END POINT DEV - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director, Immersive & Geospatial
Alejandro has his hands dipped into most of the cross-functional VisionPort projects going on at any given time. His day-to-day work spans a broad spectrum: product development, Linux system administration and devops tasks, audio/visual installations, project management, client relations, and team management.
Education
BS, Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, 2016.
Personal
Alejandro goes by "Jandro". He is a dancer, preferring to spend his time spinning on his head (well, trying to). He enjoys traveling, loves music, and finds it difficult to reject the lure of a nicely constructed espresso drink.
Alexis is a software developer focusing on the web, with experience in many programming languages and tools including JavaScript, Python, PHP, Perl, PostgreSQL, HTML, and CSS. He is always looking to learn new technologies and use them in interesting projects.
Experience
Web Developer for CityPass. In charge of adding new functionality to the Interchange ecommerce platform, including adding multilingual intrastructure, streamlining order fulfillment, and creating more complex financial reporting.
Web Developer/Data Interface Architect for the Dell Enterprise Experience Design Group. Created from scratch a JavaScript library framework which is the basis for a new design and usability initiative, planned as an upgrade to all Dell Enterprise applications.
Web Developer for Circumerro Media. Served as the primary web developer and architect on company's flagship product which used a robust custom-built content management system, powering eight regional web sites.
Software Engineer for UniLink Software. Within a small team of engineers and testers, helped design and build a robust yet flexible custom reporting engine to be used by an entire product line.
Education
BA in Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Personal
Alexis enjoys skiing, woodworking, and tinkering, and likes to take long hikes in the mountains with his two dogs.
Alina is a software developer who loves working on new things that make the customer experience even better. She mostly uses Ruby on Rails in her daily work but also has experience with C and Python.
Living in New York, automation of daily routine is a key to successful time management. Alina writes programs in Ruby or Python that save her time, such as creating a chatbot to send notifications about a new post of her favorite movie critic, or a script that would export Kindle notes to the Notion app.
Experience
Developer, Toughbyte, 2021-22. Added features and maintained codebase using Ruby on Rails, Sidekiq, PostgreSQL, Redis, Google Sign-On, and Heroku.
Education
Job Titles:
- Web Application Developer
Andrew has been working with Interchange and Perl since 2001, building out ecommerce, reporting, CRM, and ERP systems.
He is the author of the Shipment Perl module (see his CPAN account) and has experience integrating with many shipping services.
Over the past decade he has gained a lot of experience in executive and board leadership and brings a unique perspective to leveraging technology within organizations.
Experience
Chief Operating Officer, Edge Marketing Corp., Calgary, Alberta, 2013-Present. Modernized the systems and software development environment using Dancer, Plack/PSGI, Vagrant, and Docker. Managed finances, customer service, sales operations, inventory procurement, and warehouse operations.
Software Developer/IT Director, Edge Marketing Corp., Calgary, Alberta, 2002-2012. Implemented a custom ecommerce website, CRM, and ERP using Interchange, Perl, SQL-Ledger (LedgerSMB), TWiki, and PostgreSQL on Ubuntu/Debian Linux. Integrated with FedEx, UPS, Purolator, Canada Post, and Sendle shipping services to automate warehouse processes. Developed a system to consolidate multi-company, multi-currency accounting data from SQL-Ledger using Moose and DBIx-Class, producing a suite of real-time reporting through Interchange. Implemented a communication, collaboration and scheduling platform by integrating TWiki, Etherpad, Rocket.Chat, and Jitsi Meet.
Board Chair, Camp Evergreen, Alberta, 2010-2017.
Ashley has worked with Linux, Windows, and various other forms of information technology. She enjoys programming in Python and learning new technologies and skills.
Experience
Shift Supervisor, Starbucks, California, 2018-2022. Managed a team of up to 6 people and ensured the store was running properly in terms of staff, equipment, food, and cleanliness.
Education
BS in Engineering Technology, San Jose State University, San Jose, 2022.
Personal
Ashley enjoys drawing and creating digital art, hanging out with friends and family, playing video games, and spending time with her cat.
Ayman is a software developer whose experience includes JavaScript, Java, Python, and C, alongside technologies including React, MySQL, AWS, HTML, and CSS.
He loves creating dynamic websites and learning about new technologies.
Experience
DevOps, Expert Goggles, Temple University, 2021. Developed a Chrome extension in JavaScript that provides information in 20 different D3 visualizations across numerous websites, scraping data from many sources.
Job Titles:
- Product Marketing Manager
Ben has experience in marketing strategy, business development, and entrepreneurship. He has the pleasure of supporting End Point Dev in all areas non-technical.
Experience
Analytic Strategist at Morpheus Media, optimizing revenue for luxury brands.
Marketing Consultant at Yodle, managing marketing efforts for dozens of small businesses.
Marketing Director of My Favorite Toy Box, helping define company direction, creating partnerships, and managing marketing efforts.
Founder of BdubD Enterprises, responsible for brand strategy and growth.
Education
Ben believes that beyond providing top-quality technical expertise that our clients can count on, it is crucial that we understand their business realities and objectives as well. One of the things that Ben enjoys most in our work is our being able to help our customers weigh the trade-offs that different IT approaches are likely to have in their near and long term costs, time to deployment, flexibility, scalability, ease of use, and risks of different kinds.
Experience
Associate Director of Programming and Database Systems from 1984-1995 for the CUNY Graduate Center, after stints as Systems and Operations Manager and Oracle Database Programmer.
Education
Software Engineer, Berry Dominicana (now Vivial), 2010-2012. Developed multiple green-field projects to support new and existing business processes.
Bharathi is a full-stack developer who has experience in ASP.NET, C#, Django/Python, Angular, JavaScript, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Ansible, and Docker Compose. He is always interested in learning new technologies.
Experience
DevOps Engineer, Axisrooms, 2016-2018. Automated processes and helped to build a hotel revenue management application.
Senior Software Engineer, eShakti, 2014-2016. Developed internal applications and worked on ecommerce application.
Software Engineer, QwickSoft, 2012-2014. Worked on healthcare, industrial management web applications, and GPS technologies.
Education
Bimal is a software engineer who has been passionate about computers since he first came to know about them as a young man. He followed his passion to become a computer engineer.
He has a strong background in computer science. His experience includes working in both green- and brown-field development in a startup and a larger corporation.
Bimal is excited about learning best practices and system architecture design. He is always learning new technologies in his spare time, and is familiar with React, Vue, Firebase, Python, Django, C#, .NET, .NET Core, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2, and Amazon Web Services, among others.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer, Tekvortex Pvt. Ltd., 2017-2018. Worked as cloud consultant on backend development and analytics engine. Created a REST API for ETL (extract, transform, load) and data analysis using R, Python, PostgreSQL, shell scripting, and several services of AWS.
Software Engineer, Verisk Nepal (formerly Verisk Information Technologies), 2014-2017. Developed web applications for the insurance industry using C#, ASP.NET MVC, SharePoint, DB2, and Knockout.
Education
B.Eng., Computer Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal, 2014.
Personal
Bimal is from Butwal, a city in Nepal, where he lives with his wife and parents. His interests include reading books, trekking, DIY electronics, cooking, playing games, and watching soccer.
Cody has spent more than four years working with and leading teams on projects. He has a passion for all things tech related.
Experience
Freelance marketing, 2016-2017.
Department Lead, Barnes & Noble, 2014-2017.
Education
BA, Marketing Management, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 2016.
Job Titles:
- Web Application Developer
Dale has worked with technology for most of his life. He has extensive experience working in the education field. He has worked as a developer, systems administrator, and team lead. At End Point, Dale supports infrastructure, specifically for the EpiTrax system.
Experience
Systems Administrator, BYU Continuing Education, Provo, Utah, 2016-2022. Maintained VMware environment including patches, updates, and uptime. Kept Microsoft SQL Server and IIS web servers updated and running. Assisted other employees when technology problems arose. Helped implement Kubernetes cluster on VMware for new software development.
Online Adjunct Instructor, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho, 2020-2022. Helped students from around the world work through an introductory course in hardware maintenance.
Development Team Lead, BYU Continuing Education, Provo, Utah, 2011-2016. Managed the workload for a team of programmers using ColdFusion and Jira. Developed a responsive web theme using CSS and JavaScript. Managed the migration of all websites into Drupal 7 from static code. Helped hire new developers.
Systems Engineer, BYU Independent Study, Provo, Utah, 2010-2011. Directed the migration of Independent Study courses into a new learning management system (LMS). Converted a desktop project management and lifecycle application to a web-based solution.
Lead Web Developer (part-time), BYU Law School, Provo, Utah, 2008-2010. Helped create the International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) websites using PHP and MySQL. Mentored other students in the same position.
IT Specialist (part-time), MultiLing Corporation, Provo, Utah, 2006-2008. Developed a health tracking website using PHP and MySQL. General help desk support for users. Basic networking and server setup/configuration.
Education
Job Titles:
- VP, Systems and Operations
Dan has over three decades of hands-on experience in IT systems management, systems integrations, migrations, virtualization, networking, security, orchestration, security, compliance, and maintenance, specializing in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem. He also develops applications using the .NET framework, C#, and SQL Server database.
He has created custom solutions to address backup and replication, high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and mobile device management using technologies including Veeam, Appassure/Rapid Recovery, Zerto, VMware, Maas360, SOTI MobiControl, Centrify, RapidFire suite, and a variety of other industry-standard tools.
Dan's consulting experience spans vertical markets in publishing, marketing, finance, legal, medical, and manufacturing, as well as nonprofit organizations.
Experience
Chief Technology Officer, NST Systems, Inc., 21 years. Worked on a variety of industries and technologies and was responsible for managing technical staff and setting technology standards and processes while working as a systems architect and consultant.
IT Director, Harmon Publishing, 5 years. At this large publishing company that produced almost 300 serial publications across the United States, pioneered digital imaging and data merging technologies at large scale, using custom-built applications and hardware systems.
Graphic artist, typesetter, and systems maintenance specialist, Venet Advertising, 4 years.
Personal
Dan was born in Argentina and grew up in both Buenos Aires and the New York area. He enjoys technology, music, and spending time with his wife Sonia and their three children, Alan, Nadia, and Julian, who are now grown with studies and careers in music both classical and jazz.
Darius has deep experience with real-time applications, particularly those in the scientific, medical, trading, and entertainment areas.
He uses many programming languages, including Swift, Java, Python, PHP, JavaScript, C#, C, C++, and Delphi, backed by a variety of database systems.
In working with VR & AR for serious games with Unity, as well as musical applications, voice recognition and voice synthesis (TTS, text to speech) he has integrated his favorite areas of expertise.
As a senior software consultant in R&D Darius has led small teams of programmers to create prototypes for a variety of interesting projects.
Experience
Designed a multiple language translation platform for submission to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations in Vienna.
Job Titles:
- Chief Scientific and Executive Officer, Cybergenetics
Job Titles:
- Project Manager
- Software Engineer
Dylan's career in software started back in 2010, while working for a book publisher who produced professional programming guides. He decided to read a few of the books, and began experimenting with web development in his free time. Then his managers entrusted him with a critical system integration project, which to his surprise went well. After a few courses in programming and database design and a few more successful projects, his hobby had turned into a new line of work.
Since that time, Dylan has guided many large-scale, complex software projects in several industries including finance, law, and publishing. He has deep knowledge of web and desktop development using the .NET framework, including C#, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, and AngularJS. He also has extensive experience with system integrations and data migrations using tools like BizTalk as well as custom SQL scripts. More recently, he has worked with the Ionic framework to create mobile apps for iOS, and has managed cloud infrastructure using AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
He is excited about creating next-generation applications using .NET Core in conjunction with open source databases like PostgreSQL.
Edgar is a software developer focusing on the Web and GIS, with experience in programming languages and tools including JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Laravel, Ruby, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, GeoServer, and Leaflet.
He enjoys learning new technologies and likes contributing to open source software whenever he finds a chance.
Experience
Software Consultant, The World Bank, 2017-2022. Designed, advised, and provided technical assistance and leadership on various large World Bank-funded GIS projects for the government of Tanzania. Used JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby.
Web Developer, Greenstand, 2021-2022. Contributed to the open source tool Treetracker Admin Panel that tracks more than 500,000 geo-tagged tree photo captures. Built a payment management module using Node.js and React to handle payments for 2000+ registered planters.
Software Engineer, Jaza Energy Inc., 2021-2022. Used PHP, Laravel, and PostgreSQL in designing scalable data models and building well-structured databases to help manage a growing fleet of distributed energy systems. Solved complex performance problems and architectural challenges for internal software tools. Evaluated new technologies to help evolve technology stack.
Full Stack Developer, ID8 Space, 2020-2021. Maintained and developed web applications to enable virtual workspaces for start-ups and SMEs using Angular, PHP, and Laravel. Built a video conferencing module for web apps using Zoom API and Zoom Meeting SDKs.
