Dad and Developer with over two decades of various experience in web development & hosting, CAD/CAM development and system administration. Plus a few years experience restoring classic cars and trucks.

My server side experience has been in the LAMP Stack, especially with MVC frameworks Laravel, Zend 2, Yii Framework, CakePHP.

My frontend experience has been in Angular 5+, CSS 3, HTML 5, jQuery and Bootstrap

I have been building additional personal projects with Angular 10, jQuery, Vue.js, Semantic UI CSS framework, Node.js (Express) & Python (Flask).

I am involved with Savvy Coders Boot Camp as a Advisory Board Member, Full Stack Web Development Curriculum Writer, Instructor, Mentor, Mock Interviewer.

On the weekends, I am likely to be found in the garage wrenching on classic cars and trucks or building projects in the garage with my sons & friends.

Paramount : Contract Senior Software Engineer

Develop services using Javascript and PHP to support the international Paramount+ streaming service.

Vue.js PHP HTML CSS/SCSS Jira GitHub Agile Mac OS Jenkins

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Savvy Coders Bootcamp : Instructor/Curriculum Lead

Instructor for Node/Express/MongoDB and Whiteboard Interview Skills portions of the cohort
Continuously improve the core curriculum in collaboration with leadership, instructors and TAs. Mentor the students with their course work and capstone projects.
Provide guidance to the overall program with real world feedback.
Previously wrote and instructed project planning, UI/UX, JavaScript Step Debugging portions of the curriculum

Single Page Application Javascript Markdown HTML CSS/SCSS Git/GitHub Node.js/Express REST API Heroku Agile VS Code Netlify Debugging/Troubleshooting Parcel (Bundler) Navigo (Routing) Insomnia REST Client

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Bayer Crop Science : Contract Developer (Full Stack) Senior

Developed and supported the customer platform (c7) including microservices and lambdas using Vue.js and Node.js/Express
Utilized AWS platform resources including S3, DynamoDB, Cloudwatch and Lambdas

Node.js/Express Vue.js HTML CSS/SCSS Jira GitHub Agile Mac OS AWS (S3, DynamoDB and Lambdas) Microsoft Azure Jenkins Postman/Insomnia

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NEC Energy Solutions : Principal System Engineer : UI

Developed a monitoring & control system for grid based energy storage systems including dashboard & mapping interface using Angular (4-current) to interacting with a REST API
Managed the all project and technical aspects of the UI team, including peer reviews and coordinating offshore contractors
Worked with the business owners and other development groups to establish architectural roadmap and requirements
Coordinated with the API team to implement the API routes to support the UI requirements
Coordinated development efforts with offshore contractors to ensure production expectations and quality
Coordinated with other development groups as needed to increase understanding and velocity where required
Created mockups and requirements for both internal and offshore implementation
Maintained Linux Mint development virtual machine using VMWare workstation
Managed GitLab server including user/group accounts and UI project repositories

Awarded the Edison Awards 2020 Bronze Award for Annunciator application.

Angular 4+ HTML CSS/SCSS Jira GitLab/SVN Linux Mint VMWare Workstation UX/UI/Mock-ups MariaDB REST API Jenkins SVG

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Tacony Corporation : Contract Software Engineer

Implemented enterprise backend for numerous web presences using Laravel.
Maintained and updated Magento 1 e-commerce website.

Laravel Vagrant Git PHP JavaScript HTML CSS/SCSS Magento 1 Linux MariaDB REST API

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Centric Group/TKC Holdings : Contract Software Engineer

Worked to improve and support an ecommerce platform using Zend 2 include MVC, jQuery, MySQL.
Development was accomplished on Windows workstations with the rest of the stack being Linux.

