SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Full-stack developer bringing an uncommon level of understanding regarding the underlying Systems (Services-Protocols-Languages-Patterns), Concerns (Project Management-Support-Usability-Regression Testing), and Realities (Maintainability-Costing-Scalability-Integration) regarding the Software Development Life Cycle.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OPTITEK, INC. – St. Louis, Missouri ◊ March 2012 – present

Leading provider of Electronic Content Management (ECM), Integrations, Business Process Automation, Workflow, Custom Solutions, Document Imaging, as well as a Hosted Document Management Solution.

 

Head of Software Development

Headed software development department in a hands-on role in-house software development (n-tier SPA targeting Desktop and Mobile platforms with responsive HTML5+JS client and optional local agent to extend functionality), All aspects of customer development projects including business process analysis. Hands on management of IT infrastructure - e.g., VMs, Win/Linux Hosts, Web Services - Root Cause Analysis, disaster prevention and recovery.

 

·                       OO (S.O.L.I.D.), SDLC (Agile/Scrum), Full Stack n-Tier (Services, UI / UX), Analysis/Planning/Design

·                       C# MVC, Entity Framework, WebAPI, HTML/CSS, jQuery for Web Based ECM Project

·                       C# WCF, Angular, for Cross Platform service SPA utilizing local agent to extended functionality

·                       Ports of multiple VB6 legacy Applications to C# .Net using automation (VBUC) and clean slate approaches

·                       Leadership/mentoring recent CS Grads as well as seasoned programmers

 

ARCLIGHT CODEWORKS, LLC – Belleville, Illinois ◊ March 2010 – present

Development house producing middleware targeting indie game developers (PC, Console, and Mobile), Service Hosting, Consulting, Tech Demos.

 

Designer/Developer

Developing core code while delegating asset production and ensuring adherence to project design and interface standards. Producing design documentation and orchestrating art and code assets into a coherent product. Extensive knowledge of Unity Game Engine, World Machine, Photon, and other game-dev oriented COTS and Middleware products.

 

·                       Internal & Public Development Toolset with Unity UI, C# WCF + SQLite|MSSQL|MySQL

·                       Procedural Terrain Generation in WM2, Quad-Tree based asymmetric streaming Tile Loader

·                       Oculus Rift Integration, Spherical Navigation and AI, Mobile (Android/iOS) Cross-platform UI

 

 VIP GRAPHICS STUDIO – St. Louis, Missouri ◊ September 2007 – 2012

VIP Graphics Studio is an award-winning graphic design, photography, and web design consultancy. Known for its’ creative graphic design and corporate branding expertise.

 

Web Developer/IT Consultant

Site engineering and implementation involving development of optimal design, SEO and usability, core scripting, and procurement, configuration, and management of various web servers. Defining requirements and managing implementation.

 

·                       Web Application Development utilizing ASP.NET MVC (Razor), PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and various off-the-shelf CMS e.g., Joomla & WordPress

·                       Installation and Configuration of all Microsoft Server (2000-2014) environments and services e.g., IIS,FTP, SQL, Mail (Dovecot/Exchange), VOIP, DNS

·                       Developed new, and updated legacy web apps in PHP, ASP, Java, and Flash

 

UNISYS, INC. – Salt Lake City, Utah ◊September 2006 – November 2007

Unisys designs, builds, and manages mission-critical environments for businesses and governments who have no room for error. Deep understanding of high-volume, transaction-intensive, and secure computing delivering operational efficiencies, reduced complexity, and increased productivity.

 

Team Lead

Executive desktop support and team lead. Back-end support for Blackberry, Citrix, VPN, Voicemail/VOIP, and all windows PC, Mac, and IT.

 

·                       Commendations from Mission Control at the request of a grateful executive and achieved accolades from all departments for exceptional support

·                       Regularly recognized for above-and-beyond technical support

 

THALDEN EMERY ARCHITECTS – Saint Louis, Missouri ◊ April 2006 - August 2006

Specializing in the design and architecture of hotels, casinos and related hospitality projects. Their extensive background includes work on over 400 hotels and more than 100 casinos.

 

Project System Engineer

Led the update of the IT infrastructure and implementation of upgraded programs. Quickly wrote an adaptive program to reliably condense hundreds of pages of unstructured data into an easily billable source of significant revenue.

·                       Design/Develop application to parse large format printer logs into manageable/billable format

·                       Supported the integration and upgrade of IT platform for all departments

·                       Managed the training and support of all users and adoption of New Software / Processes

 

 

 

Proficiencies
 

 

Development: Object Oriented Concepts & Patterns, n-tier architecture, Agile/Scrum SDLC, Relational Database Design (Normalization, Indexing, and Performance Concerns), SCC/DVCS (e.g., GIT, SVN, and TFS), Regression Testing (TDD), Scalability/Concurrency & High Availability

Language: C#, JavaScript, Java, C++, PHP, Transact, HTML/CSS, Node.js, Go

Framework: MVC , ASP.Net (Razor), WCF, jQuery, AngularJS, Entity Framework, Bootstrap, Gearman

IDE: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Unity, WebStorm, Audrino

Legacy Language: VB6, ActionScript, ASP

Other: All Microsoft Operating Systems, Services (e.g., Exchange, ActiveDirectory, Microsoft SQL Server) and Desktop Products, Cisco IOS & CatOS, VMWare, Adobe Design Suite, TCP/IP Networking LAN & WAN and related services, Linux (LAMP, DNS/BIND, FTP), LaserFiche, OnBase, Audrino (Circuit Design and Programming)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, 2008 – 2010

 

Southern Illinois College - Belleville, IL

Associate of Science, 2004 – 2006

 

 

Document Management Certificates

Laserfiche Gold, OCSA, OCWA, OCAPI, OCSE, OCI

 

 

 

 

US Citizen, Held Secret Security clearance with Unisys

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