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I’m a Build, Versioning, and Release Manager with over seven years of experience guiding software from development through production. My work focuses on building efficient, reliable, and secure release pipelines that bring structure and stability to complex environments.
I specialize in CI/CD automation, version control, and release coordination—working closely with Development, QA, Performance Testing, and Production Support teams to deliver smooth and timely deployments. My approach emphasizes best practices, clear communication, and a commitment to quality at every stage of the software lifecycle.
Passionate about code integrity and continuous improvement, I take pride in identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities before they become problems, ensuring every release is as strong and secure as possible.
Build and Versioning: • Executed code builds, packaging, and deployment of software across environments (DEV, QA, PT, Production). • Managed version tracking and branching strategies, coordinating with lead developers to plan and manage testing streams. • Skilled in build and artifact management tools including GitHub, GitLab, Dimensions, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Nexus, and JFrog. • Worked with the DevOps team to develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient and timely deployments. • Enforced code review practices to maintain production code integrity and ensure all updates were properly included in new releases. • Implemented vulnerability and compliance checks using tools such as Checkmarx and Snyk to ensure code integrity and security. • As the team lead and SME on builds, developed processes and procedures to delegate tasks effectively to the team. • Led the migration of legacy applications to CI/CD
2016 - 2017. My responsibilities include research, design, programming, and testing software modules that are used by Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) faculty and students for biological research and hypothesis generation. I serve as team lead alongside biologists, mathematicians, and other computer scientists to create simulations of biological systems with NETLOGO and other software environments. My team was successful in designing a program to simulate how a viral outbreak proliferates through a population of people. I now train professors and pre-service teachers how to code using this program with the goal of introducing computational thinking into the campus curriculum.
1993 - 2011 (18 yrs.). Thomas P. Gohagan & Company. As the Marketing Communications Coordinator and Lead Graphic Designer for production of direct mail brochures, web content and sales material, I coordinated design and expedited workflow to a design team consisting of other designers, product writers and production assistants. As a focused team player, I worked closely with the sales force to assemble materials for presentations and for trade show marketing, meeting deadlines and accomplishing last-minute promotions. Directly communicated with vendors like hotels, cruise companies and tourism boards. My organization skills allowed me to effectively gather information for our travel products. Successfully designed and launched the company website which boosted sales. Performed weekly maintenance and updates to content. I also designed peripheral contents for clients??? websites, e-mail campaigns and web-based promotions. As the sole administrator for the company???s electronic commerce, I handled multiple tasks accurately and in a timely manner.
2014 - 2017. Northeastern Illinois University. My Responsibilities include: oversight of the Department of Linguistics office; Contract review and revisions; policies and procedural materials; report and document preparation; spreadsheet and database creation. bookeeping and payroll, meeting and events planning, inventory management, expense reduction, daily website maintenance through Drupal. Reference: Dr. Shahrzad Mahootian, Department Coordinator (s-mahootian@neiu.edu)
2001 - present. Graphic Design, HTML and CSS, PHP, Logo Design, SEO, JavaScript, Flash Animation, Shopping Carts, Wordpress, Weebly, Social Networking Integration, IT Specialist. I have successfully implemented and published websites using my creative talents to produce visually appealing designs. I strive artistically to emulate the look and feel of a client or product, leaving a lasting, positive impression to attract and retain a visitor???s attention. With 20 years of advertising and product branding experience, my services can help clients achieve a dominant presence online. By integrating web commerce, social networking and Search Engine Optimization, I have the industry knowledge to provide the resources a client needs to compete in the marketplace.
JAVA, HTML/CSS, React, PHP, SQL, C#, JavaScript, COBOL, Flash, WPF, MVVM, .NET/Visual Studio, Objective-C/Apple Swift, Android, MATLAB, NETLOGO, grep, awk, sed.
CS5, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Acrobat, Wordpress, Weebly, Drupal.
UNIX, XServe Administration, XServe RAID System, Workgroup Manager, Retrospect, DHCP:DNS, FTP, POP : SMTP. SCRUM and Agile procedures.
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook Entourage (mac), Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.
2013 - 2017. University Honors Scholar with a major in computer science and a minor in philosophy. Courses completed include: Programming I & II; Discrete Mathematics; Client Side Web Development; Server Side Programming; Design Algorithms; Software Engineering; Open Source Systems; Cyberlaw; Operating Systems; Computer Organization; Data Structures; Event-Driven Programming; Mobile Applications Development; Human/Computer Interaction; Computer Ethics.