PHP Zend 2 Codeception Selenium Git Agile jQuery/jQuery UI HTML CSS/SCSS Linux MySQL

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AgriSolutions/Family Farms : Lead Software Developer

Implement agricultural operations management applications for using Yii MVC Framework including a REST API for mobile application interface.
Design database tables (PostgreSQL) to support implementation of PHP web interface
Implemented and maintained product deployment processed using version control system (GitHub)
Implemented and maintained Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP (LAPP) development environment
Develop and maintain release process and documentation

PHP Yii Framework HTML CSS/SCSS jQuery Linux REST API Github Apache PostgreSQL

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Charter Communications : Software Developer II

Developed and maintained Modem Reclamation application to reduce warehousing process via- a web portal for DVR, cable modem and phone modem devices using PHP, CakePHP MVC Framework and jQuery
Configure and develop content for the PerfTech in-browser message system using HTML, CSS and Javascript
Design and implement role bases access control using Ruby on Rails and internally developed PERL enterprise service bus
Design and manage the development process for near real time billing (CSG) to provisioning integration (Sigma Systems)
Manage the administrative task around team training including budgeting, approval, enrollment

Awarded the Quarterly and Annual Charter Champions Award for the Modem Reclamation application.

PHP CakePHP Git/SVN jQuery HTML CSS/SCSS Ruby on Rails Linux VSphere MySQL Apache

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Canis Consulting : Owner/Developer/System Admin

Provided web hosting on multiple Linux & Windows servers using IIS 6, Apache, MySQL, Xmail Server, Kerio MailServer, FileZilla FTP, PureFTP and CPanel
Developed web sites for clients using PHP, Postnuke, OSCommerce, Magento and ASP
Developed database solutions using Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server
Provided training on Computer Basics and Microsoft Office Products
Performed general PC troubleshooting and repairs including PC migration, OS installation
Performed server installation, migration and troubleshooting on Windows NT 4.0 & Windows 2003

PHP Yii Framework JavaScript Ubuntu HTML CSS MySQL Git Apache Magento Python CakePHP Raspberry Pi ESP8266 Arduino C

STLFullStack : Co-Organizer/Presenter

Learning how to create full-stack, scalable internet applications, from the database all the way to front-end user interfaces.

Introduction to Linux : 09/2020 SVG in Web Development : 03/2020 JSON Data Type in Relational Databases : 01/2019 Full Stack Wire-Up (Initial Design) : 02/2018 Getting started with Vagrant : 11/2017 Automated Testing using Selenium : 06/2017

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Savvy Coders Connect: Presenter

Our group connects IT software development professional in the St. Louis area. We will be inspired by our Savvy Coders graduates and we will provide education for our grads who seek more!

Introduction to Linux : 07/2020 Step Debugging JavaScript : 09/2019

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jSTL: Co-Organizer

If it's JavaScript, we'll talk about it, be it front end, back end, or on robots. We're an open discussion forum for JavaScript frameworks and technologies!

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Build.STL : Co-Organizer/Presenter

Build.STL is a group to encourage making your own electronics. Whether you're an experienced hardware hacker or an interested beginner.

Basic 3D Design (with SketchUp) : 01/2017 Intro to Raspberry Pi : 08/2016

Savvy Coders : Advisory Board Member/Instructor/Curriculum Lead

JavaScript bootcamp that teaches core JavaScript with few libraries and frameworks where we build a SPA and REST API.

Instructor : 01/2019 - 08/2019 & 01/2020 - Present Cohort Express.js/MongoDB REST API : 10/2020 - Present Cohort Interview Whiteboard Exercise : 01/2019 - 10/2019, 01/2020 & 06/2020 - Present Cohort Mock Interviewer : 04/2019 - 10/2019, 01/2020 & 06/2020 - 01/2021 Cohorts Mentoring : 10/2018 - 08/2019 & 01/2020 - 04/2020 Cohorts Basic (Capstone) Project Planning : 01/2019 - 08/2019 & 01/2020 - 04/2020 Cohorts Basic UI/UX Design & Kanban Board Creation : 01/2019 - 08/2019 & 01/2020 - 04/2020 Cohorts Step Debugging JavaScript : 04/2019 - 08/2019 & 01/2020 Cohorts Node.js Express API Curriculum : 04/2019 - 08/2019 Cohorts jQuery Compare/Contrast (to JavaScript) : 04/2019 - 6/2019 Cohorts