Adam Ard

Experience

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  University of Portland

  Aug 2008 - May 2011

  Laboratory Assistant, Teacher's Assistant

  Maintained the Tissue Culture, Genetics and Cell and Molecular biology laboratories. Prepared materials and reagents for laboratory classes and research. Instructed students on procedures. Trained on equipment, including PCR, SDS-PAGE, MS, GC, LC, NMR and others.Tutored students, held review sessions, created and graded worksheets and test questions and gave presentations in classes on areas of personal expertise.

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  AVM Biotechnology

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Research Intern

  Independent research into the statistical likelihood of homologous recombination. Researched current literature on the subject, self-taught Python coding, and wrote programs to analyze information gained from NCBI and other databases. Regular presentations on progress of project were given to other researchers.

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  St. Joseph's Hospital

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Diagnostic Laboratory Intern

  Cloppenburg, Germany. Trained on all of the diagnostic tests in the hospital laboratory. Trained to prepare human blood and tissue samples that entered the laboratory and to maintain the laboratory as a sterile environment.

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  Bainbridge Organic Distillers

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2012

  Production Lead

  Improved production efficiency in mashing, fermentation and distillation while maintaining recipes. Trouble shot problems during product quality control and managed inventory. Kept production area clean and prepared materials for different shifts.

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  Axia Home Loans

  Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Compliance Specialist

  I was the Fair Lending Specialist, specializing in the statistical analysis of loan production to ensure that policies and procedures do not discriminate against any minority groups. I worked on the customization and optimization of the loan origination software for the company wide implementation, crafting a software experience that was unique to the company's workflow. This includes developing new software modules to automate common tasks, which saved the company dozens of work hours each week. I developed numerous Standard Operation Procedures, created efficient solutions to expedite Federally mandated reporting, and ensured that the company is compliant with regulations for the Federal and 15 different State governments. Show less

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  Cobalt Mortgage

  May 2014 - Oct 2014

  Business System Analyst

  I worked to implement Encompass360 for over 1000 users. I developed multi-threaded applications using C# and the Encompass SDK to enable batch uploading of data to Encompass, including User information, NMLS Licensing reports, FNMA Purchase Advice data files, Chase/Citi/PennyMac Post Closing Conditions and Federal Reference Numbers. I developed B2B interfaces in Encompass using XML, and custom applications to export Encompass data into SQL databases. During this time I built custom input/output forms for industry standard print forms, created custom input forms with codebase assemblies to increase functionality of standard Encompass screens. Show less

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  New American Funding

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2020

  My responsibilities as the Product Manager included ensuring all technology development and integrations were designed and built with a future safe design that took into consideration the current best practices and the currently available technology.I designed and was primary developer on an internal microservices platform called NAFx. The platform was built on ASP.NET Core web services, each secured behind an implementation of IdentityServer4 (an OpenID Connect provider) that leveraged Azure Active Directory for Authentication while maintaining Authorization at the platform and service level as appropriate. All microservices included "living documentation" generated by OpenAPI Documentation (aka Swagger). The services were behind an API Gateway provided by an implementation of Ocelot, which also included a centralized Swagger for all services. Services included an Azure SQL Database accessed using EntityFramework Core as appropriate. Each service included a Nuget package of view models, that were mapped to the internal models and entities using AutoMapper. Some services were built based on Azure Functions leveraging Service Bus, Queue, Blob, Http and Durable Task triggers. Each service was backed by a separate project in Azure DevOps, with Git repositories maintaining the code. Code was managed in a GitFlow methodology, including Pull Requests with all code reviewed and approved by Sr. Developers. PRs automatically triggered Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). Automated builds triggered automated releases into Azure, including automated Database updates via EFCore Migrations. All microservices were designed as independent services, allowing multiple groups to develop on NAFx without any conflict. New services could be provisioned and ready for development in as little as 2 hours.I also trained Encompass developers on NAFx, increasing the number of .NET Developers capable of working on the microservices platform. Show less As Implementation and Development Lead I built an Encompass360 SDK application that asynchronously ran millions of jobs a month on Encompass. Jobs were built of re-usable "pipeline components", running at different times of the day based on business priority and system stability. Jobs saved thousands of work hours by automating manual tasks, and ensured consistent results with standardized processes.This position also entailed providing internal training to other Encompass administrators, working with Ellie Mae as a Client Early Adopter, and presenting at the Ellie Mae Experience conference. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Mar 2019 - Nov 2020

  • Implementation and Development Lead

    Jun 2015 - Mar 2019

  • Business System Analyst

    Oct 2014 - Jun 2015
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  Origence

  Nov 2020 - now

  Sr. Product Solution Architect