Willie Apala Flaherty Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, KS, US

Kansas City, MO, US

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Boulder, Colorado, US

Working with The Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science and United States Geological Survey developing API's supporting water use research.

• Workforce development and technical consulting services in the Kansas City Metro.
• Acted as a subject matter expert for software development teams at a content marketing agency.
• Project Management mentor
• Program Manager for a workforce development program partnered with University of Missouri, Kansas City.
• Subject matter expert for workforce development programs funded by ARPA in partnership with Grow with Google.
• Custom technology solutions for startups and local non-profits: CMS Development, Front-end Development, Shopify development, Backend Development

Providence, Rhode Island, US

• Played a pivotal role in the development of a new application for the New Jersey Department of Labor to track prevailing wage data and enforcement.
• Jointly led the API development of the application using Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
• Managed application deployment through Terraform to AWS Lambda, S3, and RDS.

• Led the design and development of a coaching program for non-degreed adults to pursue careers in software development.
• Played a key role by curating and developing software training and social resources and performing job task analysis to identify skill gaps and necessary training.
• Orchestrated the development of the organization infrastructure and administered change management for new tools and processes for a pivoting startup.
• Undertook and completed a wide range of tasks related to program processes, including scheduling, cross-functional team resource management, communication and coordination, and cost estimates.

• Spearheaded the development of a low barrier-to-entry, high support software development training program through employment of expertise.
• Oversaw the design and development of a full-stack web development curriculum with a team of instructional designers based on industry partner recommendations.
• Conducted the teaching and instruction of software development through a critical pedagogy lens, including problem solving, curiosity, persistence, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, Mongoose, MongoDB, Bootstrap.

Olathe, KS, US

• Operated as a member of an I/O processing team in Garmin’s aviation division and led the development of embedded software in C for Garmin’s Integrated Flight Deck.
• Led the development of APIs on top of custom communication protocols to connect various cockpit components.
• Orchestrated the implementation of autopilot functionality on next generation avionics, including custom UI menus for autopilot configurations.
• Served in an integral role by designing high-level requirements for custom features and designing testing based on requirements to guarantee code fulfills intended purpose.
• Ensured strict adherence with all FAA regulations across all phases of the software lifecycle as part of assigned duties.

I created custom websites based on customer requirements.

• Tasked with leading the design and development of custom iPhone application and API with Django and PostgreSQL.
• Achieved substantial success by contributing to the company winning a startup competition run by the University of Tennessee Boyd Venture Fund.

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• Carried out the updating and maintenance of a.NET application used in schools across Tennessee using Knockout.js and jQuery.
• Provided general IT support for a team of 10 personnel, including addressing and resolving technical issues.

Atlanta, GA, US

Handled IT for approximately 400 employees in an industrial mill. Wrote multiple applications in C# for updating/monitoring PI archives and SQL databases.

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Worked in the Physics Department creating an application to monitor values from a particle detector at the FermiLab.