Freelance Consultant working from my home in Newkirk, Oklahoma

• Working with clients to build technology systems that solve problems and can adapt as business needs change and technology evolves
• Contributed to the Code for America’s project that sends citizens of Denver reminder text messages of street sweeping dates so they avoid parking tickets
• Building open source software for profit and fun

Technical Lead for Resource Data, Inc. (RDI), with branches in Alaska, Texas, Idaho, Minnesota, and Oregon, that provides custom database, web, and GIS programming services

• Worked directly with clients during on all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Led the development of some of RDI’s most challenging projects
• Developed business intelligence reporting applications to help clients track their terabytes of data and use it to make better business decisions
• Ensured my team of analysts, designers, and programmers were free of stress and enjoying their jobs.
• Mentored junior developers by hosting roundtable meetings, pair-programming, and being an active participant in chatroom discussions
• Practiced agile and lean management and development techniques and actively promoted it to others within RDI
• Started RDI’s open source initiatives and remain the largest contributor
• Impacted technology selection, project management, and people management across RDI

Lead Programmer for Municipal Accounting Systems, Inc (MAS), based in Shawnee, Oklahoma, that provides accounting and student information software solutions to school districts in Oklahoma

• Led the development team in replacing the legacy DOS-based software product stack with a suite of Windows desktop applications
• Developed the Student Infrastructure Framework agent that gives the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) the ability to submit queries and receive real-time student data changes from MAS software systems
• Created tools to streamline repetitive company tasks such as configuring databases, performing data imports from other vendor products, and deploying software updates
• Helped MAS grow its market share to over 70% of Oklahoma and become OSDE’s recommended student information system for Oklahoma school districts

Embedded Software Engineer for Boeing, Defense and Space Group, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that developed the B1-B Bomber Block E software upgrade

• Designed and developed the mission data loading interface used to distribute mission data throughout the multi-threaded avionic flight software
• Developed the Device Backup displays used to emulate switch panels and keyboards in cases of hardware failure
• Developed the System Management Function displays used to monitor and administer the system