Michael Kovach

Software Engineer

IDEMIA National Security Solutions•  March 2020 - June 2021

* Currently working in an agile development environment as a member of the R&D team, focused on implementing features and fixing bugs for a new biometric management application. Work primarily being done in Java and using frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, and Hibernate. * Building up experience with access control systems and biometric acquisition devices. * Developed a data migration tool by creating a Spring Boot application to extract user information out of one biometric management application, transform biometric templates, and load that data to another biometric management application. The successful implementation of this application met a vital customer requirement needed before making a delivery. * Created a client library in Java to assist internal and external customers in making API calls to a video analytics platform. The client library communicates with the video analytics platform via gRPC.

Software Developer

IDEMIA National Security Solutions•  August 2018 - March 2020

* Worked as a member of a development team by participating in all stages of the software development life cycle. * Modified existing software to resolve bugs, upgraded interfaces per customer requirements, and integrated new features for enterprise-level case management and biometric matching products with work being done in Java, XML, and scripting languages. * Assisted in the development of an artificial intelligence solution for a federal customer using Python and IBM Visual Insights, involving the creation of a dataset, labeling data, and training a model. * Contributed to the implementation and development efforts for a large-scale biometric system deployed OCONUS.

Web Content Coordinator

Muhlenberg College•  January 2017 - August 2018

* Designed, built, and maintained web pages using HTML, CSS, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media. * Provided training and technical assistance in web page implementation and maintenance to departmental webmasters. * Recommended web page improvements and assisted in redesigns.