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- Leverage knowledge of Python, Node, React, MongoDB, CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC) tools and AWS to architect and develop custom software applications for clients.- Communicate directly with client’s executives and senior management to establish project goals, objectives, and timelines.- Write comprehensive project documentation, including technical specifications, user training guides, and status reports, ensuring clear communication and facilitating seamless future maintenance and updates.Additionally, my books, "Python, the Relatable Way: For the Future Coder Who's Never Written a Line of Code" and the "Coding with Cornell" book series for kids are also published under Bergeron-Woodley

Reston, Virginia, Us

In this role, I provide as-needed software engineer support to clients that are supported by Improvix, including maintaining an application made up of 10 micro services hosted on AWS

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Salesforce-FTL is a 10-week coding bootcamp/pre-internship for rising college juniors. The program functions in two parts: in-class instruction and instructor-supported independent development. During the 10-week program, I:- Taught full stack web development using React, Node, Express, and PostgreSQL (PERN) to 30 rising college juniors- Developed lessons on basic JavaScript, React’s useState hook, encryption with bcrypt, and the use of Git/Github- Advised 12 students during the independent learning portion, providing support during the full SDLC process of application development over a five-week period

Health is wealth! I’ll be taking a personal break through the end of 2022 and into early next year. If you’re reading this, please do take time to prioritize yourself, even as you work.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

In addition to managing a team of software engineers, I led an internationally distributed team of engineers in the early stages of developing a Knowledge Management system, including developing the initial application design and architecture, and creating an in-depth infrastructural readiness document to deploy the system to an Azure environment.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

In addition to managing a team of junior Software Engineers, I lead in the development and maintenance of technical projects for commercial and government clients, utilizing Python, JavaScript, AWS, SharePoint, and SPARQL and other graph databases. Project roles have included:Technical Lead for CMS Project for Government Agencyo Lead team of 5 software engineers who perform various roles on the project.o Collaborate with Solutions Architect to develop architectural designs and diagrams for a decoupled CMS solution intended to improve the end-to-end report creation and distribution process for government teams.o Lead communication with government technical stakeholders, including devOps teams, technical project manager, and AWS Cloud Architect.o Develop Deployment Plans and Technical Change Request documentation for government stakeholderso Partner with Scrum Master and Product Owner to prioritize tasks for each 4-sprint release cycle.o Manage releases to the government test and production environments in AWS GovCloud using Terraform and Gitlab CI.o Developed and maintain six Python microservice applications using Flask RestPlus to facilitate communication between the primary Drupal content management system, Mongo and AWS Services (S3, Simple Email Service, etc.)o Developed and maintain unit-test with integration mocking for each of the six Python microservices to maintain at minimum 90% code coverageo Perform data modeling for Mongo databaseo Support JavaScript developers in the development and maintenance of a collaborative rich text editorSoftware Engineer for Knowledge Graph CMS for Government-Related Organizationo Developed a knowledge graph prototype using Python and Flask that connects to MS SQL, MySQL, and SPARQL databases to showcase relationships between nodes.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Software Engineer for Taxonomy Project for Commercial Finance Companyo Designed and developed a prototype Python/Flask backend application with Vanilla JavaScript front-end framework that integrates with a taxonomy management API to associate taxonomy terms and store the terms to a database for filteringo Managed deployment of the application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk using AWS CLISoftware Engineer for Search Project for Commercial Banking Agencyo Developed production search application using Python, Flask, and ElasticSearch, including optimization, such as relevancy scoring and hit highlighting.o Developed Python script to perform nightly indexing and tagging of SharePoint and wiki content to be used for search filteringo Deployed application for internal-facing production access as a Windows service using NSSM

Arlington, Virginia, Us

SharePoint Administration, Configuration, and Development for Various Clients, including a Commercial Accounting Company, Commercial Insurance Company, and a Commercial Health Care Consulting Company: o Led the planning, design, and implementation of the proposed site architecture plan for the migration of a client system from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online.o Led the design, creation, and implementation of Master Page and Content Page stylistic modifications for SharePoint 2013 in SharePoint Designero Created and Managed SharePoint Groups and Permissions for Domain Users in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Onlineo Developed and conducted training sessions for System and Site Owners for SharePoint Online userso Created custom workflows in SharePoint Designer for clients using SharePoint 2013o Created custom workflows in Microsoft Power Automate for clients using SharePoint Online

