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Lead Software Engineer with 10 years experience designing and implementing software solutions at all business levels. Proven Design and Engineering skills involving Service Oriented Architecture and Hypermedia. Strong Background in statistics and Machine Learning. Strong Analytical and Design Skills Committed to creatively designing and structuring computer systems to meet the needs of the project. Strong understanding of...

Lead Software Engineer with 10 years experience designing and implementing software solutions at all business levels. Proven Design and Engineering skills involving Service Oriented Architecture and Hypermedia. Strong Background in statistics and Machine Learning. Strong Analytical and Design Skills Committed to creatively designing and structuring computer systems to meet the needs of the project. Strong understanding of the fundamentals of computing. Background with a variety of programming languages and applications. Ability to apply knowledge across conceptual domains. Enthusiastic about working through difficult problems with my strong analytical skills. Specialties: Hypermedia, Machine Learning, Statistics, Python, Software Development Fundamentals, Software Design, Data Analysis.Sr. Web Application Engineer @ From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Greater New York City AreaLead Application Engineer @ Designed and created a Hypermedia Application Framework allowing the company to achieve it’s goals of realigning it’s network architecture. Co-Authored media type spec designed to communicate full Hypermedia compliant application messages in a generic way. Gave lectures on using Hypermedia in a Service Oriented Architecture, and Functional Programming. Engaged in reformulating the companies testing strategy. Won a contest for “most medically relevant” in a company contest with a prototype application involving Machine Learning. From August 2013 to April 2015 (1 year 9 months) Greater New York City AreaSr. Software Engineer @ At the Walt Disney Internet Group I worked on the Enterprise Automation Team. My job was in the design and creation of hypermedia interfaces for existing service oriented applications at the platform level. We used python to create a hypermedia framework for exposing API's to meet targeted business needs. Our products saved countless man hours by creating automated network tasks that would otherwise have been accomplished by hand. I took charge in redesigning our testing strategy and overhauling our legacy codebase with a more flexible architecture. From August 2010 to August 2013 (3 years 1 month) Greater Seattle AreaCEO / CTO @ bedlambedlam is a small alternative clothing retailer with a technological edge. I handle business strategy, bookkeeping, automation, social media, technical support and software development. From July 2011 to May 2013 (1 year 11 months) Greater Seattle AreaProgrammer and Technician @ Consultation and work for individuals needing help with software and networking. Implemented user-friendly inventory tracking database for independent bookstore Implemented wiki software to assist a client with a Web 2.0 project Installed and configured blogging software Created full wireless compatibility for a client's Linux laptop From January 2006 to October 2010 (4 years 10 months) Software Consultant @ Assisted company in changing directions. Designed and implemented software using Drupal to prototype companies new direction. Picked up Ruby to interface with the Alfresco CMS. From 2009 to February 2010 (1 year) Senior PHP/Python/MySQL/Javascript programmer @ Designed and Developed software allowing a network of dynamic rich media websites to automatically render with rich media content. Assisted in design and maintenance of a web application allowing users to quickly create their own media rich and monetized web sites. Took initiative in implementing new features to meet the demands of our user base. Accomplishments Designed and engineered a color analysis system, creating dynamic color schemes for a network of sites. Designed and engineered general XML aggregation software, allowing content to be dynamically distributed among a media network. Implemented partner API's into a network of DHTML websites. Designed and engineered a method for conveniently and quickly parsing XML into a generic set of object attributes. Assisted in Design of a complete web framework, allowing thousands of sites to run on a single code instance. From February 2008 to May 2009 (1 year 4 months) Software Design Engineer @ Utilized my skills to design and implement a web site focusing on assisting real estate investors and property managers by allowing for a central web based accounting system and availability for investors to engage in social networking. Accomplishments Realized client feature requests as specific technical solutions Designed application specifications Created PHP web templating system for use with the project Improved project team work-flow by specifying standards for code formatting From April 2007 to January 2008 (10 months) Technician, Office Manager, Web Developer @ Assisted with staff and office management. Managed projects for staff. Designed and implemented web pages. Tracked and corrected bugs in hosted web pages. Installation and administration of servers. Network cabling. Client server and desktop application monitoring software (n-central). Computer setup and installation. Installation and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 and Linux servers. Accomplishments Took leadership role in finding open source solutions for our clients, saving both companies time and money. Implemented CRM system, allowing better organization of our clients and tasks. Quickly developed web pages based upon clients' needs and expectations Took charge of customer relations, freeing up time for our CEO and sales team Assisted clients with emergency debugging of web software From January 2006 to April 2007 (1 year 4 months) SPSS Specialist @ The Hacker Group (Contract) SPSS Specialist Capitalized on my educational background in psychology and computer science by programming SPSS and Excel. Created Python code to automate tasks. Utilized software tools available for data analysis and generating statistical reports. Accomplishments Took initiative by learning Python and Excel programming on-the-job, then engineered automated solutions to data analysis problems. Examined and reorganized software solutions to shorten development time. Restructured code base to eliminate legacy issues. Automated many aspects of data analysis process, saving man hours. From September 2006 to January 2007 (5 months) B.S., Psychology, Computer Science @ The Evergreen State College From 2000 to 2005 Shea Valentine is skilled in: Python, Software Development, Linux, Software Design, Ruby, Scalability, Web Applications, Programming, REST, Web Development, Agile Methodologies, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Object Oriented Design, Artificial Intelligence