events that JELD-WEN was sponsoring, utilizing Laravel, PHP, and ReactJS. It processed thousands of sales leads at least 10x as fast as the previous prototype solution, with an intuitive calendar interface. 1 Year contract position
Software Engineer
Stack Sports•  May 2017 - September 2017
• Improved operating efficiency of a game rescheduling API by 50x, by consolidating and tweaking schedule information queries and consolidating scheduling error handling routines. Used PHP, Javascript and PostgreSQL to implement the fixes. • Helped refactor and improve a sports scheduling system that is in use by several thousand teams and sports clubs across the country, with names like the Dallas Cowboys and the Portland Timbers, who depend on how well the system works. Stack Sports acquired the local company Bonzi Sports I was working for in September 2017 and my position was terminated as a result.
Software Engineer
CMD Agency•  November 2016 - January 2017
• Improved product search efficiency 20x over the existing infrastructure within a week of being hired by using XML-layer data caching. • Helped finish the client's micro-site project ahead of schedule and with plenty of project budget to spare. This was a short term project-based contract that was finished a couple months ahead of schedule.
Software Engineer
McClain Concepts•  March 2016 - July 2016
• Worked on a Setup Wizard for new custom user-generated sites, implementing caching techniques and optimizations throughout the codebase that greatly reduced user onboarding time, resulting in increased revenue. • Served as a mentor to junior developers and acted as a team lead, ensuring that our software was scalable, efficient, and extensible, all while remaining within time and budget constraints. • Implemented an Authorize.NET billing implementation in PHP / Laravel within one work week by effectively and efficiently leading a small team of developers, resulting in a shortened launch period. I was let go for looking for work elsewhere due to abusive management practices; the company went out of business shortly thereafter.
Software Engineer
Hewlett-Packard•  May 2015 - March 2016
• Improved the existing business-class printer fleet's touchscreen UI by reducing bugs and developing system and unit tests in C#. • Contributed to HP printer firmware by working with C#, JavaScript and JSON to improve the legacy menu system, resulting in improved user experience and reduced customer support costs. • Reduced test implementation and design time by about half, by using C# to automate generic component testing for common UI input section types. This was a short-term contract position that was terminated early when HP started making cutbacks in their workforce.
Software Engineer
eBroker Software•  July 2014 - January 2015
• Saved the company about a month's worth of manual work by creating a document storage migration solution for existing customer HIPAA-compliant health insurance documents to another secure server within my first two weeks. • Helped design and implement a user information and agency reporting site as a full-stack developer, utilizing Stripe, PHP, JavaScript, MySQL which increased our business revenue by several hundred dollars per agent, and ensured that we had repeat business throughout the country. The company was acquired by Ritter Insurance Marketing and most of the employees were let go as part of the restructuring process.
Software Engineer
SurveyVitals•  December 2013 - April 2014
• Improved and streamlined client onboarding considerably by designing and implementing a setup wizard application in PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS3 and jQuery. This resulted in increased revenue for the company from satisfied clients. • Improved the functionality of existing code by cleaning up old code, improving performance and re-structuring old code into an OOP model. Was let go after greatly reduced performance due to intense burnout attributed to working in an extremely negative and chaotic environment.
Software Engineer
Avanade•  September 2011 - April 2012
• Improved DCS department revenue by implementing a dynamic spreadsheet in VB Script that quickly and accurately computed resource rental costs, automating a 24 hour process yielding a 6 hour push-button solution, which freed up resources. • Patched up a Microsoft Edge server email transport library in C# within two days that was causing massive amounts of lost emails, which improved business operations and departmental revenue from new customers. This was a 6-month internship and I decided to look for work in the Boise, Idaho area afterwards to be closer to my wife's family.
Education
Eastern Oregon University
Computer Science, BS•  September 2002 - June 2009
Graduated in 2009, worked at the campus library as a System Administrator and digitized reference materials for the entire campus for about 1.5 years.
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