I served in the US Marine Corps as a Field Artillery Cannoneer Crewman, being deployed four times and leading a team of over a dozen personnel. I was responsible for maintaining equipment costing upwards of 30 million dollars, honing my discipline, resilience, and leadership skills, which are valuable in any workplace.As a QA Automation Engineer at COFEBE, I contracted with several companies, including CloudVirga and the Linux Foundation. Utilizing Selenium and NUnit, I provided support in overall testing coverage of applications and services, upwards of 50%, reducing bug reporting by about 75% through manual QA testing.In this role, I developed and executed test plans to ensure software products met quality standards, collaborating with others to address identified issues early in the development process. My expertise in Selenium and NUnit provided accurate and efficient testing coverage.As a Software Engineer, I design, develop, test, and maintain software applications using a variety of technologies such as Python, Clojure, C#, TypeScript, Angular, React, and SQL. At CloudVirga and Guaranteed Rate, I provided software engineering duties that delivered significant value and resulted in cost-saving measures of up to 750k annually. Responsibilities include writing code, testing and debugging software, and collaborating with development teams and stakeholders to meet project requirements.