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Overview
Hello! My name is Patrick McAvoy. I’m a software developer / engineer who enjoys creating things. I believe that software should be made to help empower people to learn, grow, communicate and be better together. I believe in creating software that enables people to get back to doing what they do best. Software is meant to enable us to reach our best selves.
I am knowledgeable in technology, network communications, programming, scripting, and problem solving. My outgoing and friendly personality enhances my ability to communicate well with others, in particular those challenged by technology. I maintain effective relationships with customers and provide a better experience through personal connections along with providing unique solutions to their needs. The fast pace environment of technology helps challenge me to reach my potential.
Listening to people’s needs and seeing how the software can enable them is a passion of mine. I also work hard to bring the best out of my team because by being honest and consistent together, we can achieve our goals. I believe in some aspects of Agile Software Development process, I also believe that Scrum is a valid way of making progress to prove out ideas. There’s many ways to tackle the engineering challenges all development teams face. My goal is to help them find the solutions that make them stronger, together.
I love what I do.
Educational Experience
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Computer Science BS, December 2014
Academic Experience
At school, I experienced working in teams. During my time working on group projects, I learned about Git. The repository software allowed for team collaboration and revision control. I also learned about how to work with others during all phases of the software development life cycle.
School gave me the experience to gather system requirements, designing the application, writing the code, and testing. In my software engineering class, I got to experience all of phases. The project gave us experience to work with Boone County School District. The application we developed was a school lottery system for the charter school.
In my capstone class, I developed an application called FlippyNotes, which worked with the Evernote API. The application would pull notes from Evernote. The notes were then generated into flashcards for the user to study.
I have also developed an iOS application, Journey+, while taking the Team Based Mobile Development. Journey+ allowed users to visualize the steps they take in a day by carrying their iPhones around with them. The app was built using Swift.
Job Experience
Apple (2009-2011)
Retail Sales - Specialist
- Responsible for running Genius Bar appointments
- Assisted in managing floor support
- Provided quality customer experience
- Problem solved for customers and team
- Sales and solutions
Blue Cross Blue Shield (2014)
Information Systems Intern – Cyber Security
- Worked with IS Administrators
- Created and updated Incident Response Policy, Plan & Procedures
- Provided feedback for monitoring systems and the network
- Incident Response Policy, Plan and Procedures
- Technical Compliance
- Risk Assessment
Busy Event (2015)
Full Stack Developer
- Backend Development
- Smyfony 2 PHP framework
- Front-end Development
- AngularJS
- Cordova
- CSS
- HTML5
- Cloud
- Amazon Web Services
Monsanto (2015-2017)
Software Developer
I worked as a contractor there for SyllogisTeks.
- Backend Development
- Java
- Spring Boot
- NodeJS
- Front-end Development
- BackboneJS
- ReactJS
- RamdaJS
- webpack
- Cloud
- Cloud Foundry
- Amazon Web Services
- iOS Development
- Objective-C
- Swift
Slalom
Senior Consultant (2020-2022) - Software Engineer / Team Lead
Consultant (2017-2020) - Software Engineer
I’ve worked on an iOS application for a large corporation here in St. Louis. We tied into the data through a backend API to display sales goals and data. It also allowed users to look at routes for the day and their managers to see their employees check in live.
Technologies:
- Swift and RxSwift
- API built on Salesforce
Developed the front end for a buy flow of another large corporation. It allows users to buy services from the company. The user base will range from consumers, direct sales and more.
Technologies:
- React
- Redux
- mocha
- chai
- webpack
I worked on a new application that helps our clients provide risk analysis to their clients. This allows them to understand the risk in their applicants so they can provide insurance to them. I was able to help break the problem down into manageable components.
Technologies:
- React
- testing-library/react
- jest
- Spring Boot
- Gradle
- Postgres
- Amazon Web Services
- SumoLogic
- TypeScript
- webpack
- Terraform
- Redux
I worked on a helping delivery a workflow for testing products in the field for growers. This allowed them to weigh the cost benefit of different products.
Technologies:
- React
- testing-library/react
- TypeScript
- Redux
Lastly, I helped with moving features over to allow risk scoring to occur on transactions for a large financial company. This allowed other institutions to make informed decisions about possible fraud cases to protect customers.
Technologies:
- Java
Career Skills
- Knowledgeable in a wide range of technologies:
- Administration
- Algorithm Design
- Programming
- Security
- Scripting
- Self-directed
- Problem-solving
- Exceptional organizational skills
Certificates
- Certified SAFe Scrum Master