Erik Keys
Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until the did it. -Patrick McKenzie
The big picture and the future state, simplified.
I am currently employed as a .NET developer and database architect. I have the pleasure of maintaining and enhancing many company internal line of business systems in addition to customer facing applications. In a typical day I always find an opportunity to learn something new as I bounce between a few projects. I also enjoy leading knowledge sharing sessions between my team and the customer support group. As I gain more understanding in new and even familiar systems, I always try to look for opportunities for improvement. When it comes to my craft, I put a lot of emphasis in trying to determine what my product will be used for years down the road, beyond the initial requirements. I believe having that nature allows me to build a product that can be modified and expanded on more easily. During product design and development I often ask “If I had to make a change, how can I design the system so that I only had to change one thing”, “If I add a new input, it should just work”, and “Can the design and interface be more intuitive”.
Since I finished my Computer Science Bachelors degree in 2018, I have not been able to kick the need to study. I am always trying to learn something, or build something. I switched to Linux early in my degree because it was easier to get the tools I needed and keep them up to date. Today, I try to take what I have learned from Linux and evolve my workflow at home and at work. I have an ever growing list of projects to get to and I love how the list is always growing. Check out my Trello board and GitHub! In the future, in addition to being a part of a software engineering group, I would like to be a part time professor at the college level, teaching programming fundamentals because I believe that the common practices today could be improved.
Clifton Strengths Finder:
- Analytical
- Maximizer
- Deliberative
- Harmony
- Consistency
Certifications
Socialization
Skills
- C#
- SQL (T-SQL, SQLite)
- Python
- bash
- PowerShell
- HTML/CSS
- .NET Framework (4.0+), .NET Core (3.1)
- Entity Framework
- git
- Linux
- Visual Studio
- Microsoft SQL Server
- SQLite
- YAML, JSON, XML
- Atlassian suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Confluence)
- Github
- Gitlab
- Experience as a customer liaison
- Experience as a project lead
- Experience working in a team environment
Creations
A collection of noteable projects where Erik was the initial owner.
SeaCAP Data Compiler
A tool that combined multiple smaller applications that into a single workflow to fetch, transform, and pass-on engineering bill of materials to be used as an estimate for contract proposals.
Experience
Software Engineer
- Team lead of development team responsible for released external and internal applications.
- Modified and patched existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
- Analyzed user needs and evolving software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
- Diagnosed and troubleshot user issues and issues during development.
- Provided tier 2 support for investigating customer trouble calls and inquiries about software usage.
- Developed and directed software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
- Designed frameworks to support database integration with existing company tools.
- Ported applications to new platforms.
- Migrated application source code to different scm solutions.
Software Engineer & Database Architecth
- Modified existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
- Analyzed user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
- Diagnosed and troubleshot user issues and issues during development.
- Developed and directed software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
- Designed frameworks to support database integration with existing company tools.
- Ported applications to new platforms.
Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technician
- Developed 3D models by interpreting engineer comments, 2D design chematics, written design requirements, and manufacturing comments.
- Worked with other functional groups to resolve mutual or specific design problems.
- Developed and documented new design and manufacturing techniques that resulted in time- and cost- savings with minimal impact to current product.
- Gathered varying quantities of design data, reviewed for correctness, and then submitted data to downstream customers.
Education
Strayer University, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Program Logic Design, Relational Database Management Systems, System Modeling Theory
Virginia Peninsula Community College, Hampton, Virginia, USA