Jeff Pergola Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

While at Voyager Sopris Learning, a division of Cambium Learning Group, the following positions were also held:• Principal Software Engineer: April 2022 - present• Software Engineer III: March 2021 - April 2022• Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead: June 2015 - March 2021• Senior Software Engineer: February 2013 - June 2015• Front-End Developer (contractor): May 2012 - February 2013

Dallas, Texas

• Converted to a full-time employee as a result of making significant contributions to the development and early success of the online reading intervention project "LANGUAGE! Live" targeted at students sixth to twelfth grade who are reading at or below a fourth grade level, with the goal of advancement to a sixth grade [reading] level.• Contributed to the development and success of multiple applications across a broad range of development strategies, all of which saw company growth and customer acceptance of them improve over their life cycles.• Developed a set of unified and reusable common components for the purpose of streamlining the front-end development within all applications (past and present), with a dedicated effort to make the components easy to integrate within existing application's format and development framework, while at the same time ensuring future growth potential. This library was linked to the UI/UX screen designs, and also provided code snippets for developers implementation.• Assisted in interviewing candidates to fill contractor positions to aid with front-end development work, both for our project and other projects within the department.• Managed receipt, triage and assignment of bugs/defects to the development team, to prevent bottlenecks and addressing issues in a timely manner.• Researched and resolved critical defects in a timely and precise manner in an effort to get the product into the customers hands faster than initially committed, and under tight deadlines.• Developed a robust replacement avatar system from the ground up with benefits of reducing load on server-side processing, an added increase in speed while rendering, better engagement with students, and providing easier control over assets and availability within the application.• Worked with other teams to integrate a "Live Chat" for internal support users and customers.

Dallas, Texas

• Aided in the development of an online reading intervention project "LANGUAGE! Live" targeted at students sixth to twelfth grade who are reading at or below a fourth grade level, with the goal of advancement to a sixth grade [reading] level.• Created, and developed unified common components for use in streamlining the front-end development.• Dedicated effort made to make components easy to integrate with existing application format and development framework, while at the same time ensuring future growth potential.• Researched and resolved critical defects in a timely and precise manner in an effort to get the product into the customers hands faster than initially committed, and under tight deadlines.

Dallas, Tx, Usa

• Designed wire-frames for use in discussions for talking points and to present different web site designs in effort to gather requirements from the business owner.• Developed HTML, CSS, and Javascript processes to build and create the to meet the requirements provided.• Deployed the completed site to the server via FTP methods.• Maintained the site and provided immediate support for various issues arising from owner maintenance.• Provided documentation and hands-on assistance to the business owner for ability to be owner-maintained.

Plano, Tx, Usa

• Senior UI and application developer in the Merchandise Assortment Planning group with in-depth knowledge of the corporate assortment planning process and history of the process throughout the application's life-cycle, both with business understanding and technical expertise on all projects related to the application.• UI and business logic - designed, developed and maintained enterprise level client/server & web-based applications used by over 600 corporate home office assortment planners and allocators.• Designed, developed and maintained multiple web based user interfaces and reports for end users, business partners and also internal to IT teams for monitoring application performance.• Worked with Enterprise Architecture to introduce and approve Adobe Flex 4 as a strategic solution for Rich Internet Applications (RIA).• Worked in collaboration with Gomoll Research + Design, Inc. to develop a consistent style guide for applications with the corporate Merchandise Planning portfolio.• Introduced developers to different wire-frame design tools for use in project documentation.• Completed proof-of-concepts for various tools and framework to present to end consumer.• Developed and maintained mainframe driven systems in 4 different data centers in the US.• Lead analyst and subject matter expert on multiple cross-team projects,• First point-of-contact for support and on-call related issues with nightly and weekly batch processing related to events.• Wrote business requirements, functional specifications, and design documents for projects, in addition to other technical writings for support of various applications.• Contributed to the success of multiple projects through the use of superior communication skills (oral & written) and pro-active collaboration across multiple department areas.• Mentored junior and senior developers and consultants on multiple projects.

Plano, Tx, Usa

Other positions held while at JCPenney include:• IT Software Engineer I: May 2007 - June 2012• IT Applications Specialist I: May 2006 - April 2007 • IT Senior Applications Developer: January 2002 - May 2006• IT Applications Developer A: January 2000 - January 2002• IT Applications Developer B: May 1997 - January 2000• Internship: May 1997 - December 1997• Internship: May 1996 - March 1997

Bachelor Of Science, Business Computer Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Member of CISO (Computer Information Systems Organization)

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