Hi,
my name is John
About Me
I am a full-time programmer who likes learning new technologies, baking cheesecakes and bread, and attempting DIY projects. Currently I am working on getting more expertise in visualizations using D3. I also am learning German. I enjoy spending time with my wife, our two dogs, and our cats.
Education
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2013
Saginaw Valley State University
B.S. in Computer Information Systems
Summa Cum Laude | 3.9+ GPA
CSIS Outstanding Graduate
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2009
Marlette High School
College Preparation
High Honors | 3.9+ GPA
Experience
Paylocity
August 2015 - Present
Software Engineer Lead
Working on a large cloud SaaS payroll application. We are using ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, and Entity Framework, along with AngularJS and gulp. I help mentor team members and make architectural decisions on our team.
Paylocity
October 2014 - August 2015
Software Engineer I
Working on a large cloud SaaS payroll application. We are using ASP.NET MVC and WebAPI, along with AngularJS.
Nexteer Automotive
Jun 2014 - October 2014
Associate Web Development Engineer II
Defining and optimizing corporate processes as web applications. My team maintains/developed many engineering web applications. We write mainly in ASP.NET (MVC) with C#, SQL Server, JS, HTML, and CSS. I help select, train, and mentor junior team members and lead daily team standups. I am also the project lead on a large, multi-year development project.
Nexteer Automotive
Jun 2013 - May 2014
Assistant Web Development Engineer III
Defining and optimizing corporate processes as web applications. My team maintains/developed a large barcode part tracking system, along with numerous global corporate web applications including a corporate organization chart system, a budgeting system, and many other engineering web applications. We write mainly in ASP.NET (MVC) with C#, SQL Server, JS, HTML, and CSS.
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy
Feb. 2013 - Jun 2013
Programmer Analyst I
Worked on a team developing a large internal corporate web application for managing patient care throughout the business using MVC 4, JS, CSS, HTML, and SQL Server in an Agile environment.
Nexteer Automotive
Nov 2011 - Feb 2013
Co-op Software Engineer
Converting desktop or paper-based applications to web applications or creating new database-driven websites, while also improving and refining the process to allow for meaningful leveraging of the data. My team also maintained the parts barcoding system used by EPS, along with new EPS applications.
GTL Farms
Nov 2005 - Aug 2009
Farm Hand
Baling hay, milking cows, picking rocks, and other duties as assigned.
Contact
Skills
C#
ASP.NET (MVC and Webforms)
Entity Framework
VB.NET
JavaScript
jQuery
HTML
Angular
CSS
Bootstrap
Gulp
SQL Server
PHP
C++
Java (Android)
Python
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert
Hobbies
Reading
Tennis
Programming
Video Games
Animals
Baking
DIY
German