Chris Eckerson-Keith

Experience

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  Seasonal Worker

  Aug 2010 - Nov 2013

  Owen Roe Winery

  Worked 10-12 hour days standing and/or performing heavy physical tasks. Intermediate experience operating forklifts. Occasionally assigned as group coordinator for projects and asked to return each year. Also participated in week long bottling that would occur once a month during the summers. Seasonal work (mostly during the Fall).

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  Mama's Mini's Mini Donuts

  May 2012 - Oct 2013

  Farmer's Market Manager and Baker

  Assisted and conducted the management of several farmer markets locations/employees with the owner of the business. Insured that the product continued to be available and fresh for hundreds of customers during the duration of the market.

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  Burgerville, LLC

  Mar 2013 - Jul 2013

  Grill Crew

  Responsible for independently operating and maintaining kitchen during closing shifts. Workedconcurrently with secondary day job as Farmer’s Market Manager

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  REI

  Mar 2014 - Sept 2016

  Sales Specialist

  Acquired finesse with retail and shipping software, diagnosing membership issues quickly and efficiently, utilize strong communication skills with customers, and familiarization with product specs. Employment started part-time/full-time until school responsibilities required the position to become a temporary summer position.

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  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  Undergraduate Student Assistant (UAF): Stereo Imaging Projects Assistant

  Trained on 3D software to organize stereo imaging data from Mars and create images correctly matched to elevation data plots. Images were to be uploaded to the global database to piece together a complete mapping of Mars. Project included similar project for other planets and looking for interesting geological features for further research. Left research due to interest in science education rather than research.

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  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  Sept 2016 - May 2017

  Student Assistant (Paper Grader)

  Assisted professors within the physics department with grading and evaluation of student’s homework for course PHYS 211 throughout both Fall and Spring semesters. Communicate to the professor areas of knowledge among students that could use attention to improve their understanding.

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  VOID

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Assistant Camp Director

  Prepare for camp season (recruit campers and staff), update curriculum, train staff, assist with administrative duties. Assist with management of camp operations and staff preparation of curriculum (be prepared to be a substitute instructor if needed). Camp objective includes promoting an interactive learning environment for ages 4-11, exploring habitats and their inhabitants in the Interior Alaska.

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  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  Sept 2017 - May 2018

  Laboratory Teacher Assistant

  • Recognized for commitment to creating an environment conductive to exploratory understanding.• Regularly advanced my academic approach through professor & department advisors.• Provided thorough feedback that strengthened student comprehension and subject confidence.• Embraced an open and supportive approach to providing additional assistance to student success.

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  VOID

  Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

  Director Of Camp Habitat

  • Developed a genuine sense of teamwork and communication among the staff and families. • Enlisted professional researcher speakers to enhance the camp educational experience.• Promoted marketing across media and physical platforms to reach camp enrollment capacity.• Generated comprehensive board reports, providing program progress and potential advancements.

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  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Instructor for Alaska Summer Research Academy

  • Collaborated in the curriculum design and active learning instruction of a summer STEM program.• Brought strong communication and leadership skills, insuring an enriching learning environment.

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  Naturally Green Cleaning

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  Web Designer

  • Worked with Naturally Green Cleaning to create a company website to improve online presence• Designed a basic small business website for simple client contacting and scheduling, deployed on Netlify.• Implemented prototyping and mockups to match needs of the business owner.• GitHub repo: github.com/CHRYSICS/NaturallyGreenCleaning

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  Levrum Data Technologies

  Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

  Student Intern

  Code3 Response (Capstone Project) | collaboration with Levrum Data Technologies[Technologies implemented: .Net Core, MVC, React, C#]• Collaborated with company to improve their fire response application project (Code3 Response) under NDA, inherited existing codebase.• Developed within an agile environment, expanding their MVC design and developed software metrics.• Implemented numerous bug fixes and overall code improvements, created extensive documentation for next team.• Implemented probability assessment tools with raw data digestion into model and created accessibility within controllers. • Implemented model simulator for quicker digestion of historical raw data for back-end terminal access.• Improved state table, oracle, rule engine, and API within model, expanded controller functionalities. Show less

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  Molecular Testing Labs

  Dec 2021 - Jan 2022

  Software Engineer

  Temp position - RemoteTech Stack: C#, Razor, SQL, MVC, In-House Propriety codebase

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  Umpqua Bank

  Mar 2022 - now

  Application Management & Development:* Team lead for Varicent (ICM & Symon) Development and Production support, agile continuous deployment.* Continued production support for PeopleSoft and Power BI Integration and development with PeopleSoft database. Additional Application Oversight and Development:* Varicent: Production support and development, quick onboarding to development* PeopleSoft: Continued Production support through system core conversion during merger as well as PeopleSoft upgrade. Manage and Development Applications:* PeopleSoft: Production support and development* Power BI: Dataflows and reporting design implementation (new integration saved roughly $500 thousand in license costs)* Cross-application data ETL automation implementations

  • Application Engineer IV

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Application Engineer III

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Application Engineer II

    Mar 2022 - Mar 2023