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Birmingham, AL, US

Birmingham, Alabama, US

• Goal: To implement a modern, efficient, and reliable ETL solution to replace legacy mainframe and data transformation systems for federal employee programs, and to provide assistance for other development efforts.
• Analyze the business and system requirements and note areas that can be simplified, modified, or improved
• Review multiple ETL product features and architecture via documentation, and determine viable options for POCs that will fulfill all business needs
• Undertake self training of products through research of examples, features, and built-in functionality of products and implement working small scale POCs
• Review POC findings with management and department leadership and determine strengths and weaknesses of each product, and recommend a final product solution to move forward with for development
• Assist team members in the development of a React application by simplifying code, and to improve the overall user experience design by implementing Material UI components and reorganizing pages and fields throughout.

Birmingham, AL, US

• Goal: To lead a team of software engineers in developing new features by creating Angular components and Java Spring Boot REST microservices to improve system processes and organize data in a presentable manner for.
• Lead team members and delegate tasks in creating simple and intuitive features to allow service technicians and rental staff to reduce administrative tasks through easy and efficient use of the applications when.
• Assist team members in development of features and other daily activities, and set individual and team goals to challenge and grow their knowledge of Angular and Java best coding practices throughout the development.
• Manage personnel and oversee human resources related tasks, including yearly performance reviews, biweekly one on one meetings to assess growth and set expectations, and resolve personnel challenges as they arise

Birmingham, AL, US

• Goal: To deliver new features with a team of software engineers focused on creating Angular components and Java Spring Boot REST microservices to improve system processes and organize data in a presentable manner for.
• Architect and build efficient, scalable, and lightweight Spring REST microservices to process data for new UI features, as well as implement and modify database views and tables to accompany the Spring REST microservices
• Deploy applications to production systems while triaging and resolving production defects, update any outdated code standards to modern standards, and identify and resolve code quality issues through periodic code.
• Analyze and groom user stories for sprint planning and story point estimation, collaborate with team members to determine optimal stories to develop for the current sprint, and strategize and plan upcoming releases

Birmingham, Alabama, US

• June 2019 – May 2020 (Contractor), May 2020 – February 2022 (Full Time Employee)Goal: To rewrite Java Swing and Struts applications to lightweight Angular web applications supported by Java Spring MVC APIsValue: By.
• Led team members and delegated tasks for development of the front-end Angular applications and mentored new and existing team members in learning Angular throughout the development lifecycle
• Determined existing claims and benefits business logic to improve and identified key features to document for user story creation focused on developing a scalable and simplified application architecture
• Created simplified UI codebases that are easier for developers to maintain technical debt via reduced complexity while benefiting business users with efficiency and productivity gains in a streamlined, modern design.
• Implemented powerful APIs to handle all business logic, decreasing processing needs from client machines while simplifying the overall architecture and business logic from the former systems
• Deployed applications to production systems, triaged and resolved service tickets for the applications, and documented data flow diagrams and client-server architecture diagram

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Goal: To lead a team in development and implementation of a lightweight Angular web portal for Middle East dealer usersValue: By overseeing the development and implementation of a simple, lightweight portal, users can.
• Led team members in development of the front-end Angular and back-end C# API applications
• Created an intuitive UI, and implemented functionality for end-users to create new or modify existing client sales records
• Triaged defects with international SMEs and handled deployment tasks during the warranty release period
• Identified weaknesses from the previous system to increase efficiencies and minimize network requests

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Goal: To assist in development with new and innovative technologies, as well as reviewing and resolving defects within the application in a timely mannerValue: By developing and implementing dealer specific features.
• Created a news feed editor and FAQ page that can be viewed by all users and edited only by administrators to reflect current news, announcements in GM, or assist any users who need assistance with direction or.
• Ensured that all data input by users of the system was encoded to protect against XSS and SQL Injection attacks

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

• Goal: To create a functioning Python web crawler/scraper to navigate articles and scrape article meta-data as well as article summaries from an educational research database and exports the acquired data to a.CSV file.
• Identified client needs, developed user stories, and outlined sprints for our development team
• Developed functionality that identified and parsed crucial HTML meta-data and exported the data to a SQL Database
• Developed crawling functionality to allow continuous app running without user supervision or intervention

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

• Goal: To create and design a ETL application that incorporates a dynamic rule system to extend the life and create further valueValue: By creating an easy-to-use application, The Career Center gains a valuable ETL tool.
• Identified user stories and verified that all user stories were accounted for and working correctly
• Developed the ETL class to assist the user in finding the file and loading the data into a DataTable object

Oxford, Mississippi, US

• Goal: To execute various test scripts and record observations or concerns that arise while implementing test scriptsValue: By identifying issues and recording observations within the tested product, FNC Inc. gains.
• Executed test scripts as identified in TFS as well as recorded observations and patterns while testing
• Discovered and identified sources of defects in the product and discussed patterns and observations with developers

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

• Goal: To create and design a functioning.NET time management application that allows users to clock-in and clock-out of the system as well as view or edit other sets of data with relation to their employee statusValue.
• Created and mapped the models and controllers in the system which collected and stored the user data that was input
• Created and connected the views to the controllers where users can physically input the data into the system

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

• Goal: To create and design a database system that loads data into the database while outputting the data to a C# front end applicationValue: By creating both the front end application and the database system, users can.
• Created the Data Flow Diagram, as well as implemented the DFD by creating SQL stored procedures and statements which created different functions available to the user
• Created a C# GUI application that fetched the data from MS SQL Server and displayed the data in a custom built dashboard where the data was organized by offering different sort and fetch features to aid in comprehension

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

• Goal: To create a business model with relation to the current Scholarship system currently in productionValue: By creating an in-depth business plan, the MIS program gains a solid foundation for the technical goals of.
• Documented issues within the current system that were experienced by students with relation to students’ financial needs
• Identified value and opportunities the enhanced system provided while recognizing constraints the system must abide by

Master Of Science - Ms, Web Application Development

Bachelor Of Science In Commerce And Business Administration, Management Information Systems, General