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Senior Developer 2015 to 2019
Fullstack developer for a browser image editor application the ecommerce checkout flow
About Me
Total nerd baller father husband gamer computer geek
Working for the convergence of software, hardware and wetware.
NameEmail
Voicemail
John Holmes Dean, III
+1-512-827-9248
john.holmes.dean@gmail.com
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
My resume
Accenture: Mobility Center of Excellence
Senior Developer 2011 to 2013
Worked on internal and customer projects designing and developing mobile and big data applications
Freescale: Development Tools
Software Test Engineer 2003 to 2005
QA lead for the PowerPlant, PowerPlant X and PowerParts C++ Application frameworks. Helped QA desktop, embedded and gaming software development kits and applications
SandboxVR
Senior Developer 2019 to 2020
Owned the cloud infrastructure for the back-end services powering retail social VR experiences
Time Warner Cable: Advanced Technology Group
Senior Developer 2013 to 2015
Primary contributor to an HTML based TV navigator product (Live/DVR/VOD/PPV) targeting in-home cable set top boxes
Nokia: Carbide Development Tools
Lead Software Test Engineer 2005 to 2011
Techical lead on a variety of DevOp projects including a comprehensive automated test framework, systems integration tests, unit tests, continious integration systems & reporting
Motorola: Metrowerks Development Tools
Software Test Engineer 2000 to 2003
Developed a Mac OS 9 application for designing and running sequences of automated tests. Helped QA Mac Desktop development tools. Created systems and factory acceptance tests for embedded development boards
Clear Lake High School
High School 1991 to 1995
In the shadow of NASA, raised by a mathematician and a rocket scientist
University of Texas
B.S. in Computer Engineering 1995 to 2000
Since I already knew how to program, I wanted to learn how programs are executed
My Services
Code
Turning requirements into functional and tested code. Complete with arcane technical mumbo jumbo.
Releasing
Transforming and delivering developer spaghetti into a solid product ready for customers.
Designing
Understanding and documenting requirements. Presenting solutions. Estimating time and effort.
Analytics
Visualizing complex systems to creatie pleasing flat lines and gut-wrenching spikes.
Support
Coordination and participating in production support on-call cycles. foo fee fo fum
Skill
Software Design
Slinging code since 8 years old (thank you 3-2-1 Contact!). Have written enough code to have acute sense of code smell. Able to re-use and build upon proven software patterns. Passionate about the art of software development
DevOps
An advocate for giving software development teams (programmers, testers, managers and customers) the tools and processes to be succesfull.
Scrum/Team Lead
Have operated as a team lead in some capacity in every job and every project for the past 8 years. At first I struggled in this role, but through delegation, preserverance and reinforcing habits-- have come to embrace the role.
Writing Unit Tests
An early accolyte of the "Test Driven Development" method. An advocate of using tests for expressing usage, identifying regressions, and making the code safe for refactoring.
Single Page Web Apps
A recent convert to the web as a platform, after years of deriding it for poor performance and capabilities. When you can't beat them, join them. I still struggle getting HTML/CSS to behave, but enjoy writing Javascript and building already well defined HTML.
Server Side Rendered Web Apps
Hybrid React applications that can render server side for optimal performance and caching but also allow client side navigation and rendering
Containers
Used containers for deployments going on 7 years. Past 3 years exlcusively with Kubernetes
Presentations
While I do feel the stress in public speaking, I thouroughly enjoy the challenge of organizing and preparing a thoughtful and moving presentation to express the ideas of others as well as my own.