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Denver, Co, Us

Golden, Colorado, Us

Lincoln, Nebraska, Us

Working on building a cloud-native FinTech platform for loan originations.

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Working on data-driven test automation for Charter's Advanced Engineering division. Technologies include React, JavaScript (ES6), Python, Node, MySQL, and RethinkDB.* Mentor, train, and co-supervise 6 - 8 full-time developers.* Co-architected 9-month v2.0 release; delivered on time with all planned functionality* Designed and coded a robust, expansible system for running health and system checks on any type of network hardware* Redesigned process to develop Python APIs to interface with remote systems, decreasing development time by more than double* Redesigned multi-environment GitLab CI/CD pipeline to reduce downtime and allow hot deploys* Designed/implemented Python/Node microservices for authentication, remote logging, and artifact storage, which fully eliminated downtime for critical services during deployments

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Lead a team of 3 – 4 that included developers, customer support, and QA* Promoted as our company joined a startup accelerator* Roles included both software development and project manager

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Software developer on a Python/Django/React/Postgres web application* Refactored front-end codebase from traditional JavaScript/jQuery to React/ES6* Data-mined millions of records from multiple data sources to automate content creation* Designed and implemented multi-dimensional algorithms for matching shipper/carrier datasets.* Created robust, event driven payment API for handling subscriptions

Mentored, taught, and assisted students enrolled in computer science courses as MSU Dener* Helped develop lesson plans that focused on teaching core computer science and programming skills through interactive, group-based learning* Helped increase the completion rate of Computer Science 1, which had one of the highest failure/withrawl rates of any course in the school

Worked in a variety of roles for a startup specializing in wearable video recording devices* Built-out support system for a tech company, manufacturing POV cameras* Programmed applications to automate firmware installation and configuration portal (Python/Node)* Trained and supervised a customer support team of 2 – 3I worked in a variety of roles within the technical operations at the Denver office. At a technical level, I performed extensive testing of hardware, firmware, and services. I developed a software utility for automating batch firmware updates of a wireless module, and helped test and debug our SIP streaming servers.Additionally, I trained and supervised the technical support team, and wrote extensive product and service documentation. While employed, I redesigned our support portal and increased the available content by a factor of 3. I also served as the primary support contact for corporate clients including a major auto manufacturer and telecommunications company. I would often help demo our products and be available during presentations to answer technical questions.

I worked as an independent paralegal for various clients including law firms, individual attorneys, and others. Most of my work involved legal research and writing opinion memos related to a specific question.Areas of focus: copyright, patent, intellectual property, and criminal