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James Vomero

James Vomero

Test Engineer Intern, Storage Development Division

location of James VomeroState College, Pennsylvania, United States

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Engineering Manager • Senior Engineer • Product Manager

  • Education

    • Penn State University

      2006 - 2010
      B.S. Mechanical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Council of Commonwealth Student Governments, Penn State DARPA Grand Challenge, Mont Alto Engineering Research Study and Design, Dance MaraTHON, Student Activities Board, Parmi Nous Senior Honor Society

  • Experience

    • Agere Systems

      May 2004 - Aug 2004
      Test Engineer Intern, Storage Development Division

      • Produced testing toolsets to enable better reuse in design by piping information from core test patterns to SOC test patterns. This task previously took days of an engineer’s time to complete per chip; today it can be completed in minutes. • Created an automated offshore wafer daily yield report with Excel in a format useful to test and product engineers.• Utilized Perl and shell scripts for all projects; documented all scripts and directions for user interface.

    • Agere Systems

      May 2005 - Aug 2005
      Applications Engineer Intern, Networking Division

      • Evaluated new circuit board designs using analog and digital testing equipment.• Carried out customer-designed changes to reference designs using PSPICE and NI Multisis tools.

    • Penn State University

      May 2006 - Aug 2006
      Grassroots Network Summer Intern

      • Preformed data mining of membership activities to create Activism Reports. Developed the organizational Grasstops by identifying key individuals in each media market.• Directed advocacy efforts by connecting members to key media outlets through a statewide letter writing campaign.

    • GeoVentures Programming & Services, Inc.

      Apr 2007 - now
      Owner

      Founder of GeoVentures, a recreation company with a mission to get people active and back outdoors. Utilizing games, technology and unique storylines, our programs introduce thousands of participants to new activities that encourage a healthy lifestyle and connection with the world that surrounds them. Developed outdoors and technology education curriculum to meet state and national teaching standards for primary education. Implemented programs in science camps and after-school programs throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania. Show less

    • Penn State University

      Jan 2010 - Aug 2018

      Lead Drupal Developer for Penn State World Campus. Responsible for technical enhancements, new features, and issue management of web properties in Drupal and WordPress. Taking leadership roles by presiding over change management committee; setting directions for the development and deployment of code; and training new developers on modern process and design standards. Focused on performance, reducing time to first paint from 5.5 seconds to 2 seconds. Setup and administered analytics, monitoring, CI/CD workflows, and platform tooling. Show less

      • Web Developer and Tech Lead

        Nov 2015 - Aug 2018

      • Project Manager, Web Strategy

        Apr 2012 - Oct 2015

      • Programmer Analyst

        Jan 2010 - Apr 2012

    • Four Kitchens

      Aug 2018 - now

      Managed a team of backend engineers; leading weekly 1:1s, cross-team meetings, quarterly evaluations, hiring, professional development, and advancement conversations.Provided technical leadership and product management by defining a three-year roadmap for launching a SaaS publishing platform. Defined 50+ epics, 800+ stories, and hundreds of tasks and acceptance criteria in JIRA for the engineering, design, and UX work streams. Architected Drupal, Symphony, React, and serverless apps for clients in media, publishing, health care, education, and nonprofits.Developed an app for publishers to build queries and views through a no-code UI, reducing publishing times from weeks to minutes. Led a Computer Science Practice Group to teach fundamentals of computational processes, algorithms, and emerging technologies.Presented 18 sessions at industry conferences across the country.

      • Engineering Manager

        Jan 2021 - now

      • Senior Engineer

        Aug 2018 - Dec 2020

    • Penn State University

      Aug 2021 - May 2022
      University Lecturer

      Facilitating classroom discussions, assessing student performance, and preparing students to be successful leaders in the telecommunications industry. Course: Introduction to Telecommunications lab.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to James Vomero
      Second Place: Senior Design Showcase Penn State College of Engineering Dec 2010 This project took second at a design showcase of all Mechanical Engineering students. Our team worked closely with our project sponsor, Travis, a US veteran who is a C5-C6 complete quadriplegic. Travis wanted to compete in Olympic-style shooting competitions, but found the current assistive technology limiting. Our team designed and fabricated a device that allowed Travis to hold, aim, and fire his rifle. The design was novel and provides a more natural shooting experience than assistive devise… Show more This project took second at a design showcase of all Mechanical Engineering students. Our team worked closely with our project sponsor, Travis, a US veteran who is a C5-C6 complete quadriplegic. Travis wanted to compete in Olympic-style shooting competitions, but found the current assistive technology limiting. Our team designed and fabricated a device that allowed Travis to hold, aim, and fire his rifle. The design was novel and provides a more natural shooting experience than assistive devise currently on the market. Show less
    • Awarded to James Vomero
      Fluid Mechanics Design Contest: First Place Penn State Society of Engineering Sciences Apr 2006