Drew P. Short

1430 Taylor Ave W, St. Paul, MN 55104

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

OBJECTIVE A development position on a software engineering team, with special interests in

web development, middleware, and backend processing systems.

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN Graduated May 2013

Concentration: Software Engineering

Minor: Ethics

COMPUTER

SKILLS

Languages & Software: Java, SQL, Scala, Javascript, Ruby, Rust, Python, C#, C,

Spring Framework, JEE, Hibernate, JUnit, Log4J, Logback, SLF4J, Backbone.js,

JQuery, Bootstrap, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, SQLite.

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

EXPERIENCE Java Developer 2013 - Present (2 Years, 4 Months)

Cargill Incorporated, Risk Management, Hopkins, MN

• Designed, implemented, and tested the most complex, Risk Product to date

within the restrictions of the original system.

• Migrated a Spring web application to the latest version of JQuery, rewrote

custom plugins, and re-organized the structure to comply with standards.

• Helped rewrite and upgrade a system designed to manage Risk Products and

give the end user control over the individual ﬂow components.

• Maintained and improved upon a Spring web application that has been in

use for 10+ years. Modernized components, improved the backend, and im-

plemented modern front-end components for existing functionality.

Software Engineer Intern 2011 - 2013 (2 Years, 1 Month)

Information Technology Department, Minnesota State University Mankato,

Contracted to FPX LLC, Mankato, MN

• Developed software that permutates pre-selected data for automated testing.

• Expanded a REST API and implemented continuous integration testing.

• Developed a domain speciﬁc language for internal veriﬁcation, testing and

reporting tools.

• Developed a ’playback’ system that enabled ’re-playing’ data to allow for du-

plication and debugging of client bugs.

• Quality assurance, code coverage and regression unit testing.

Geek Squad Agent 2008 - 2011 (3 Years, 1 Month)

Best Buy, Blaine, MN

Best Buy, Mankato, MN

• Senior Technician. Responsible for overseeing, repairs in the precinct.

• Provide technical support for Best Buy customers and persue software and

hardware sale opportunities.

AWARDS,

MEMBERSHIPS,

AND TRAINING

• Eagle Scout 2007

• IEEE Member 2009-2011

• BSA Leadership Instructor Summers 2004-2007

• Attended NAYLE Leadership Course Summer 2006

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