Email - maladroitthief@gmail.com

Github - https://github.com/maladroitthief

Entrée is a 2-D video game where you fight food in randomly generated levels. I started development in December 2022 and am writing it using Go in my free time. Major accomplishments include the following:

• Two-phase collision detection using spatial grid and separating axis theorem
• Component system for handling large entity counts using generational indices
• Dynamic level generation to combine hand-crafted rooms with randomized tiles

At Consider, I am developing and maintaining web scrapers for crawling and processing data from application tracking systems. Some of my accomplishments at Consider include:

• Developing and improving legacy web scrapers in Python
• Refactoring API integration's to be more resilient and efficient
• Improving and automating AWS back-end infrastructure
• Creating and maintaining outdated or non-existent documentation

At Atlantis Technology I was a senior software engineer consultant for BNY Mellon. I worked on a project focused on processing and enriching large volumes of data in a micro-services architecture. Some of my accomplishments at Atlantis include:

• Developed asynchronous services to process large volumes of data
• Refactored tests in multiple repositories to reduce bugs and defects
• Containerized the developer environment to be uniform across all team members
• Automated repeatable tasks to improve productivity and reduce toil
• Mentored other engineers with design, implementation, and testing

While at IQ Inc I was a DevOps consultant for Omnicell. Additionally I worked with an IQ internal team for developing new products. I also was an Engagement Leader that focused on being a resource to other IQ employees. Some of my accomplishments at IQ include:

• Eliminated toil of manual processes using Terraform and Ansible
• Developed and refactored Azure DevOps pipelines
• Automated the configuration of Windows and Linux test environments
• Established and maintained an on-site monitoring system

languages:
  professional:
    - go
    - python
    - ruby
    - javascript
  learning:
    - zig
tools:
  development:
    - neovim
    - tmux
    - git
    - docker
    - PostgreSQL
    - MongoDB
    - gRPC
  devops:
    - ansible
    - terraform
    - kubernetes
    - heroku
    - aws
    - azure devops
    - prometheus
    - grafana
    - loki

university: Penn State Erie - The Behrend College
  graduated: 2015
  major: Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
  minor: Computer Science

artists:
  - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
  - Radiohead
  - Nirvana
  - Jeff Rosenstock
  - black midi
hobbies:
  - Music
  - Cooking
  - Tabletop RPGs
  - Hand-tool woodworking
  - Fly fishing
video-games:
  - Elden Ring
  - The Binding of Isaac
  - Dota 2
  - Dwarf Fortress
  - Baldur's Gate 3