Ben Lacy

Experience

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  Kroger

  Feb 2010 - Apr 2018

  Division Training Specialist

  Working on a team comprised of both Operations and Human Resources trainers, I facilitated new hire onboarding classes, specialized job training, and skills-based promotion training. I was also responsible for the rollout of company initiatives to all Kroger stores in the DFW metroplex.Prior to my promotion to this role in 2015, I worked as a Customer Service Manager. I directly supervised 50 associates on the front-end and maintained their day-to-day work. I also wrote associate schedules, sales budgets, and payroll reports in this role. Show less

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  Trilogy Education

  Dec 2017 - Jun 2018

  Web Dev Teaching Assistant - Southern Methodist University

  Supporting a certificate program of 30+ students involving 250+ hours of in-class teaching through an extensive curriculum including HTLM, CSS, JavaScript, Node, Express, MySQL, MongoDB, GraphQL, and React.

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  Bottle Rocket

  Apr 2018 - Sept 2021

  Contributed to and led teams of React or Angular web application development. Consumed RESTful and GraphQL services Started off as senior contributor and moved into leading small teams. Clients included Bottle Rocket, Southwest Airlines, Frontier Communications and Albertsons/Safeway. Contributed on both Angular and React projects for larger web clients including Southwest Airlines. Junior contributor on software engineering projects for multiple clients.

  • Lead Engineer I

    Aug 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Software Engineer II

    Sept 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Software Engineer I

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2019

  • Application Developer

    Apr 2018 - Jan 2019
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  Trilogy Education

  Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

  Web Dev Teaching Assistant - Southern Methodist University

  Returned to assist in teaching another cohort. Supporting a certificate program of 30+ students involving 250+ hours of in-class teaching through an extensive curriculum including HTLM, CSS, JavaScript, Node, Express, MySQL, MongoDB, GraphQL, and React.

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  Alto

  Sept 2021 - Sept 2022

  Senior Application Engineer, Team Lead

  Directly responsible for building a development team from the ground up. I managed the development of software solutions for Alto's B2B clients as part of my Business Experience team. I was the BX team's Lead Engineer, Product Manager, Scrum Master, and Hiring Manager. I reported product/development progress to stakeholders each sprint as well as company leadership each month.

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  H-E-B

  Sept 2022 - now

  Part of the Digital Fulfillment team, I develop Angular applications for HEB's Curbside and Delivery solutions

  • Engineering Manager - Digital Fulfillment

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Senior Front End Engineer

    Sept 2022 - Jun 2023