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Pekin Insurance · Pekin, IL / Remote

• Develop and test custom business logic using Gosu in Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• Co-author conventions and best practices for the rules processing framework and custom form implementation, and share them with the community of practice.
• Develop CLI tools to improve the developer experience when configuring local environments.
• Mentor new engineering hires through the onboarding buddy program.

Appiphony LLC · Chicago, IL

• Implemented full-stack web applications using Apex and Lightning Web Components in Salesforce.
• Collaborated with UI/UX designers to discover the best experiences for clients.
• Developed and maintained internal web applications to support business processes.

Student Affairs Technology, UIC · Chicago, IL

• Implemented OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow with PKCE for an API using JSON Web Tokens.
• Integrated Azure Active Directory using OpenID Connect to enable single sign-on with the university’s federated identity platform.
• Gave talks on JavaScript and building applications with Node.js and service-oriented architecture.

Pekin Insurance

• Reduced quote processing time by over 50% for commercial auto policies with more than 100 vehicles.
• Streamlined the agent experience in workers’ compensation and business owners lines by eliminating unnecessary clicks and UX pain points.
• Developed a Go CLI to support development workflows, local environment consistency, and commit message checks.

Pekin Insurance

• Streamlined underwriting rule processing in Guidewire PolicyCenter to reduce manual intervention in commercial policy submissions.
• Enabled commercial underwriters to work in a pooled model instead of assigning individual underwriters to specific producer codes.

Student Affairs Technology, UIC

• Co-created a multi-tenant locker rental platform for campus business units and students.
• Served over 4,000 monthly active users across 6 business units and colleges by January 2020.
• Designed and developed the full-stack application using Vue.js, Node.js, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Student Affairs Technology, UIC

• Created an employee portal for Student Affairs, encompassing over 30 units and 10,000 employees.
• Designed and implemented Node.js web services backed by Microsoft SQL Server databases.

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

Completed 150 credits toward a B.S. in Computer Science with a software engineering concentration.

GPA: 3.2 / 4.0

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