T. Floyd Wright Software Architect |
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Experience | Chief Technology Officer, Politech, 2023 - Present Worked with client and business stakeholders to plan and execute new product development. Coordinated development process with front and back end software teams. Pushed improvements to core product reliability, observability, and performance. >> politech.io Director of Technology, Politech, 2020 - 2023 Led effort to overhaul development process. Added technical support for enhanced QA processes. Took on responsibility for deployments and server/db administration. Planned and executed migration of Ruby/Rails API to Phoenix/Elixir in parallel with new feature development without additional downtime. Full Stack Developer, Politech, 2017 - 2020 Refactored most of core product backend code, applying best practices and rehabilitating test suite, and undertook sole responsibility for new API in preparation for sitewide conversion to React. Converted jQuery/Rails views to React/Redux. Spearheaded institution of GitFlow and Agile development methodologies. Software Engineer, Site5, 2012 - 2016 Part of team responsible for ground up refactor/rewrite of internal tools built in Ruby on Rails, including central customer support/management application and supporting tools. >> eng5.com Developer, Sqoot, 2011 – 2012 Led development and maintenance of proprietary back end technology driving core product. Spearheaded testing strategies and technology research. >> sqoot.com Development Consultant, Webficient, 2009 – 2010 Implemented numerous new features as a part of several iterative cycles on multiple Rails projects, including Facebook Connect integration, UI upgrades, and performance tweaking Software Engineer, thoughtbot, inc., 2006 - 2008 Helped build the small tech consultancy to one of the most respected Ruby on Rails development firms in the US as a lead developer and maintainer of a variety of projects (full stack). I was the second non-founding employee and the first full-time Ruby on Rails developer in the company. |
Education | PhD, Philosophy, 2017 DePaul University, Chicago, IL MA, Philosophy, 2009 DePaul University, Chicago, IL BA, Political Science/Philosophy, 2005 Seattle University, Seattle, WA |