Jason McCreary

Pure Concepts, LLC, Louisville, KY

Owner

Software company focusing on web and mobile application development. Primarily providing consulting and capacity for businesses and incubating our own products and services.

Papa Johns, Louisville, KY

Web Architect

Responsible for modernizing the web stack and development practices. Projects included conversion to Git, Less, and ES6, as well as optimizing code deployment and CDN management.

Humana, Louisville, KY

Application Consultant

Software engineer on eXtreme Programming team (lean methodologies, TDD, pair-programming) partnering with other teams within the organization to deliver high quality products at speed.

VIA Studio, Louisville, KY

Consulting as Lead Developer

Lead 5 person development team with a primary focus on improving efficiency by introducing processes and tools, including: Agile Methodologies, Git, Jenkins, nginx, and WordPress Multitenancy.

SNAP Interactive, New York, NY

Senior Software Engineer

Member of the 2 person iOS team.

• Lead complete redesign, including rebranding and UI update from tabs to side menu reveal.
• Updated base SDK from iOS 4.0 to iOS 5.0 to universal app for iOS 6.0 supporting iOS 7.0.
• Decreased crashes by 90% (Crashlytics).

The New York Times, New York, NY

Software Engineer

Member of the User Profile team. Responsible for million+/rpd APIs providing user data and services to the NYTimes.com digital properties.

VIA Studio, Louisville, KY

Production Lead

Hired after 3 month contract as lead programmer. Managed team while projects were in production.

• Lead 4 person team, creating processes and standards, and client support.
• Developer for top projects, including: Kentucky PVA online subscription services, client intranet, and custom e–commerce systems.
• Architecting solutions - WordPress, CakePHP - allowing VIA to handle larger projects.

Humana (Prosoft), Louisville, KY

Senior Front–end Developer

15-month contract to lead Marketing New Media Build Team into latest web standards and development practices.

• Conversion of humana.com (1700 pages) to valid XHTML, including development of new homepage and CMS templates.
• Created Java CLI tool to track, parse, validate, crawl, and search Humana branded websites.

Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY

Senior Web Developer

Hired as full-time employee after 6 month contract. Developed intranet web applications for HR, Finance, and IS departments with ColdFusion and MS SQL using in-house framework.

• Rewrote several automated SQL scripts to scrub data from various HR and Financial systems.
• Lead rebuild of in-house framework to OO, MVC based framework. Reduced codebase by 46%.

L&D MailMasters, New Albany, IN

Programmer

Sole programmer in emerging IT department responsible for web development and internal applications.

• Migrated larger clients from Perl to PHP increasing maintainability and cut monthly costs by 60%.
• Developed Perl program to parse and sort 100,000+ records into daily mail drops decreasing delivery times.
• Architected XML Web Service to automate order processing, tracking, and inventory.

PULSe, West Lafayette, IN

Web Support Consultant

Converted existing static site into dynamic site with custom CMS. Implementation in ColdFusion MX 6, MS SQL 2000, and Java.

Computer Science Department, West Lafayette, IN

Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor of Introductory Web Programming (CS149)

Responsible for planning, organizing, teaching, and grading student weekly labs.

Digicove/Win.Net, Louisville, KY

Senior Web Developer

Worked up from intern to Senior Web Developer. Gained experience and foundations in CSS, HTML, JavaScript, iHTML, PHP, SQL, Perl, Flash, Adobe Suite, Windows, and computer networks/hardware.

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science; Minor: Philosophy, Psychology

GPA: 3.1/4.0

Courses included C, C++, Java, Assembly Language, Algorithms, Compilers, Data Structures, Secure Programming, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Software Engineering, Databases, Networks, Graphics, Calculus, Digital Design, Logic, Physics, Spanish, Astronomy, Perception, Motivation, Personal Finances, and Business Management.