Contracted to SurestSupported Surest’s Java Spring Boot application from an platform standpointTriaged and resolved security vulnerabilities in Gradle dependenciesUpdated code to remove PHI exposure in logging as well as improving testing of document parsing to ensure PHI safetyRemoved non-needed data from contracts to reduce overfetching of data and reduce response time

Converted a Typescript eventing architecture from AWS Lambda to Docker containers on AWS FargateProvided technical mentoring and leadership to the entire development team, including leading technical book reviewsWorked with management, product, and business leadership to raise process and tooling improvementsImplemented an asynchronous RFC document process to increase asynchronous work

Designed and implemented multiple platforms for Globalization needs including connecting with vendor systemsArchitected and built Java Spring Boot microservices on Amazon Web Services, utilizing services including SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, EC2, ECS, and S3Designed API contracts to communicate with UI front-ends as well as internal customers to hit APIs directlyHelped determine important metrics to monitor for microservice health, creating alerts to ensure positive user experience with Globalization platformsWorked with multi-national teams across multiple timezonesInterviewed prospective engineer candidates to ensure strong engineering knowledge as well as diversity of backgrounds and thoughtAfter initial implementation of new platforms, decommissioned the older legacy tools with no impact to business

Contracted to NikeMaintained and extended Nike’s internal Localization Tool, including building in a direct connection with a leading TMS (translation management system)Added features and delivered bugfixes in a full-stack manner, working with Spring in Java and Angular in JavaScriptWorked directly with internal customers and product owners to understand Globalization needs

Maintained Radius, a student lifecycle management system, using Tomcat servlets in JavaRefactored printing functionality using an object-oriented approach, architected in collaboration with other developersWorked in a remote, widespread team in multiple regions

Maintained the Struts and Java legacy code base for CengageNOW, Cengage Learning’s leading digital learning management system, in an Agile environment, running on Tomcat, Spring, and HibernateContinuously developed new front-end features in Javascript, jQuery and Less for CengageNOWPrototyped projects for CengageNOW including implementing dependency retrieval using MavenDirectly supported Cengage’s staff in integrating MindTap, their newest product, to work with CengageNOWDeveloped a data-based decision making tool (STEPPS) for the University of Oregon, including designing database schema for an Action Plan feature, using CodeIgniter, PHP, and MySQLDeveloped with Agile coding practices, using test driven development with JUnit, refactoring by characterization tests, and sharing branches for code reviews in GitInvestigated difficult to find production issues with Selenium and JMeterAttended after-work paired learning sessions for iOS developmentLed discussions with Business Analysts to future refine project requirements and documented them inside JIRA tracking toolBlogged for the company front facing site

Engineered leading digital repository solution written in Java, running on Tomcat, and using Velocity templating in cooperation with managementDeveloped front end web pages with Javascript/jQuery, driven by a Spring and Hibernate entity layer and MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle in an Ubuntu environmentIncreased the ease to refactor legacy code by implementing JUnit tests and functional tests in Selenium as part of an automated test suite using Hudson/JenkinsWorked to improve overall stability of product by eliminating bugs, implementing unit tests using JUnit, and participating in code reviewsCollaborated with customer service and testing in order to help customers and implement bug fixesEngineered a desktop-based application using Griffon in Groovy to add further value to customers

I worked in a team to create the new design of the College of Science and Technology website at RU, fostering teamwork, along with deadlines and working with clients. The website was designed in PHP using Oracle as the database backend.

I managed 17 student workers who oversee the Computer Science departmental lab in Davis Hall.

Assisted the professor in explaining concepts for a second semester Computer Science class. Helped countless students debug code and solve problems.

Worked personally with Dr. Lee in order to design and implement a Java-based system to simulate network topologies, studying the connectivity of the topology.