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Kennewick, Wa, Us

Wilmington, Nc, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

AWS Creative Tools:- Refactored and contributed to core code, including Slate and Blueprints, within an open-source Unreal Engine 4 Plugin project targeting procedural generation and composition for simulation- Designated security expert across the Creative Tools organization - Technical lead and architect for all front-end of upcoming AWS service, including pipeline, testing integration, timeline, primary contact for UX designers, and UI design/implementation decisions- Headed R&D project that created procedural content road networks for autonomous vehicle simulations, working directly with four internal simulation teams and external simulation customer representatives- Led 3rd party integration of SideFX's Houdini software within an Unreal Engine 4 Plugin project, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure functionality was met- Refined the algorithms relating to the core spawning and placement using game world vector match computations- Refactored and contributed to core code, including Slate and Blueprints, within an open-source Unreal Engine 4 Plugin project targeting procedural generation and composition for simulation- Mentored junior engineers to reach promotion

Seattle, Wa, Us

Amazon Compensation (PeopleEngine):-Designed, created, and launched, a large-scale service to support the migration of confidential compensation statements to a new system supporting 40k managers and 180k employees-Collaborated across teams to coordinate an “away-team” model for a large scale feature, leading three internal developers-Directed system and service operation meetings by creating and maintaining dashboards and runbooks, decreasing threat count by over 300, 3/4th of all total threats, in a month-Led operation efforts to ensure minimal downtime occurred throughout a critical launch throughout all hours of the day Employee Profile and Appreciation:-Operated as the subject matter expert for one of the most used internal tools, servicing over 100,000 daily users and 2 million users in total-Crafted a scalable solution for implementing employee awards and recognition across all of Amazon-Headed front-end React operations leading to create a mobile-friendly website, with metrics driving in an increase to 15% of traffic within 3 months

Franklin, Western North Carolina, Us

-Managed a small team of around 10 developers.-Coordinated with the manager of the group to ensure consistent deployment.-Developed key features in a pre-release and live product to active user/analyst specification.-Worked with both customer representatives and customers to ensure systems were up to specifications and the product was working correctly.-Presented live screens and mock-ups to stakeholders and users.-Maintained a patching and installer system for both an internal and production deployment.-Utilized Perforce and Atlassian products working with multiple levels of streams and depots to ensure safe code.-Used Entity Framework with Visual Studios 2015 and 2019 with .NET Framework on SQL CE database to handle sensitive customer data on a local install product.

Franklin, Western North Carolina, Us

-Created larger scale interfaces, screens, and elements per user needs, and business decision requirements.-Organized and documented key features of the software, ensuring the program retained accurate detail and was still without errors for users.-Worked with a small team to deliver key features of the program from concept to user bug-free.-Coordinated with the Quality Assurance teams to ensure items were correct, and up to standard for releasing a live product.

Franklin, Western North Carolina, Us

-Helped maintain and develop parts of larger scale program taking into consideration speed, usability, and customer need.-Cleaned smaller parts of older code bases to ensure the code was efficient and up-to-date.-Worked with other developers to improve larger key parts of the program for Drake Accounting.-Handled merging, changelist migrations, and streams utilizing Perforce and P4V.-Worked with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, FishEye) to produce accurate code, that could be delivered to testers in a clean fashion, ensuring no room for error. -Integrated the product from pre-beta, beta, to release.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

-Organized and error-checked documents for filing.-Utilized a database to maintain a vouchering system.-Delivered sensitive documents to clients.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

-Tutored students in the foundations of computer science.-Created multiple ways to explain problems

--Also worked with in 2011.-Organized and maintained inventory-Documented and created food packets for customers.

Bachelor'S Of Arts, Computer Science

Honors High School Diploma