Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, working to inform the technical design in addition to extending the implementation of existing products and creating new ones. Primarily utilizing Node, React, Python, AWS, and Postgres.

Accomplishments to date:
• Filled out an exhaustive list of benefits forms.
• Install and configure all my favorite software.
• Choose a new chair.
• Meet each and every member of my team and neighboring teams.
• Drink copious amounts of coffee.
• Attend parties!

Senior Application Engineer

Working with a highly-visible engineering team in support of the ad-tech mission to make online advertising beautiful and effective.  Most recently, we constructed a cross-brand ads implementation from the ground up.  This resulted in increasing viewability from 45% to 85% across the board, while reducing unfilled impressions. This includes brands such as Bon-Appetit, Glamour, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and Wired.

ACHIEVEMENTS: 
► Set the bar for unit and integration testing in our work-flow with most projects at 80% coverage.
► Implemented documentation standards (JSDoc, Readme, and wiki) across all ad-tech products.
► Stripped jQuery out of our working process to reduce file size and increase performance.

DUTIES:
► Review and approve code.
► Develop tools to be used throughout the organization.
► Mentor junior developers.
► Handle tech interactions with 3rd-party vendors.
► Advise management on appropriate frameworks, plug-ins, and tools. 
► Prepare technical approach documents.
► 

Senior Software Engineer, Ad Tech, Monetization

Working closely with Design, Product, and Content in an Agile shop, I develop interactive web applications with test-driven mobile-first responsive design for high-traffic sites serving millions of hits/day. I write fast, efficient, compliant, and scalable code that works across browsers, devices, and platforms. Recent work has involved implementing an object-oriented architecture including SASS with BEM, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery where appropriate.

ACHIEVEMENTS: 
► Developed a JavaScript object to manage ad loading based on viewport position, video play state, slideshow rotation, social interaction, and debug state.
 ◆ Reduced page load time by 54%
 ◆ Increased ad click-through rate by 86%, while reducing ad impressions by 29%
This enabled a guarantee that an impression will only trigger when within the viewport, earning a higher rate.
►Wrote APIs for staff to manage ad usage, menus, and article promotion, replacing manual processes.
► Implemented CSS and JavaScript coding st

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Front End Engineer

Developed multiple web applications:
- Foster parent recruitment tracking application
- Adoptive child advertisement tracking application
- Foster/adoptive parent mentor message board
- Foster/adoptive parent training database
* These four products better than halved processing times for child placement state-wide
- Web-based child development evaluation system
- Survey customization and development system
- Integrated email report package
- Tracking software for mobile machines with Wi-Fi connections
- Integrated Exchange/ColdFusion login system
- Secure wireless connections between remote users and remote monitoring systems

Also assisted in promotion of the following initiatives:
- To increase public awareness of foster parenting in Indiana
- To integrate multiple organizations/agencies for fluid transition of data

Web Developer

We offered in-depth services and solutions to better serve our clients. We offered web server configuration, security, and minor network configuration. We consulted on ISP and web hosting selection.

Co-Owner

Developed solutions using HTML, CSS, jQuery, javascript, PHP, Smarty, MySQL and multiple custom frameworks. Identified system deficiencies and suggested effective solutions. The Shade Store's web store carries 146 products with more than 2500 materials each with their own variety of colors.

- Taught myself how to use PHP, Smarty, MySQL and 2 custom frameworks.
- Designed and maintained The Shade Store's Facebook presence, which included contest pages and catalog/sample requests. Traffic was 5000+ likes in the first month, and on average 36,000 wall views per week.
- Created a dynamic, rather than static, metadata solution and interface which greatly increased traffic.
- Introduced and formalized a project management bug tracking system.
- Trimmed 1.1 GB of unused and redundant data from their MySql backend.
- Tuned many critical scripts, lowering some page loads from 30 seconds to a few milliseconds.
- Suggested and implemented the replacement of multiple JavaScript frameworks and sta

Sr Software Engineer

Provided ongoing updates of information security policies, procedures, and guidelines that help to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all information systems in use. Assisted with implementing, managing, and enforcing information security directives as mandated by FSSA, Indiana Office of Technology, and by HIPAA. 
This included the construction of:
- Active Directory-linked CRUD web application and reporting engine.
 * This initiative reduced the footprint of user objects from 37,000 to 9,000, saving the agency tens of thousands of dollars annually in cross-agency billings
- Application Inventory: This app was used to show the interdependencies and data flows between the 300+ in-house developed systems
- HIPAA training, testing, and reporting system
- Worked with other developers to ensure that separate system accounts were used for the different aspects of CRUD activity.
- Held "brown-bag lunches" to explain SQL injection, XSS and CSRF to developers.
- Analyz

Information Security Analyst

- Co-wrote Indiana’s 508 compliance standards and guidelines
- Co-wrote Indiana’s HIPAA compliance standards and guidelines
- Co-wrote Indiana’s acceptable use policy for personal computers
- Developed an automated time and activities system utilizing ColdFusion, Adobe Acrobat, and Oracle 9i
- Increased overall web footprint to 210,000 pages
- Received awards from the National Public Health Information Coalition in both in 2002 and 2003

Senior Web Developer

Staff Engineer

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