Mike Downie Email & Phone Number

I am driven to solve technical problems in the most practical way possible. To do this well I developed a diverse set of skills to truly understand the problem(s) at hand and a depth of technical knowledge to create great solutions.Lifelong interests in technology, math, and science and that drive to solve problems led me to pursue a Computer Science degree at Texas A&M. I wasn’t content to learn about software in a classroom, I wanted to apply concepts in real-world settings as soon as possible. My final three years of college I worked professionally developing software. First as a co-op student for a (then) national telecommunications company and later part-time for a software consulting company. This ‘dual education’ allowed me to graduate with a strong academic foundation and the practical skills to apply my knowledge. After completing my degree I continued to work for the consulting company, helping the company grow from 4 employees to more than 60 over the course of a decade. I gained expertise through success on a diverse set of projects. Project work included data acquisition and control, database applications and user interface design. During this period I also built software teams, studying software project management, estimation, requirements gathering, application lifecycle management and learning to effectively mentor junior developers.My most recent work includes database design and front-end development for enterprise resource planning systems. I continue to look for difficult problems needing great solutions. What makes a great solution? I say first and foremost it has to work well, meeting both the functional and non-functional requirements. A solution can’t just work it has to work fast enough, be intuitive to the user and be maintainable by the developers to be great.

Listed skills include Software Development, C++, C#, Programming, and 10 others.

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  Texas A&M University

  Computer Science