Member of a small, high specialized, and diversely skilled team with the goals of automating former manual processes, creating tools to enhance both developer and QA productivity, managing cloud automation and infrastructure, and continuous integration and deployment.• Developed a Jenkins, BDD, and Selenium driven test automation infrastructure for a QA team that not only improved test reliability and visibility, but also reduced testing time by nearly 90%• Proposed and established a workflow to use packer.io in an effort to both reduce differences between environments and simplify machine image buildout• Collaborated on efforts to create a packer.io based machine image for the purpose of local development, with the eventual goal of on-demand, AWS-backed feature testing environments• Authored and improved many Puppet modules to manage services and infrastructure for production and local Vagrant environments• Participated in discussions to evaluate and improve git and Jenkins based workflows to simplify a path to production with multiple independent test and acceptance environmentsLanguages and TechnologyPython, Go, Ruby, Puppet, Vagrant, packer.io, AWS, Jenkins, Virtualization (Virtualbox, KVM).

Backend Python developer working on the Django-powered CMS platform that serves Cox Media Group's 100+ newspaper, television, and radio websites.• Engineered a robust and scalable oEmbed platform responsible for content enrichment and rich content delivery across all of CMG's media sites• Championed DevOps culture by routinely working with systems engineers to improve code metrics and measurability, to enhance internal tools for managing dev and test environments, and to investigate and diagnose issues regarding application health, performance, and reliability.• Developed a news aggregation app for Google Glass as part of a self-directed lab project• Explored leveraging graph database technology for the purpose of determining content relationships and for user content curation.• Investigated database-related performance issues including replication lag and poorly performing SQL queries, and provided recommendations on possible optimizations and enhancements• Led and participated in initiatives to improve CMG's software testing culture by focusing on on both test and behavior driven development• Presented and shared experiments, ideas, and new technology with other developersLanguages and TechnologyPython, Django, Celery/RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Memcached, NewRelic, Statsd/Graphite, TDD/BDD, Linux (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu), Solr, Go, Neo4j, Vagrant, Puppet

Public sector technical consultant and software developer with focus on J2EE application development, Oracle SOA, and Oracle BPM.• Developed suite of J2EE applications aimed at providing automated, self-service tools for PII management, procurement requests, and approval routing• Facilitated Oracle E-Business Suite upgrade by verifying correct operation of custom PL/SQL components, by identifying and diagnosing migration defects, and by providing appropriate code retrofits and solution recommendations• Enhanced client's J2EE-based interactive, real-time group discussion application by improving user interface, integrating client account authentication, allowing full discussion moderation, and maintaining discussion transcriptsLanguages and TechnologyOracle Database 10g/11g, PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, SOAP, XML, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle E-Business Suite, Solaris

Envisioned, designed, and developed a robust sales and reporting dashboard for one of the largest independent retailers of CLEAR 4G. Administered and maintained a responsive production environment supporting over 1,000 users. Notable system features include:• Employee sales entry, customer and lead tracking, scheduling, and inventory procurement• Payroll reporting suite to provide accurate monthly sales commission and bonus calculations• Managerial insight into both retail kiosk and employee sales performance• Automated customer support follow-ups, customer payment reminders, and retail sales reporting• Administrative sales consolidation via batched account activations and status changes• Hierarchical organization management and administration\Languages and TechnologyPHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Linux (Ubuntu)

• Created made-to-order web applications, content management, and e-commerce solutions for small business owners• Engaged clients to discuss project vision, cost, and execution to ensure appropriate scope, schedule, and budget to meet business needs• Managed team of developers to design, develop, implement, and support application solutions to be delivered on time, within budget, and to client expectationsLanguages and TechnologyPHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery