Drove several core platform features from ideation to completion. This required the consideration of existing infrastructure, resource constraints, and future requirements.
Helped mentor the most successful cohort of the year, helping people transition into a career of full stack web development. Enhanced the course by authoring multi-modal study guides and recording dozens of supplemental tutorial videos.
Selected to participate in the first leadership development program. Managed a small team of engineers on a new security-focused product, conducting 1:1s, running feature planning sessions, and meeting with other leaders to discuss product direction.
Designed and helped implement an integration authoring platform that allowed 3rd-party developer to create integrations for our service using low-code, declarative tools. Also implemented internal tooling to help marketing and customer service departments gain insights into the adoption rate and performance of those integrations.
Introduced client companies to agile processes in order to facilitate higher velocity development. Also refactored their backend services, reducing the amount of code to be maintained by over 50%, and increasing throughput of their services by over 200%.
Served under both prosecution and defense attorneys of the JAG Corps. Was responsible for legal research, drafting legal documents, and consulting with leadership about appropriate legal courses of action, handing off to an attorney once proper legal advice was needed. Also helped coordinate attorney calendars, take witness statements, and served as a court reporter for a few cases.
Contributed changes to frontend to improve user experience and make the UI less confusing to use.
Improved documentation of command line tools.
Increased stability of the compiler and implemented features to various libraries in the ecosystem.
Accepted as Google Summer of Code student in 2014 to work on a feature to improve support for writing Android applications in Python. Also implemented various features and fixed performance issues in the core framework.
Brought the codebase up to modern coding conventions, significantly improved documentation, and implemented a few features, including video playback support.
Serve as usher during numerous productions, participated in the centennial event by volunteering to display my vehicle during the car show, and provide assistance during the set up and tear down of other theatre-related events.
Helped to cook and serve a banquet style meal for families in need. Also played piano briefly as entertainment for guests.
Assisted with renovating the outside of a home, including some landscaping, painting, and demolition of a condemned storage shed.