Seth Garrett

Seth Garrett

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer I at SkyTouch Technology

  • Education

    • Arizona State University

      2015 - 2017
      Master's Degree Computer Software Engineering

      · Restful Services – Used java to write a restful service that applies an algorithm to solve complicated interest calculations (Capstone project - see below).· Technology Entrepreneurship – Developed MVP, prototyped, interviewed customers to find the product-market fit.· Software testing – Unit testing of binary search algorithms to detect an out of bounds error after applying boundary testing. Design of Experiments pairwise testing that reduced the… Show more · Restful Services – Used java to write a restful service that applies an algorithm to solve complicated interest calculations (Capstone project - see below).· Technology Entrepreneurship – Developed MVP, prototyped, interviewed customers to find the product-market fit.· Software testing – Unit testing of binary search algorithms to detect an out of bounds error after applying boundary testing. Design of Experiments pairwise testing that reduced the number of test cases from 84 down to 28. Designed test cases to achieve 100% decision code coverage on binary search algorithms. Implemented static source analysis via FindBugs for Eclipse. Researched tools for regression testing on websites.· Game Dev – Chess-style, pong-style, flappybird-style, and tinder-style app design in Swift via XCode. Text-based game design in Java and C++. Incorporated object-oriented programming, game loop, and basic artificial intelligence. Show less

    • Arizona State University

      2005 - 2008
      Bachelors Accounting

      Activities and Societies: Provost Scholarship Graduated at 18 years old.

    • Mesa Community College

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      Computer Science
  • Experience

    • Pivotal Tax Solutions, LLC

      Nov 2007 - Mar 2008
      Accounting Staff

      Responsible for basic property tax issues.Assisted in developing a company database.

    • Arizona Department of Revenue

      Sept 2010 - Jul 2016

      - Predictive Analytics on big data for audit lead selection (SQL)- Utilize Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language to maintain and update existing AZDOR tax calculation programs and databases (MS Access and MS Excel VBA).- Assist in the development of new tax calculation software that will be utilized by all of the cities in Arizona.- Design new Access databases for special tax types.- Maintain and develop 70 front-end and 20 back-end databases including SQL Server.- Perform queries and prepare reports for management.- Incorporate secure programming practices and internal controls to mitigate the risk of any internal or external threat to confidential tax information. Show less -- Specialize in TPT, USE, and Withholding tax audit.-- Lead Auditor with experience balancing many complex large audits. -- Advanced MS Excel usage.-- Applied understanding of tax law to search databases for companies exhibiting potential tax non-compliance.-- Analyzed many accounting records, including charts of accounts, general ledger summaries, sales records, bank statements, invoices, expense account detail, and other various documentation.-- Traveled interstate and locally to interview CEOs/CPAs of large businesses. Toured facilities and learned the processes of various types and forms of businesses.-- Researched Arizona statutes, administrative code, and court cases applicable to the taxpayer’s business activities and made decisions regarding completeness of tax base, validity of deductions, and other decisions.-- Compiled requested/received data in MS Excel, and used Excel for a variety of functions, including compiling, organizing, creating formulas, creating ratios, etc. Show less

      • Information Technology Specialist III

        Feb 2014 - Jul 2016
      • Revenue Field Auditor III

        Jan 2012 - Jan 2014
      • Revenue Field Auditor II

        Sept 2010 - Jan 2012
    • Educational Growth Gaming Systems LLC

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
      President

      I worked part-time as President of Educational Growth Gaming Systems LLC. I designed a variety of products and coordinate the production, marketing, and sales.

    • SkyTouch Technology

      Apr 2018 - Jun 2020
      Software Engineer I

      *Technology and Delivery*- Successfully managed code merges and database upgrades for 27 version of the web app and deployed to QA and PROD as Buildmaster - Java development for bug fixes and unit testing (front-end and back-end)*Resiliency and Performance Enhancement*- T-SQL stored procedures upgraded to be sargable and improve efficiency by 10%- Implemented indexes and keys in the database to improve efficiency by 70%- Transaction management adjustments to improve efficiency and reduce writelog waits by 90%.- Created a script that routinely cleans up bad data in the database.- Audited Spring web app security, identified and fixed security issues. *AWS Migration*- Upgraded configurations and altered app code to allow apps to migrate to AWS.- Built JMS bridge applications to assist in processing ActiveMQ messages.- Optimized messaging configurations by configuring policies and consumer/producer adjustments. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AWS Technical Professional

      Amazon
      Jun 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Missionary / English Teacher

      Issued by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Human Resources on Aug 2008
      The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Human ResourcesAssociated with Seth Garrett