Frontend Engineer, Geosolutions, 2018. Contributed to open source MapStore2 features for creating, managing, and securely sharing maps and mashups using React, Leaflet, OpenLayers, CesiumJS, and GeoServer.
Software Developer volunteer, OSGeo, 2018. Co-developed a content management system for the FOSS4G 2018 conference attended by over 1000 people, to help with registrations and information management.
Job Titles:
- Senior Software Developer
Edgar is a software engineer with experience designing and building tailored and customized solutions for clients, including government and international projects. He has been involved in all phases of the software development life cycle, implementing business solutions using client-focused and agile methodologies.
Edgar has worked extensively in the Java ecosystem with technologies including J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, JavaServer Faces, Tomcat, and JReport. He has also worked with Node.js, Express, React, AngularJS, Oracle and PL/SQL, MySQL, PHP, CodeIgniter, Android, and Objective-C on iOS.
Experience
Production Engineer, Transparent.ly, 2021-2022. Supported different publishers and advertisers to complete implementations and integrations.
Senior Software Developer, Creative Works, 2012-2020. Supported several clients in projects from analytics to new application development including Yprintit, 4over4, and Viscira.
Earlier, over 8 years of software consultant experience implementing different solutions for governmental institutions in Guatemala including US international projects for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Education
BS, Science and Systems Engineering, University of San Carlos, Guatemala, 2009.
Personal
Edgar was born and raised in Guatemala before moving to California. His hobbies include spending time with family and friends, travel, and sports, especially soccer.
Greg has a diverse background in business management, from operating and managing fishing trawlers with upwards of 100 crew members in the waters of the North Pacific in the 1970s and '80s, to overseeing the construction and management of two floating casino properties in Mississippi in the early '90s.
With his understanding of business management, as well as a good grasp of the realities of data systems, Greg is especially suited to help businesses develop economical plans to become more efficient and profitable in all aspects.
Experience
In the mid-'90s Greg began exploring the potential of the Internet and started a computer products ecommerce company, Valuemedia, and oversaw every aspect of its evolution. During this period, he began to focus on the service industry that supports IT infrastructure, and the large need for integrating existing systems with the Internet so that employees and customers could access data from anywhere.
In 2002 Greg joined with Mike Heins to create Perusion, a company specializing in helping clients maximize returns from their Internet exposure, as well as analyzing, improving, and creating processes vital to each business. Perusion provided a solid foundation for many businesses over 13 years, and shepherded several from small mom & pop operations into large companies providing goods and services around the world.
Education
Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator, 2003.
Personal
Greg is a recent Florida transplant who long lived in Idaho and enjoys archery hunting for elk in the mountains, fishing for bass in one of the "chain lakes", fly-fishing for trout in the famous shadowy St. Joe River, or setting up decoys for goose hunting.
Greg has been married for over 30 years to his wife and closest friend, Victoria.
Job Titles:
- Software Developer
- Software Engineer
Indra Pranesh has worked as a software developer with clients from fields including educational, business, and electrical industries. He has strong experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, React, Node.js, MySQL, and AWS. He has also done some work with Python, Ruby on Rails, Docker, and Google Cloud Platform.
Experience
Software Engineer, Presidio Cloud Solutions R&D, 2020-2021. Developed a number of prototypes and web applications for R&D and Pre-Sales in a variety of AWS services.
Software Developer, Coda Global, 2019-2020. Worked on the development and deployment of full-stack web applications for several industrial clients.
Education
Indra Pranesh loves to cook, try new foods, take long drives, and explore new places. He also enjoys participating in hackathons.
Jarrett is an experienced customer service professional who helps connect others and overcome barriers by forging practical solutions to technical problems.
Experience
Jarrett has accumulated 15 years of experience working in various settings of the customer service industry (contact center, health care, and mobile technology), where his passion for technology was cultivated.
Education
BS, Information Networking and Telecommunications with a focus in Web and App Development, Fort Hays State University, Kansas, in progress. Graduation expected in 2023.
Personal
Jarrett's interests include traveling with his wife and children, as well as writing songs and singing when he has the time. Jarrett also enjoys having a great cup of coffee and conversation with others. He is passionate about his faith in Jesus Christ and building up those around him as an expression of gratitude for all that he has been graciously given.
