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Drew P. Short

1430 Taylor Ave W, St. Paul, MN 55104

H (651)-285-4565 — B drew@sothr.com — m https://www.sothr.com

SOFTWARE

ENGINEER

Object Oriented Design and Development — Relational Database Systems

• Exceptional Software Engineer - 6+ years of experience with the entire software

development lifcycle. Dedicated to the delivery of innovative solutions for today’s

problems, using tomorrow’s tools.

• Excellent troubleshooting and analysis skills - Quick to analyze the root cause of

issues and work towards both immediate and long term solutions.

• Expert in backend/middle system design & implementation - Years of experience

in validating, processing, and marshalling data across varied systems.

COMPUTER

SKILLS

Languages & Software: Java, Groovy, SQL, Javascript, Ruby, Python, Spring Frame-

work, Docker, Tomcat, JEE, Hibernate, Maven, Gradle, JUnit, Spock, Apache Camel,

Log4J, Logback, SLF4J, Backbone.js, JQuery, Bootstrap, Nginx, Oracle, MySQL, SQLite.

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, RHEL, OpenSuse), OSX.

EXPERIENCE Senior Software Engineer (Under Contract To) Optum

Eden Prairie, MN 2016 - 2017 (5 months)

• Improved a code generation feature of an internal framework built on top of

Spring Framework. Easing life for developers.

• Led the coversion work of inline JSON deserialization to Jackson enhanced DTO

for the communication of internal datastructures via web API and message queues.

• Involved in the early work to replace standalone legacy REST API services with

versions built on the latest Spring Boot.

Software Engineer Cargill Incorporated, Risk Management

Hopkins, MN 2013 - 2016 (3 years, 6 months)

• Lead a small (3-5 person) team to retool and support a migration system in

preperation of an extended cutover testing period.

• Architected a Python REST API to integrate an Oracle data source with a third-

party suite of back, middle and front ofﬁce tools.

• Redesigned management system for ’Risk Products’, delivering improved control

over the individual components.

• Maintained/upgraded a 10+ year Spring web application. Modernized interface,

improved the back end, started work to move to modern build tools/process.

Software Engineer Intern (Under Contract To) FPX LLC

Mankato, MN 2011 - 2013 (2 years, 1 month)

• Expanded a REST API and implemented continuous integration testing.

• Developed a DSL and tooling for internal auditing, testing and reporting.

• Developed a ’playback’ system that facilitated debugging of client systems.

• Quality assurance, code coverage and regression unit testing.

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, IT (May 2013) Minnesota State University

Software Engineering & Ethics Mankato, MN

NOTABLE

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Eagle Scout 2007

• BSA Leadership Instructor Summers 2004-2007

Last Updated: May 31, 2017