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Huntsville, Alabama, United States

- Developing Human-in-the-loop, physics, and automated software simulations for kinetic air defense with a micro-service C++ backend and Unreal Engine frontend- Led effort prototyping using a new simulation engine backend written in Java- Represented the technical team at industry conferences such as SMD and FIRES

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Developer Experience (DX) Team- Cut CI/CD build and test times for internal tool for python development by 30%- Improved usability by adding flexibility invoking internal tool responsible for packaging features necessary for python development- Created tool to detect internal service outages and integrate with IT Maintenance Schedule in order to pause GitHub automation (dependency updates, tofu’ing) to prevent unnecessary CI/CD failures- Added resiliency to Angular testbed/resource management tool such that a failed user network request will display error messages and reset the state of their UI to reflect accurate current status of hardware resource

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Software development using C++ in support of system simulation in a service-based architecture.Contributed to speech recognition and text-to-speech service for simulation using Vosk and Kaldi ASR APIs in Python. Integrated Python speech service into the C++ based application by creating custom targets in CMake to generate multi-platform binaries.Implemented Protocol Data Units (PDUs) for communication between services via UDP and a proprietary protocol.Led effort to add unit testing framework and tests for PDUs resulting in improvements in overall PDUs for one service.Collaborated with team member in prototyping client-server implementations for use in new systems in Rust, Go, and Python.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Embedded software development in Python and C in support of Layer 2 and 3 Aggregated Carrier Ethernet Switches.Developed unit, component, and integration tests leading to the adoption of new code patterns for bulk scale testing.Integrated with contractors to test and close out several high-priority client-defined features to be deployed in the field.Contributed to developing features introducing support for IEEE networking standards: Quality of Service (Priority Bits, Color Marking, Policing, Queuing, Shaping, ACLs), and Management Protocols (LACP, LLDP, LAG, OAM).Developed Linux kernel drivers to report Power Supply Unit sensor information using Hardware Monitoring kernel API.Stand-in for Senior Software Engineer leading company-wide viewing and discussion of ”Clean Code” episodes.Python, C, Bash, Make, Groovy, NETCONF, YANG

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Automated pipeline of tickets from internal support manager to Atlassian's Jira issue tracking service by calling Atlassian and internal API endpoints and creating my own API endpoints. Created MVC structure in ColdFusion.Created custom accordion component in Vanilla JavaScript and CSS to allow for removal of jQuery, increasing Lighthouse scores on product pages.Worked on internal administrator tooling, Lean Six Sigma simulation products, eLearning products, and mainsite pages.Connected sales with new client leading to saleParticipated in daily standups and in an Agile work environment.

Cuthbert, Georgia, United States

Determine the Artistic Direction of the Fletcher Henderson Jazz FestivalContract Artists for FestivalDirect Technical Needs for FestivalManage Artist Needs and Logistics for FestivalRecipient of 2019 Georgia Council for the Arts Vibrant Communities Grant

Cuthbert, Ga

Program Director for Music AreaManage team of Program InstructorsDirect Hiring for ProgramTeach Academic CoursesTeach Applied LessonsChair, Honors Program CommitteeArts & Letters CommitteeVulcan Teaching Excellence Award 2020-21

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Directed Jazz Ensemble IIDirected Crimson Slides (Jazz Trombone Ensemble)Taught Private LessonsContracted Musicians for University EventsManaged Equipment InventoryManaged Music Library

Bachelor Of Computer Science, 4.0

Doctor Of Music, Trombone

Master Of Music, Trombone

Bachelor Of Music, Trombone