About
10+ years Software Engineer (Specialty with Ruby on Rails) with a proven track record in web development and data migration. Expert in leading development teams, integrating with third-party systems, and optimizing operational processes for increased efficiency.
Whether it's a proof of concept, MVP, or full flagship product, thrives on iterating swiftly and proactively. Primarily codes in Ruby, but has gained experience in several additional languages and frameworks over the past decade.
Experience
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Software Developer, Toothpillow
— 1.5 years
Software Developer
- Refactored and updated legacy code to address security vulnerabilities and modernize the codebase
- Delivered v2 of the website with significant UI/UX improvements and faster load times
- Played a key role in revitalizing a stalled project, resulting in increased inbound leads
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Software Engineer, Morgan Stanley at Work
— 2 years
Ruby Software Engineer on the Shareworks platform where primary responsibilities included building new features, addressing bugs, and managing the migration of data.
- Successfully completed the migration of data from a sunsetting platform that had been in operation for over a decade with 20K+ users into the Firm's flagship offering.
- Rebuilt an internal tool used daily to address security concerns.
- Built a proof-of-concept greenfield app for internal use to increase a team's output by over 50%.
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Developer, Production Manager, PXP200
— 6 years
Led a development team of 6 technical engineers in building, repairing, testing, deploying, migrating, monitoring, and maintaining websites for dozens of clients.
- Integrated e-commerce website with 3rd party catalog data, eliminating the need for manual data entry and freeing up office resources for other projects
- Created an application that took user input, processed, and provided a near real-time response on acceptance or rejection.
- Interfaced between clients and dev team on a regular basis to translate real world issues into actionable items, reducing the risk of missing deadlines, or projects going out of scope.
- Sample Brands worked on: HP, Coupons.com, PublicNTP, Norhtrop Grumman, Skyword, Polynesian Cultural Center.
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End User Technologist, Bard Access Systems
— 8 years
Worked on a team to maintain and support all end-user systems (computers, phone, printers, network, servers, etc...) for 500+ office employees and 150+ remote employees.
- Provisioning and deployment of laptops/tablets for 150+ sales team members in the course of 4 days.
- Created a Raspberry Pi based conference room system to automate projector/screen controls.
Education
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Havard Division of Continuing Education, Managing Yourself and Leading Others
While leading a team of 6 other developers, attended the professional development course for successfully managing team members in Cambridge, MA.