Aaron Williams

Aaron Williams

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  • About me

    Software Engineer | May 2025 Graduate

  • Education

    • Minnesota State University, Mankato

      2021 - 2025
      Bachelor's degree Computer Information Technology

      • CIS 121: Introduction to Programming• CIS 122: Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures• CIS 223: Data Structures and Algorithms• CIS 224: Computer Architecture• CIS 340: Introduction to Database Systems• CIS 350: Information Security (in progress)• CIS 360: Introduction to Networking (in progress)• CIS 380: Systems Analysis and Design• CIS 414: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns• CIS 440: Database Management Systems (in… Show more • CIS 121: Introduction to Programming• CIS 122: Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures• CIS 223: Data Structures and Algorithms• CIS 224: Computer Architecture• CIS 340: Introduction to Database Systems• CIS 350: Information Security (in progress)• CIS 360: Introduction to Networking (in progress)• CIS 380: Systems Analysis and Design• CIS 414: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns• CIS 440: Database Management Systems (in progress)• CIS 385: Game Development and Design Show less

  • Experience

    • INTERIOR REGION EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COUNCIL INC

      May 2017 - Aug 2021
      Contract Cleaner

      Key-holder contract cleaning position where I maintained cleanliness of the IREMSC building by coming in weekly and performing standard cleaning duties.

    • Riverboat Discovery

      May 2018 - Sept 2019
      Grounds Crew + Deckhand

      Worked full-time as Grounds Crew and twice-weekly as Deckhand. Ground's Crew Duties• Cleaned the Discovery III interior twice daily with 0-2 other employees.• helped maintain the Riverboat Discovery property and it's surrounding area.• Odd jobs like filling potholes, garbage cleanup, painting paddles, etc.Deckhand Duties:• Helped dock and undock the Discovery III riverboat.• Took customers orders and handed them food, as well as poured sodas and grabbed bottled beverages.• Once per trip all 300-800 people would line up on 2 of the 3 decks to buy food and drinks and we served them all quickly so we could continue the tours.Seasons worked:• May 2018 - September 2018.• May 2019 - September 2019. Show less

    • Arctic Sun Virtual Reality

      May 2021 - Aug 2021
      Virtual Reality Bay Attendant

      Key-holder customer service position centered around VR, racing sims, and PC gaming.• Scheduled appointments and checked in guests.• Helped guests sign up for ASVR's email list.• Explained to new guests how the VR arcade worked, as well as a full briefing on controls and rules for the arcade.• Ran an educational virtual reality summer camp with 8 campers, aged 8-17, meeting daily for 1 week per camp.• Created and posted social media updates and advertisements.• Researched new arcade titles, tested them, and suggested them to management.• Learned the ins and outs, common issues, and how to fix them of all popular titles at the arcade.• Performed opening and closing procedures, complete with cleaning and toggling the security system. Show less

    • Maverick Esports

      Aug 2021 - Sept 2023
      Esports Assistant Coach

      Assistant management operations include:• Managing a tentative practice schedule that worked for 4-6 people per team.• Posting score updates on Twitter after matches.• Organizing scrimmages with other schools Esports teams.• Utilizing Microsoft Excel to log attendance and scrimmages.• Assistance in mediating team disagreements.• Using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects to create Stream Overlays and Alerts for team player's Twitch Streams and Practice VOD.• Work with the broadcasting team to control in-game camera angles (Codcaster) to spectate matches for spectators.• Managing 16 computers including updating and optimizing. In-person and remote using TeamViewer.• Manually optimizing Open Broadcast Software settings and scene collections as well as NVidia Control Panel Settings to maintain peak performance in both competing and streaming to an audience. Show less

    • Minnesota State University, Mankato

      Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
      Teaching Assistant

      Temporarily filled in as a Teaching Assistant for a Data Structures and OOP course.• Helped teach OOP principles as well as the C# language.• Hosted weekly check-ins for Unity game projects.• Acted as an aid to students for all things Unity Game Engine.

    • Thomson Reuters

      Sept 2023 - now
      Contract Software Engineer

      I work on a team that develops new features for, and maintains, multiple middle-tier codebases that take requests from our apps (Like Clear and Westlaw), then grab necessary data from our internal databases, as well as external vendors, then process that data and convert it into something useful that's sent back to the apps.Since 09/26/2023, I have:• Completed 105 tickets (about 50/50 bugs and stories).• Made 268 GitHub contributions.• Completed 2 production hot fixes.Contracted by Maverick Software. Show less

    • Maverick Software Consulting

      Sept 2023 - now
      Software Engineer Intern

      See Thomson Reuters experience section.

  • Licenses & Certifications