A professor once asked me, “Where do you see yourself in 5 years.” It's a question that is stunningly simple and yet deeply introspective; a question filled with nuance. As he looked on from the other side of his desk, I blurted out the first idea that popped into my head. Happiness… I want to be happy.Fast forward to the present. I AM happy! Every day that I wake up I get to do what I love and what I love is solving problems! Be it resolving software bugs, fielding new software to tackle never-been-done-before problems, creating simulations of hardware or processes to help advance research and/or to better adhere to CI/CD and adoption of DevOps practices, helping teams transition to new SDLC methodologies, and even working with tools to fabricate parts and provide mechanical maintenance (I’m looking at you ’72 Catalina) I love it all. I am now on a mission to work with a company that will challenge me to the max and let me do what I love; solve problems.My experiences have brought me to the point where I now consider myself a Jack of All Trades. I can put my software development hat on and produce code, maintain documentation, conduct peer reviews, mob/pair programming, work in an open space collaborative environment, fearlessly learn new programming languages, etc. I can put on my engineering hat to collaboratively plan out new software features that integrate well with current software base, do code studies to find flaws and rectify, field new software to meet changing goals/visions, plan out and create embedded system simulations as well as simulations of physical processes, etc. I also have a consultation hat where I research solutions to help meet requirements, reach out to vendors to help with new workloads, learn new skills to immediately apply to current work items, etc. Essentially, being an engineer, to me, means being able to step outside the boundaries of your ‘expertise’ and comfort zone to find unique solutions to unique problems. After obtaining an AS in Computer Science, I decided to round out my engineering education through an ABET accredited BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Oklahoma. Throughout my professional and academic career, I have been exposed to several hard and soft skills. I have varying levels of experience with several programming languages (Pascale, Java, C++, Fortran, C#), programs (MATLAB, Mathematica, Origin Pro, Dreamweaver, SIMICS, Tableau, Azure DevOps, MSVS, GIT), and other tools/languages (JavaScript, HTML, Doxygen).
Listed skills include Mathematica, Simulations, Latex, Matlab, and 17 others.