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Work Experience

• Senior Staff Software Engineer, Stryker, Joint Replacement

  Oct, 2022 - Present

  [OCT 2022 - Present]: Full Stack Developer at Stryker, iOS and Android, Flutter and .NET, DevOps in Gitlab and Azure, globally-distributed team. Primarily focused on developing MotionSense, an iOS and Android app which guides patients through their recovery journey after joint replacements, including real-time kinematic feedback from a wireless (Bluetooth Low Energy) joint position sensor worn by the patient. Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies, offering innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes.

  • Brought on to help the MotionSense application development team bring the product to market in the USA.

  • The MotionSense team develops in Flutter/Dart for iOS and Android, with the backend implemented in .NET and hosted on Azure.

  • Delivered multiple releases for both the iOS app store and Android play store.

  • Owned the process of getting the MotionSense app approved for Google's CASA Tier 2 security certification.

  • Lead efforts to automate mobile application testing via Cucumber and Appium

  • Lead efforts to update Application Scurity procedures and tools.

  • Improved back end deployments through containerization of various microservices.

  • Improved automated testing of embedded software for the wearable joint position sensor (Bluetooth Low Energy, Nordic nRF52 platform).

  • Introduced Agile Threat Modeling to the wider organization.

  • Android

  • iOS

  • Linux

  • Bluetooth (BLE)

  • Flutter

  • Cybersecurity (AppSec)

  • .NET

  • REST

  • Mocktail

  • Mockito

  • Docker

  • Cucumber

  • Appium

  • Python

  • C and C++

  • DevOps

  • Gitlab

• Senior Software Engineer, Avaloq

  Apr, 2022 - Present

  [APR 2022 - SEPT 2022]: Avaloq is a FinTech company based out of Zurich, Switzerland, which provides end-to-end digital solutions that allow clients a level of flexibility and responsiveness that will pave the way for even more efficient operations. Avaloq has R&D centres in Edinburgh and Manila as well as service centres in various locations in Europe and Asia.

  • Brought on to help build up the Platform and Integration messaging team, particularly with respect to improving product quality through implementing modern automated test frameworks and implementing industry best practices for transitioning to cloud-based components and services.

  • The messaging team focuses on AWS services and Kubernetes cluster components used by customers to provide REST endpoints and message queueing services to other components in their banking application constellations

  • Helping to drive major upgrades to AWS endpoints and services, focusing on both performance and resiliency

  • Improving software quality by introducing Behaviour Driven Development concepts and providing examples for other developers to follow for using JUnit 5 + Mockito + Cucumber to create both unit and integration test suites

  • Implementing various messaging/queuing services (ApacheMQ and other flavours) which provide REST endpoints for use in Red Hat Open Shift microservice Kubernetes clusters

  • Agile coaching for both developers and product owners to help improve definition of done, right-sizing stories, and Agile requirements discovery

  • Java

  • Kubernetes

  • Open Shift

  • Spring

  • Mockito

  • JUnit

  • Cucumber

  • Agile

  • DevOps

  • Jenkins

• Senior Software Engineer, Visit Scotland

  Mar, 2021 - Apr, 20221 year

  [MAR 2021 - MAR 2022]: VisitScotland.com is the official consumer website of VisitScotland, Scotland’s national tourist board. Working closely with private businesses, public agencies and local authorities, Visit Scotland work to ensure that our visitors experience the very best of Scotland and that the country makes the most of its outstanding tourism assets and realises its potential.

  • Brought on to help Visit Scotland transition from disjoint frontend/backend/ops teams to a combined DevOps team, I am able to apply my wide variety of experience to mentor others in frontend, backend, cybersecurity, Agile, and DevOps best practices, and to help the team with challenging technical work such as uplifting older codebases to modern tech stacks, designing for security, and transitioning from on-prem to cloud.

