Andrew Berger

Experience

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  Cherokee Country Club

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2014

  Designed and developed a wine cellar mobile application and accompanying remote database for country club members to track their wine collections by member number. Demonstrated the finished application to the client.

  • Line Chef

    Dec 2007 - Nov 2014

  • Principal Software Engineer

    Nov 2011 - Jul 2012
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  Datagee for iOS

  Jun 2012 - Dec 2015

  Principal Software Engineer

  Created the original Datagee concept application in Objective C and website in PHP/XHTML, allowing users to create inventory-based apps that pull up for other Datagee users based on location. Worked in conjunction with an authenticated MySQLi/PHP backend to save and load data from the iOS app or jQuery mobile app.

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  Night Owl Music

  Feb 2015 - Oct 2015

  Webmaster

  Website design and development for a local entertainment booking company. Changed roles during development (before initial launch).

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  Shuttleoutlet.com

  Jul 2016 - Apr 2019

  Webmaster

  Designed and developed a website for a food and beverage delivery company. Delivered a finished product to the client.

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  Pellissippi State Community College

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

  Computer Science and Mathematics Tutor

  In computer science, tutored core CS1010 as well as various full-stack development courses.In mathematics, tutored the following courses:- Calculus I and II- Linear algebra- Finite mathematics- Trigonometry- All algebra and fundamental mathematics coursesIn fall of 2018, in addition to tutoring worked as supplemental instruction leader for respected calculus professor Jonathan Lamb for his calculus II course — earning the ORAU mathematics scholarship.

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  EMETL

  Dec 2018 - now

  Principal Software Engineer

  Consulting with Dr. Justen Parker about the EMETL process and application. Programming in Swift as well as architecture lessons to enhance development understanding. Designing the EMETL application’s functionality, including full-stack development for emetl.com in Node.js using AWS serverless technologies. Developed a custom permissions system allowing infinite permissions depth scaling with minimal load times. Developed the EMETL website in React.js and bootstrap with hundreds of custom AppSync VTL resolvers, securing them against injection attacks and integrating them with SQL for a seamless and time-resistant architecture in preparation for demonstrating the app to the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. Show less

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  VocaCoord

  Jul 2019 - Nov 2022

  Principal Software Engineer

  Started as a research assistant position with Dr. Michael Berry. Designed a “response engagement” feature for an application designed to help educate children with learning difficulties. Led a team to implement the feature and help generate funding for future expansion. Re-factored the application using modern React Native and React conventions such as hooks, functional components, and MVVM separation. Performed the entire refactor on nearly forty hours of video to allow future developers to maintain the application without professional assistance within one hour of the estimate. Show less

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  Cogent Security Consulting

  Jan 2020 - now

  Independent Assessor for Advanced Program Cloud Services (APCS). Trained under Warren Udy, federal cybersecurity professional with over forty-eight years of experience with various government organizations. Consulted in architecting initial APCS solutions. Assisted in Cogent Security Consulting receiving ATO for APCS in 2021 by performing initial penetration and control testing. Perform annual and initial penetration and control testing on various APCS systems. Assisted in managing the Defense Nuclear Security Annual Operating Plan website development Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) additions. Regularly met with development teams to oversee the development process. Planned and executed future development for the PPBE module. Analyzed code solutions in Rails for efficacy and security posture.

  • Security Assessor

    May 2021 - now

  • Software Project Manager

    Jan 2020 - May 2021
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  ME-Bike

  Jul 2020 - Apr 2021

  Senior Software Engineer Consulting

  Contracted by Dr. Christopher Cherry to improve an iOS application geared towards electronic bicyclists. Researched and developed bluetooth integration solutions for electronic bicycles and delivered solutions for modern SwiftUI, GPS, and Bluetooth (BLE) standards. Improved software to resolve application cloud storage and battery performance.

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  Datagee

  May 2021 - now

  Chief Executive Officer

  Founded and ran a software engineering startup in Knoxville, TN. Developed client relationships. Estimated and planned software development work. Executed software development estimates with a high accuracy to original estimated hours. Developed systems for UTIA, Timeability, and performed NIST compliance testing for Cogent Security Consulting's APCS systems. Hired and trained software engineers.

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  UT Institute of Agriculture

  May 2021 - now

  Principal Software Engineer

  Developed the fLEX.control Python program that reads sensor data within the time of a collision and calculates physics, saving the results to the cloud. fLEX.control is currently used by Summit Performance Testing LLC to test professional sports fields worldwide for sports organizations including FIFA and the NFL. Developed an application for MacOS and Windows that processes data from fLEX, producing graphs, additional statistics, analysis, and PDF report exports given directly to FIFA and the NFL. In addition to fLEX.control and fLEX for desktop, scripted DevOps systems, developed an accompanying React Native application to initiate runs and process readings, and created a React Native Web portal for managing devices, teams, and software versioning. Show less

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  Timeability LLC

  May 2022 - now

  Principal Software Engineer

  Developed an application in React Native TypeScript for iOS and Android from user specifications to help user's manage their own time and share with friends. Created a neural network to predict user location habits. Architected backend systems in Google Firebase and Google Cloud.