University of Denver Startup Weekend 2015 Winner
May 2015Once again participated in the 57-hour Entrepreneurial sprint to build and prototype a company. On Friday Andrew and I pitched an idea for an intelligent application that could help to get a new range of people outside. Over the weekend that idea turned into NexTrek a platform designed for easy access to social trail information, safety features, and a focus on helping beginners to the wilderness! For our efforts we were awarded first place and resources to continue working on our idea,
Associate Software Engineer at Recondo Tech
Mar 2015 - PresentPromoted to an Associate Software Engineer on the ReconBots Team. Continue to learn more about the ReconBot infrastructure including the build and deploy process as well as server grid maintenance and performance concerns. Accelerating in my understanding of Selenium processing allowing me to contribute more to the current knowledge base and common core methods used by multiple bots across our infrastructure.
Junior Software Engineer at Recondo Tech
Dec 2014 - Mar 2015Moved into a full time position created for students wishing to work full time within the company on the ReconBots team. The ReconBots are the patented technology at the heart of Recondo. With the ReconBots we're able to send bots out to insurance company websites with credentials and a transaction, allowing them to log in, find a claim or patient, scrape relevant information and then return that information back to our service line to help our hospital clients improve their accuracy and back office efficiency. The bots run on a Java stack and use the Selenium Testing tool to interact with the browser and website components. My responsibilities include the development of new bots as well as the maintenance of our existing codebase spanning across three different product lines with varying styles and backend components to suit the type of bot and information.
Senior Year at University of Denver
Sep 2014 - Mar 2015Fall Quarter
-Programming Languages
-Tpcs: iOS Programming
-Independent Study: Startup: An Idea To Market
-Elements of Linear Algebra
Winter Quarter
-Operating Systems I
Worked full time as a Junior Software Engineer role during winter quarter. Graduated one quarter early with my Bachelor of Computer Science and minors in Mathematics and SocioLegal Studies with a 3.47 overall GPA.
Co-Founded Breyer Studios
Sep 2014 - PresentCo-Founded Breyer Studios, LLC. Breyer is a software development firm focused on affordable, good looking, and responsive web design. My partner Andrew Bruni and I both have experience in web design and want a legitimate avenue through which we can contract out or work. With Breyer we intend to work with a small number of clients at a time, building customized websites that suit the needs of the client while keeping their costs affordable.
Performance Issues with Reporting Systems
Aug 2014It's been an interesting week at work. For the last couple of weeks we've been noticing issues with our schedulers randomly dropping reports or backing up and not finishing their daily report runs until late in the day (A problem when clients are expecting the reports to inform their work day).
After a morning of poking and prodding we finally figured out what was going on. The Pentaho reporting engine that we use to schedule our reports is notorious for high memory usage during reporting runs as it clones data that it queries. Because of the volume of reports that we run, the server for the scheduler was allocated 50Gb of RAM however we discovered that only 20Gb of that was being given to the Java VM. As we added memory we were still thrashing on our memory, when Java attempted to garbage collect the Pentaho processes refused to let go of their memory so the servers were ending up in a horrible garbage collection/swap cycle that was maxing the boxes and taking them down.
In the end we had to give close to 80Gb of RAM to the boxes while limiting the throughput at any given time. But that solution is only a temporary fix, I've now been given the task of redesigning our scheduling system and moving it to a more reliable architecture backed in a database system to allow for failover tolerance and scalability.
University of Denver Startup Weekend 2014
May 2014Participated in the University of Denver Startup Weekend a 57-hour Entrepreneurial sprint! Starting Friday night we pitched our idea for tablet based bar ordering system. We were 'green lit' by our peers in attendance and formed a team of 5 to get started. After market research we pivoted the idea to a POS and ordering system used in 'fast casual' dining experiences. We completed a basic prototype of the project and presented in front of a panel of judges. Although we did not win the competition we all learned and incredible amount about startup culture and taking an idea and turning it into a reality.
SQL Engineer Intern at Recondo Tech
Mar 2014 - Dec 2014Working as a SQL engineer at Recondo Technology a SAAS company in Denver centered on optimizing and automating the revenue cycle management for hospitals. All data captured in service line transactions is stored in a data warehouse. My team works in this warehouse writing optimized SQL queries to pull data into ~6000 automatically generated reports. Also work in our schedule servers infrastructure keeping them up and working.
Player on the Colorado Rush Rugby Team
Feb 2014 - Nov 2014Started playing as a forward position player for the Colorado Rush Rugby Football Club based in Denver, CO. The Rush is a multicultural mens recreational rugby team that competes against other teams in the Denver area.
