Hello, I’m Jake. I am an electrical and software engineer currently living in Minneapolis, MN. I work as a Senior Software Engineer at Cargill on the Cargill Nutrition Cloud product. I previously worked at Kato Engineering on the GenOSys product as a software engineer and manager. I enjoy working on all types of software and hardware systems, from small embedded products to large scale web applications.

Qualifications

• Over 11 years of software and hardware development
• Specialize design techniques and applying them in golang, C#/.NET, TypeScript, React
• Developing software engineering processes/project management using Azure Devops, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, GitHub, CircleCI, Appveyor, to implement automated testing, deployment, and code review
• Accomplished in design of systems using Azure, and Kubernetes

Project Management

• Lead the development and feature process for a industrial IoT product with stakeholders in the EU and US
• Designed the development and validation funnel for projects installed at customer sites as well as web based systems
• Managed a team of 2 other engineers
• Developed software process improvements
• Used metrics to drive product improvements, page load times, time spent in queues, processing times etc
• Worked as team lead and architect on large team
  • Propose and evaluate process improvements
  • Serve as mentor to multiple engineers
  • Establish best practices for the code base
  • Participate in planning, and refinement sessions
  • Participate in hiring and interviewing process
  • Work on team priorities and scheduling to meet project timelines

Programming Languages

• Proficient in
  • Golang, C#, TypeScript, React, C/C++, IEC 61131
• Familiar with
  • Javascript, HTML, CSS

Frameworks

• Yocto, ASP.NET MVC/Web API, AngularJS, Gorilla, CHI, dotnet core

Tools

• Git, Github, Trello, Rollbar, Appveyor, CircleCI, VSCode, Visual Studio, Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure ARM Templates, Github Actions, MongoDB, CosmosDB

Software Design

• Develop single page application using React/TypeScript frontend and dotnet core with C# backend
• Develop web and API projects using C# that are ran on Azure using Microsoft MVC and Web API
• Design and implementation of a gateway application that runs on customer sites with golang
• Develop cloud services ran in Kubernetes using golang which are deployed by CircleCI

Industrial Systems

• Design of panel systems for MG set control in projects all over the world
• Using Add On Instructions for functionality is RSLogix 5000 designing modules for portable use
• Specialized in development in IEC 61131 for Wago and Allen Bradley PLCs
• HMI programming and screen design done using human center design methods
• Design system of easy integration into customer Distributed Control Systems, using Ethernet/IP, hardwired contacts or switches, Modbus/TCP, and OPC servers

Embedded Systems

• C/C++ portable driver development for multiple systems
• Critical system development

Experience

Cargill

• Senior Software Engineer - Architect, Team Lead - June 2020-Present

Kato Engineering

• Software Engineering Manager June 2018-April 2020
• Systems Engineering Leader June 2016-June 2018
• Controls Engineer June 2010-June 2016

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN. Attending Sept. 2004-Dec. 2009
• Masters of Science in Software Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Attending Sept 2014-May 2016

Certifications

• Certified Scrum Master August 2014-August 2020