Nels Wadycki Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Led teams of up to 24 engineers, QA, and SDETs to deliver projects to deadline including the Annual Enrollment Period which accounts for a majority of revenue in a 3-month period- Built QA Automation framework using Specification by Example, Gauge, and Kotlin; Hired and managed 13 SDETs embedded in feature teams; Led multiple instructional sessions on Specifications by Example, worked 1-1 to teach proper test structure and coverage

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Designed and implemented Telephone Consumer Protection Act tracking microservice to store and serve 22M consumer consent records with millisecond response time via a RESTful API using Spring Boot with a MySQL backend- Integrated an older telephony system with Twilio to provide real-time information to Licensed Insurance Agents and their managers based on telephonic and web events

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Built out Enrollment platform by adding custom integrations (XML, JSON, batch delivery) with 3rd party insurance providers

Chicago, Il, Us

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Web Application Development:• Worked as the primary developer for a site that received over 300,000 visits (over 1M page views) per month• Consistently pushed to improve user interfaces and user experience including the complete redesign of the home page for a major web site which increased user sign-ups by 14%• Actively monitored web site using network and server monitoring tools; analyzed and improved site up-time using these tools• Worked in a mixed Windows/Unix environment to design, develop, implement and test new web site features• Created a system to increase competition between grid computing participants, allowing members to create more than 550 challenges per year• Worked as part of small team requiring independent work with minimal supervisionDatabase Design and Analysis:• Designed complex membership database to track membership information for 600,000+ members, including individual grid computing contributions across heterogeneous databases• Created scripts to export and import data between MySQL and DB2 databases on a daily basis• Created database analytics reports using XML and SQL to monitor important project metricsSocial Media and Marketing:• Designed and implemented a Facebook Platform application including integration with external web site for publishing to user's Walls• Created a viral marketing campaign to solicit user generated content leading to the creation of YouTube videos that received more than 40,000 views

Bs, Computer Engineering

Mba, Management