Hack Reactor

March 2016 - June 2016

Advanced Software Engineering Certification

Attended Hack Reactor's Advanced Software Engineering immersive bootcamp program to further my education after receiving a bachelor's degree and spending several years in the industry. Approximately 13 hours per day, 6 days per week, for 14 weeks. A mix of hands-on building and theory. I absolutely LOVED this experience, and learned a ton. It really set me up to be a very successful engineer. Voted as cohort president and commencement speaker by my peers.

University of Maine

March 2008 - May 2012

BS Electrical Engineering Technology

BS Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Maine, with an IT concentration. Leaned heavily into software development and computer theory courses. Worked as a C++ tutor, VB tutor, and PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) student lab technician.

eSync: Keystroke PoS Shopify Integration

2025-2026

Custom Shopify app for bi-directional syncing of Keystroke PoS inventory, customer, and order data

This was a solo developer project done through my own LLC. I built a custom Shopify app that integrates with Keystroke PoS systems to provide bi-directional syncing. This project also involved a second app which is a .NET C# API running as a Windows Service, responsible for receiving Shopify order data on the Keystroke side to update Keystroke with new orders and inventory changes. This app is not publicly accessible and I am not able to share the proprietary codebase, but below are some screenshots of both the Shopify app and the UI for the .NET API Windows Service. This product has been launched and is installed for two large distributors in the US, with more installations pending.

STAAR Surgical

2024-2025

Cloud IOD/Implantable Lens Software

For about a year, I worked as a tech lead with a large, globally distributed team to help rebuild a legacy surgical software application. This product is used by eye surgeons to plan and simulate implantable lens surgeries, and to order appropriate lenses for patients. It is a novel combination of eCommerce and medical device software. I worked heavily on the back end and cloud infrastructure, and delegated work to a small team of engineers. I also worked closely with a third-party team from the engineering firm Deloitte, as they were building out an Oracle data backend used by the business for reporting and inventory tracking. We integrated our cloud web app with their backend. The app is live here, but cannot be accessed without being a registered eye surgeon or lens distributor. Unfortunately, I do not have permission to share any code, videos, or screenshots from this project. The software itself is a proprietary medical device application, and the client is very protective of their IP.

Enterprise ERP

2017-2025

World's largest public sector ERP system.

While at Tyler Technologies, I worked on a number of products. The biggest one was Enterprise ERP, the company's flagship product. I started out as a product team engineer working on HR, payroll, risk management, and benefits modules. This was a full-stack role. I built and optmized SQL queries, designed schemas, and worked heavily on API's and business logic. I also did a significant amount of front-end work, both creating new features and modules, and fixing lots of bugs in existing modules. I worked directly with many stakeholders, including support, QA, senior management, and clients. I started out as a junior engineer, and was promoted to lead engineer after about 3 years (which is very fast and uncommon for this company). I skipped over the senior engineer level, and went straight to lead engineer. Eventually, I transitioned into a lead archetcture engineer position, where I shifted my focus to cloud infrastructure, internal tooling, and leading cloud migration efforts. For a summary of product features and scope, see here. For a brief video demo, see here.

Vic Firth: Tone Sorting Line

2014

Tone sorting and pairing manufacturing line for world's largest drumstick manufacturer.

This is a project from earlier on in my career, when I was working as a Project Engineer at Progress Engineering. I am very proud of this project - it involved designing and building a fully automated manufacturing line from the ground up, replacing a failing legacy system with no documentation. I designed the entire control system, including PLC programming, HMI design, and integration with various third party software for acoustic analysis and solenoid control. This new system improved upon the old one in many ways: 50% improvement in throughput, uses off-the-shelf parts to make it more robust and maintainable, and has great documentation! This is a proprietary system and I cannot share source code, but here's a video showcasing the system in action!

Misc. Industrial Automation Projects

2010-2014

Various Projects.

From approximately 2010-2014, I worked on a wide variety of projects in industrial controls and automation. These included projects in food processing, forest products, manufacturing, and wastewater treatment. I worked on critical control systems for many large companies, including: Gifford's Ice Cream, Pleasant River Lumber, Vic Firth, LaBree's Bakery, and many others. All of the code for all of these projects is proprietary and cannot be shared. At the time, we didn't even use source control!

Personal & Passion Projects

Various Years

Crypto wallet, basic iOS app, DefiResearch tool, online poker notes & player profiling app, etc.

In addition to the work I've done for employers and clients, I've also built a number of personal projects over the years. Some of these include:

• Pokah Notes: A few months ago, I created an app for player profiling and note taking for online poker. This was a thing I wish existed, but didn't, so I made it for myself. It is live here, and you can create a free account and play with it! This was my first (and only) experiment with AI vibe coding. It was helpful to quickly build a useful tool, but had many limitations.
• Crypto Wallet: while attending Hack Reactor, we had a two-day sprint where we were asked to build our own project, which could be anything. I build a functional Bitcoin wallet generator, which allowed users to create new Bitcoin wallets, view their balances, and send/receive Bitcoin transactions. I actually sent real BTC to this address as a live test, in front of my classmates and instructors! This was a desktop app built using Electron.
• Other stuff: Check out my public github repository to see a few other things I've worked on over the years. There are also some very old software demo videos on my now dormant YouTube channel, mostly from before I started working at Tyler Tech many years ago.