About
Web Technology Professional since 1999
Throughout my career I enjoyed designing, implementing, and maintain systems which integrated related systems to allow improved efficiency and data tracking.
I am working towards my Masters in Software Engineering at West Virginia University, it should be completed by spring of 2020. I am passionate about technology, data science, golf, raising my children, private space companies and Cryptocurrency.
Skills
NodeJS/Express
PHP
SCSS/CSS
mySQL, MongoDB, Firebase
Agile Development Methods, Scrum, Test Driven Development
GitHub
Video Production using Adobe Creative Applications
Portfolio
Experience
May 1999 - June 2001
Systems Analyst - Web Technologies
- Team lead responsible for supporting the 2nd largest windows web server environment in the country
- Section’s representative for the company’s standards and practices committee
- On over 50 project teams designing, testing, implementing, and maintaining Intranet web applications using COM, ASP, and html.
June 2001 - July 2007
Owner / Web Application Developer / Network Design
Design, implement, and maintain computer networks, standard and wireless, for various businesses and individuals. Design, implement, and maintain web sites and web applications. Implemented a secure web hosting infrastructure to host clients web sites and email. Utilizing the following technologies, MySQL, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, ASP, ASP.net, Javascript, HTML, and CSS.
July 2005 - Present
Vice-President / Developer / Technical Lead
Construction Management Experience: Responsible for construction of several projects throughout the central Illinois area.
Property Management: Responsible for the property management of over 300,00SF of
commercial real estate in the central business district of Peoria, IL. Responsible for the
management of over 400 residential rental units in Peoria, IL. Including 96 Unit LIHTC
development.
IT Management: Designed, installed and maintained 100+ node network distributed between
4 physical locations. Utilizing VPN’s, Firewalls, Managed Switches, Various Remote
Desktop applications, Windows Servers for file sharing, and various remote back solutions.
January 2007 - September 2019
Owner / Real Estate Investor
@ Scout Properties
Real Estate Investment company specializing in redevelopment projects in the Central Illinois Area. Responsibilities Include:
- Finding redevelopment projects
- Investigating the projects using various tools (i.e. County Records investigation, County Auctions, On Site surveys)
- Acquiring financing for the projects using various avenues (i.e. conventional financing, HOME funds, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits)
- Supervise the redevelopment of the projects
- Lease up of the projects
- Management of the projects.
January 2014 - Present
Web Application Developer / Freelancer
@ PGE Software
PGE Systems was started in 2014 to provide Web Application Development for my clients. I can provide full Software Development Lifecycle design using Agile methods. I am proficient with designing NodeJS or PHP Backends, and HTML, SASS/CSS front ends utilizing Native Javascript or React for responsive design. I have relational database design, implementation, and maintenance experience. I have recently completed a project which validated using the Legacy-to-Cloud Migration Horseshoe which extends OMG’s Architecture Driven Modernization (ADM) . Responsibilities Include:
- Relational Database Design
- Application Architecture Design
- Object Oriented Design
- Application implementation using Agile Methods
- ROI of Cryptocurrency Mining for various cryptocurrency and mining hardware
- Negotiating electrical rates with local utilities
- Datacenter design, implementation, support – Cooling, Power distribution, network layout
- Cryptocurrency Miner Design, Building, Maintenance
- Blockchain application investigation and education
August 2018 - May 2020
Graduate Student - Software Engineering
WVU's software engineering programs are unique, fully online programs that provide graduate-level software engineering expertise to individuals who are currently working in the software engineering and information technology industry. The programs serve both adult learners from the regional software engineering and information technology industry as well as distant learners taking the course from remote locations. Our typical student is a full-time software engineering professional who wishes to augment his or her work experience with additional academic enrichment.
June 2019
React-Redux / Node.JS Developer
Currently developing an application to perform Backtesting on Cryptocurrency using finacial data from Cryptocurrency Exchanges. Bonus Objective: Using Search Based algorithms to compare various Backtesting methods for every Cryptocurrency, by transforming the financial data into a weighted graphic representation. Technologies used: React, NodeJS/Express, mySQL, Firebase, Auth0.