David Jacobs

Experience

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  U.S. Army

  Aug 1993 - Feb 2000

  Technician

  Repair and maintain communications equipment including: radios, computers fax machines, tactical satellite systems. Repair and maintain special electronic devices including: night vision devices, and chemical agent detectors. Earned diverse medals, honors, and an honorable discharge.

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  Telx

  Aug 2013 - Apr 2016

  Telecommunications Technician

  Used quick learning ability and technical acumen to run cross connects, such as fiber optic cable, ethernet, or coax. Worked with a wide range of customers, installing, and building out new areas and installing new equipment.✦ ✦ Career Note: Additional experience as TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN, XO Communications —Earned multiple “extreme awards” for excellent performance. Volunteered to take over the night shift as sole night shift tech, performing the most sensitive work, replacing circuit cards worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in multimillion-dollar equipment. ✦ ✦✦ ✦ Career Note: Additional experience as TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN, Nortel Networks —Site Team Leader, supervising the installation and upgrading of DMS-500 switches. Lead teams of up to 10 personnel. ✦ ✦ Show less

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  Dent Ventures, LLC

  Dec 2017 - Jan 2019

  Full Stack Engineer

  Thrived within the deadline-driven, fluid environment of a startup, working with a diverse range of clients tocreate niche websites with a wide variety of features and enhancements. Requested to also work on thecompany website and build a custom date picker to be used in all apps.

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  Deluxe Entertainment Services Group

  Feb 2019 - Sept 2023

  Software Engineer

  Leveraged technical acumen, innovative solution design, and effective development skills to serve on thecompany’s fulfillment team, working on their flagship product — the Deluxe One SaaS platform where top leaders in the film and TV industry can securely manage their content. Performed live deployments, built new features, resolved bugs, and assisted in future planning of upcoming features, enhancements, and upgrades. Significantly increased speed of services and customer satisfaction by upgrading from PostgreSQL API to the Elasticsearch Platform. Built custom components that could be used across all apps. Worked both solo and within a cross functional team to build out a high-quality user interface using JavaScript and React. Show less