About Gary

I’m a software engineer who enjoys tackling technical challenges and learning new technologies. In my free time, I like to cook, draw, read history books, and train in kendo and iaido.

Skills

• Front End: JavaScript (ES6+), Angular (thru v13.x), Angular Material, TypeScript, React, RxJS, NgRx, NGXS, jQuery, Bootstrap, Kendo UI, HTML5, CSS3

• Back End: Node.js, Express, NestJS, Go, AWS, Heroku, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, Artillery.js, Loader.io

• Databases: MongoDB, Mongoose, SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis

• Testing: Jasmine, Karma, Istanbul, Mocha, Chai, Jest

• Tools: Docker, Git, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Gulp, Babel, Webpack, Postman

• AI Prompt Engineering: GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Google Gemini

Experience

• Project Co-Lead, Code for Philly (June 2024 - Present)

• Software Engineer 2, Comcast (May 2022 - Present)

• Associate Consultant, Capgemini (December 2019 - May 2022)

• Freelance Software Engineer (March 2018 - March 2020)

• Software Consultant, AI. Reverie (April 2017)

• News Reporter, Press Enterprise (August 2005 - December 2018)

Education

• Drexel University, MS Software Engineering, 2023 - 2026 (expected graduation date)

• Hack Reactor, Software Engineering Program, 2019

• Sarah Lawrence College, BA Liberal Arts, 2004

Awards

• Second Place Winner (Code For Philly team), NJDEP’s 36th Annual GIS Mapping Contest, 2024

• Nominee for Comcast’s TPX Innovation in Action Award, 2024