Jeffry is an expert in containerization and cloud computing. He works primarily with Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, VMware TKGI, and Red Hat OpenShift. He is also a seasoned systems administrator for Linux and Unix (HP-UX, AIX). He's now picking up on public cloud services such as AWS and GCP, together with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) technology such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
Experience
Systems Engineer, iPerintis, Malaysia, 2008-2009. Operated SAP ECC6, older SAP ABAP and Oracle RDBMS systems on HP-UX and Windows.
Systems Engineer, Proton, Malaysia, 2005-2009. Operated SAP ECC6, older SAP ABAP and Oracle RDBMS systems on RHEL. Operated Java-based ERP systems on Tomcat and RHEL.
System Engineer, DRB Hicom IT/Open Source Competency Center, 2003-2004. OS maintainer for Komnas 2020 (A Red-Hat-based Linux OS). KDE Programmer and RPM Packager.
Firmware Design Engineer, Lucas Automotive/TRW, 2002-2004. Embedded C and Assembly programmer.
R&D Engineer, Digital Aura, 2000-2002. Embedded C programmer for Hardware Driver and PLC hardware.
Education
VMware Certified Professional, Data Center Virtualization, 2022.
Jeremy is proficient at Intel assembler and C, with a basic understanding of C++, HTML, CSS, and PHP. He believes that the majority of software development should be in design and documentation; then the remainder is "a simple matter of coding". He especially enjoys transforming technical expertise in his mental landscape into someone else's mental map, in terms that will be meaningful to them. Jeremy enjoys absorbing knowledge from team members and in turn teaching them.
Joanne has over 30 years of experience delivering computer solutions for manufacturing, retail/wholesale entities, and nonprofits. Her roles have involved project coordination & management, marketing, legacy programming languages, data mining & analysis, and web-based solutions.
Experience
Owner, JV Web Designs, Massillon, Ohio, 1998-2004. Developed and marketed a variety of small business websites.
IS Manager, Kaiser Aluminum, Canton, Ohio, 1987-1998. Directed and managed all aspects of daily operations and projects. Created and maintained COBOL and RPG mainframe systems. Set up and maintained Windows networks and an HP mainframe.
Education
Jon is an experienced technical leader and consultant specializing in software development, operations, performance, and security on the Internet. He enjoys helping companies grow their software and teams while coping with complexity and change.
Jon sees business-critical legacy systems not just as a challenge to maintain, but also an opportunity to modernize neglected software stacks and architecture. He has led projects involving geographic and health data, and ecommerce with multiple countries, languages, and currencies.
Slides and video from some of Jon's conference presentations are available.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat, 2001-2002. Developer for the Red Hat eCommerce Suite and the Red Hat Intranet. Implemented and supported ecommerce websites for consulting clients.
Software Engineer, Akopia, 2000-2001. Helped create the Interchange open source ecommerce framework based on MiniVend and Tallyman.
Digital Media Administrator and Desktop Publishing Specialist, Brigham Young University, 1996-2000.
Education
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), 2002.
Originally from the greater Pittsburgh region, Jonathan studied Anthropology, Western European History, and Mediterranean Art and Archaeology at the University of Pittsburgh. As an enthusiastic and creative individual, he is excited to be part of the End Point Dev team and involved in producing much of the VisionPort multimedia content that can be found on the web.
Education
BA, Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 2018.
Personal
Jonathan is a classically trained pianist who enjoys photography, videography, and film. Some of his passions include SCUBA diving and exploring new places and cultures.
Josh is a systems engineer and information technology generalist, experienced with networking, firewalls, and support of Linux, macOS, Solaris, and Windows server systems.
Josh supports End Point Dev's infrastructure and our customers' VisionPort systems. He works with cloud-based and on-premises systems using tools including AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Chef, bash, Python, and PostgreSQL.
Experience
Network admin and project manager, Larry H. Miller Group and Utah Jazz, Salt Lake City, Utah. Implemented and supported point-of-sale systems for the various entities in the Sports and Entertainment division.
Windows domain and system administrator, Sinclair Oil Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah.
System administrator, Western Communications, Bend, Oregon. Implemented and supported Solaris-based newspaper front-end and back-end systems, and various Linux-based systems.
Systems engineer, Digital Technology International, Springville, Utah. Supported newspaper computer software and databases.
Education
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 2020.
