changeset 10:dbc597b7e4c7 tip

Update resume for Workiva.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:12:46 -0600
parents 144e17c15749
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 -----------------
 
 :Email: bgneal@gmail.com
-:Address: *Available on request*
-:Mobile: *Available on request*
+:Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA and available for remote work.
 
 
 Professional Experience
 -----------------------
 
+Workiva
+~~~~~~~
+**Ames, Iowa & Remote - October 2014 to Present**
+
+At Workiva I am currently a Staff Software Engineer, doing full stack web
+development. I currently take on difficult projects within my department,
+interface with other departments, mentor junior engineers, and participate in
+some project planning and discovery. Highlights:
+
+* Work with product and user experience colleagues to develop and maintain
+  applications.
+* Participate in quarterly planning and road map creation.
+* Take on difficult technical debt refactoring.
+* Participate in department architecture direction.
+* Tech lead for the Filing team. Led a small group of frontend engineers and
+  built a next generation version of a key reporting application (Section 16)
+  and a new bulk filing feature.
+* Authored a complex "auto-add" feature to assist customers in building
+  outlines for XBRL reporting.
+* One of the core members of the next generation XBRL team. Built modern web
+  apps for customers to author and tag XBRL reports.
+* Assisted with the company wide effort to modernize the tech stack by
+  developing in Dart, React, Redux, and micro-services.
+* At the beginning of my career at Workiva I worked on the Python backend on
+  Google App Engine.
+
 Rockwell Collins, Inc.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-**Cedar Rapids, Iowa - July 1999 to Present**
+**Cedar Rapids, Iowa - July 1999 to October 2014**
 
-At Rockwell Collins I am a Principal Software Engineer, primarily working on
+At Rockwell Collins I was a Principal Software Engineer, primarily working on
 communication products in a real-time, embedded systems environment.
 Here are some highlights of my work experience:
 
@@ -84,42 +109,34 @@
 Non-Professional Work
 ---------------------
 
-I have recently become fascinated with all things involving Python and web development.
-In my spare time, I have created and deployed a small community website based 
-on Python and Django. I am constantly reading about, experimenting, and implementing 
-projects in Python. I have made several small contributions to Django and other 
-open source projects and hope to do more as my experience in this area grows.
+- I have created and deployed a small community website based on Python and Django, 
+  and am currently updating the tech stack to Typescript, React, & Java. 
+- I enjoy creating Python simulations of various World War 2 crypto devices.
+- I have made several small contributions to Django and related open source projects.
 
 
 Technical Skills
 ----------------
 :Programming Languages: 
-   Near expert in C++, proficient in Python, C, & Javascript.
+   Dart, Java, C++, Python, C, Javascript.
    Familiar with PHP, Ada, Perl, Fortran, various assembly languages,
-   shell scripting, & SQL.
+   shell scripting, & SQL. Learning Typescript.
 
 :Operating Systems:
-   GNU/Linux, INTEGRITY, VxWorks, Windows, LynxOS, pSOS+, OS/9
+   MacOS, GNU/Linux, INTEGRITY, VxWorks, Windows, LynxOS, pSOS+
 
 :Technology Areas:
-   Real-time and embedded systems, web development, networking, device drivers,
-   object-oriented design, CORBA
+   Full stack web development, real-time and embedded systems, networking, device drivers,
+   object-oriented design.
 
 :Web Development:
-   Python, Django, Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, PHP, SQL
-
-:Tools:
-   Subversion, Mercurial, Git, Apache, Rational Rose, DOORS, many GNU/Linux
-   tools, Vim, Rational Clear Case, MS-Office
+   Dart, React, Redux, Python, Django, Javascript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, PHP, SQL
 
 
 Online Presence
 ---------------
 
-* `My technical blog`_ (http://deathofagremmie.com)
-* BitBucket_ (https://bitbucket.org/bgneal)
 * GitHub_ (https://github.com/gremmie)
-* `Careers 2.0 Profile`_ (http://careers.stackoverflow.com/bgneal)
 
 
 Education
@@ -131,10 +148,7 @@
 Hobbies
 -------
 Web development, Python, open source software, instrumental surf music, live music,
-PC gaming
+gaming, World War 2 era crypto simulators.
 
 
-.. _My technical blog: http://deathofagremmie.com
-.. _BitBucket: https://bitbucket.org/bgneal
 .. _GitHub: https://github.com/gremmie
-.. _Careers 2.0 Profile: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/bgneal