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Remote

Technologies:React, Javascript, Typescript, Jest, Enzyme, RTL, Webpack, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, Java, JenkinsAs a tech lead and developer, I successfully led a team of five engineers through a two year effort to architect, design, implement, beta test, release, and optimize the performance of an interview-based analysis suite for endangered species.I provided technical leadership and project management over three teams in a one year effort to move several locally hosted products with a complicated shared database to the cloud. Separating the database to a data warehouse and data mart architectures, and the software products to AWS hosted individual containers with rest interfaces and microservices where appropriate.I managed requirements gathering and built consensus around solutions among biologists, regulators, industry representatives, and a team of developers.

Boulder, Co

Working on a fully remote, agile team of developers, I was responsible for development throughout a quickly evolving Ruby-based web platform using a largely custom microservice architecture.I worked on projects including new feature architecture and development, API development, database and query optimization, legacy code support and maintenance.Technologies: Ruby, Rails, MariaDB , MySql, RabbitMQ, the Sequel ruby gem, RSpec, Git and Github, Jira, Zendesk, Trello

Fort Collins, Colorado

Technologies:Ruby on Rails, Javascript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Mongoid, Jquery, Git and Github, CSS, SCSS, Bootstrap, Heroku, Engineyard, RSpec, AWS, EC2, S3, CloudFront, ElasticSearch, Solr, Redis, Resque, REST, and a wide variety of gems in the Rails ecosystem.I am a Sr. full stack web developer with primary interest and focus in Rails, Javascript, and their ecosystems.We are a small, agile team of web developers with substantial experience building and launching new products. We take sites from concept through testing, launch and beyond. Recently I’ve been responsible for the design and development of Rails back ends for mobile clients through RESTful APIs; Rails app scaling and optimization including request profiling and query optimization, strategic request caching, asynchronous job processing, and CDN integration; as well as data modeling, design and implementation of user and administrative interfaces, interfacing with legacy systems, front end SCSS, Javascript, and JQuery development, and server administration and scaling in linux, Nginx, Puma, and Unicorn.

Boulder, Colorado

Working with an agile development team and a team of QA engineers, I was responsible for the design and implementation of a framework for a highly flexible multi-platform automated GUI based smoke test for integration into the nightly build.Technologies:Visual Studio 2008, C++, C#, Java, Javascript, Project White, SVN

SimAuthor is a world leader in flight data analysis and real-time 3d visualization. I was responsible for the creation and maintenance of an extensive catalog of assets related to 3d flight simulation, telemetry data visualization, and GIS data visualization including worldwide satellite imagery, digital elevation data and land use data, navigation charts, and hundreds of fully articulated 3d aircraft and aircraft instrument models. I managed a team of 3d modelers and artists including project estimation, engineering problem solving, workload balancing, and training of junior members of the team. I was also responsible for the creation of a user training curriculum and giving on-site training seminars in the U.S. and Europe.Technologies:Designer's Workbench, Carbon Graphics GEO, MultiGen Creator, ER Mapper, Global Mapper, ArcGIS, Adobe Photoshop, SVN

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

I was responsible for 3d content generation for a customizable driving simulation suite for training and research. I also worked on a small team which designed and created a motion based 3d pinball arcade game.Technologies:3DSMax, MultiGen Creator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator