Software engineer building resilient systems, from a payroll engine that touches every paycheck to a real-time quiz platform with 100K+ monthly players.
Real-time multiplayer quiz platform I built from scratch and have run since 2018. Node.js backend on a VPS, Socket.IO for low-latency game state, NGINX edge proxy, freemium monetization. Grew out of Torpedoed.fun, an earlier multiplayer canvas experiment where I first learned the stack.
Multi-year team effort porting the central Visual FoxPro payroll engine to .NET 10 with zero downtime. I designed point-in-time snapshotting to eliminate drift between parallel engine runs and extended the CI/CD pipeline to spin up isolated test environments per change.
Built a PyQt utility for radar directional control and coordinate visualization, plus a LabVIEW application polling chiller telemetry over Modbus in real time.
Custom-built marketing site for an oil and gas pipeline construction company. Node.js, NGINX, no framework. Later extended with an internal employment application system where applicants could submit and staff could review submissions in a dashboard.
An MBED-based digital guitar with PLL audio synthesis and register-level work, an analog looping 7-segment display, and a barcode scanner. Coursework, but where the embedded interest started, and the reason I'm still drawn to firmware-adjacent roles.
Promoted from L3 to L4 in August 2024. Maintain and enhance the central payroll calculation engine used by nearly every payroll process. Contributed to the multi-year team port of the legacy Visual FoxPro engine to .NET 10 with zero operational downtime, designed point-in-time data snapshotting tools for deterministic calculation recreations, and extended CI/CD pipelines to automatically build, containerize, and deploy isolated testing environments per engine change.
Developed a KPI tracking and visualization application during the summer internship that led to a full-time return offer.
Developed PyQt-based graphical utilities for radar directional control, plus a LabVIEW monitoring utility for real-time radar chiller telemetry over Modbus.
Designed and implemented a real-time multiplayer quiz platform with over 100,000 monthly players worldwide. Full-stack solo build on a VPS: Node.js backend, NGINX proxy, Socket.IO communication, freemium monetization.
Built a custom marketing site for an oil and gas pipeline construction company. Collaborated directly with the client on the design, then extended the site with an internal employment application system for applicant submission and staff review.
Summers spent operating heavy machinery (tractors, combines, sprayers), maintaining and repairing equipment, and caring for livestock. Hands-on hardware experience that grounds my interest in embedded systems work.
Norman, OK. Coursework spanning Microprocessor System Design, Digital Design, Computer Architecture, and Signals & Systems: the foundation behind the MBED guitar, looping 7-segment display, and barcode scanner projects.
Computer engineering grad from the University of Oklahoma. Currently a Level IV software developer at Paycom, working on the calculation engine that runs payroll for the company's entire client base. On the side, I run BuzzIn.Live, a multiplayer quiz platform I've maintained since 2018.
Embedded roles are my top interest; backend and full-stack are a strong parallel track, and I'm open to AI-adjacent infrastructure work where it overlaps. Looking at OKC, in-office or hybrid. U.S. citizen, eligible for security clearance.
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