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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Worked as the primary development resource for Basecamp. Worked with business partners to define and negotiate requirements. Built tools and services used by members and franchisees that helped set the direction for the brand.- Built a workout video authoring system that increased our class video renders from one per week to several per day (Azure Functions, Serverless, Bash/Python scripts, SwiftUI, Premiere Pro, C#)- Built check-in and seating chart apps for members to optimize pre-class staff time and highlight member achievements (NextJS, Typescript, Websockets, Azure Web Apps)- Collaborated directly with the CTO to build a real-time LED lighting system that synced dynamic audio/lighting effects over BLE to multiple lighting controllers at 30fps that made a dramatic improvement on the Basecamp workout experience (Particle Argon, C++, BLE, WiFi, C#)- Built studio iPad app to lead the Basecamp class that controls the dynamic lighting, music, and class videos (SwiftUI, BLE)- Built member signup flows for free and paid classes that became a major lead intake for studios- Owned all monitoring, IaC and CI/CD pipelines for Basecamp (Dynatrace, Terraform, Github Actions)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Worked primarily on the ACME backend development team working on online signup, global gym access, in-studio admin software, and global billing integrations. Built and maintained tools for both members and franchisees.* Led engineering to upgrade the AF Door Access system that was deployed to 5k locations across 32 countries used by millions of members to access the gym every day* Integrated member mobile devices (NFC, Google Pay/ Apple Wallet, BLE) and hardware components (MCU, RS485, SPI, I2C, WIZNET) to power the Access system* Collaborated with the install team to integrate hardware in clubs and streamline installs for global rollout* Built a localized install tool for installers that reduced call center staff requirements during the global rollout (React, CrowdIn, OIDC/Oauth, Typescript, C#)* Delivered real-time member key system that improved sync time from hours to milliseconds with millions of events per day (Azure Functions, C#, CosmosDB, APNS, event grid)* Achieved worldwide hardware/radio certification in relevant markets (Intertek labs, FCC, CE, CA, NOM, etc.)* Developed gym reservation backend integrations that kept gyms open during COVID (Azure Functions)Worked on the Anytime Fitness members and billing team that developed online signup, global gym access, in-studio admin software, and billing integrations (dotnet, REST, React, Azure Event Bus, Microservices).

- Led a team of engineers to build https://iStatus.com, a distributed network monitoring platform- Developed real-time state, event, and notification system to monitor networks and alert clients- Developed reporting system for clients to gain actionable insight on their networks- Developed a system to securely manage remote hardware devices and updates- Automated hardware build and cooking process to improve customer delivery fulfillment- Improved performance by implementing hierarchical query system (Nested Interval, SQL)- Improved maintainability & reduced outsourcing costs of iOS application by rebuilding it in Swift- Standardized Agile to promote iterative development and improve business feedback- Standardized full-stack TDD/BDD testing (Jasmine/Jest, VS tests) and peer review for the team- Mentored Junior Engineers & SDE Interns to assist in product’s development- Managed backlog & coordinated business / customer requirements with the engineering teamBackend:ASP.NET, C#, Entity Framework, SQL Server, SQL, WebAPI, RESTFrontend: AngularJS, ng2-8, Typescript, Webpack, CSS/LESS/SCSSMonitoring hardware: OpenWRT, application in C, porting to RustCookers: NodeJS, Bash, Raspberry Pi, OpenWRT utilities

Ames, Iowa

- Modernized https://okoboji.com to increase site revenue and customer retention- Developed an in-house advertising platform for local businesses and homeowners- Automated hotel Mac PC procurement process for managed services division (Java)Okoboji Stack: ASP.NET MVC, UmbracoCMS, jQuery, Google Maps API, Weather API

- Implemented site-reliability monitoring scripts to integrate with splunk to alert on high ambient/internal temperatures in the server rooms

- Managed and fixed bugs for in-house timekeeping and wiki application- Assisted solution center technical support staff as necessary

- Provided in-person T2 technical support for university staff- Managed university IT hardware receiving. Tagged, provisioned, and imaged hardware