• Developed curriculum for foundational web development courses using Scratch• Led weekly courses teaching the fundamentals of programming to elementary and secondary youth• Guided students through the creation of a video game project

Oakland, California, Us

• Led a two-week course teaching Python programming language to 23 teenaged girls, introducing key terms and concepts in programming including variables, functions, methods, classes, and user testing.• Collaborated with and guided two Technical Teaching Assistants in preparation of lessons

Washington, Dc, Us

• Developed an internal JSON API using Ruby on Rails to perform access, retrieve, and edit methods on employee information as part of an effort to convert our intranet from a traditional CMS to a decoupled CMS• Collaborated with front-end and back-end developers to architect the employee JSON API solution• Refactored code to improve intranet search results with ElasticSearch to include fuzzy queries and hit highlighting• Developed the 2016 Annual Report interactive data visualization (http://2016.newamerica.org/) website utilizing JavaScript libraries JQuery and D3

• Collaborated with a team of developers to design and create a production application that was used by canvassers during the 2016 election season. • Developed user management portions of the canvassing application, which identified group leaders and automatically assigned canvassers to groups, securing their placement in the appropriate SMS group.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

- Provided support to four students enrolled in the full-stack web development program who were learning Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

New Orleans, La, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

- Managed relationships with niche media and fraternal organizations, managing grant awards up to $150K, and ensuring that all requirements of contractual agreements were met.- Presented at national public health and fraternal conferences of more than 1,000 attendees- Facilitated focus groups to obtain feedback regarding the development of branded materials and project deliverables- Established relationships between the organization and social media influencers for materials in support of the organization's annual initiatives, yielding 1.4 million Twitter impressions, more than 8000 Spreecast views, and over 150 registrations for the organization’s young adult site.- Reviewed proposals competing for funding from the organization

Washington, Dc, Us

- Revised and managed the internship program, including coordinating availability of internships with five department managers, listing openings, coordinating seating charts, hosting an intern luncheon, and maintaining relationships with the interns as a secondary liaison. Under my management, the average number of interns per semester grew from two to six.- Fulfilled all purchase, online and check orders, while processing checks and payments- Assisted in keeping the office running smoothly, ordering supplies as necessary, answering phones and fixing all non-emergency technical issues- Managed the in-office inventory of store items and communicated with the storage company to ensure that publications were in stock

Washington, Dc, Us

- Edited the 2011 Annual Report for dissemination to the organization's Board of Trustees.- Coordinated the 2010 and 2011 listservs for member recruitment, contacting more than 200 schools regarding distribution of email invitations for prospective members- Completed administrative tasks, including answering phones, handling mass mailings, sending emails, and answering questions from parents of prospective members.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

- Created high-fidelity wireframes for the redesign of TheHilltopOnline.com, which debuted in Fall 2010 as an online daily- Managed the site’s content, uploads, and layouts, and composed the newsletter which was sent bi-weekly to over 14,000 student subscribers

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Copy Editor for Howard University's daily student newspaper, The Hilltop. Here, I edited, for AP and Hilltop Style, more than 25 articles a week to be disseminated to an audience of more than 7,000 Howard students and Washington, D.C. residents.

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

- Wrote the Distinguished Chapter of the Year cover article for the Fall issue of NSBE Magazine, which discussed the activities of The University of Florida’s NSBE chapter- Edited privacy policy, three blurbs and articles to appear on the new NSBE website, which premiered on August 16, 2010

New Orleans, La, Us

- Organized interviews between media outlets, association board members and teachers- Wrote and sent press releases regarding school occurrences and the Algiers Technology Academy to local media outlets- Researched education-related grants for the association

Bachelor Of Arts, Communications

Master Of Science, Computer Information Systems

Graduate Certificate, Web Application Development

Graduate Certificate, Information Technology