About
A little about me... I'm a Full-stack Web Developer currently
working for Fidelity Investments. Since joining Plan Sponsor
Workstation after graduating from Fidelity's Post-College training
program LEAP I have became an Angular 2+ Subject Matter Expert to
meet our platforms developing needs. I have lead multiple teams
simultaneously on development best practices, designed cross-team
functionality, innovated on existing stacks and functionality, and
mentored individual members on accessibility, debugging, and
testing. I'm a member and facilitator of both the API Guild and
Client-Side Guild for Workplace Investments at Fidelity. I bring a
client-focused attitude to every project I am, focusing on
delivering the best user experience possible to our customers.
I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Computer Science from
Appalachian State University. I also graduated with departmental
honors for writing my thesis 'Developing a Two-Tiered Testing
Application for All Three Major Mobile Platforms'. As part of my
research for my thesis, and as part of meeting requirements for
one of my two academic scholarships, I lead a team of 2 other
senior computer science students to develop a two-tiered testing
application using Xamarin forms.
Outside of work I'm a bit of a mixed bag. I'm typically playing
video games, reading comics, or brewing new Magic The Gathering
Commander decks. I'm also an avid non-comic reader and try to
maintain a healthy balance of fiction and non-fiction. I just
recently finished Steven King's The Dark Tower series and
am reading Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse.
Recently I've been using the Seinfeld Method to practice Data
Structure and Algorithms daily and have started participating in
competitive coding competitions. You can find out more about that
or reach my Github or Linkedin in the Sites section down below.
If you've made it all the way to the bottom here, thank you so
much for reading. If you have any cool projects in mind reach out
and we can discuss the work to be done. Thanks!
Full Stack Web Developer
While I do have experience in mobile development, embedded systems, and machine learning, these days I'm primarily a full stack Java/Angular/MySql developer.
- Website: www.jamesward.tech
- Phone: Given upon request
- City: Raleigh, NC, USA
- Degree: Bachelors of Science in Computer Science
- Email: contact@jamesward.tech
- Freelance: Available
Facts
Here's just a couple facts about my work and project experience.
Years of Experience
Projects
Overnight Production Installs
Applications developed
Skills
While at university I primarily developed in Java, C, C++, and SQL. As part of my final project and internship I taught myself C#. Since graduation I've learned to use Typescript, Angular, HTML/CSS, and enterprise enabling frameworks such as Spring and Maven. Below you'll see rough estimations of my skill level in these areas.
Resume
Full-stack Web Developer proficient in an Angular/Java/SQL stack. I am very knowledgable about and comfortable in an Agile environment. I actively balance myself between being highly detail-oriented while also being mindful of/knowledgable about all aspects of my application's architectural supports. I'm open to new opportunities, particularly senior leadership, but not actively seeking.
Sumary
James Ward
Innovative and deadline-driven Software Engineer with 3.5+ years of experience designing and developing client-facing web-applications in an enterprise Agile environment. I've done everything from mentoring interns/team members, to lead Angular Best Practices and API design seminars, to delivered an 8 month project in 2 as part of an emergency team brought in to meet time-to-market requirements.
- Raleigh, NC
- contact@jamesward.tech
Education
Bachelor of Science & Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
2015 - 2017
Appalachian State University
Related Honors and Achievements: Latin Honors, Departmental Honors, Instructional Assistant, Head Departmental Tutor, S-STEM Scholarship, Sunshine Lady Scholarship, Team Sunergy Member
Skills & Proficiencies
Languages:
Java, Javascript, SQL
Technical Proficiencies:
HTML/CSS, Angular, Spring Boot, Maven, Apache Camel, git
Basic Knowledge:
C, C++, C#, Python, Big Data Analytics, PHP, Linux/Unix, R, Embedded Systems
Professional Experience
Software Engineer
January 2018 - Present
Fidelity Investments, RTP, NC
- Designed and implemented 10+ separate projects across four teams. All of which were implemented using newest standards such as AWS/CICD Pipeline using Angular/Spring
- Delivered an 8 month project in 2 months as emergency Angular SME brought on to develop 5 pages to meet client commitments
- Lead seminars, weekly best practices meetings, and guided trainings on a variety of topics such as Angular best practics, content management, and API design
- Developed innovative and generic solutions to fit platform technical needs, such as Multi-Module Angular-Routing Seed App, Angular-Form Submission Validation Service, Participant Identifier Interceptor service, and Test environment fix improving Pre-Dev Integration uptime by ~ 400%.
Senior CS Department Tutor
January 2017 - December 2017
Appalachian State University
- Conduct weekly departmental study halls
- Guide students through their course work and the debugging process
- Monitor and guide the progress of new tutors as they teach fellow students
Sites
Contact
Location:
Currently working from my home office
Email:
contact@jamesward.tech
Call:
Given upon request