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West Chester, Pennsylvania, Us

Key Accomplishments:• Contributed to backend improvements for data processing, enhancing system stability and performance.• Streamlined Python package management across teams, improving software module integration.• Optimized database operations, resulting in improved system efficiency and reliability.• Fostered team collaboration and alignment on code quality standards through detailed documentation and active participation in code reviews.• Actively engage in daily Agile standup meetings, contributing to team synergy and ensuring alignment on project goals and timelines.

Chicago, Il, Us

Key Technical Accomplishments:• Collaborated with an engineering team to enable cryptocurrency trading and holding on online banking platforms, providing key contributions in design and coding.• Utilized API Gateway, FastAPI, and Python Lambdas to build a micro-service based API, ensuring scalable and secure access.• Employed Cognito for robust API authorization and integrated IAM for secure resource access.• Used DynamoDB to provide high database availability and durability to applications, optimizing innovation and reducing operational costs.• Leveraged QLDB to provide verifiable integrity of customer transactions.• Incorporated OpenSearch for rapid and efficient searching of user and transaction data.• Implemented Kinesis and DynamoDB Streams for efficient event-driven data synchronization.Leadership and Collaboration:• Proactively coached fellow developers on best development practices and regularly participated in code reviews to maintain quality standards.• Navigated leadership through the SOC2 compliance process, laying the foundation for robust IT and business policies.• Championed the adoption of Google Docs for collaboration on the design and requirements early in the project lifecycle, fostering a cohesive team environment.• Facilitated technical discussions with AWS staff on the benefits of Quantum Ledger in serverless designs.Other Contributions:• Integrated with cryptocurrency trading platforms using a blend of REST API, FIX, and WebSocket methodologies, ensuring seamless data streaming and interactions.• Created large-scale test transaction datasets using a combination of historical cryptocurrency prices and fictitious user profiles to evaluate the system's response to heavy user activity, ensuring calculations are both quick and exact.• Devised cloud management practices leveraging AWS CloudShell and Python scripting, allowing the team to securely oversee production data operations without relying on external tools or platforms.

New York, Ny, Us

Servant leader of IT and Quantitative Analysts teams in development of Ratings business systems, calculation engines, and automation.Key Accomplishments:• Lead teams in coding practices, conventions, and tool standardization - leading to portable and performant code.• Assumed leadership role in software development and systems management from former team.• Continuously work with staff in improving their Python code and understanding of cloud technologies.• Gained respect of peers as a contributing and reliable team member.• Development lead of several new strategic business objectives.• Established methods for DevOps support of Linux, Windows, and database systems on Amazon AWS.Technical Areas of Expertise: Python, Django, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Linux, Amazon AWS (EC2, Postgres RDS, S3), PyCharm, Tower, GitHub, scripting, PHP, Beyond Compare, Visual Studio Code, Mac OS X, Windows Server, and Microsoft Office 365.

Organization technology leader with strong focus on cloud migration, modernization, process improvements, and cost controls. In pursuit of full cloud and helping our staff - helmed many strategic enhancements to software solutions, systems, and time-saving process automation. Slashed recurring costs and eliminated dependencies on high cost third-party providers. Actively developed software using Django/Python, leading to a broadening of coding skills on open source cloud-based platforms.• Led cloud migration of all business systems to become fully cloud native. Migrated all staff to mobile devices enabling them to work entirely remote just ahead of COVID-19 office closures.• Automated payment processing operations from a series of manual steps into cloud based Blackbaud SKY API.• Eliminated costly IT, phone, and copier contracts while migrating staff from outdated desktops / in-house file servers to new laptops and Office 365 cloud.• Migrated business Django/Python website platform to be fully cloud-native.• Enhanced PCI compliance and worked with accounting team on standardizing reconciliation of accounting system.• Integrated a WordPress frontend website to serve the public facing portions of a Python/Django backend using Django REST Framework and consistent restyling of backend with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.• Created website features required for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). After completion of optimizations, Google searches for patient campaigns were vastly improved as matches began to show at the top of search results with concise snippets. • DevOps support for Django Python and WordPress PHP systems on AWS EC2 Linux, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, and MySQL RDS.Technical Areas of Expertise: Python, Django, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Linux, Amazon AWS (EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, MySQL RDS), Wordpress, SEO, Heroku, Cloudflare, Elasticsearch, PyCharm, Tower, GitHub, Bitbucket, bash scripts, MailChimp, Blackbaud NXT / SKY API, Authorize.net, JIRA

Glen Burnie, Md, Us

My role in the business has been leading development, technical activities, collaboration, and decision making through development of the new CEMLink 6 project. I also took part in the SQL database design, architecture, and implementation of calculation and compliance routines, and continue to work on improvements, support, and new features.Personal highlights include:• Development team leader for re-write of web-service based CEMLink 6.• Developed processes and selected low cost technologies to deliver transparency and company wide information sharing.• Led requirement reviews, design and development activities.• Led daily scrums and sprint reviews with development team and business leaders.• Created shared virtual systems to boost development, QA, and engineers ability to collaborate.• Led development of prototypes to select third-party tools and screen designs.• Lead designer of database schema and calculations to perform a wide variety of configurable block, rolling, apportioned, predicted, and interpolated calculations for regulatory reporting.• Designed database formula (equation) processing engine using C# and T-SQL.• Extended calculation routines to perform calculations or data substitution based on varying values, events, time periods, and conditions of related data.• Created compliance excess emission and downtime alarm features based on variable limit values, and data conditions.• Developed various data access routines used by reports, historical, and real-time displays.• Authored integrated reports using Data Dynamics Reports.• Participated in sales, internal, and customer presentations and technical discussions.• Created documentation including design documents, work estimates, technical details, and release notes.• Support customers and engineers with questions or field issues.• Strive to continue improving quality, code re-use, and building tools to speed configuration and troubleshooting.

Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-De-France, Fr

GE Energy was a division of General Electric (GE) specializing in power generation and associated services and resources. First joined the company when it was KVB-Enertec where I was hired by the owner of the business as a software developer. There were approximately 50 employees at the time and it was later acquired by GE within a few months after my hire. My role at GE Energy was mainly around software development, however, I grew into much more of leadership position during my employment.Personal highlights include:• Lead software engineer of NetDAHS Data Acquisition System. NetDAHS is a web-based software platform that collects emissions data from air pollution sources for regulatory reporting per state and EPA mandates. Software colleagues under leadership total eight in USA and five in India. Technologies used include Microsoft .NET, SQL Server, Reporting Services, Visual C++, Visual Basic, and StarTeam.• Collaborates on software product direction with business leaders and customers. Works closely with customers to identify new requirements and resolve issues. Delivers customer technical presentations and whitepapers.• Leader of business process automation team using Excel, Word, VBA, SQL Server and .NET.• Developed high-availability OPC data integration solution using OPC .NET library and SQL Server 2005.• Created software deployment and maintenance capabilities using Wise Installer, T-SQL, WMI, and VBScript. Led re-engineering of the software build and deployment process, resulting in significant quality improvements.• Led database port from Sybase to SQL Server. Converted backend C++ and SQL code and created conversion process and tools. Conversion resulted in 17x data access performance improvement, and cost savings.• Co-inventor of US patent 7,181,320 and recipient of Customer Impact award for data replication feature.

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V-SPAN was a Videoconferencing company which had a call center supported by a software development team. There were a number of custom software projects that were centered around managing video/audio conference calls and supporting the business. My role was primarily around supporting accounting applications, however there were other small projects which I worked on. It was an interesting place to work until it merged with a company from Boulder, CO. After which the software development went to the Boulder team.Personal highlights include:• Developed a 24x7 Data Acquisition service that collects and reports on usage data for telecommunications equipment. In addition, the service monitors, corrects, and informs administrators of connection problems. Technologies used include MFC/C++, ATL, COM, Multi-threading, Windows Sockets, and CDO.• Developed API objects that provide COM interfaces to telecommunications equipment. Technologies used include MFC/C++, ATL, COM, and Visual Basic.• Provided reporting, enhancements and bug fixes for finance applications and data. Technologies used include Visual Basic, MS-Access, and Oracle.

Wired Vines was a startup specializing in creating a collaborative website where people could create a website for their organization and allow their members to easily join and add their own content while the owner can still maintain control and consistency.Personal highlights include:• Designed and developed Logging and Reporting components to track and report user activity. Technologies usedinclude SQL Server, ASP, Visual Basic, VBScript, and HTML.• Developed a multi-threaded Internet bot using SQL Server, MFC/C++, ADO, and IE5 control.• Integrated email messaging with various site functions.• Created a scheduling component so users may add single and recurring events to their website.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Unisys is an information technology company that always had very interesting and challenging roles for programmers. There were a number of great projects going on at the company while I was there. I liked working there so much I worked there twice.Personal highlights include:• Developed security objects for an Enterprise Security management application using MFC, VB and COM.• Designed and developed Smart Card security solutions using MFC/C++ and Gemplus API.• Developed OSI based, event-driven communication libraries using Windows SDK/C and INFOConnect API.• Performed NT and Netware administration of departmental servers.• Presented training seminars for Staff Members on NT, Netware, Word and Mercury WinRunner.• Developed and executed tests, authored test plans, run guides, and trouble reports.• Participated in System Test Quality Initiative Team to enhance quality and streamline testing processes.• Earned top performance evaluation and received several Achievement and Excellence awards.

Valley Forge, Pa, Us

Vanguard is a large investment management company where the working environment is very professional. My role in the company was software development and team leadership.Personal highlights include:• Managed a GUI project team implementing Visual Basic and NT.• Participated in a code port of a Call Center Application from OS/2 to NT.• Developed host communication interface Objects using Visual Basic and COM.• Established and Managed PVCS Source Code Archive.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Employed twice at this employer. Please see previous for details.

Assured Information Systems was a small software development shop specializing in Records Management Software. Each programmer was responsible for a wide variety of roles such as development of the main product code base, custom development, customer training and continued support for a set of clients. This role was very educational for me as success was dependent on how well you can understand and implement what the customer was asking for and needed. This role really formed my ability to listen and understand customer requirements, and also be able to recognize how well their needs are met and where improvements can be made.Personal highlights include:• Applied self-taught C/C++ programming skills toward development of portable barcode, serial communication,installation, and data conversion software.• Direct, daily customer telephone contact increased ability to listen, communicate, pinpoint problems, provide solutions, and assemble specifications from customers.• On-site installation, training, and sales demonstrations provided the opportunity to directly contact customers, acquire requirements, and enhance customer relations while traveling to some interesting cities.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

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