Kyle Coberly

Experience

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  Eastridge Group of Staffing Companies

  Mar 2004 - Sept 2006

  Technical Staffer

  Responsibilities included completing long-term technical service and sales assignments for Las Vegas businesses. Clients included Expedia, Travelscape, the World Market Center, The Upper Deck, Washout Systems, Las Vegas Valley Trucking, Flavor Consultants, and Opportunity Village. Performed database design and implementation for small businesses. Specialist in Customer Relationship Management software.

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  Guitar Center

  Sept 2006 - Dec 2008

  Assistant Store Manager

  Responsibilities included employee training, sales leadership, execution of company policies, opening and closing duties, cash handling, sales and product training, customer service. Prospecting and securing outside sales opportunities for the store. Accountable for the performance of over 20 employees. Recipient of 2007 "Top 10 in Customer Service" award in a company of over 10,000. Achieved over $900,000 in personal sales. Oversaw sales revenue growth from $6 million to $8 million.

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  My Music Skool

  Oct 2008 - Jan 2013

  Director of Guitar Instruction

  Teaching guitar, bass, piano, and drums. Designing curriculum for guitar department. Maintaining 30—50 weekly students. • Recipient of 2009-2010 “Outstanding Instructor” award • Developed annual summer "Rock Band Camp,” including advertising, recruiting, program plan, and curriculum

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  Digital Revolution Marketing

  Dec 2010 - Feb 2014

  National Account Manager

  Managing representatives across three states in the execution of regular visits to large music instrument retailers. Training store staff on the full product range of 11 manufacturers. Reporting to manufacturers on product opportunities and market conditions. Financial analysis. Monthly strategy and vision across all product lines. • Recipient of MXL/Mogami Rep Firm of the Year award, 2013

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  Pearson

  Jan 2012 - Sept 2015

  Senior Web Developer

  Developing enterprise-scale educational web applications. Piloting new products, scoping projects, and performing Scrum Master and Product Owner duties. • Planned and led development of Pearson’s “Minerva” mobile-first learning platform, which involved leadership of 6 team members, scope negotiations, and on-site presentations • Software Architect and lead developer for Pearson’s “Nursing Neighborhood” product, which generated over $900,000 in revenue

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  Galvanize Inc

  Sept 2015 - May 2018

  Managing a team of 12 software educators and 120 concurrent students across 2 campuses. Product vision and strategy. Teaching software development, project management, design, and career growth. Writing curriculum and assessment. Developing custom mastery-based LMS and data analytics tools. Comprehensive curriculum development, including writing standards, aligned assessments, and scaffolded exercises. Writing and teaching an Agile For Executives course. * Management of a staff of 4 and classes of approximately 25* Instruction on full-stack software development* Curriculum and software development

  • Faculty Director, Principal Full-Stack Developer

    Oct 2016 - May 2018

  • Lead Instructor, Principal Full Stack Developer

    Sept 2015 - Oct 2016
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  Health Scholars

  Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  Technical Lead

  Development and maintenance of an enterprise clinical education platform with Vue.js / PHP / MySQL / AWS. Building resource scheduling tools and eLearning integrations. Audio engineering for VR titles. Winner of 2019 IMSH Serious Games and Virtual Environments 2019 Best in Show award. Helped the company grow from seed funding to series B.

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  Flatiron School

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

  Leadership and management of Flatiron School's in-person and online software education programs. Teaching lessons, building culture, writing curriculum, and coaching people to be their best. Grew the software engineering program from 10 to 50+ concurrent students. LMS development. Received the 2019 MVP award for the Denver campus.

  • Director of Education, Software Engineering

    Jan 2021 - Mar 2021

  • Lead Instructor - Software Engineering

    Feb 2019 - Jan 2021
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  Sika Education

  Oct 2020 - now

  Head Coach

  Management of a curriculum and software training agency. Designing and executing bootcamp programs and advanced reskilling courses for Pluralsight, Ford, Liberty Mutual, and more. Development and maintenance of web-based learning platform using React, Express, Feathers, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker, Vite, Vitest, Storybook, Playwright, Fly.io, and Netlify.

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  University of Denver

  Mar 2021 - now

  Adjunct Professor

  Professor for the Unversity College's Information & Communications Technology graduate program, teaching:* Website Design and Management* Advanced Website Design and Management* Web-Enabled Information Systems

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  Sunrun

  Mar 2024 - Sept 2024

  Staff Software Engineer

  Application development with React, Node, TypeScript, and AWS. Team lead for 6 senior engineers. Led initiatives to containerize applications with Docker, test components with Storybook Test and Playwright, adopt an outside-in testing strategy, and adopt a quality approach to engineering. Successfully led the shipment of a major rewrite of Sunrun's sales pipeline tool.

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  Urban Sky

  Jan 2025 - now

  Staff Software Engineer