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Austin, Texas

- Assist in the development, implementation, and testing of proprietary software.- Refactor internal API to follow more modern PHP standards of coding and maintainability.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

- Lead small engineering team in charge of the company hiring platform, a LAMP-based application used to provide social media reports.- Handle all aspects of the development and deployment process, including design, project management, release, and maintenance of the company’s two web applications.- Manage AWS account and monitor service costs to keep within budget.- Converted the team from an unstructured release schedule to four-week sprints with releases at the end of the month… Show more - Lead small engineering team in charge of the company hiring platform, a LAMP-based application used to provide social media reports.- Handle all aspects of the development and deployment process, including design, project management, release, and maintenance of the company’s two web applications.- Manage AWS account and monitor service costs to keep within budget.- Converted the team from an unstructured release schedule to four-week sprints with releases at the end of the month. - Designed and implemented major changes to the product deliverable to aid social media analyst productivity and client comprehension.- Developed Chrome extension for highlighting subject identifiers and keywords on websites.- Identified pain points for analyst productivity and developed another Chrome Extension for capturing relevant information (as screenshots and/or text) used to build social media reports.- Integrated with several third-party background screening platforms to provide seamless report ordering and delivery, making use of their XML APIs.- Upgraded codebases from PHP 7.1 to 8.0 and MySQL from 5.6 to 5.7.- Assisted with transition of clients to new platform after company acquisition by FAMA Technologies. Show less

Santa Barbara, California Area

- Primary developer in charge of the company hiring platform, a LAMP-based application used to provide social media reports.- Train and manage social media analysts in testing and user support.- Work with business leadership to determine priorities, research and suggest solutions, and implement them in a timely manner.- Managed technical split from sister company, spinning up new servers, transferring data between AWS accounts, and ensuring uninterrupted platform availability.-… Show more - Primary developer in charge of the company hiring platform, a LAMP-based application used to provide social media reports.- Train and manage social media analysts in testing and user support.- Work with business leadership to determine priorities, research and suggest solutions, and implement them in a timely manner.- Managed technical split from sister company, spinning up new servers, transferring data between AWS accounts, and ensuring uninterrupted platform availability.- Researched, selected, and implemented Stripe integration for client billing.- Upgraded codebases from PHP 5.6 to 7.1 and added composer support.- Refactored class structure and replaced several key features (routing, templating) with composer libraries.- Implemented new client-facing user interface and features, as well as a new product workflow for client deliverables.- Built out a new JSON-based Rest API for partner clients, allowing for full product management programmatically. Show less

Santa Barbara, California Area

- Sole developer in charge of the company platform used to provide social media-based security clearance reports.- Manage AWS environment in AWS GovCloud for application using LAMP stack.- Respond to user support requests and provide any fixes or explanations as needed.- Maintain codebase and provide fixes and enhancements to meet business needs.- Handle releases from development through staging into production.- Build SQL reports on production data for business analytics… Show more - Sole developer in charge of the company platform used to provide social media-based security clearance reports.- Manage AWS environment in AWS GovCloud for application using LAMP stack.- Respond to user support requests and provide any fixes or explanations as needed.- Maintain codebase and provide fixes and enhancements to meet business needs.- Handle releases from development through staging into production.- Build SQL reports on production data for business analytics with myDBR.- Moved Windows-based servers to Amazon Linux and set up routine maintenance to keep the server up to date and secure.- Migrated application’s document (doc, pdf) generation from LiveDocx to PhpDocx. Show less

Santa Barbara, California, United States

- Work with lead developer on company platform used to provide social media based reports for hiring, government security clearance, and insurance claims.- Design and implement features based on given requirements.- Developed Chrome extension, with screen capture and image processing.- Migrated codebase from SVN to Git.- Interfaced with Search APIs (Google, Bing, Yahoo, PIPL, etc.) and integrated their responses into the system.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

- Developer for PHP-based personal lines insurance point-of-sale/policy administration software.- Work with business analysts and project managers to identify needed enhancements to the software used to create customized solutions for clients, and implement them in a timely manner.- Create estimates for adding new features and/or enhancing existing ones at the request of management or clients.- Guide client implementation developers in their designs and assist when needed.-… Show more - Developer for PHP-based personal lines insurance point-of-sale/policy administration software.- Work with business analysts and project managers to identify needed enhancements to the software used to create customized solutions for clients, and implement them in a timely manner.- Create estimates for adding new features and/or enhancing existing ones at the request of management or clients.- Guide client implementation developers in their designs and assist when needed.- Solve issues found in testing and assist others in troubleshooting. Show less

Santa Barbara, California, United States

- Developer for PHP based personal lines insurance point-of-sale/policy administration software.- Work with clients, project managers, and business analysts to identify rating, underwriting, and form requirements to deliver a customized solution within the product.- Lead development for client implementations and sales proof-of-concepts.- Develop additions to the PHP-based application as needed/as requested by management.- Created a hierarchical permissions system within the… Show more - Developer for PHP based personal lines insurance point-of-sale/policy administration software.- Work with clients, project managers, and business analysts to identify rating, underwriting, and form requirements to deliver a customized solution within the product.- Lead development for client implementations and sales proof-of-concepts.- Develop additions to the PHP-based application as needed/as requested by management.- Created a hierarchical permissions system within the application to allow clients fine control over access to policies and other system data. Show less

Santa Barbara, California, United States

- Developer for PHP-based personal lines insurance point-of-sale/policy administration software.- Implement insurance rating algorithms according to client requirements to create customized solutions within the product.- Develop PDF forms to be filled out by the application.- Provide production support for rating, underwriting, and form functionality.- Converted internal tools from an older PHP-based application to work in a newer PHP-based application.- Designed and… Show more - Developer for PHP-based personal lines insurance point-of-sale/policy administration software.- Implement insurance rating algorithms according to client requirements to create customized solutions within the product.- Develop PDF forms to be filled out by the application.- Provide production support for rating, underwriting, and form functionality.- Converted internal tools from an older PHP-based application to work in a newer PHP-based application.- Designed and implemented a view within the application for all raw data related to a policy, joining many different tables, displaying the data clearly, and allowing for filtering and searching. Show less

B.S., Computer Science

Graduated with Honors in Computer Science. Minored in Biblical Studies. TA for Introduction to Computer Science, Fall 2003. On the Dean's.

Graduate Certificate, Project Management