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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Product Owner at Vanguard

  • Education

    • Penn State Abington

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor's Degree Information Science and Technology 3.43 GPA

      Activities and Societies: Student Government Association, Cross Country, Diversity Leadership Retreat, Penn State Diversity Association, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee * Study Abroad at the Hochschule Hof University of Applied Sciences in Hof, Germany taking various courses in International Management and Cultural Principles of Management.*Study Abroad at Hubei University of Science and Tecnology in Shijiazhuang, China taking courses in Computer Networking* Faculty Senate Award* 4 time Dean's List Student* Student Athletes Directors List

    • Science Leadership Academy

      2008 - 2010
      High School

      Activities and Societies: Cross Country, Track, Students Run Philly Style, Educon, Grand Canyon Trip 3.2 Cumulative GPA

    • Murphy High School

      2006 - 2008
      High School

      Activities and Societies: Football Mobile, AL

  • Experience

    • ACE Mentor Program

      Sept 2008 - Jun 2010
      Student

      Student in the Individualized Learning Program for Science Leadership Academy. Learned and applied Architectural Design to work in groups to design housing plans for Habitat for Humanity.

    • Wakefern Food Corp.

      Aug 2009 - Aug 2010
      Inventory Associate at Shoprite

      Worked in loss prevention by removing damaged items from inventory

    • Arch Gourmet

      Jun 2011 - May 2013
      Sales Associate

      • Facilitated a growing business and increased sales through suggestive marketing techniques. • Recognized by customers for friendly service and quality of work.

    • Penn State University

      Aug 2012 - May 2013

      • Design, develop, and implement a functional website for SGA.• Develop and maintain the social media aspects of the Student Government Association. • Encouraged, motivated, and developed essential math skills for struggling students.

      • Student Government Association IT Chair

        Aug 2012 - May 2013

      • Educational Opportunity Program Math Tutor

        Aug 2012 - May 2013

    • Vanguard

      May 2013 - Aug 2013
      Summer Intern

      • Worked as part of an agile team to design and develop software functionality using Java in Eclipse.• Focused mostly on mid-tier development with exposure to UI and data elements

    • Vanguard

      Jan 2014 - now

      Technical Product Owner for the Workflow and Capabilities Team, a product team that builds, manages, and enables CI/CD Pipelines (workflows) for developers at the company. Testing Center of Excellence and CI/CD Pipeline Team Working Under Randstad

      • Technical Product Owner

        Dec 2020 - now

      • Senior Developer

        Aug 2018 - Dec 2020

      • Test Automation Engineer

        Jan 2016 - Aug 2018

      • Developer

        Jun 2014 - Jan 2016

      • CDMA Mail Associate

        Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate

      Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      Sept 2020

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Faculty Senate Award Penn State Abington Sep 2013 Faculty nominated scholarship posted to the Abington Faculty Scholarship Committee, which ranks the students and is given by a committee. University-wide a total of 220 students received the scholarships for the academic year out of 96,000 undergraduates.
    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Dean's List - May 2013
    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Dean's List - Dec 2012
    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Student Athlete Director's List - Nov 2012 Earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher while competing in an NCAA sport.
    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Dean's List - May 2012
    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Dean's List - Dec 2011
    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Student Athlete Directors List - Nov 2011 Earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher while competing in an NCAA sport.
    • Awarded to Chris Cothran
      Diversity Leadership Certificate Office of Intercultural Affairs Mar 2010 Attend and complete Diversity Leadership Training at the Diversity Leadership Retreat.