Product Development Resume New York City, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

4+ years of Python hands on development experience in a variety of environments and product development life cycles.
Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle, QA Methodology and tools.
Intrinsically motivated and able to work both individually or as a part of team
Expert in scripting and application development using Python

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: Python (2.7 and 3.4), SQL (Transact - SQL, Oracle, and DB2 SQL), JavaScript, Java, C

Frameworks / Libraries: Numpy, Django, Flask, CherryPy, Kivy, NetworkX, SQLAlchemy

Operating Systems: Ubuntu Linux, Windows (7, 8, 10), IBM z/OS, Debian 7.x

Software: Intermediate Outlook, Crystal Reports, Word, Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Product Development

Confidential, New York City, NY

Programmer

Ported SQL procedures from an Oracle database into Python with SQLAlchemy.
This included the ETL procedures that generated the data used in Stringlines, a d3.js-driven visualization tool to help understand the movement of subway trains.
Business impact: The procedures are now faster, easier to understand, and capable of running many instances in parallel.
Wrote a new data extractor in Python to get a Microsoft SQL server to deliver data to Oracle.
Business impact: The analysts can now use data from the logic controllers in subway track switches.
Remade a data collection app into Python on the Kivy framework.
Business impact: The tablets used by station inspectors no longer need to run Windows.

Confidential, Purchase, NY

Institutional Research and Planning Coordinator

Developed TSQL queries to access data in a Microsoft SQL Server instance. Deployed said queries in Crystal Reports.
Business impact: Enabled advanced analysis of student retention across a wide variety of variables.
Used Python for creating temporary Databases in SQLite.

Confidential, White Plains, NY

Tester

Tested web services meant to estimate financial aid for students. Documented cases where the web services did not appear to follow the official rules.
Business impact: Accelerated deployment of the service; increased confidence in its reliability.
Started writing SQL queries to spec shortly after demonstrating success at it.
Created interdependent views with complex joins to summarize College of New Rochelle students' academic standings, histories and debts.
Used Python for developing database utilities.
StiffScrollEffect, a modification to the standard swipe-scrolling behavior that makes it harder to scroll as the user reaches the edge of the scrollable area.
The TextureStack widget, for building virtual paper dolls.