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Work Experience

• Senior Software Engineer, Tribute Technology

  Apr, 2023 - Present

  Our mission is to bring the best technology to all funeral homes, to help communities around the world celebrate life, and pay tribute to those we love.

  • Develop applications using Rails and Ember

  • Work with Stripe services APIs

  • Develop scripts and tools with Ruby to aide in my daily work

  • Proficient in Ruby as well as database management and scripting.

• Senior Software Engineer, Pronto

  Dec, 2018 - Dec, 20223 years 11 months

  Pronto is a startup with a mission to help institutions recruit and retain students by connecting and engaging students throughout their journey — from matriculation to graduation and beyond. It is a communications app that connects the entire campus

  • Employee number 8 / engineer number 4; assisted in all phases of getting the web product developed

  • Developed web applications using Vue and PHP

  • Implemented web sockets for real-time communication

  • Developed custom JavaScript for injection into a Canvas theme for an embedded version of the app

  • Contributed to the creation of a desktop version of the web app through Electron

  • Developed scripts and tools with Python and PHP for automating tasks and interfacing with the API

  • Used Python to transform data for other scripts to utilyze

• Software Engineer, MasterControl

  Aug, 2012 - Dec, 20186 years 3 months

  Software for quality management and manufacturing execution

  • Developed automated testing systems and web applications using Ruby and Sinatra

  • Implemented a real-time feedback mechanism using web sockets in a modular Ruby application

  • Built a system for capturing and captioning video evidence of tests by looking at the Kernel module from Ruby

  • Built a personal automation system of tasks using Python

  • Used Jupyter notebooks to quickly gain insights into our data

  • Contributed to the design and implementation of a comprehensive testing library using Selenium WebDriver in Ruby

• System Administrator / Software Engineer, First Electronic Bank

  Dec, 2007 - May, 20124 years 5 months

  First Electronic Bank combines responsible banking with innovation to provide financial services that benefit society

  • Installed, supported, and maintained all company servers

  • Planned for and responded to system or network failures

  • Programmed in Python and Ruby to provide easy-to-use tools to aid in maintenance and other administration tasks

  • Built and maintained the internal intranet in Python

  • Created, maintained, and modified virtual machines

  • Integrated new technologies into the infrastructure

  • Troubleshot various system issues across the business

• Software Engineer, CUSA Technologies

  Jan, 2004 - Nov, 20073 years 10 months

  The CUSA account processing platform is a powerful, cost-efficient solution for credit unions that lack the resources to develop or manage applications in-house

  • Assisted clients with technical issues related to the Credit Union management system, including Unix Server, database management, networking, installation, and setup, using Progress database and language

  • Efficiently managed multiple complex projects and deadlines

  • Diagnosed and resolved software issues, documented findings, recreated problems, monitored progress, and applied fixes

  • Collaborated with development team, account managers, and support representatives to efficiently resolve customer concerns, both internal and external

  • Helped clients resolve accounting and general ledger issues

  • Assisted clients in creating ad-hoc reports using Progress and scripting

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