Keith La Force

Experience

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  G&P Trucking

  Feb 2008 - Apr 2010

  Developer

  1. Designed, implemented, and tested advanced Yard Management system for use by G & P clients to help them reduce costs by estimating their future per diem charges. This six month project was developed using CodeIgniter, a PHP framework, Dojo, jQuery custom Javascript, and CSS.2. Designed and developed new internet/intranet applications to be used by clients, both internal and external, using technologies like PHP, Javascript, and Microsoft Visual Studio.

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  VC3

  Apr 2010 - Mar 2013

  Developer

  1. Worked as a lead engineer on a product team to create CognitoForms. CognitoForms is a tool to allow organizations to build and maintain a set of forms to seamlessly embed in their existing websites. This would allow organizations to build out these forms without any custom development on their part to maintain a low barrier to entry and cost for an organization. These forms could be utilized for anything from a Contact Us form to an Online Bill Pay system.2. Worked in a team environment to brainstorm, develop, and build a custom .NET Domain Driven Design framework to allow for future consulting applications to be developed more rapidly and efficiently.3. Led line of business application development for numerous clients in various domains from insurance to municipal government. This includes client brainstorming sessions, development team planning, demos, and coding of these line of business applications. I worked closely with the client, QA, and Project Management teams to help clients build successful applications together. Show less

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  Skookum Digital Works

  Mar 2013 - Sept 2015

  Principal Software Engineer

  1. Primarily worked remotely as technical lead of one of Skookum’s largest client based projects to date. This project included the planning, building, and maintenance of a large scale system of five interconnected applications to help the client reach their goals of revamping their strategic marketing initiative.2. Wrote technical strategies to define the various proposals, technologies, and sprint schedules for all five applications.3. Managed a team of 12 for a year and half to build this enterprise system. The system was developed to be utilized by the client to reach their marketing goals now, and 10 years from now, by applying large scale enterprise best practices. These best practices embrace the concept of a system that will grow organically over time rather than a large monolithic code base that can never be modified.4. This system was built using ASP.NET WebAPI, Node.js, Reactjs. I was responsible for maintaining code quality and product integrity across all five applications and all tech stacks in order to create the best possible product for our client. In addition, the system was built using a number of Amazon Web Services like ElasticBeanstalk, SES, Redshift, RDS, VPC, and SMS.5. Helped develop a large scale automated test suite using Selenium and a continuous integration process in order to maintain our strict code quality standards for the project.6. Helped define organization technical best practices for communicating technical plans, estimates, and development cycles to clients for Skookum. Show less

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  Levvel.io

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2021

  SVP
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  Haste Arcade

  Jun 2021 - now

  Technical CoFounder
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  LeafLink

  Apr 2024 - now

  Principal Engineer