Job Titles:
- Chief EpiTrax Architect and Database Expert
Having managed server groups and clusters both large and small, Josh specializes in making computers work together well. He combines an in-depth understanding of database systems, GIS, networking technologies, and operating systems with formal testing procedures to design scalable and maintainable systems, quantitatively ensure performance improvements, interpret results properly using statistical analysis, and quickly resolve problems.
A devoted disciple of open source concepts and community-based innovation, Josh is a contributor to PostgreSQL projects and a PostgreSQL evangelist in his local community. Other strengths include Vue.js, AngularJS, Ruby, Java, Python, Perl, the WebLogic application server, and UNIX-based operating systems.
Josh has worked with information technology in varied environments including educational, medical, and ecommerce industries. He has experience with PostgreSQL and other databases going back to 2004 and has also worked as a systems administrator, software developer, and data center manager.
Joshua spent almost 9 years in the US Air Force as a Radio Frequency Transmission Systems Specialist and a Radio Piloted Aircraft Ground Communications Systems Supervisor. He was stationed at Mountain Home, Idaho; Aviano, Italy; and Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, plus small tours in Balad, Iraq and Lulea, Sweden. He was awarded 2 Air Force Commendation Medals for leadership and service.
Education
BS, Computing with concentrations in Information Systems and Information Technology and minors in Management and Psychology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
AAS, Electronics Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama.
Personal
Joshua is a single father of 3 children and a Bernese Mountain Dog named Harvey. In his spare time he paints unique figurines, plays the guitar, is a member of the VFW and a Roman history buff. Just in case he starts to have too much free time, he plans to pursue a Master's degree!
Job Titles:
- Web Developer
- Team Manager and Software Engineer
Juan Pablo has worked as a web developer since 2000, in several fields including educational, weather, e-commerce, and insurance industries. He has experience with .NET Framework/Core, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, AWS, and administering Windows servers with IIS.
Kannan has experience working with several web technologies, including Python, Django, and HP OpenStack Cloud. He is a supporter and advocate of free and open-source software.
Experience
Software Designer, Hewlett-Packard R&D, 2011-2014. Python developer for the HP Database and Middleware Automation tool, implementing and supporting several database automation workflows. Designed and developed web applications for retail clients and the HP intranet.
Education
Kevin is a software engineer with a passion for analyzing problems, distilling requirements, and designing and implementing software solutions that make people's lives easier. He's a true believer in the proper use of object-oriented (OO) principles, design patterns, and best practices.
Kevin's main languages are C#, JavaScript, and PHP. He has had ample experience writing maintainable and robust code both in the back-end and in the front-end. He has worked with modern front-end frameworks and libraries like Knockout, Vue, and React and enjoys building rich client-side single-page apps (SPAs) that talk to REST backends. He mainly uses SQL Server and MySQL for data persistence.
To a lesser extent, he's also been known to do some Python/Django and native Android development.
Experience
Freelance software developer, 2017-2018. Built and supported many web applications for clients from various parts of the world but mainly the USA. These apps helped them during their day-to-day business operations as well as with more strategic, "big picture" matters.
Software Engineer, Vistaprint, Platform Team, 2015-2016. Worked on an AWS Lambda based, serverless project to log key events (e.g. status changes) from the entire order processing pipeline, to offer visibility to both end-users and other in-house systems. Also on a custom ETL solution to migrate all of the company's product data from a legacy structure into a new system.
Graduate Research Assistant, Rochester Institute of Technology, Software Engineering Department, 2014-2015. Participated in the NSA sponsored project for measuring software systems' attack surface. Did exploratory studies on existing literature and the development of a Python-based toolset to support research activities in program call graph generation and analysis using static analysis and runtime monitoring.
Software Engineer, Claro, 2012-2013. Developed software for orders and provisioning.
Education
MS, Software Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA, 2015.
BS, Information Systems Engineering, Intec, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2010.
Kevin is a software engineer specializing in JavaScript and React. He is currently working with the EpiTrax project, particularly the disease reporting portal.
Education
JavaScript/React Bootcamp, General Assembly, 2022.
BS, Finance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2015.
Experience
Professional DJ, 2018-2020.
Tour Department Accountant, Level Group Ltd., 2017-2018. Reconciled artists' tour income against contracts in collaboration with agents and tour managers. Applied knowledge of US & foreign tax laws to reduce tax withholding on artists' income.
