Herman S. Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Build and manage a SaaS app for green energy raters to conduct home inspections (Python)- Provide Engineering and Software consulting services

- Played a key role in launching a new line of business in the $50B auto retail sector- Worked with ML to re-configure pricing matrix to address production irregularities- Reviewed database and SQL operations as the designated "data champion"- Managed large impact projects with critical deadlines and L&C risk- Provided technical guidance and helped other engineers grow into more mature engineering positions

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Designed and developed an IoT device to monitor electric meters and provide an analytics dashboard- Fine-tuned a neural net using harvested training data and implemented production changes to the ML Model (Brain.js) to predict energy grid peaks- Implemented OTA updates, enabling customer-specific release management- Prior to the acquisition by Veregy, I showcased demonstrations of new products to both investors and Veregy, demonstrating their functionality and potential value- Re-architected cloud server infrastructure in AWS (Amazon Web Services) to achieve reliability and horizonal scalability- Managed up to 5 software engineering direct reports- Established and employed developer best practices to maintain consistency, organization, and effective communication

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Contributed to Virtual Power Plant energy distribution management software (Elixir & Elm) [Enbala]- Built a notification application alongside delivery platform using Twilio & gen_statem [ScriptDrop]- Lead the effort of fixing all core repository dialyzer errors (Elixir) [ScriptDrop]- Gave talks on fundamental programming paradigms at local meetups (Erlang & Elixir) [Matched Pattern]- Won a key contract in Elixir that led to the company's acquisition by ScriptDrop.- Worked on eHospital project at Cleveland Clinic, where I architected an IoT patient conferencing solution using C# .NET

Columbus, Ohio

- Designed and developed full stack microservice applications to integrate with a cutting-edge healthcare analytics platform built on Apache Spark, which was utilized by major healthcare payers including Cleveland Clinic and BCBS- Created a dependency graph generation tool utilizing D3.js to generate large tree visualizations

Columbus, Ohio

- Analyzed and optimized the performance of application API endpoints in multiple languages including Python, Erlang, Elixir, and Go to identify scalable solutions for re-design- Led large-scale DDL migrations to normalize data and enable long-term data warehousing- Led a team of three engineers in refactoring a poorly performing client side JavaScript application from Ember into a lightweight, lightning fast React client

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Configured FDM and SLA 3D printers to print many different materials including flexible, carbon fiber, magnetic and other hard plastics- Designed Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) for various projects including a GPS tracker, a furnace controller and a car seat occupancy alarm- Developed a streamlined deployment process with Docker via Fabric to enable “one-click” deploys

Polaris, Oh

- Architected and designed a highly parallel record processing system to automate access privilege requests for JPMC locations across 10+ countries using R-SAM- Modifying publicly available RubyGems to work with the application- Automating the provisioning of developer environments with Fabric scripts- Designing high-throughput database solutions such as stored procedures, partitioning schemes, schemas, and dbms_jobs using Oracle to enable efficient data scaling

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Developing complete UI flow for SpotShark website and Android app using CSS, JavaScript, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Python, Java(Android) from drawing board to code• Implementing compiled CSS stylesheets using Less.js for high level configuration• Utilizing Google Maps API calls to create easy to use map interfaces with custom pins and markers• Building and managing a Linux server (System Admin) to run multiple virtual hosts (including SpotShark website, home media storage and webmail client) with Apache web server, MySQL database, ZFS file system (RAID 5), Dovecot IMAP, and Postfix MTAhttps://twitter.com/SpotSharkhttps://www.spotshark.com

Columbus, Oh

- Earned a trusted design position for exterior systems on the next-generation Acura NSX sports car- Led the company's first-ever no-prototype development lifecycle for a mass production vehicle, the Acura TLX, saving millions of dollars in development costs by leveraging advanced computer-aided simulation- Designed and developed high-quality door mirrors, front and rear windshields, washer systems, and wiper systems for the Acura that exceeded the expected levels of quality from concept to physical production

College Park, Md

• Leading a team of 25 to design, fabricate, and test a fully functional open wheeled race car which competes nationally among other universities (placed 1st in 2008, 4th among 60+ teams/universities in 2009, and 4th in 2010 among 120)• Researching and testing methods of Carbon Fiber/Composite construction techniques• Simulating suspension and steering systems using computer generated kinematic models• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to calculate lift and drag coefficients for aerodynamic tuning• Recording and processing data from strain gauges, transducers, potentiometers, accelerometers, yaw, and slip sensors to determine necessary actions/modifications to improve the safety and performance of the vehicle