Following my first season with the Rush I was voted by my teammates as the Rookie Forward of the Year for 2014.
I was forced to quit rugby in order to focus on finishing up school while working but hope to return soon!
Junior Year at University of Denver (cont.)
Jan 2014 - Jun 2014Winter Quarter
-New Media, Conflict & Control
-Intro to Systems Programming
-Computer Organization
-Database Organization & Mgmt I
Spring Quarter
-World Wide Web Programming
-Tpcs: Parallel & Dist Prog
-Internship/Co-Op in Computing
-Calculus III
Studied Abroad at Goldsmiths University
Sep 2013 - Dec 2013Studied abroad at Goldsmiths University of London in the Lewisham area of London. In addition to the classes that I was taking I was also an active player on the school's rugby team, helping the team earn a nearly undefeated record and advance to the championships for the first time in years.
Classes Taken
-New Media, Conflict & Control
-Introduction to Programming
-Software Projects
-Algorithms
-Social Computing
Advanced Technology Group Summer Intern
Jun 2013 - Aug 2013I worked with the Automated Testing Team in the Advanced Technologies Group. I focused on web development learning and using HTML5, PHP, ORACLE, JQUERY, AND JAVASCRIPT on my own to design a system to build ANT server commands using data from an ORACLE database and user input. The webpage would query the database to pull available cable boxes to test with, their functionality, and the available tests to run. The user was able to sort through these fields in order to build their custom testing script. The website would then auto download a batch file with the full testing run and parameters coded allowing the user to one click initiate a testing run.
Sophomore Year at University of Denver
Sep 2012 - Jun 2013Fall Quarter
-Intro to Computer Science I
-21st-Cen Physics & Astrnmy I
-Intro to Socio-Legal Studies
-Criminology
Winter Quarter *Dean's List*
-Intro to Computer Science II
-Calculus II
-21st-Cen Physics & Astrnmy II
-Tpcs: Courts & Judicial Procss
Spring Quarter
-Discrete Structures in CS
-Intro to Computer Science III
-21st-Cen Physics & Astrnmy III
-Constitutional Law & Politics
UTS HelpDesk & Phone Support
Sep 2012 - Mar 2014Worked at the University HelpDesk providing walk-in and repair services for students and faculty for University networks, software, and basic laptop repair including diagnosis and advisement for Mac OS, Windows OS, iOS, and Android and all related software. Phone Support for faculty and students performing HelpDesk duties over the phone with focuses on University Backend systems, technical issue diagnosis, and offsite support. Focus on rapid problem diagnosis, correction, and prevention with a focus on client satisfaction.
Quality Assurance Intern at Actavis
Jun 2012 - Sept 2012Worked as a quality assurance intern at Watson Pharmaceuticals (now Actavis), while there I was in a liaison position between the managers of the QA group and a developer based in California. During my time I was charged with learning the quality processes and metrics used on the production floor, assessing the viability of building an automated system for quality tests, and finally working with the developer to show her the logic and develop a final solution that entered production shortly after I left. Although I was not studying computer science at the time, it gave me a great insight into explaining the logic of a computer to an average person and helped to change my mind into switching to Computer Science as my major the following fall.
VP of University of Denver Mock Trial Team
Oct 2011 - Jun 2013Started participating on the DU Mock Trial as an attorney during my Freshman year. That year our team participated at the San Diego Regional Tournament where I was awarded with an Outstanding Attorney Award.
At the conclusion of my first year I was elected to the position of Vice-President. During my time as VP the executive board of the team moved into a separate division of the school, ended the year with a budget surplus, and participated in the Organizational Tournament, a first for the DU team.
Freshman Year at University of Denver
Sep 2011 - Jun 2012Moved to Denver and started attending the University of Denver. Awarded the Provost Scholarship, the second highest academic scholarship offered by DU.
Fall Quarter
-First Year Seminar
-Calculus - Business Calc
-Intro to American Politics
-Beginning Spanish
Winter Quarter
-Micro- and Macroeconomics I
-IS: Litigation Practicum
-Beginning Spanish
-Statistics I
-Advanced Writing Seminar
Spring Quarter
-Micro- & Macroeconomics II
-Philosophy of Law
-Statistics II
-Advanced Writing Seminar II
Graduated from Bountiful High School
Sep 2008 - Jun 2011Went to Bountiful High School in Bountiful Utah. I graduated in June 2011 with a 3.98 GPA and an International Baccalaureate Degree. During my time at school I also was named State Champion in Lincoln Douglas Debate in 2011 and served as the Vice President of Service for the National Honor Society during my Senior year.