About Me
Hi there! So far, I have spent the entirety of my career at FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company in Eagan, MN. I pride myself in producing quality, maintainable code. Due to my many years of experience in real-world, enterprise codebases — supporting and enhancing (and upgrading) dozens of legacy applications, I favor clear and readable code, rather than fancy, academic, and hyper-efficient code minified to the smallest number of lines possible (for example). Enterprise applications live on for many years, and writing code that's self-documenting and organized for readability saves hours of headaches and keyboard-smashing.
I am also a HUGE advocate of no-merge development environments. I have years of experience with "build-once, deploy-many" applications that completely removes the headaches and opportunities for human error in big-bang code merges when it comes to releases. Because of that, I am also a proponent of properly-versioned API's, use of feature toggles, and the implementation of thorough test-suites. This also opens the door to Continuous Delivery possibilities, increasing the agility of all development teams!
Additionally, I pride myself in being a good leader. I believe that the work I do serves as a good example for those I work with. I enjoy coaching others, and I value providing other developers with knowledge and tools that will allow them to become more self-sufficient and produce higher quality code. While I am enjoying the development side of things, I do have aspirations to soon expand my leadership responsibilities — both technical and personnel. I look forward to opportunities that lead down that career path.
Technical Skills
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Career Experience
April 2021 - Current | Position: Lead Software Engineer - FindLaw Lawyer Directory Dev Team Employer: FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, Eagan, MN
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Feb 2019 - April 2021 | Position: Senior Software Engineer - FindLaw Lawyer Directory Dev Team Employer: FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, Eagan, MN
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Sept 2018 - Feb 2019 | Position: Senior Software Engineer - Project Dev Team Employer: FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, Eagan, MN
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March 2017 - Feb 2019 | Position: Application Steward Employer: FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, Eagan, MN
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July 2016 - Sept 2018 | Position: Senior Software Engineer - Small Enhancements Dev Team Employer: FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, Eagan, MN
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Oct 2013 - July 2016 | Position: Software Engineer - Small Enhancements Dev Team Employer: FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, Eagan, MN
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June 2013 - Oct 2013 | Position: Software Engineer - Fulfillment App Team Employer: FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, Eagan, MN
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Ongoing Learning Opportunities
July 2020 | Event: AWS Technical Workshops Sponsor: FindLaw/Thomson Reuters and Amazon
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March 2019 - May 2019 | Event: Dojo Immersive Team Training Sponsor: FindLaw/Thomson Reuters
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2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 | Conference: No Fluff, Just Stuff Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Early 2017 | Event: Agile Workshop Series Sponsor: FindLaw/Thomson Reuters |
March 2016 - July 2016 | Event: Continuous Delivery Book Club Sponsor: FindLaw/Thomson Reuters |
Aug 2009 - May 2013 | Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science School: Saint John’s University, Minnesota |
Other Work Experience
Aug 2010 - May 2013 | Position: Student Supervisor (equivalent to Team Lead) Employer: Fine Arts Programming, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, MN
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Aug 2009 - Aug 2010 | Position: Fine Arts Technical Aid Employer: Fine Arts Programming, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, MN
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May 2006 - Aug 2010 | Position: Cook/Cashier Employer: Dairy Queen
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This Website
While I am not a front-end developer (and I don't have desires to become one full-time), this website was completely constructed by me. No templates or wysiwyg tools were used in the implementation of this site. Hosting and registration of this site is also managed by me.
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