Richard

Enterprise API and data team leader. He participates in architecture, code reviews, code processes, delivery reform, and good old-fashioned coding in (primarily) Python/Django. He also works with PostGIS, Node, Typescript, and GraphQL.

• Supporting Agronomy and Sustainability teams with particular emphasis on data integrity issues and data transformation for precision agronomy.
• Supporting and maintaining Nutrien Digital infrastructure which consists (primarily) of python/Django and NodeJS components, and a fair amount of PL/pgSQL.
• Leading the implementation of OpenTelemetry, and introducing application spans to the existing Django app which is generically instrumented today.
• Designing and implementing GraphQL, including a “proxy” approach to the federation, as we proceed through making a monolithic Django app into several separate components.
• Diagnosing and improving existing Django/GraphQL performance and implementing batch-capable mutations, per-session caching, removing all signals and saving events for related objects.
• Creating a new bidirectional integration with John Deere for management of equipment work orders and related bills of materials.

Technical lead of core backend team for Pluralsight Flow, a Python/Django application utilizing a React front end. Ported entire application (250,000+ lines) from Python 2 to 3, improved secrets handling, performance, worked on Kafka, Jenkins, and more.

• Backend python/Django programming of Pluralsight Flow, a cloud and on-prem application focused on software engineering productivity metrics and related management.
• Ported the entire backend (250k+ lines of code) to Python 3 from Python 2. Developed process to accommodate porting while the code base remained available for continuous and aggressive development.
• Implemented async Kafka consumer as part of component based architecture change.
• Implemented celery task and workflow system for asynchronous task and message handling.
• Developed Slack integration for application/event messaging.
• Upgraded from Django 2.X to 3.0, and from Django 3.0 to 3.1.4.
• Database programming via Django’s ORM, SQL, and PL/SQL.
• Daily use of Git and several other source/version control systems, together with Jenkins, Jira and Rundeck in an AWS environment.
• Frequent CI/CD updates, either to the pipelines or the data bags, or often both.
• Maintained testing (sandbox) and staging environments, including Django, Kafka, Redis and Celery configs.
• Found and corrected bugs, both in application code and CI/CD pipelines.

• Implemented Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), typically as Lead Consultant/Technical Account Manager.
• Configured RHEL systems and sizing target systems for OCP deployments, including required Red Hat licensing, typically employing Ansible.
• ImplementedRed Hat Ansible Tower/AWX.
• Managed client expectations through project completion.
• Identified software and services sales opportunities.
• Supervised technical staff, and training client staff in a variety of domains including Linux, Python, Ansible, and OCP.

Clients:  Charter Communications, Pearson Canada, Nunavut Ministry of Education

• Led cross-functional teams in the development of technology and processes, while identifying, quantifying, and mitigating risk.
• Designed and coded distributed/adaptive Python applications in support of CloudTV implementation.
• Configured Linux systems and testing same, sizing target systems for development, testing, and operational deployments.

• Conducted discovery workshops, in a variety of functional and organizational contexts, and leading groups large and small.
• Provided sales, and pre-sales support, including scoping, estimating, and technical sales support.
• Installed EQUELLA, tomcat, apache, and one or more related RDBMSs on linux and windows, typically for client production and development use.
• Created external web services using python, WSGI, XML, JSON and apache for data transformation and presentation/packaging.
• Mentored junior consultants, and technical training in various areas of web development.
• Server and client side javascript programming using Rhino, Dojo, and JQuery

• Independent Consultant at JD Edwards (2008-2010)
• Business Analyst at the Bureau of Development Services, City of Portland, Oregon (2007)
• Programmer Analyst III at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (2005-2006)
• Independent Consultant / Owner at Absolute Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (1999-2005)
• Manager of Information Systems at the Information Technology Dept. of Ski Country Imports, Inc. (1998-1999)
• Application Technical Consultant at Global Customer Support Department (Financials) at JD Edwards (1996-1998)
• Registered Representative at The Charles Schwab Corp. (1994-1996)
• Assistant NASDAQ Trader at Equity Trading Dept. of Olde Discount Corporation (1994)
• Financial Advisor at Prudential Securities, Inc., Retail Brokerage (1993-1994)
• Military Service in the U.S. Navy (1987-1989)