–------------------------------------ Justin W. Howe –--------------------------------------

 

2621 Carmel Ct., Nampa, ID 83687-4963

 

Cell Phone: 208-740-7645

Email: jwhowe2007@1791.com

Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwhowe80

 

EDUCATION

 

l       Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics

l       Eastern Oregon University, Class of 2009

l       Heavily involved with extracurricular activities in math, science and communications

l       Completed National Career Readiness Certificate testing; Gold level certification

l      Further information available upon request

TECHNICAL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

 

l       OSes: Windows, Linux

 

l       Software Development / Database Experience: PHP5, MySQL, Composer, Laravel, Blade templating, PHTML templating, Bootstrap CDN, Silex, JavaScript, jQuery, Twig templating, SCRUM/Agile methodology, AJAX, OAuth secure data retrieval API, Stripe  payment processing and subscription management API / library

 

l      Apps/Tools: Sublime Text, Notepad++, PHPStorm IDE, Google Chrome for CSS3 content development, PuTTY, phpMyAdmin, dbForge, nginx, VirtualBox project testing VM setup and deployment, GIT Bash, source control tools within PHPStorm, Atlassian products including JIRA, Confluence and the BitBucket repo management system

PROFESSIONAL CAREER EXPERIENCE

 

Jul. 21, 2014 – Jan. 20, 2015

Software Developer

eBroker Software, LLC.

Nampa, ID

 

Major Achievements:

 

l       Spent the first week on the job getting up to speed with a completely foreign document storage procedure, and developed a fast, accurate and very useful document migration solution. This solution was used in production to safely transfer several hundred clients' documents from our old PCI document reference system to the new one.

 

l       Served as a strong back-end dev team member on several in-house projects and urgent software quality issues. One project in particular stands out as being very important and well-received by our clients and management; an agency sign-up form on the back end which acted as an endpoint API for the front-end counterpart sign-up form. I worked with the back end dev team from conception to final production push and it was a huge success. It has integrated payment processing and subscription management via the Stripe API and library.

 

l       Employed strong leadership and information assimilation skills in a very tight-knit team environment while contributing more than what was asked of me on a regular basis.

 

Dec. 1 2013 – Apr. 7 2014

Software Developer

9gs Enterprises, Inc. DBA SurveyVitals

Boise, ID

 

Major Achievements:

l       Improved and streamlined client onboarding considerably by designing and implementing a setup wizard application in PHP5, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS3 and jQuery.

l       Worked with a team to conceptualize, create and implement a major overhaul to one of our webpages that allows clients to improve communications with their health care provider network and their patients.

l       Provided creative input on a variety of in-house projects, especially in the area of web design and structure.

 

 

Oct. 3 2011 – Mar. 22 2012

Programmer Analyst Intern, DCS Department

Avanade Inc., Seattle, WA

 

Major Achievements:

·   Used PowerPoint, VBA.NET, Excel macros, PowerPivot + SharePoint SQL and excellent teamwork skills to design, test and deploy an automated department invoice generation / billing solution

·   Finished project to specifications and ahead of schedule with the help of our SharePoint-supported project management system

·   Used SharePoint and Office to set goals and kept track of changes, bugfixes, and project progress throughout the development lifecycle

·   Used Office and SharePoint to collaborate with team members and leads throughout the planning, structuring and implementation phases of all projects

·   Used C#.NET, TFS, and PowerShell to debug and re-deploy a Microsoft Exchange Edge Server MTA module which brought a critical email component back online.

·   Used jQuery and AJAX to re-tool an open-source web-based Internet network speed test for external users to determine how fast their connection will be to DCS servers.

 

Employment Gaps:

 

·   Kept busy between jobs studying CS and math, sharpening my software development skills, taking care of children, supporting my wife while she worked, looking for work and working for myself as a local computer geek.