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AI Consulting, SaaS Consulting, Startup Consulting, Fullstack Engineering and MVPsConsulting for: Gen AI, Open AI, Gemma, Llama, Mistral, AI Chatbots, LangChain, Typescript, Fullstack Engineer, Fractional CTO, Head of Engineering, Interview Audits. We help founders and startups go from Seed to Series A without taking millions in equity & wasting weeks in interviews. https://calciumlab.com/. Software consulting agency offering: Fractional CTO and Fullstack Engineer rolesKey technologies and skills: React, NextJS, Node.js, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Docker, k8s, GraphQL, Ubuntu Linux, RESTful micro-service API development, GraphQL, SQLite, Swagger, full stack applications, front-end development best practicies (components, testing, CSS pre-processors), computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, automated testing, object-oriented programming, performance complexity, and computer architecture on software performance, DB types (relational, key/value, document), cloud CI/CD, DB schema design and migrations in PostreSQL and NoSQL databases, enterprise level practices in sync vs async, Agile development methodology, version control and git workflows including Github actions, knowledge of public cloud with Azure, GCP, AWS, deployment with container technologies like Docker, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes, Mobile friendly development, Computer Science principles, strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to explain and discuss technical concepts and methodologies with colleagues and clients from other disciplines, and appreciation for UI/UX analytics and engagement.

Chicago, Il, Us

Managed: 6 Direct Reports. 12 Teams. 104 Total Headcount. 8 Figure BudgetKey wins: acted as interim VP of Engineering for 5 months & contributed as strategic decisionmaker on multiple 8 figure confidential product investments including cloud strategy & digital transformation, saved 5 figures in costs by leveraging open source, led & grew Monthly Tech Culture Community of Practice to 100s in the organization, kick started Data Driven performance evaluation, Managed 5 contractor/vendor relationships, reinvented interview tooling & process, pioneered quarterly goals/gantt, established visibility for Azure DevOps metrics, part of XLT. Key Technologies: Cloud, GCP, AWS, C# .Net Core, React, React Native, k8s, docker, Azure DevOps, Github, Gitlab- Direct reports: 6 Senior Engineering Managers and Engineering Managers- Teams: 12- Total Headcount: 104- Budget: 8 figures

San Diego, California, Us

Founding Engineer (Employee #1)Fullstack Engineering with Node.js, TypeScript, Angular, PostgresQL, AWS RDS, SQL, web sockets, .NET Core entity framework, Docker, k8s, KubernetesSeed to Series B+Skillsets across many traditional roles: senior software development, hiring manager, head of tech, engineering manager, contractor management, product owner, project manager, scrum master, devops engineer, employee experience, sales development2019-2020: As Employee #1 (Engineering) and first technical partner I worked on a little of everything to help start several aspects of the business and especially its technology arm. I drove or participated in: hiring strategy, technical architecture, initial prototyping, software development operations, managing our process, directing contractors, Product Ownership, Scrum process, fostering company values + remote culture, and vetting security considerations. 2020+: On a growing team I've worked as our primary scrum master and one of several senior backend developers. We continue to empower our developers to own and lead many aspects of software development + the company from feature refinement to delivery which I enjoy todayNotable contributions at varying levels to: - Our coding languages and overall architecture (Angular, .NET, AWS, Postgres) - Mosaic's first ERP + CRM integration - Our initial AWS infrastructure (servers+databases+deployments) - Established source control + code reviews + Jira integration best practices - Software features: - User sign up and sign in and customer onboarding - TFA - Sync data mapping and normalization - Account categorization and smart suggestion - Data history + journals - Masquerading via API - Blocklisting - Standard objects mapping ontology - Metrics - Tables upload/download - Database replication + propagation in multiple environments - One button deployment scripts - One button local database scripts - Custom filtering on metrics - Dynamic Metric Builder

Independent Consultant / Web DeveloperAs a sole proprietor, developed client relationships, established rates and handled billing/invoices.Key project: Built prototype for an app called Screenclip.com to replace Clipular.comStack: Frontend (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS)Backend: NodeJSCloud: Google Firebase (Firebase Auth, Firebase Firestore, Firebase Hosting, Firebase Functions, Google Cloud, NoSQL, GCP)

Tempe, Az, Us

(SEI, SEII, SEIII)API Platform Team.* Built REST API replacements and facades over existing SOAP services for accounts, cart, and orders to improve interface design and performance.* Developed features for an API Proxy written in NodeJS, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Linux Servers, CentOS, Cloud, Swagger API* Led a research project to choose how our microservices should be incorporated into our proxy itself* Created a replacement proxy written in Java, Golang, and Vert.x with superior performance* Worked on a prototype for distributed microservices using public cloud HTML CSS Angular, AngularJS, Django, Python, Flask, SQL MySQL, Redis, Docker, and Docker Compose* Sole team member to deliver a talk at TechFest 2016, GoDaddy's annual employee technical conference* Served as part of Tech Core, an interviewing team whose goal was to "raise the bar" of interviewing across the compan

Chicago, Illinois, Us

40+ hrs/wk. "Android Applications Engineer Intern". Motorola Connect, Connected Experiences • Designed 98% accurate URL highlighter and automated unit tests using RegExp and JavaScript, improving over previous ∼80% accurate method and saving QA team verification time• Built copyright insertion and verification using shell script, effectively automating the copyright process for Motorola Connect through 2014• Squashed 28 Jira bugs on Motorola Connect Chrome extension and Moto X Android code, from UI changes to timestamp localization supporting 53 languages• Coached other interns in sales pitch for logo contest, won ”Best Presentation”

Stanford, Ca, Us

8 hrs/wk. Center for Teaching and Learning• Tutored students on effective presentation content, organization, and style • Provided feedback in 5 rhetoric courses of 20 students each• Designed 3 technology guides and maintained wiki webpage• Consultant for program hardware and software

Chicago, Us

40 hrs/wk. Centricity Enterprise Product, Database Team.• Developed original database comparison algorithm in Java using SQL and JDBC tools that ran 100x faster than previous program• Designed XML data, HTML/CSS/XSL styling, and a product guide to make re- sults both machine-readable and usable for all GE Healthcare DB analysts• Presented completed project to team of 50 professionals

24 hrs/wk. Collaborated with and shadowed 8 non-profit team employees including CEO. Analyzed financial and energy data of wind and solar devices for a 33-month interval using Excel and streamlined the process for up to 5 years of future analysis. Designed a company self-tour publication with 3 other interns. Collected stream sampling data from 6 sites for use by the Illinois state government.

40 hrs/wk. Performed physical work at a construction yard.

Evanston, Il, Us

8 hrs/wk. Worked with Dr. Todd Parrish in the radiology department and completed the study: "The Physiological Effects of Chewing Gum..." Used test equipment during a memory test and stress stimuli procedure that I helped design.

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering

High School Diploma

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