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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Purposed, developed, launched, and maintained a centralized relational database system (MySQL) paired with front-end clients (MS Access) that supports the internal functions of one of the largest funeral services in the pacific northwest, operating 24 hours a day. Communicated with the client to learn the business rules and processes to create optimized data-relations to fit their needs. Secured the system using SSL certificates to enforce data encryption and setup SSH support for secure remote access. Built a Java application that tests and asserts the naming conventions, data types, schema, relations, and referential integrity. Implemented a daily backup system using PowerShell that transfers data to remote hosts and sends email status notifications.

Current project:Working with a team of Artists to build a unique VR multiplayer game using Unity and Photon – will support all SteamVR headsets.Seattle Virtual Reality Hackathon 5:Created a VR experience, “Gear Runner,” with a team of artists, and integrated an exercise bike for player movement. Voted “Best of Show” by a team of judges and was accepted to be added to Seattle’s first VR arcade, PortalVR.Seattle VR Hackathon 4:Developed “Redline,” a VR experience made with Unity (C#), with a diverse team of six at Seattle’s largest VR hackathon to date.Won the "Community Choice" award, and received runner-up for "Best Tech Team" and "Best Physical Interactions.”

Seattle, Wa, Us

Built and shipped a full-stack multi-threaded Desktop application (Java) that retrieves and stores client data in JSON, CSV, and/or an SQL Engine.Increased data-retrieval performance by 2500% by implementing an asynchronous REST Client round-robin queueing algorithm.Eliminated potential disk-swapping for large datasets using inter-thread message passing between separate components.Wrote upwards of 400 unit tests and integration tests to ensure correct functionality and easy maintainability.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Integrated client data with Salesforce by building a C# application that merges Validar’s and Salesforce’s REST API data.Developed and documented six REST Client template applications that customers use to retrieve their data from Validar’s REST API. Wrote the User Guide for the Event Insight REST API.Offered a full-time position as a Full-Stack Software Engineer after graduation.Learn more: michaelgokeefe.github.io/Portfolio/Validar.html

Bothell, Wa, Us

Worked closely with my partner, Shen Li, to constructed a networking prototype (Unity, C#, Photon) that uses synchronized game rooms to allow many AR/VR devices (Rift, Vive, HoloLens, and Kinect) to collaborate in a virtual representation of a physical space created by HoloLens’ room scanning functionality. Implemented TCP connection setup through remote procedure calls, removing the need for hard-coded IP addresses. Troubleshot network latency issues by testing socket connections, allowing HoloLens to share scans of a physical environment.Created a User Guide and five Demo Projects for AR/VR developers, so they can use the prototype and focus on content creation. Co-authored a research paper about the project that was published by the IEEE in June 2017.After my graduation, Shen and future students built upon the project by incorporating Microsoft Azure and Kinect environment scanning to become one of twelve Microsoft Imagine Cup 2017 finalists. Learn More: michaelgokeefe.github.io/Portfolio/ArVrResearch.html | https://depts.washington.edu/csscts/CRCS/

Bothell, Wa, Us

Designed Parallel I/O for the Multi-Agent Spatial Simulation Library and implemented the open, read, and close functionality with support for text and NetCDF (climate data) files. Utilized distributed computing nodes, multi-core processors, and caching to access all portions of a file in parallel thus increasing the open and read performances. Debugged and tested the library using one to fifteen computing nodes by creating a separate test and assertion application.Documented the API and taught a Master’s student, Jas Shih, how to utilize it so she could implement the write functionality and incorporate HDFS.Learn more: michaelgokeefe.github.io/Portfolio/Mass.html

Seattle, Wa, Us

Graded coding assignments and exams covering program methodology, data structures, algorithms, and discrete mathematics.Offered a Tutor position for all Computing and Software System courses at the University of Washington for Fall Quarter 2016.

Taught children about software engineering, product definition, best coding practices, user experience and interface design, and agile development methods through the creation of video games written in Scratch, Python and Java, leading to interest and excitement about computer science. Allowed students to learn from their mistakes, by guiding students through their program’s issue(s) when bugs arose, without simply giving away the solution(s). Ensured parent support and involvement by updated parents on the progress of their children’s learning through in-class demonstrations, email, and photos.Offered a Teacher position for beginning level courses during the 2015 Fall quarter.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Computer Science & Software Engineering

High School Diploma