PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Knowledge-driven software developer who enjoys problem-solving, designing effective systems, and collaborating with others. Deep understanding of computer hardware and software from over 15 years of professional experience working with a diverse set of technologies used in companies, ranging from small businesses to large enterprises.

EXPERIENCE

Process Engineer

2016 - Present
Cascade Engineering Technologies, Inc. | Canby, OR
  • Performed business systems analysis with a focus on removing paper and increasing staff efficiency
  • Developed shop automation software:
    • Metrology Enhanced Target Machining Program Creation (TME)
    • Automated Inspection Report Generator (UMESS and Calypso)
    • Process Capability Analysis (CP\CPK) for Key Characteristics
    • Engineering Request System
    • CNC Program Loader (DNC)
    • CNC Machine Data Collector (MDC)
    • Trial Balance Tool
    • Epicor ERP REST API data extraction tools, and (SSRS) report creation
  • Managed, supported, and updated legacy software written by previous employees
  • Managed Cybersecurity compliance to DFARS, NIST 800-171, CMMC, EAR\ITAR
  • Primary point of contact for IT managed service providers
  • Procurement, installation, and security review of hardware and software
  • Authored and updated documentation in the AS9100 quality system
  • Administration of Windows, Linux, HP-UX, network devices, CNC\CMM
  • Mentored junior staff including training, work assignment, and code review

Backup Administration Specialist L3

2012 - 2016
Symantec Corporation | Eugene, OR
  • As a founding member of a new service, I shaped and defined “Managed Backup Services”, a newly-formed product offering
  • Authored original documentation for processes, procedures, and work instructions
  • Selected, interviewed, and hired employees to form a new team in Pune, India
  • Wrote the training materials I used to train an L2 operations team in Pune, India
  • Monitored up to 20 large enterprise-level customers at the same time
  • Administration of a wide variety of hardware and software configurations
  • NetBackup administration for versions 6 through 7.7.2 and NetBackup appliances up to 2.7.2
  • Installed and configured NetBackup OpsCenter, PureDisk, and MSDP
  • Wrote scripts to automate repetitive tasks and corresponding documentation on their use
  • Used multiple ticketing systems for incident management: ServiceNow, ServiceDesk, and SalesForce

Data Programmer

2010 - 2011
Bureau of Land Management | Portland, OR
  • Managed large tape conversion of backup data for BLM offices in Oregon and Washington
  • Wrote scripts to automate repetitive tasks and documentation on processes used
  • NetBackup 6-7 on IBM AIX, and Windows servers connected to various robotic libraries
  • Coordinated physical tape management with Iron Mountain

Quality Technician/Systems Administrator

2007 - 2010
Cascade Engineering Technologies, Inc. | Milwaukie, OR
  • Dimensional inspection using robotics and hand tools. Compared to drawing, and published reports
  • Established network connections: VPN, FTP, Unix, Windows, CMM/CNC machines
  • Performed tape backup and recovery of HP-UX systems
  • Developed new security policies, software inventory, and firewall configuration
  • Wrote shell scripts and VBA applications to make repetitive tasks quicker, easier, and less error prone

CERTIFICATIONS

CompTIA: A+

CompTIA (COMP001020119394)

Verification code: CQ367GELLL44Y8BV

CompTIA: Network+

CompTIA (COMP001020119394)

Verification code: VBRBCLNL1LVQY5GB

CompTIA: Security+

CompTIA (COMP001020119394)

Verification code: ZQ2BKRDDJ3B124K7

Microsoft: MCTS

Microsoft

Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist

Veritas Certified Specialist

2016
Veritas

Veritas NetBackup 7.6.1 Administrator

PROJECTS

Some things I am proud of.

Targeting with Metrology Enhancement (TME) - The largest software project I have ever created. Written in C# .NET8 with a Windows Service backend and a Blazor Server App front end.
Training an L2 team in Pune, India - I interviewed, selected, and hired the team members. Then I flew to India to present training materials I wrote.
Webmaster - I aquired some web space back in 2009. Since then I have developed 9 websites for 6 customers hosted there.

OSS Contributions

Some pull requests that got accepted.

EpicorRestAPI - A helper library for making queries to Epicor back end.
RazorEngineCore - .NET6 Razor Template Engine.
Rubberduck - Rubberduck aims to bring the VBE into this century.
Version Control Add-in (msaccess-vcs-addin) - Easily export your Microsoft Access Database objects for use with a version control system like GitHub.
Telnet (.NET) - A NuGet library for Telnet communication from .NET projects.

Skills & Proficiency

C#

VB.NET

SQL & SSRS

VBA

PowerShell, bash, batch

Git

HTML5 & CSS

Docker

Python

JavaScript

PHP

G-Code

Ruby on Rails

Blazor & Razor

MSAccess, SQLite, RealmDB