Experience & selected work
Software Engineer 2 · Systems design, development, and integration
Design and implement new systems and evolve existing platforms, from requirements through integration, testing, and maintenance. Combine software development, hands-on hardware work, and device data collection.
Progressed from developer to lead developer over six years on an inherited JavaScript/PHP Zend portal for international device support. Migrated Windows VMs/SQL Server to Linux VMs/MySQL to reduce costs while maintaining the portal, supporting new features, and responding to headquarters requests. Handled successor-system data handoff, archival requirements, and portal retirement.
Led software integration of gamma and neutron detectors into the Multi-Purpose Cargo Data Collector (MCDC), connecting detector data to a larger system for radiological detection of passing train cars.
Worked with government agencies and commercial vendors to collect drug-screening device test data, then reformatted and packaged it for vendors to use in improving their algorithms.
Developed Python APIs and applications, and PHP APIs with Zend, Symfony, and Drupal.
Technical Assistant · 2018–2019
Provided technical support to students and faculty, responding to technical problems and service requests.
Implementor (head administrator) & developer
Head administrator since 2006; C/Linux developer since 2021. Designed and implemented combat and shared-story systems, built regression coverage, and resolved hundreds of compiler warnings while supporting a Wheel of Time MUD running since 1998.
Team leader · Four developers
Led a four-developer team building a React progressive web app for election and candidate information. Third place in Crimson Code’s junior/senior tier in 2020.
Team leader
Led a team exploring image recognition and recipe discovery with React and computer vision APIs. Third place in Crimson Code’s junior/senior tier in 2019.
Lead designer & developer
Led design and development of a C# and WPF desktop application for selecting and visualizing rides in a simulated competition, integrating Google Maps and Firebase.