Andy Bouchard Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Software Engineer, Software Developer, Application Developer specialized in C and Python development

Bedford, Massachusetts, Us

Built, maintained, and tested software products that communicated between field units and the control system over several dozen industry protocols.o Developed C code for the company's largest ever project (Electricity Vietnam) as one of the two primary software engineers from the communications team, adding new products to the team’s suite of products and improving existing ones. o Updated customer-facing and internal product documentation, providing precise and relevant information.o Transitioned from a Waterfall to an Agile model by updating processes and adopting new tools.o Ensured quality software releases across the large variety of customer system configurations. Deployed candidate releases to multi-server test systems. Confirmed successful communication in local and remote configurations. Tested failover scenarios. Assured expected functionality on Windows and Red Hat Linux operating systems.o Implemented version 5 of secure authentication for the DNP protocol. Completed extensive refactoring of the software's earlier release to allow the required control flows. Implemented new features from the specification and performed tests using a third-party test bed. Performed troubleshooting and provided a same-day patch in support of on-site software engineers during an interoperabillity testing event.O Strategized with the senior software engineer on the team to strike a balance between using existing software components and significantly modifying existing pieces, reducing development time and product complexity.