Charles Stokes Email & Phone Number

Addison, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas, United States

Engineering Manager LDA on the Public Cloud Adoption Team leading the Infrastructure as Code Team

Auto Insurance System Modernization· Created an AWS Elastic Map Reduce Serverless based Application which makes millions of records searchable· Leading the design and implementation of new systems on AWS

Auto Quote and Purchase· Lead Engineer responsible for the management of State Farm’s primary Auto Insurance Quote and Purchase Application in Production consistently used by thousands of Customers and Sales Associates daily at a scale with a significant number of web requests per minute· Reduced the number of errors in Auto Quote and Purchase by a factor of 6x· Led Engineering Teams, responsible for technical direction and architectural strategy· Developed new features, re-architected pieces of the application, and fixed bugs in a complex Spring Application in Production· Led the merging of API strategies and simplification of technical assets across 3 departments · First responder to production outages, performed Site Reliability Engineering responsibilities, established SLI’s and SLO’s, debugged server logs, improved the application in production· Designed a new microservice based architecture resulting in higher product-team alignment, simpler traceability of multi-system errors and fewer individual microservices across the suite· Regularly interviewed candidates ranging from entry level to experienced for roles within the department· Continuous mentoring of engineers through both daily technical challenges and career progression· Established State Farm Meetups in the DFW community which led to the hiring of multiple top talent candidates, and helped increase the brand awareness of State Farm Engineering

Model Management Workbench· Joined Labs as a Solution Architect later promoted to Senior Technology Engineer· Operated across teams, established broad technical strategy, and performed proof of concepts for the Model Management Workbench· Developed and implemented department’s first simulation driver for Models running on AWS· Lead a team to reduce model simulation run time, changing code resulting in significant performance gains· Completed six-month temporary work assignment working alongside Actuaries and Data Engineers implementing Model Code· Performed evaluations and Proof of Concepts of external SaaS Startups

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Architecture team Labs@State Farm

Richardson, Texas

Personal Lines Modernization· Worked as a Developer on the Personal Lines Modernization Customer Channel App written in AngularJS· Worked with fluid screen development, modern ES6 and Node based APIs to build a new Angular App· Used cutting edge technology stack to automate complex test scenarios for use across the enterprise, resulting in less manual testing and shortened production deployment timelines· Wrote and designed microservices that powered complex APIs for test data generation, automation, and data fabrication· Created a React App and ExpressJS API from the ground up for storing and sharing official application business requirements within the Company's Modernization Efforts Flash Build· Participated in a Hack Day like environment to build an iPad app in two days for customers to browse and search within a complex map application. Contributed to geospatial development, creating a server to dynamically serve geo-boundaries.

· Voted on matters of historic preservation and historic marker applications in Dallas County· Adviser to Commissioners Court on matters of Historic Preservation· Created a walking tour mobile web app for Dealey Plaza and Founder’s Plaza. Programmed the app and placed QR codes on buildings downtown including the School Book Depository Building and other historical sites