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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead multiple initiatives in various functional areas primarily focusing on system stability and cohesion while providing intuitive interfaces and easy-to-read documentationModerate the Agile SDLC with daily standups, delivery iterations, pointing work for the sprint and ensuring the work continues through to business acceptanceCoordinate with team members in various time zones including our offshore resources so development stays continuous and expertise are spread out accordinglyParticipate in architectural reviews of proposed extensions and incorporations of new technologies and vendor offerings Facilitate code reviews including CICD practices such as passing Sonar quality gates, multiple approvers, Non-Functional Requirement checklist, and responsive feedback between senior and junior engineersMeet with stakeholders to discuss milestones, resolve concerns, gather their feedback, and instill trust in their investmentPromote skill set development by allotting time for discovery and partnering team members who exhibit complementary knowledge to explore potential solutionsOwn end-to-end planning, design, testing, and delivery of new business capabilities

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Gather requirements by working directly with users/product owners to understand issues and desired outcomesEncourage collaboration through Knowledge Transfer meetings with cross-team engineers focusing on appropriate extension and enhancement of our productFocus on risk management to mitigate pain points in architecture and deliveryConsult with current and potential future vendors regarding their product offerings and aligning them to our product needsPresent appropriate solutions and their respective potential risks to leadership in a technical and non-technical fashion

Weston, Wisconsin

• Work directly with clients from start to finish beginning with a scope definition to testing iterations and finally into deployment and maintenanceConsult on best practices and methodologies pertaining to online presence and the IT side of the clients small business or personal website Develop from the ground up ecommerce solutions to uniquely service the client or transferring of existing ecommerce to a better suited platformStrong aptitude to derive specific requirements and plans of action to achieve the bigger pictureConsistent communication through the entire development lifecycle between the business, development team, and stakeholdersGenerate wireframes with Balsamiq and sliced mockups with Photoshop to preplan and envision the intended look of the desired website before developmentCreatively design unique UI based on desired UX with an underlying standard of responsiveness, utility, and ease of useUnderstanding of the complete development process and ability to work in every area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Engineer leading front end solutions with ReactJS, ES6 JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 revolving around maintainability, scalability, and ADA compliance.Utilize and enhance open source technology to accommodate JSON backed forms focusing primarily on modularity and purity.Consult on future technical solutions ranging from service providers to deployment software.Specializing in integration of new solutions with existing code bases by exploring every solution and assessing the risks of those solutions.Guide new hires to challenge themselves by integrating our coding standards, critical thinking, and reusable coding approach.Analyze enterprise level front end solutions, engineer acceptance criteria, and implement the solutions providing a wide range of capabilities.Implementing use of new JavaScript standards which lead to fewer and cleaner lines of code covering a larger area of focus.Estimate, plan, task, and develop technical solutions based on business requirements as well as consult the business on possible alternatives.Research, test, and extend open source libraries with capabilities where needed.Create mock web portals to demonstrate proposed business requirements which offers visual aid to the product owners.

Greater San Diego Area

Supported the business primarily though Web Presence Design, Development, and Execution revolving around Social Media Engagement and a great User Experience website. Also participated with the other executives in developing the main business plan, market research and campaigns, product design, quality control, logistics, collegiate application, VC funding, and wholesale.

Designed and created user interfaces and services that focus on intuitive layout, simple flow, and ease of use.Implemented Spring MVC 3.2.x for the handling of content and display of web applications.Constructed web services with SOAP and WSDL based structure.Cross-browser compatibility ensured with all web applications by utilizing correct CSS3, HTML, JQuery, and JavaScript.Thorough debugging and testing throughout development based around an Agile inspired development plan.Developed requirements by analysis of business needs and foresight.Recommended systems improvements toward a RESTful environment for easier configuration and maintenance.

4321 Ballard St. Appleton, Wi 54913

Support SalesForce, the field platform our Field Reps. use to conduct business.Update and maintain product forms which are periodically approved throughout different states and must be adjusted as appropriate to each state.Conversion of older coding language processes, such as Delphi, to JAVA.Monitor and maintain BackRoom processing which deals with the mainframe processing all of the electronic forms Field Reps. send in throughout the country.Maintain the SQL databases associated with SalesForce.

Good corporate structure. Did whatever I could to make sure the guest got what they wanted. Management was always on board for suggestions to make the dining experience better.

Instructed 4 - 5 first time snowboarders on basic snowboarding skills for 1 - 2 hours per lessonCritiqued beginning snowboarders on proper safety and techniqueMotivated snowboarders to keep a positive attitude and persevere through difficulty

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management Information Systems, General

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Business