Experience
Senior MES DevOps Engineer
Dec 2025 - Present
StarPlus Energy | Kokomo, IN | On-site
- Deploy and test MES releases across Mixing, Electrode, Stack, and Assembly on a live production line
- Own month-end ERP settlement and scheduled Oracle maintenance, including data purges, production corrections, and KPI reporting queries
- Third-line Systems Operations escalation after Operations Specialists and Process Innovators: controlled data corrections and MES source analysis to determine application intent
- Triage shop-floor incidents: trace Linux logs, analyze MES source and git history, document repro steps, and drive fixes with remote developers, DBAs, and IT Infrastructure
- Run Jenkins-based MES deployments; maintain disaster recovery runbooks and factory revival procedures
- Analyze MES application code (.NET 4.8 WinForms), report defects and fix suggestions to HQ developers; write Python and PowerShell scripts for data and operational automation
- Guide local engineering team on git-flow and code management standards across GitHub, GitLab, and Gitea
MES Software Engineer
Nov 2024 - Nov 2025
StarPlus Energy | Kokomo, IN | On-site
- Supported Stack and Assembly MES on the floor: equipment integration failures, lot tracking, and production hold workflows
- Worked with Process Innovation Managers to troubleshoot machinery and equipment issues where MES meets the production line
- Debugged UI and backend defects with remote developers; authored SQL data corrections and validated fixes under change control
- Guided local software engineering practices and code management for the plant engineering team
UI / UX Software Engineer
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024
StarPlus Energy | Kokomo, IN | On-site
- Developed MES operator UI components on platform release cycles with distributed engineering teams
- Built an internal Vite + React meal-ordering application from scratch; scaled from 350 to 2,600+ users across 4 campuses
- Partnered with General Affairs and food vendors as stakeholders while expanding Korean and American menu support
Full Stack Developer Trainee
Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
Coding Temple | Chicago, IL | Remote
- Bootcamp focus on Python, Flask, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and SQL
- Built full-stack applications with custom REST endpoints and JWT authentication
- Oversaw repositories for group projects, including merge and rebase across codebases
Application Developer
Mar 2019 - May 2020
Highmark Health Solutions | Pittsburgh, PA | Hybrid
- Lead developer on a clinical web portal for patient data search; mentored a developer on Vue with a Java backend
- Collaborated within a Scrum team, managed story points for sprints, and maintained GitLab git-flow
- Configured Babel for IE7 compatibility and championed Vue adoption within the company
- Maintained and developed Highmark's Utilization Management tooling on the PegaSystems platform
Web Developer
Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Checkmate Digital | New Haven, CT | Remote
- Delivered end-to-end web applications for startup clients in an agency environment
- Led Angular-to-React migration with the CTO; established component patterns and build tooling for the new stack
- Worked across the product lifecycle from concept through deployment under client deadlines
Projects
Few Projects I've tinkered with. . .
This project helps qualify potential solar panel customers for Solar Power Indy to determine if they are good candidates for solar installation. The app streamlines the sales process by providing a dashboard based on customer inputs.
Matrimoni is an innovative web application designed to streamline and simplify the wedding planning process for couples. This project is featured on Colab's highlighted projects page: https://www.joincolab.io/product/matrimoni
This application was created as a coding assessment for a pilot bootcamp. Uses Wit AI API for speech recognition and viewers can speak the navigation keywords to navigate through different sections of the portfolio.
This is the backend repository for Virshop, a TCG business. Stores CSV data for cards and handles API requests.
Created to aid a client with card and pricing data obtained from TCG Player for his business. App contains user authentication and handles specific CSV files and displays formatted data.
A demo car inventory management system built with React, Redux and Firebase. Experimented with state management on form inputs and styling with Tailwind CSS.
This application uses OpenWeatherMap API to fetch weather data, and Spotify API to play a song based on the current weather.
Education
University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA
B.S. in Computer/Information Science, Concentration in Networks and Security