I'm a software engineer based in Texas with 9 years of experience in Software Engineering.
Software Engineer, The Woodlands, Texas – May 2021 - Present
At Othram I'm working on a mix of things. For them most part, I'm working on bioinformatics tools in the Rust programming language. I'm getting to write AWS lambda functions, process and analyze genome files, and generate reports that help law enforcement close decades-old cold Jane and John Doe cases. I also occasionally get to work on a web application we have that's a Python Flask project using SQLAlchemy, TypeScript, and GraphQL.
Front-End Engineer, Houston, Texas – June 2019 - May 2021
At the Houston Astros, I worked in Baseball Operations, specifically in the research & development department, helping coaching staff, scouting staff, and other departments make sense of data collected on baseball players both professional amateur. This was done by creating visualizations, models, and front-end tools to display, digest, and inform. This role relied heavily on React, d3, C#, SQL, and Azure Infrastructure.
Software Engineer, Houston, Texas – November 2018 - June 2019
At NASA, I worked with ASP.NET (C#) to develop software systems for mission control and the International Space Station in an agile workspace environment. I wrote JavaScript for client-side data handling and ensured 100% test code coverage using MSTest.
Software Engineer, Conroe, Texas – May 2017 - November 2018
At AES, I worked with ASP.NET MVC (VB.NET and C#) to create custom fatigue modeling and business process software for downhole companies utilizing coiled tubing. I utilized entity framework code-first tooling to design, implement, and query our SQL database. For the web apps that had mobile application counterparts, I built RESTful APIs that were consumed in mobile apps built with Xamarin and Apache Cordova.
I authored a book on the now-defunct Amazon Lumberyard game engine titled *Beginning Game Development With Amazon LumberYard: Create 3D Games Using Amazon LumberYard And Lua. This book was published by Springer-Apress Media.
Master of Science in Computer Science, June 2024 - Present
I'm currently attending the University of Colorado Boulder online to get my Master's of Science in Computer Science.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, May 2013 - May 2017
Sam Houston State University is where I earned my B.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in Software Engineering.