At Zerigo, I work on mobile-app and web-portal integrations for my company's handheld phototherapy device. Our industry leading device enables blue-light treatments for skin ailments such as Psoriasis, Eczema, and Vitiligo all from the comfort of the home. I do my job using technologies like React-Native, BLE, ReactJS, Node, MongoDB, Protobuf, AWS, and good old-fashioned JavaScript/TypeScript. Some of my responsibilities have included:

• Migrating our navigation to the industry standard (react-navigation/native) library; Reducing mobileapp RAM usage by 80% after finding and fixing a 7-year-old bug.

• Owning “Nordic BLE DFU”, “Async ‘Simultaneous’ Tx Coherence”, “Area Profile Pic”, and “WCAG Accessibility” projects.

• Focusing on React-Native mobile dev for iOS and Android; Acting as subject matter expert for our BLE implementation.

• Automating avg 500+ hours QA manual work per year (Selenium); Standardized error telemetry/breadcrumbing (Sentry).

• Implementing a security suite (SonarQube) for our Bitbucket CICD; Patching 1000+ CVEs with automated tools.

• Mitigating security issues from abandoned open source projects for SOC2 audit; Protecting PHI for HIPAA/FDA audits.

I was hired by HM Electronics to help with web development for their cloud engineering team. Some of my responsibilities have included:

Adding new features:

• Developing sort column highlights and arrows for the HME “Live Leaderboards”.

• Replacing hard-coded website aesthetics with user customizable settings.

• Adding the ability to download online-only datasets into .pdf, .csv, and .xls files so that customers can use them locally.

Solving problems:

• Identifying and designing a hotfix for a bug that broke localization for some international customers.

• Suggesting improvements to the code review and deployment process to reduce room for error.

Saving time:

• Searching for high quality 3rd party libraries before coding new features from scratch.

• Consulting with more senior teammates when faced with blockers.

• Taking care to avoid ‘re-inventing the wheel’ before starting new work.

• Adhering to AGILE/SCRUM methodology by breaking down work into two week sprints and parsing broadly-defined features into specifically executable tasks.

Improving documentation and revising existing code:

• Renaming undescriptive variables, methods, and modules to be more descriptive.

• Commenting on and explaining the functionality of uncommented code.

• Refactoring redundant and deprecated code for simplicity and readability.

Learning new team-oriented software:

• Using our Confluence wiki for knowledge sharing.

• Using Targetprocess (Similar to JIRA) for feature planning and ticket resolution.

• Using SVN (Similar to Git) to merge local projects to main trunk.

• Using Slack and IM to compliment email in coordinating with teammates.

I was hired by Advanced Plastics as a software developer to build an online ERP and order tracking system to improve customer-communication across the board.

As a software developer my responsibilities have included:

• Gathering project requirements from employees across the firm.

• Minimizing the cost of software acquisitions by finding open source solutions.

• Using ERP diagrams to design an efficient database that is in compliance with Normal Forms 1-5.

• Reviewing and scrubbing data to guarantee high-quality information.

• Migrating data to and from flat files and databases.

• Preventing SQL Injection with input sanitization, regular expressions, and prepared statements.

• Developing a user account system for order tracking and management.

• Setting user privileges, with restrictions ranging from read-only to full access.

• Building a from-scratch website giving customers and employees easier access to information.

• Writing VBA code and building Excel formulas to solve for other employee's spreadsheet needs.

• Developing an information security policy for all employees in response to a cyber attack.

• Saving thousands of dollars in software licensing by creating an in-house inventory system with MS Excel VBA and barcode scanners.

In addition to working as a developer, I also served as secondary IT support for when our IT staff was not available. Some of my responsibilities have included:

• Maintaining, troubleshooting, and calibrating dozens of company printers.

• Assigning replacing dynamic IPs with static IPs for 'always on' network devices.

• Resolving internet connectivity issues between shared computers.

• Installing and setting up VMware Fusion to enable Mac OSX computers to run Windows.

• Supervising hardware acquisitions and verifying their satisfaction of requirements.

After the completion of my Summer 2015 internship, I returned to my previous employer Rugs and Decor to work as the company IT manager. I oversaw the implementation of an online auctioning system as well as improvements to the way our company tracked inventory. My responsibilities included:

• Updating and Maintaining the company website

• Doing virus removal and system restores.

• Supervising computer and telephone use -- Warning coworkers about social engineering.

• Managing of important customer information, including credit card numbers.

• Having a mastery of Excel spreadsheets to help gain value from company data..