Summary of Qualifications
- Skilled at integrating open source applications as a method of reducing expenses.
- Comfortable filling multiple roles within an organization.
- Adept at developing creative solutions to extend the life of legacy software.
- Nearly 20 years of experience developing software, primarily in C#/.NET across desktop, web, mobile, and embedded platforms.
- Proficient with integrating software with hardware devices and IoT systems, including biometric scanners, thermal cameras, RFID, and PLCs.
- Specialized in building fault-tolerant systems for mission-critical and regulated environments.
- Experienced taking projects from conception through deployment, implementation, and ongoing maintenance.
Experience
Developer · Louisiana District Attorney Association (LDAA)
March 2017 – PresentBaton Rouge, Louisiana
Developed the Virtual Trial Notebook, an internal digital case management and trial preparation resource designed for Louisiana prosecutors. Similar to general digital trial binders, it serves as a central system for organizing discovery, linking multimedia exhibits, managing witness lists, and tracking pre-trial motions. Developed and built a custom battery-powered kiosk for event and session tracking based on zero-touch pass-through scanning of name badges. Also handled various IT tasks spanning multiple disciplines, including development, infrastructure, modernization, and planning.
Solutions Specialist · Stupp Corporation
October 2015 – February 2017 (1 year 6 months)Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Developed business processes and technical solutions, and provided technical guidance on the development of a manufacturing execution system (MES). Researched processes, developed proofs of concept, and managed projects, specifically for inventory tracking of large-scale assets such as steel coil and pipe.
Software Developer · GCR Inc.
April 2014 – October 2015 (1 year 7 months)Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Worked on an Automated Passport Control Kiosk, and its supporting backend services. These kiosks used a wide range of devices, including 3M identification document scanners, Crossmatch fingerprint scanners, FLIR thermal cameras, thermal printers, customized lighting controllers, ADA keypads, and 3M touchscreens. The application interface was WPF and localized into 14 separate languages. Data was captured, recorded, and transmitted, with responses received in under one minute per traveler. The system was designed to be fault-tolerant, self-monitoring, and able to auto-recover from network loss, power loss, application freeze, or system crash. Also served as a member of the on-site delivery and implementation team.
Software Developer · Various Medical Software Related Companies
May 2013 – April 2014 (1 year)Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Designed and developed a certified Meaningful Use Stage II reporting engine for an Electronic Health Record system. Created various middleware applications to allow legacy systems to continue operating on a new database schema, as well as creating various reports.
Software Developer · St. James Technologies, LLC
May 2011 – April 2013 (2 years)Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Worked on or in support of their Crane Data System (CDS), a product written in C#, ASP.net, MVC, and nHibernate, with JQuery, and some HTML5 canvas elements. The second component of CDS was the custom-built onboard system that relayed data from the cranes to our servers. This was done by interfacing via OPC to the crane PLCs, performing onboard extraction, transformation, and loading of crane data into a temporary SQL CE database. This data was converted to a customized compressed format, and transmitted via cell modem to the CDS servers for further transformation and storage. Also worked on additional projects utilizing MonoTouch for iOS development and PHP on NGINX server.
Software Developer · The Financial Group
January 2006 – May 2011 (5 years 5 months)New Orleans, Louisiana
Designed and built a debt protection management system and online signup system, while supporting a previous ASP Classic system. During the transition between systems, created a service that allowed for a shared session state between the two systems. Created a network backup system that kept production and development environments in sync and created backups on the local network and at a secure offsite location. Created data conversion utilities, as well as automating the importing and exporting of data with multiple financial institutions.
Education
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, Louisiana
Bachelor of Science (BS), General Studies — 2011
Concentration: Computer Science, Digital Art, General Business