Luke Thompson

Experience

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  Southern Oregon Gymnastics Academy

  May 2002 - Jun 2008

  Program Manager

  As Head Coach and Program Manager for the men's program (approximately 25 individuals, ages ranging from 5 to 18) at Southern Oregon Gymnastics Academy, I was responsible for the training, well being, and preparation of youth athletes for participation in local, state, regional, and national gymnastics competition. Effectively and concisely explained or demonstrated the desired movement or progressions to facilitate individual or group learning, often repetitively and with varied dialogue and technique. Analyzed and assigned exercises to comply with organizationally allotted compulsory skill sets as necessary to develop athletes capability, promote safety, and establish learning patterns for specific outcomes. Provided hands-on assistance (spotting) to ensure the athletes' safety. Created and managed detailed lesson plans for the team, monthly goal assignments, benchmarks, daily planning, and individual daily assignments for each team member on all six of the men's Gymnastics apparatus. Researched and planned competitions, coordinated the teams budget with the club’s non-profit booster organization, as well as attended those competitions with the athletes during competitive season as a representative of the team and the business. My athletes earned several state and regional titles under my tutelage. Show less

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  US Army

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2015

  Competitively selected among 193 other applicants to attend Warrant Officer Candidate School and US Army Flight School, and finished flight school 1st in my class out of 53 other officers. Maintained qualification and mastery, technically and tactically, in all aspects of piloting an OH-58D(R) Scout Helicopter platform. Conducted multinational operations throughout the South Korean peninsula totaling over 150 accident free flight hours, with a mission of armed coastal and border security and reconnaissance operations (Jun 2014 - Feb 2015.) Multitasked to mitigate command taskings in many principle roles ancillary to duties as an aviator including Physical Training Program Specialist, Voting Assistance Program Specialist, Communications Security and Information Management Program Specialist, and Unit Prevention Leader. Increased Troop Physical Fitness over the course of my tenure by an average of 30 points, to a 281/300, with my troop being the fittest in the squadron. Worked continuously without error to maintain and secure over $2 million worth of communications and information equipment to facilitate unit operational continuity and security. Developed methods for unit to streamline radio communications security procedures to reduce time requirements by up to 20 hours, and command oversight by 90%. Show less Developed and led junior enlisted personnel in Infantry team and platoon operations in the process of developing warfighter physical readiness and maintenance (5 to 30 people.) Encouraged informal leadership amongst my soldiers and fostered an atmosphere of brotherhood and camaraderie. Provided guidance and direction on critical readiness tasks such as weapons qualifications, fitness, equipment upkeep, technical and tactical warfighter proficiencies, and other warrior tasks and drills to ensure combat readiness. Deployed to Afghanistan in support of counterinsurgency operations during Operation Enduring Freedom X. Show less

  • Aviation Officer

    Jan 2013 - Aug 2015

  • Infantry Team Leader

    Jun 2008 - Aug 2013
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  TLG Learning

  Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Student Network Engineer

  Attended the Network Automation Engineer Pre-Apprentice training with TLG and graduated in April of 2020.Curriculum rooted in networking principles and included instructor-led training in the following topics:-OSI Model, LAN/WAN/WLAN, TCP/IP, DNS, NAT, DHCP, VPN, FTP/SFTP, IPv4/IPv6, Linux/Unix OS (CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu), VMWare, Switching/Routing, Server Configuration, SMTP remote support LAN, and networking infrastructure and automation via Python.-150+ hours of practical experience with networking principles via lab based exercises to reinforce didactic concepts.Obtained Network+ CompTIA certification. Show less

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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  May 2020 - Sept 2021

  Student Software Engineer

  Through an 18-month military apprenticeship with Amazon Web Services, garnered on-the-job experience related to software development engineering. The role entailed six months of technical training in Java, JavaScript and related frameworks, Python, Agile Methodologies, Object Oriented Programming principles and more, and once transitioning to a software engineering team with AWS, I used the skills I learned in my technical training to provide automation for internal operational tools written in Python as well as maintenance and support for the existing Java code base. While working within my team at AWS, I:Integrated, tested, and documented code changes to front end and back end systems using the CI/CD pipeline model for the primary secret hosting solution for AWS, which grossed $45.37B in 2020. Extensively utilized CloudFormation templates to set up and tear down infrastructure necessary to test changes to ensure software/service integrated successfully prior to submitting code reviews.Deciphered enterprise customer issues using AWS Lambda containerization service.Reduced DevOps workload by automating ticket resolution via Python, saving on-call engineers over 8 hours/week and ~$32,500/year in revenue, ensuring more time for impactful work. Accelerated service log query efficiency by 200% through an automated solution using Python to query user specified parameters across multiple service instances and availability zones.Resolved 36 backlog issues using a diversity of languages, including: JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, yaml, and JSON using agile, OOP, and SOLID development principles.Apprenticeship culminated in September of 2021 with a journeyman's qualification in Software Engineering from Apprenti. Show less

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  Tech Elevator

  Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  Java Development Bootcamp Student

  Graduated a 14-week full-stack coding bootcamp focused in developing skills in creation of dynamic web-based software systems using Java, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, Vue.js, Responsive Design, Springboot, Postman, JUnit Unit Testing, and JSON, and providing 800+ hours of development education and completion of multiple projects and capstones using these technologies.

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  State Auto Insurance

  Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

  Software Analyst

  Spearheaded a DevOps Research and Analysis initiative to improve team insights into software development lifecycle iterations and drive growth in enterprise solutions development. Obtained CompTIA Security+ certificate.

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  Liberty Mutual Insurance

  Jan 2023 - now

  Developing testing and hosting infrastructure for hybrid cloud technology services and their requisite operating system images, with a focus in automation, simplification, environmental impact and scale.

  • Associate Infrastructure Engineer

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Technology Associate

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023