Migrating a legacy application to Laravel 6 using a Kendo UI frontend in a SAFe Scrum environment. Responsibilities include code reviews, managing BitBucket repos. Tickets are managed using JIRA. Regular work events include making models and setting up Eloquent relationships, building API controllers, writing tests, writing data seeders and configuring them for different environments, updating migrations, setting up role-based access controls, configuring feature-flags, setting up telescope… Show more Migrating a legacy application to Laravel 6 using a Kendo UI frontend in a SAFe Scrum environment. Responsibilities include code reviews, managing BitBucket repos. Tickets are managed using JIRA. Regular work events include making models and setting up Eloquent relationships, building API controllers, writing tests, writing data seeders and configuring them for different environments, updating migrations, setting up role-based access controls, configuring feature-flags, setting up telescope in dev and test environments, setting up Kerberos authentication.I was named the Consultant of the Quarter (Q1 2020) https://www.squiresgroup.com/2020/05/05/consultant-of-the-quarter-q1-2020/ which isn't too bad since I just started with the company during the quarter. Show less

Maintaining a highly visible website for Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO) on a remote first team writing PHP using the Drupal Framework, JavaScript, and MySQL code.My role included regular baselining of the codebase for each 2 week sprint. The team used Jenkins for Continuous Integration (CI) and Selenium (JAVA framework) for regression testing, and git for version control. So, I have to be able to switch between PHP, JAVA, and bash scripting on a moments… Show more Maintaining a highly visible website for Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO) on a remote first team writing PHP using the Drupal Framework, JavaScript, and MySQL code.My role included regular baselining of the codebase for each 2 week sprint. The team used Jenkins for Continuous Integration (CI) and Selenium (JAVA framework) for regression testing, and git for version control. So, I have to be able to switch between PHP, JAVA, and bash scripting on a moments notice. Updates to Drupal were managed using Drush in order to keep changes in the codebase and version control.The team used Scrum for project management and the cadence was Daily Stand Ups in the morning, with mornings and afternoons for writing code.While on the project we migrated to using d3 for graphical display of data.The site was both an internal and external tool for the government. Data was uploaded, validated against business rules and format, and processed for management use and display.A major part of the project was coordinating with the Electronic Capital Planning and Investment Control (eCPIC) community. Schema changes were a regular occurrence as reporting rules started to migrate to reflect the Technology Business Management (TBM) model and priorities changed. Show less

The team I work on develops applications for the USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3).These applications serve back office functions such as managing staff, travel assignments, office space, operational strategies, and portfolio (contracts, grants, activities) management. I was heavily involved in the process of implementing the Open Data strategy for the E3 Bureau and was responsible for managing the workflow of releasing datasets publicly for the bureau. I… Show more The team I work on develops applications for the USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3).These applications serve back office functions such as managing staff, travel assignments, office space, operational strategies, and portfolio (contracts, grants, activities) management. I was heavily involved in the process of implementing the Open Data strategy for the E3 Bureau and was responsible for managing the workflow of releasing datasets publicly for the bureau. I also worked closely with the Chief Data Officer in the development of the agency's Open Data Policy.Applications are developed on a LAMP stack.We pride ourselves on our close contact with users during development which leads to much better products.The time we spend with users is the primary reason our products get the positive feedback that they do.We build products with a focus on improving work and information flows.I was COR Level II certified and successfully managed 2 contracts while at USAID. Show less

I did the same work as I did at USAID.

As an owner of a college bookstore, I did a little of everything. I built our textbook management system, POS, and e-commerce site that would also list our inventory on amazon.com and price books according to what we paid for them and what the current price was on amazon.All the systems were integrated, and the store, warehouse and e-commerce systems were kept in sync over a VPN.The inventory was kept in MySQL, and the store front end was built using FileMaker… Show more As an owner of a college bookstore, I did a little of everything. I built our textbook management system, POS, and e-commerce site that would also list our inventory on amazon.com and price books according to what we paid for them and what the current price was on amazon.All the systems were integrated, and the store, warehouse and e-commerce systems were kept in sync over a VPN.The inventory was kept in MySQL, and the store front end was built using FileMaker Pro.Besides building the software that maintained the inventory, I learned how important it is to manage employees as a servant leader.As long as I supported the staff, the store and warehouse ran smoothly.That lesson has been immeasurably valuable to me. Show less

I worked on probabilistic matching techniques for an NIH project designed to measure the efficacy of grant programs designed to promote PhD candidates to pursue careers in research. We used software to match a NIH database of CVs to published research authors.

I worked on creating more flexible datasets as a consultant for the Office of Motor Carriers in the Department of Transportation. These datasets were based on the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) database. Due to the limited power of the computers and the size of the databases, complex queries could take hours to run. By weighing the need to maintain Normal Form against the constraints set by computing power, we created summaries of the tables that would allow complex queries to be… Show more I worked on creating more flexible datasets as a consultant for the Office of Motor Carriers in the Department of Transportation. These datasets were based on the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) database. Due to the limited power of the computers and the size of the databases, complex queries could take hours to run. By weighing the need to maintain Normal Form against the constraints set by computing power, we created summaries of the tables that would allow complex queries to be run in minutes rather than hours. Show less