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Carsforsale.comSenior Software Engineer
May. 2022Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Fusion WorldwideFull Stack Engineer
Mar. 2022 - Jun. 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesFusion Worldwide is an electronic component and finished products sourcing partner. I worked on a team of .Net Blazor developers to migrate an existing critical internal winforms application to a Blazor WebAssembly app. We' utilized .Net 6, Blazor, SQL Server, Entity Framework, and Telerik UI controls for Blazor.
LegUpSenior Software Engineer
Jun. 2021 - Mar. 2022LegUp is a childcare enrollment service that makes the enrollment process for childcare much easier.
I helped with our provider portal, childcare directory, and other admin software for connecting families and childcare providers. This portal helps families enroll faster and easier in their chosen childcare services.
The software was written in ReactJS with a TypeScript backend and Postgres storage.
QLynx TechnologiesSoftware Engineering Manager
Jan. 2020 - Apr. 2021I led software development for automated safe work zone systems used in road construction projects across the country. I led the effort to centralize the management system and streamline the control, monitoring, configuration, and maintenance of all systems. This involved REST API's written in .Net Core using C#, UI's written using Razor Pages, C#, and Javascript, and worker services running on *nix servers in an AWS environment. I was actively involved in the programming of all solutions.
Agile Transformation Inc.Senior Developer
Mar. 2019 - May. 2019Omaha, Nebraska
Carsforsale.comSenior Developer
Oct. 2016 - Nov. 2019Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area• Maintain existing VB .Net lead management tool developed internally for the Webit sales team. • Designed and built a complete new architecture for displaying and managing customer websites, allowing them to maintain the sites themselves, including SEO optimization, web pages, module configuration, and all other aspects that a content management system provides. The system currently hosts more than 1,000 websites. • Used newest .Net Core technology, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, Babel, WebPack, and various other new technologies. • Implementing agile process for software development. • Converted all deployments to Octopus Deploy tool, reducing deployments times and increasing quality of releases.
Meta Payment SystemsSoftware Engineering Manager / Software Engineer
Jul. 2015 - Aug. 2016Sioux Falls, South Dakota AreaI started as a software engineering manager at Meta Payment Systems. As the manager I helped lead and grow a team of software engineers through the software development lifecycle. This included:
• Resource allocation management, people management, project management, methodology, and maintaining software. • I acted as a liaison between development teams and project management, software testing and other departments. • Managed resource assignments, interviewing, hiring, and improving technical processes. • Budget forecasting in joint effort with the director of development and other software engineering managers. I elected to change to a software engineer to become more active in a technical role as part of the software development team. I help develop web apps written using MVC, AngularJS, and other technologies within the Microsoft technology stack.
Heartland Paper CompanyIT / Data Center Manager
Jun. 2011 - Jun. 2015Sioux Falls, South Dakota AreaResponsibilities here included the day to day management of all data center and IT department activities for the company. This included a network infrastructure of six remote branches on an MPLS network, with all IT services centralized in Sioux Falls. • Migrated applications running on local desktops with various configurations to one server and implemented RDP RemoteApp from Microsoft. This centralized all management and administration of applications, reducing costs on desktop needs.
• Migrated a legacy ERP system with a flat-file based data storage structure to a newer modern Server/Client GUI based system. This included migrating several VB 6 programs to VB .Net. This also included developing custom code to be compiled into the ERP system in 4GL/ABL in the OpenEdge Progress database.
• Personnel decisions, development, budgetary forecasting, capital expenditures, and all other aspects related to the annual operation of the data center and IT department were under my direction
• Wrote several custom developed programs to assist with the distribution software system using VB .Net and MS Sql Server.
• Minimized and migrated physical serves to VSphere virtualized environment.
Raven IndustriesSoftware Applications Engineer
Aug. 2010 - May. 2011Sioux Falls, South Dakota AreaWorking with the corporate software team, I analyzed business processes for each of the four divisions within Raven Industries, providing process improvements through software solutions. As project requests were made, they were assigned to the engineers to be the project manager from analysis through closure. I learned the RPG programming language and the business practices within Raven in short time and developed internal applications to streamline shipping, receiving, and operations. This involved creating web applications using PHP, as well as enhancing current applications written in RPG on an I-Series IBM server.
Tellus Applied SciencesSoftware Engineer 4
Dec. 2009 - Aug. 2010EROS Data Center, Garretson, SDI developed the Ingest subsystem of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission applications. This included implementing applications using the design documents created, reporting on time spent, providing estimates on level of effort, and other aspects of the System Development Life Cycle. This was done using the C++ framework of Qt and backend development in C, C++, and PL/SQL.
Terex UtilitiesTechnical Services Manager
Oct. 2004 - Jul. 2009Watertown, SDI managed all Technical Services for TEREX Utilities, which consisted of sixteen sites in various locations throughout the United States. Responsibilities include:
• Managed a technical staff assisting more than 600 end users spread throughout the United States
• Managed IT projects, budget forecasting, capital expenditures, etc. for all IT needs of the company.
• Daily interaction with hardware and software vendors, along with other service providers. • Personal development of team members, managing career growth, succession planning, and performance management. • Internal software development using Linux, Apache, MySql and PHP.
• Migrated all physical servers to virtual environment
• Migrated over 600 computers from legacy Novell to Windows Active Directory for multiple divisions within TEREX.
• Created IT Steering Committee
Raytheon / Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)Software Applications Engineer II
Apr. 2001 - Oct. 2004EROS Data Center, Garretson, SDWorking for the main contractor for the EROS data center, I aided in the design and development of automated procedures to archive, retrieve, and process the archive of data for various satellites. My responsibilities included developing requirements, software design, software development, unit/system/integration testing, user documentation, and maintenance for these systems that were developed. I wrote graphical interfaces for computer room operators using the C++ framework of Qt. This also included extensive backend programming in C, PL/SQL, and C++.
Bay Technology GroupConsultant
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2001Sioux Falls, SDI worked in the outsourcing department assisting clients with technology needs, including consulting, database administration, network maintenance, information services, and other technology needs.
Carsforsale.comLead Software Engineer
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
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