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Influence technical strategy and implement the solutions required to support ForzaCare's Network Solutions product with the best tools and technologies.

Franklin, Tennessee, Us

As a Web Developer with extensive experience in a compliant healthcare environment, I specialized in creating robust web applications using a diverse technology stack. My expertise encompasses C#, ASP.NET Core/MVC, Entity Framework Core, SQL Server, React, TypeScript, and other front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Working in an agile scrum team, I adeptly managed multiple projects, ensuring high-quality development in line with healthcare compliance standards. My role was crucial in developing, refining, and maintaining web applications, and I played a significant role in enhancing our DevOps practices within a GitHub framework. I am committed to leveraging my technical skills and collaborative approach to contribute to the team's success and drive innovation in healthcare technology solutions.Key Achievements- Spearheaded a git branching strategy, streamlining development workflows and deployment processes- Orchestrated the upgrade of two business-critical web applications to .NET Framework 4.8 and .NET 8, enhancing performance and security- Implemented a source control strategy for database deployments, ensuring precision and consistency in database management

Franklin, Tn, Us

I contribute to the development and maintenance of a myriad of back-end services and web-based user interfaces in a hybrid environment comprising on-premise and Azure cloud solutions. My technical expertise spans .NET Core, Entity Framework, React, Typescript, SQL, Azure cloud technologies, and Azure DevOps pipelines.In my role as a Team Lead, I partner with business stakeholders to ascertain requirements and formulate resilient and innovative technology solutions. Collaborating with project management, I prioritize tasks across various domains to align with and support key business objectives. I am also actively involved in training and mentoring developers, guiding them on problem-solving, career progression, and the creation of readable, testable code. Furthermore, I evaluate and advocate new technologies that could enhance efficiency and value across our platforms.As DevOps Lead, I design and execute a continuous deployment strategy employing Azure Devops Pipelines, Azure cloud infrastructure, and various automated testing tools such as Xunit, Cypress, and Postman.Key Achievements Include:- Successfully migrated multiple web applications from ASP.NET MVC to a client-side React SPA integrated with a .NET API. This transition increased developer velocity and enriched the user experience.- Advocated for and ensured the adoption of TypeScript across all major applications, solidifying it as a fundamental component in our stack.- Developed a configuration-based workflow engine that currently serves as the principal entry point for our core business function. This innovative web service is critical in fulfilling complex business requirements for new clients in our newly developed business segment.- Established a continuous deployment strategy across all applications, incorporating multiple environments and automated testing. As a result, we can now securely deploy our applications at least once per day with complete confidence.

Franklin, Tn, Us

As an Application Developer II at Prime Health Services, a leading PPO Network, I played a critical role in enhancing and streamlining web applications to improve the customer experience and optimize internal processes. I worked with a high degree of independence and adaptability, delivering results with minimal supervision.Key Responsibilities:- Developed, and maintained web applications utilizing .NET Framework, MVC, SQL Server and Javascript- Worked closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and transform them into efficient applications- Troubleshot and addressed application performance issues, ensuring quality, and responsivenessMajor Projects and Achievements:- Designed our next-gen user authentication solution, and migrated two customer-facing applications from Identity Server to Azure AD B2C. This unified our authentication strategy across applications, and improved the user experience with single-sign on- Set up and continued to maintain deployment pipelines for all major applications, enabling us to deploy regularly and systematically with minimal downtime

Nashville, Tn, Us

As a Junior .NET Developer at LetterLogic, a company specializing in designing, fulfilling, and delivering patient-friendly statements for healthcare systems, I contributed to the development and maintenance of .NET Windows Services. I parsed and processed large data files within a workflow adhering to HIPAA and PCI standards, integrating with a third-party printing software to ensure seamless interoperability.My daily tasks included developing new data workflows and print templates, as well as enhancing and maintaining existing use cases. I also troubleshot production issues to resolve customer challenges in collaboration with Account Managers and manufacturing staff, consistently exceeding our 24-hour SLA.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

Nashville Software School is a full-time, immersive learning environment where I gained immense experience working in two different object-oriented programming languages and a greater number of frameworks. In the first three months, we were introduced to Git, and achieved a mastery of the fundamentals of Javascript; IIFE and dependency injection with Browserify; front-end design frameworks with Bootstrap and Materialize, templating with Handlebars; and MVC frameworks with AngularJS.The last half of my experience at Nashville Software School emulated a professional workplace while we learned C# and the .NET framework through a series of self-paced projects with a team of five developers. We practice Agile Development with 1-week sprints, daily stand-ups and weekly code reviews and sprint retrospectives. Here I mastered version control and collaboration with Github, using Github Projects to organize backlog, sprint goals and progress. Our projects included working with ASP.NET Web API and MVC, building CLI applications, and writing technical documentation and style guides (for code and design).In my spare time I've developed a personal website with Jekyll, a mobile app for the Nashville Historical Commission with Ionic, an interactive photobooth application with Raspberry Pi and Bash scripting, among other personal projects and open-source contributions through Github.

Franklin, Tennessee, Us

In this leadership role, I was responsible for all operations of the sales support organization, including a team of two analysts. This department supported the sales organization by developing proposals, managing complex workflows with a variety of vendor and distribution partners, processing large transactions with speed and accuracy and providing another point of contact into the organization for our enterprise customers.Developing strong processes and quality metrics were key to my success in this role, as well as a dedication to constant improvement in order to minimize risk and exceed the strategic objectives of the entire company. Here I exercised my skills in reporting and dashboarding, producing valuable business insights on a weekly basis using a sales forecasting process of my own design.

Franklin, Tennessee, Us

Managing a complex sales process, as an Account Manager I supported a team of sales representatives to deliver value to enterprise customers in collaboration with several vendor and distribution partners. This included integrating separate CRM and ERM systems to track opportunities and process orders, working closely with the sales and accounting teams to ensure long-term customer satisfaction. Under direction from company leadership, I designed, implemented, and improved processes and systems to scale the operations organization.

Us

In this consulting role, I managed the digital presences of Big Kenny (Big & Rich) and his subsidiary brands (Love Everybody, Pirates of Cookietown, Electro Country Shine). Together with Big Kenny and a small creative team, I designed and executed several marketing campaigns across the social space to raise awareness for a series of digital releases and trademarks.

- Oversaw student and professional recording projects- Guided students through signal flow, recording techniques, procedures and troubleshooting- Maintained facilities and enforced security procedures

- Designed and administered the digital presence of an independent artist- Executed a rebranding initiative to great success- Organized a promotional campaign and attained relevant exposure- Coordinated a successful, solo tour through the MidWest

- Implemented viral marketing strategies for artist clients- Built an Access-based database to automatically produce reports- Troubleshot HTML and CSS code on a variety of platforms- Constant multitasking to complete a variety of daily tasks

Nashville, Tn, Us

- Represented Belmont at the campus security desk- Coordinated on-duty officers to respond to campus alerts- Assisted customers with a variety of requests

Franklin, Tn, Us

- Maintained a professional, spotless studio environment- Developed policies and procedures for future interns- Assisted set-up and tear down for recording sessions

Ca

- Guided children ages 8 – 14 through personalized, creative adventures with technology- Frequently troubleshot technological errors

Us

- Executed customer transactions- Sold financial products to existing and prospective customers

- Oversaw, directed and evaluated department’s employees- Prepared and analyzed daily Balance Sheets and Income Statements- Reconciled accounts with school bank’s commercial partner- Overhauled and administered account database in Excel- Developed policies and procedures for the department

- Organized Records Retention system for Finance and Tax Departments- Executed a variety of accounting and administrative tasks

Education record

Bba, Music Business