Stephen Garrett Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Currently focused on EarSketch development as well as the K12 InVenture Prizehttps://earsketch.gatech.edu/https://k12inventure.gatech.edu/

Atlanta, Ga

- Built, organized, and managed a diverse product team based on user-centered design principals. Managed a team of 9 technologists, including roles of UI Designer, Application Developer, Product Owner, and Application/Operational Support to operate in a DevOps model with both developers and ops/support working together.- Used and evangelized user-centered design processes to design products based on input from real users and to gain shared empathy for our users across our design and development teams as well as business stakeholders.- Delivered business value by automating business processes leveraging technology platforms including Amazon Alexa, Microsoft ASP.NET / C#, SQL Server Integration Services, ServiceNow.- Began migration from on-premise hosting to Azure App Service serverless hosting for web applications- Redesigned 30+ customer-facing websites using user research methods to achieve desired business objectives in a user-friendly way.

Atlanta, Ga

- Managed and lead technical decisions for the development team for several customer-facing web applications, including a meal plan application responsible for $30+ million annually in sales, and an Amazon Alexa skill to allow dorm residents to submit maintenance requests by voice.- Built and managed a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub, TeamCity, and Octopus to automate review, testing, and deployment of our Microsoft ASP.NET web applications and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) projects.- Managed and provided technical guidance on automating customer experiences between disparate business systems, including carpool registrations, parking permit reloads, HBO Go student access provisioning, physical door access provisioning, professional learning management course enrollments and data visualization dashboards.

Atlanta, Ga

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Working on turntable technology augmented by our patented sensor platform, and leveraging the platform to enhance K-12 STEM education by engaging students with music and DJ'ing.- Leading all software development efforts, including hardware integration, desktop apps (node, electron), and web simulator for distance learning (vue.js, AWS S3, Heroku)

Atlanta

- Designed and implemented a social, asynchronous turn-taking game using cloudtechnologies and agile development principals- Determined level of effort and assigned development priorities for bug reports and newfeature requests- Managed and coordinated software development responsibilities of multiple interns andcontractors- Researched and evaluated cloud-based NoSQL datastore vendors

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Coca-Cola London 2012 Olympics Campaign, My Beat Maker apps- Wrote the API for the audio remix engine for mobile and web platforms - Implemented the Android version of the audio remix engine- Implemented the internal ActionScript API for use in the Flash-based web app

- Designed and implemented generic privilege integration system for Blackboard TS- Developed custom data integration between the Event Management System (EMS) andBlackboard to facilitate autonomous unlocking of room doors

I worked in the Distributed Music Group on the UrbanRemix project.

- Developed and maintained applications in C# .NET, Java, and PHP as needed- Created and implemented custom interfaces between Auxiliary Services units and essential business units across campus- Developed custom SharePoint calendar web parts- Developed custom SharePoint timer job that aggregates event data from multiple ICSdata feeds and populates SharePoint lists- Implemented replacement data feed for GA Tech Post Office

- Developed a C# .NET Carpool System that involved 4 different interfaces for the customer-facing application process, carpool administrator approval process, cashier fulfillment of carpool permits, and IT Admins.- Created an automated Parking Permit sales process in C# .NET that ranked over 8,000 applicants and sold them permits accordingly.- Developed an interface between T2 Flex and Blackboard to transfer parking facility permissions to student ID cards.- Database Reporting with Crystal Reports- Light Oracle DB Maintenance- Wrote needed SQL Queries and web services scripts- Designed and developed other new systems as needed

- Consulted on website design, including heuristic evaluations- Assisted in maintaining Google AdWords account- Built and maintained initial network infrastructure (servers, NAS, switches, firewall, router, wiring, network printers)- Supported FreeBSD and Linux Web servers – MySQL relational database, HTML, PHP- Diagnosed hardware and software problems of employees- Wrote How-to manuals and documentation for users

- Deployed new faculty and staff computer systems- Diagnosed hardware and software problems on faculty and staff PC and Mac computers, including Deans of College of Education and College of Health and Human Sciences- Upgraded and maintained computer equipment- Researched energy efficient alternatives for computer labs, including thin clients

M.S., Human Computer Interaction

Activities and Societies: ACM, SIGCHI

B.S., Information Technology

B.M., Music Performance

Activities and Societies: Phi Mu Alpha