Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Minor, Mathematics
Experience
LoudDoor
Columbia, SC
Sept. 2021 – present
Senior Vice President, Engineering
Coinbase
Remote
Mar. 2021 – Sept. 2021
Senior Software Engineer
Worked with a cross-functional team to launch a debit card product, integrating with several internal services and an external partner
Helped to introduce agile methodology to the team, started sprint planning/grooming
Led the creation of a backend standards document, designed to reduce code review thrashing on "decided" issues
Red Ventures
Fort Mill, SC
Sept. 2017 – Feb. 2021
Principal Software Engineer
Feb. 2020 – Feb. 2021
Senior Software Engineer
Sept. 2017 – Feb. 2020
Designed and implemented an API in Go for an internal system for doctors to update their credentials
Prototyped a command-line tool in Go to synchronize logic changes between CDN environments
Led the development of and architected large portions of a search and scheduling API for a major health provider network, as part of the company's leap into healthcare
Helped to migrate a legacy AWS environment with about two dozen applications and services into a new one built entirely via Terraform
Architected a modern backend for a travel product we acquired, helping to migrate from a Java-based monolith to a more modular, cloud-native approach
Led the development of a CI/CD pipeline and provisioned infrastructure for the new travel backend using Terraform
Helped to architect and led the development of an API to provide search and scheduling for healthcare providers at a national scale
Helped to develop and formalize our version control strategy, and implemented documentation and contracts that let us collaborate asynchronously with the frontend engineering team
Served as a mentor to many other engineers: reviewed code, assisted in debugging and gave advice on how to move forward in their careers
LoudDoor LLC (Storylift LLC)
Columbia, SC
June 2009 – Sept. 2017
Senior Software Engineer
Jan. 2015 – Sept. 2017
Software Engineer
June 2009 – Jan. 2015
Developed highly-scalable web applications using a LAMP stack deployed on Amazon EC2
Spearheaded the development of a business pivot to Facebook Page audience analytics
Prototyped most of the analytics algorithms and systems used in the company
Listed as a co-inventor of utility patent #9,842,349, "System and method for preference determination."
Consulted on a statistical study of Facebook fan engagement vs. age for Coca-Cola to present at a conference
Designed and implemented a rich persona definition API in both Go and PHP which is still used for most of the company's analytics work
Designed and implemented a worker daemon in Go that schedules and runs thousands of analytic tasks per day
Designed and implemented a datamining program in Go to find "interesting" crosstabs for clients
Created a web app that allowed the creation and execution of ad-hoc SQL queries for use in reporting
Designed and implemented a sales lead platform with the ability to forward leads to multiple client platforms
Implemented a "management report" which contains critical metrics and is generated daily and e-mailed to decision-makers at the company
Lazorpoint, LLC
Cleveland, OH
June 2007 – May 2009
Application Developer - Intern
Client Services Engineer - Intern
Created custom, data-driven applications for various clients
Gained experience in .NET development, report development and handheld development
Worked with other developers to standardize practices including application deployment techniques, version control management, and product testing standards
City of Mentor
Mentor, OH
May 2006 – July 2006
Engineering Intern
Assisted in the civil engineering department with day-to-day tasks
Perry Local Schools
Perry, OH
Nov. 2003 – Aug. 2005
Web Programmer/Designer
Content management and addition for faculty and staff on the main district website
Worked with other students on several larger projects, including a high school course registrar and a course database complete with objectives
Skills
Programming languages: Extensive experience with Go, PHP (standard and MVC paradigms, Laravel framework), Javascript (ES6, Vue, jQuery, some React); some experience with C#, shell scripting
Infrastructure: Extensive experience with Amazon AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, some API Gateway, some Cloudfront, some Kinesis), Terraform; some experience with Kubernetes, Google Cloud, Cloudflare
Databases: Extensive experience with MySQL and SQL Server development/optimization, Redis; some experience with MongoDB, DynamoDB, MySQL administration
Other technology: Extensive experience with Git; experience with Subversion, Mercurial, and CVS version control, Memcache, Redis
Miscellaneous
Created a small free-to-use blog website that operated for almost four years. Users were allowed to upload photos, write journal entries, etc.
Created Section 411, a blog on the Hugo platform with a theme designed from scratch