  • Scoping and initial work to uplift backend from Java 8 to Java 11

  • Scoping and initial work to uplift frontend from Vue 2 to Vue 3

  • Improving end-to-end build and test time by instrumenting builds and identifying pain points

  • Implementing design-for-security best practices such as automated dependency scanning

  • Creating product cybersecurity threat models

  • Updated backend services to use REST clients rather than SOAP to access data stores such as Microsoft Dataverse

  • Agile coaching for both developers and product owners to help improve definition of done, right-sizing stories, and Agile requirements discovery

  • Java

  • Javascript

  • Vue

  • Bootstrap

  • Spring

  • Cybersecurity

  • Agile

  • DevOps

  • Jenkins

  • Azure

  • AWS

• Senior Software Engineer, Plexus

  Oct, 2019 - Mar, 20211 year 4 months

  [OCT 2019 - MAR 2021]: Plexus is a global leader in contract design and manufacturing that specializes in serving customers in industries with highly complex products and demanding regulatory environments. In EMEA, Plexus primarily focuses on designing products for customers in the medical devices industry.

  • Lead globally-distributed teams, often comprised of a mix of engineers from North America, EMEA, and Panang, to deliver on time and under budget.

  • Established design standards and best practices for software development

  • Member of Global Cybersecurity for Software Development SME Team

  • Lead Continuous Improvement initiative to establish dockerized build environments for embedded software DevOps

  • Worked with Global IT and DevOps CI team to establish software development and cybersecurity best practices for the organization

  • Worked with US, EMEA, and APAC software groups to establish cross-design-center training and collaboration best practices

  • C

  • C++

  • Python

  • Bash

  • Cybersecurity

  • Embedded Linux (Yocto)

  • DevOps

• Software Engineer, Avionics Interface Technologies, a Teradyne Company

  Dec, 2012 - Oct, 20196 years 10 months

  [DEC 2012 - OCT 2019]: Acquired by Teradyne in 2014, Avionics Interface Technologies (AIT) is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance flight modules, test and simulation modules, embedded solutions, databus analyzers, and support systems for both the commercial aerospace and defense industries. Our field-proven modules support MIL-STD-1553A/B, MIL-STD-1760E, ARINC 429, ARINC 615A, Combination MIL-STD-1553/ARINC 429, ARINC 664, and Fibre Channel.

  • Lead Software Engineer, Embedded Real-time and Safety-Critical OS’s

  • Establish design standards for AIT real-time and safety-critical software

  • Architecture, Development, and Testing of APIs and drivers for Real-Time and Safety-Critical OS’s such as VxWorks 6, 7, 653, QNX, and Real-Time Linux

  • Coordinate Omaha developers with hardware teams in our Dayton, Ohio office to ensure smooth integration of firmware and software development efforts

  • Support customer integrations both remotely and on-site

  • Implemented GitLab CI/CD solution for automated cross-platform build and test

  • C

  • C++

  • C#

  • Python

  • Bash

  • RTOS

  • QNX

  • Embedded Linux (RealTime)

  • Cybersecurity

  • DevOps

  • CMake

  • Jenkins

  • Gitlab

• Electronics Engineer, Surface Measurement Systems

  Jan, 2009 - Nov, 20123 years 10 months

  [JAN 2009 - NOV 2012]: Surface Measurement Systems develops and engineers innovative experimental techniques and instrumentation for physico-chemical characterisation of complex solids. SMS are the world leaders in Dynamic Vapor Sorption technology and Inverse Gas Chromatography instrumentation and solutions, providing professional world-class scientific and technical support for our international customers.

  • As Product Manager, SMS Ultrabalance, directed redesign and update of the core component of the SMS Dynamic Vapor Sorption product line, as well as in-situ Raman spectroscopy add-on for DVS instruments

  • Provided on-site and remote training and troubleshooting in EU, UK, and USA

  • Established production work flow, troubleshooting, and in-line testing protocols

  • Worked with software and mechanical teams on UI and product enclosures Lead Production Engineer, Electronics

  • Ensured CE/EMC/UL/FCC regulatory compliance for all SMS electronics

  • Designed organic vapor detector safety devices for SMS product lines

  • C

  • Circuit Design

  • Analogue Design (Control Systems)

  • Product Engineering (BOM Management, Part Sourcing, Supplier Audit, Wire Harness Spec)

  • Customer Training, Field Servicing, Product Installation

  • Sensors

  • CE/EMC Testing

• Electronics Engineer, Digital Defense Group

  Oct, 2006 - Oct, 20082 years

  [OCT 2006 - OCT 2008]: Startup founded in Omaha to provide biometrically-secured RFID cards for facilities access. Acquired by Broidy Capital in 2009.

  • C

  • Circuit Design

  • 3D Modelling (Solidworks)

  • CE/EMC Testing

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