Beth Mackay Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

- Part of a team that provides best practices for Python and Go as well as developing and maintaining essential libraries, frameworks and services used across engineering teams- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate: Passed exam after less than a year working in a cloud environment- Led 2-person team to conduct a trade study for the artifact storge tool for the company- Key contributor to observability and custom metrics conversion effort which saved the company millions of dollars per year in vendor charges- As scrum leader, conducted bi-weekly agile sprints with daily scrum, planning, retro meetings with an 8-person team- Named interim technical lead for the team after less than a year with the team (usually only Staff engineers are tech leads)

Falls Church, Va, Us

- Tech lead for multi-million dollar real-time control and communications hub used to test the military’s latest, high-tech fighter aircraft (Qt, XML, C++, SQL, Python)- Led an 8-person team to add a new 3D situational display with a Qt GUI on time, on a very tight time-critical schedule- Conducted bi-weekly agile sprints and participated in daily scrum meetings with an 8-person team- Collaborated with the customer to design new GUIs based on new interface requirements- Deployed a C++ TCP/IP real time data transfer to the 3D situational display component- Technical point-of-contact for end users for all sites; users have limited access to tech support due to security clearance requirements- Led a 4-person team to deploy a new Qt GUI based on customer feedback and UX design, enabling a new workflow - Led a 7-person team to deploy a tool with a Qt GUI and a C++ back-end to automate manual and time intensive tasks, saving 72 person-hours per week - Participated regularly in strategic planning activities, using customer intimacy to help set the roadmap for product development - Led an Internal Research & Development (IRAD) project to overhaul the current GUI and workflow- Utilized customer feedback and internal stakeholder requirements to enhance the user experience- Led a team tasked with transitioning an aging configuration management/quality assurance system to Jira and GitHub, including developing workflows, screens and transitions to simplify the engineering processes

Falls Church, Va, Us

- Led a 4-person team to deploy an automated data import tool in C++, resulting in a 200% productivity increase and extremely satisfied users- Received numerous awards for completing projects on time and budget- Rapidly conceived and implemented prototypes for customer proof of concept demonstrations and design reviews - Championed continuous improvement for our software development and testing processes, with an emphasis on automated testing- Led a 5-person team to deploy a new Qt GUI that streamlined workflows and eliminated repetitive tasks (e.g. Reduced number of clicks from 30 to 1 for a task that is performed multiple times per day)- Deployed a Qt GUI with a C++ and SQL back used to transfer data between sites, saving hundreds of person hours per year - Deployed an interface in C++ between a threat model and the software that mapped and translated data with microsecond accuracy- Deployed a data validation component in C++, reducing errors in the data and hardware downtime by on average 10%- Deployed a C++ API layer between the PostgreSQL database back end and the Motif and Qt GUI front end - Deployed C++ API layers for hardware-specific drivers (e.g. IRIG and SCRAMNet)- Ported the software to multiple Linux operating system versions - Implemented a continuous integration nightly automated test system in Python - Implemented Linux Kickstart and installation scripts in Python- Deployed on-site system deliveries and software updates- Developed and delivered week-long on-site training for end users, including video training, slides and hands-on exercises - Mentored junior and mid-level engineers- Delivered knowledge sharing video training for new team members- Evangelist for test-driven development- Participated in numerous high-value proposal efforts

Falls Church, Va, Us