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• Senior Programmer / Data Curation Manager, 

  Nov, 2015 - Present

  The Department of Biomedical Informatics is a department within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, which develops computational tools to manage medical and public health information for patient care and research programs. I worked on a number of grant and informatics projects, including The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA).

  • Managed a team of 4 developers.

  • Developed and maintained Posda, the Perl Open-Source DICOM Archive. Posda is a tool for storing, searching, and modifying DICOM images, and aiding in the curation and de-identification of collections submitted to TCIA.

  • Created Quince, a pure-JavaScript DICOM viewer, and integrated it into Posda.

  • Created Kaleidoscope, a system to generate Maximum Intensity Projections to speed up visual inspection (a part of de-identification) by more than 5x.

  • Administered a number of Linux servers that support TCIA and Posda.

  • Spearheaded a project to package Posda as a Docker image, in preparation for a public release.

  • Used Posda and CTP (Clinical Trials Processor) to de-identify image collections submitted to TCIA according to HIPAA standards.

  • Mentored junior developers and staff in various areas, including Python, SQL, and systems administration.

• Software Engineer, 

  Jul, 2011 - Nov, 20154 years 4 months

  Organized under the Arkansas Supreme Court, the AOC (Administrative Office of the Courts) maintains a state-wide Case Management System (CMS). I lead conversions from various CMS systems to ours, and I developed and maintained reports and other systems.

  • Lead programmer on the conversion of the largest district court in Arkansas.

  • Developed and maintained Oracle Reports and Jasper Reports.

  • Administered a number of Linux servers and services.

  • Developed scripts and applications to automate various maintenance activities.

  • Mentored new developers in Python and Oracle SQL.

• Applications Programmer, 

  Apr, 2006 - Jan, 20114 years 9 months

  Worked in the Cash Assurance department on automation projects.

  • Automated manual processing using AutoIt and Python.

  • Designed and built a web-based data tracking system in PHP and MySQL, which scaled to handle hundreds of users and thousands of entries per day.

  • Provided technical support and consulting to all groups in the Cash Assurance and Finance departments.

• Financial Analyst, 

  Jun, 2004 - Apr, 20061 year 10 months

  Responsible for ensuring accurate deposits from retail stores.

  • Designed, built and maintained custom applications for the Cash Control Department using MS Access, C#, MySQL, MS SQL and Oracle.

  • Automated manual processes using SQA Robot and other tools.

  • Administered all automated processes and Access Applications on a daily basis.

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