ABOUT
Full stack engineer with a passion for, and focus on, emerging technologies, process oriented applications, automation, platform development, data interoperability, security, and team leadership. Experienced in agency, enterprise and startup environments. Developed multiple technology products from concept through design, development, launch, and support, leading both in-person and remote teams.
WORK EXPERIENCE
VP, Platform Engineering, Scout
November 2014 - Present
Founding team member – developing on Scout's apps and core platforms
HIGHLIGHTS
- Responsible for Scout's APIs, back end processes, mobile apps, video services, monitoring, dealer and third-party integrations
- Developed internal, customer and partner-facing dashboards powered by React, React Native and Electron
- Developed internal services for managing camera connectivity, video streams, event streaming and transcoding
- Developed Scout Alarm for iOS, Apple Watch, Android, Android Wear, Amazon Alexa and Google Home
Developer, Sullivan Higdon & Sink
March 2009 - October 2014
Lead developer for a full-service advertising agency
HIGHLIGHTS
- Concepted and coded several award winning mobile apps and websites
- Started as lone developer and grew the team and interactive business from the ground up
- Responsible for project planning and budgeting, wireframing, app and site development, hardware hacking, devops/server administration and continuous integration deployment
- Technologies used include Node.JS, PHP, various databases and frameworks, Arduino, LeapMotion and a lot of HTML
Marketing Specialist, Bunting Magnetics Co.
September 2007 - March 2009
Responsible for trade shows, online marketing campaigns, web development and server administration
HIGHLIGHTS
- Wrote a custom analytics platform to track leads from internet marketing campaigns in realtime
- Automated legacy Oracle/Access based sales reporting tasks using Salesforce CRM
- Optimized website search results which led to a 600% YOY increase in online orders
- Technologies used include Oracle and Access databases, ColdFusion and JavaScript
VOLUNTEER WORK
Organizer, Startup Wichita
April 2013 -
Coordinated to bring Startup Weekend and various entrepreneurial events to Wichita
SKILLS
Languages
Node.JS JavaScript HTML CSS Java Objective-C PHP Ruby Python Kotlin Swift C++ C C# ASP Perl ColdFusionMobile Development
Android iOS React NativeDatabases
DynamoDB MySQL MongoDB Redis CouchDB PostgreSQL MsSQL Oracle RethinkDB SimpleDBTechnologies
Arduino Wireless communication / tracking Electronic prototyping Audio search Sentiment analysis Computer vision Object & gesture recognition Kinect 3D sensing ARKit ARCore React VR WearablesAPIs
Amazon Web Services Email / email marketing GIS / Mapping Finance / Banking CRM Social media Hardware Twilio Stripe Recurly Phaxio IFTTT Amazon Echo Google AssistantEDUCATION
Master, Business Administration - Wichita State University
January 2007 -
Bachelor, Business Administration - Emporia State University
August 2005 - December 2006
AWARDS
Hacker Olympics - Place[0] - Twilio
18 September 2013
Champion of the 2013 TwilioCon Hacker Olympics