Personal
After exploring creative coding platforms in Max and Processing during his musical pursuits, Kevin got hooked on the limitless potential that coding had to offer. Soon after, he decided to shift gears and focus on software engineering full-time.
Still active as a DJ, Kevin spends most of his free time listening to new music and collecting new tracks. In addition to that, he enjoys reading at a cozy coffee shop, watching college basketball, and creating electronic music.
Kürşat is a software engineer with 15+ years of experience in various companies and projects. He knows Java, Scala, Kotlin, Python, Perl, JavaScript, Go (golang) and is interested in data science and ML (machine learning).
Experience
Senior Software Engineer, GizIT Ltd., Istanbul, 2018-19. At this local IBM business partner and software solutions provider, led a small developer team to create new enterprise software from scratch. Led the team and project from technology stack decision, software and database design, to developing performant, security-aware software and handling tests. Delivered this project in 10 months, and it replaced IBM enterprise software in the organization.
Founder, ModulKom, Istanbul, 2009-11. Started own ITSM consultancy company as an IBM business partner. Completed a large enterprise project for Vodafone Turkey.
Software Engineer, various companies, early 2000s.
Education
Linda has worked for eleven years in public health, specifically with surveillance systems, and is extremely knowledgeable on the EpiTrax and EMSA systems. Her experience ranges from ELR (electronic laboratory reporting), surveillance system operation and workflow, to reporting to the CDC and federal agencies.
Experience
Interoperability Lead, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), 2018-2022. Worked on many new enhanced software functions with the Director of Surveillance Systems and End Point. Assisted in data migration, system enhancements, case management, online entry portal, onboarding reporting facility improvements.
ELR Coordinator, KDHE, 2011-2018. Onboarded HL7 and CSV reporters to their EpiTrax system. As the program grew, was involved in almost every aspect of supporting the surveillance system.
Configuration Management Software Testing Manager, ScriptPro, LLC, 2002-2011. Managed a team testing ScriptPro's pharmacy automation products.
VP, InterDirect, Inc., 1994-2002. Owned, designed, developed, and supported a warehouse materials management system for redundantly ordered products for hospital consortiums including modules for warehouse, clean room, pick line, remote cost centers/mobile devices, X-ray management. InterDirect, Inc. was one of the first commercial entities on the World Wide Web when there were only 200,000 users.
Personal
Linda is a Canadian but has been a permanent resident of the US for many years, following her husband to Kansas. Born in Winnipeg (or Winterpeg as the locals call it), Linda was introduced to snow almost from the very beginning, despite having been born in July. This, of course, did have some negative effect on acclimatizing to the extreme heat in Kansas.
Linda is a diehard Chiefs football fan and, like her dad, enjoys many sports as a spectator. Golf, fishing, and working on the home garden are some of her favorite hobbies.
Job Titles:
- Commerce and Database Architect
Mark has been working in web and database management, design, and development since 1998. He has expert knowledge of the Interchange application server, Perl, JavaScript, advanced SQL, stored procedures, and relational database concepts. His database experience is with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, including the successful completion of Oracle University's Database Administration class in 2002. He also has experience with Apache web server installation and configuration, as well as general system administration. Mark has also been a long-standing code contributor to the core Interchange application.
Marketing Associate, Perseus Books Group, 2006-2008. Managed company websites, book metadata, and wrote marketing copy.
Webmaster, RJ Matthews, Massillon, Ohio, 2004-2015. In charge of creation, maintenance, search engine optimization, online advertising, and security for six websites. Also was co-leader to select and implement new ERP software.
Job Titles:
- Art Director
- Production Manager
Art Director/Production Manager, Selecto Flash, 2 years. For this large printing and publishing company, developed a custom database application for filing and retrieval of film for production systems.
Job Titles:
- Director, EpiTrax Division
DevOps Engineer, Telekom Malaysia, Malaysia, 2009-2022. Implemented and operated platform-as-a-service systems by using Docker, Podman, VMware TKGI, Kubernetes, Velero, Portainer, Harbor, Gitlab, and Jenkins. Implemented centralized monitoring and logging for Kubernetes by using Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana, and Dynatrace. Implemented and operated a virtualized data center by using VMware vSphere, vRealize Operation and VMware NSXT. Implemented and operated RHEL, CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. Implemented and operated SAP ECC6 and SAP WAS Java 6.