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Hillsboro, OR

Tigard, OR

• Developed customer projects for local and state agencies, including Permitting, Utilities, Courts, and Payment solutions. Project technologies included Voice, Web, and Text interfaces utilizing C#, JavaScript, HTML.
• Collaborated with PMs, city agencies, and 3rd party vendors to facilitate timely project completion and resolution of technical issues.
• Worked closely with QA on each of my projects to correct issues and submit bug fixes to core product code as needed.
• Proactively drove technical discussions with customers to assure project details were agreed upon during development and user acceptance testing.
• Worked with 3rd party vendors to implement, test, and integrate new APIs for back-end host systems. Also coded apps to utilize the APIs.
• Created and updated wiki documentation for the development / build / release process.

Portland, Oregon

• Enhanced and supported Event Measurement System software. EMS is a suite of applications for flight data collection, maintenance, and analysis. The applications allow complex queries of event databases and provide.
• Enhanced the EMS suite including changes to the UI, core business logic code, DB schema, SQL scripts, Powershell cmdlets, and associated module tests using C++, C#, and Powershell.
• Prioritized product features, estimated development times, and tracked development progress in an agile scrum environment.

Hillsboro, OR

• Led a team of up to eight software developers using agile methodologies. Leveraged my experience with public safety and product domain knowledge to address progressively more complicated technical tasks and provided.
• Reviewed the product roadmap with product and engineering managers, provided level of effort estimates, and helped select features to include in upcoming version releases.
• Coordinated with product managers and team members to review sprint development priorities, led daily scrum meetings, provided assistance for team members experiencing development hurdles, and communicated sprint.
• Wrote design documentation related to software enhancements and bug fixes. Wrote code to implement documented design features.
• Provided code reviews before changes were checked in to source control.
• Led a development team responsible for designing and implementing Tiburon's next generation computer aided 911 emergency dispatch software suite using C#/.NET/WPF/XAML technologies

Lake Oswego, OR

• Worked on a distributed data, multi-threaded, multi-process, computer aided dispatch system used by 911 emergency call centers.
• Collaborated with clients, product managers, trainers, testers, and sales representatives to design enhancements and customizations to core functionality.
• Installed and configured software on site at large, high-visibility clients.
• Trained client administrators and engineers on system functionality, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Provided 24/7 client support to resolve critical issues and minimize interruptions to emergency dispatch operations.

Portland, OR

• Assisted with the development of an embedded system video pattern generator (VPG) used to test and calibrate CRTs. Developed Windows-based support applications to enhance the VPG capabilities.
• Used Introl C compiler and NOHAU emulator to design and modify an embedded system device using the Motorola 68HC11 micro-controller. Worked with a flash ROM database containing timing and test pattern information.
• Set up an interrupt driven system for serial communications and system timing. Implemented VESA compliant I²C communication between the VPG and CRT under test.
• Developed Windows software to communicate with the VPG. Features included customized test patterns, implementation of timing/model/pattern databases, and a GUI interface for an RS323 controlled colorimeter.

Oregon City, OR

• Worked as a laboratory technician for a company focused on manufacturing liquid chromatography and fluid handling components for research lab equipment.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining experiments relating to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) systems.
• Participated in R&D projects aimed at designing and testing new components and adapting existing components to a wide variety of HPLC pumps.
• Coordinated beta testing of new products and tracked results. Examined returned goods and initiated internal corrective actions.