Jeffrey Morgan

Experience

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  RagingWire Enterprise Solutions

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Application Architect

  Application Architecture and DevelopmentCreated web application architecture and documentation. The application architecture consisted of a web-tier (presentation layer) using JSF and accessed the domain layer exclusively through web services.Designed and developed web application portal using JSF/ Sun RI and NetBeans. Transitioned responsibilities for development to UI team.Created storyboards, UI Mockups, functional specification for UI.Performed web design and development using Dreamweaver, Javascript libraries (Scriptaculous), DHTML, CSS.Project Management and Lead DeveloperCreated and maintained detailed project plan using MS Project. Communicated project status during status meetings and regular written status reports. Identified tasks and assignments. Made necessary adjustments to remain on schedule.Performed risk managements by identifying risk, communicating and defining/executing mitigations.Led web services team development. Answered questions and handled issues raised by team on a daily basis. Made decisions to find solutions for technical issues.Business and Systems AnalysisPerformed all activities of the requirements/elaboration phase. Performed requirements definition activities. Create requirements/use case models and documents.Performed system analysis activities as part of business analysis since many requirements were technical and required detailed understanding of various systems. Show less

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  Appirio

  Feb 2008 - Dec 2010

  Sr. Technical Consultant

  Working in the Google Practice helping enterprises integrate/adopt GSuite (Google Apps).CLIENT: Genentech, South San Francisco, CAGoogle Apps Platform Application DevelopmentDeveloped custom applications on the Google Apps Platform. Technologies included Google App Engine, Google Gadget development (Gmail, GCal sidebar), Java and Python tools for data migration using GData APIs. Deployed gadgets using Google Feed Server Client tools. Current project involves integrating Saleforce Force.com applications with Google Calendar.CLIENT: VMWare, Palo Alto, CASaleforce.com Application DevelopmentPerformed requirements, design and development of custom Force.com applications and SFA configuration modification. Technologies included VisualForce, SFA configuration (workflow, standard objects, layouts, etc.), custom object w/ unit tests and data loader to perform data migration. Project was to modify SFA and Partner Portal to better meet business requirements.CLIENT: Abbott Labs, Abbott Park, ILEnterprise Google Apps Application DevelopmentAbbott Labs required several new applications to be developed and deployed in order to meet business and legal requirements for the implementation of Google Apps.Provided independent consulting to deliver full development life-cycle of the following applications:CLIENT: Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CASalesforce SFA Customization.The project was to develop customizations of Salesforce.com to support new EMEA requirements. All work performed involved customizations to SFDC using APEX, S-Controls, Triggers, and using the standard customization functionality. Responsibilities also included creating a functional specification and weekly status reports. Show less

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  Lacoda Technologies

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2018

  Founder, CEO

  CLIENT: William Jessup University (July 2016 - Dec 2018)Sr. Software EngineerProvide development and support of various custom software applications. Regularly perform systems analysis to discover technical design and requirements from legacy systems. Developed new prospect application for admissions. Troubleshoot and fix legacy integration scripts between third-party systems and student information system. CLIENT: GPM Incorporated, Santa Paula CA (Nov 2011 – June 2016)Lead Cloud Developer – GPM Cloud ApplicationDesigned and developed a cloud application that replaced Excel spreadsheets. Lead developer managing several development resources over the complete development life-cycle. The application is developed on Google App Engine (Java) and Google Cloud SQL (MySQL). Created ER data models, developed data layer using JPA. Designed and developed all user interfaces using HTML5, CSS, Javascript (Ajax/JQuery/AngularJS). Work with customer to perform continued requirements analysis. Performed project management duties including conducted daily scrum meetings to track progress and issues.CLIENT: Boost eLearning, Seattle WA (Feb 2011 – Apr 2013, Nov 2015)Lead Product Developer – Google Apps Training ProductPhase one included migrating the existing product to Google App Engine (Java) and integrating with the Google Apps Marketplace. The product is a multi-tenant application that requires extensive security, performance and data resource management. Responsibilities included all application design and development. Proposed, design and developed the complete re-architected application to move video content to Google Cloud Storage. Provide maintenance and development support. Managed all phases of development and work closely with client, Google and product customers. Show less

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  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

  Jun 2016 - May 2019

  Lead Software Engineer

  As a Lead Software Engineer in the eCommerce organization my responsibilities include:- Provide technical leadership to scrum teams by conducting and participating in design sessions.- Work with other engineering teams and architects to identify technical requirements, including creating design documentation.- Conduct and assist in technical analysis and design activities for various sprint development tasks.- Ensure code quality standards are followed. As needed modify, create or develop new standards and procedures to improve overall code quality and compliance.- Regularly develop and maintain automation tests using JUnit (Java) and Selenium (Web/Java).- Participate as full-stack engineer of a Scrum team, including attending and contributing to regular stand-up, team demos, retrospectives and planning meetings.- Lead and encourage self-organizing efforts among scrum team members.- Assist Product Managers in designing and defining new product features.- Perform peer and cross-team code reviews for both front-end and back-end development.- Write code for front-end development using, HTML5, Freemarker, Dojo, Javascript/ES6, CSS/Sass, NPM, webpack, eslint, Mocha/Chai.- Design and develop front-end Web Components for reuse across various web pages.- Write code for back-end development using, Java8, Spring, JUnit, OracleDB (SQL) and Cassandra (NoSQL).- Write code to develop SOAP/REST web services using Spring, JAX-WS, JAXB.- Perform various deployment activities including code merges, creating/reviewing/approving pull requests, monitoring, maintain and troubleshoot various development and testing environments.- Assist and train developers across various disciplines.- Willingness to take on any less desirable development task.- Encourage and enable others to take on new and challenging work.- Participate in various technical communities designed for knowledge sharing and education. Show less

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  Woolpert

  May 2019 - Oct 2022

  Responsible for setting overall strategic and operational goals for Woolpert Digital Innovation (WDI) professional services, focused on helping clients develop and implement digital transformation initiatives on the Google Cloud.Responsible for growth and development of an emerging cloud professional services team.Provide leadership to a delivery team of cloud architects and engineers throughout customer/project engagement lifecycle.Technical lead with hands-on development of technical solutions and projects. Hiring manager responsible for talent acquisition (recruit/retain), capacity planning and performance goal development and evaluations.Develop delivery partnerships with other Google Cloud partners to provide specialization and resource capacity.Design, develop, go-to-market and deliver new services offerings according to customer needs. Show less Sales engineer responsible for starting and growing Google Cloud practice. Work closely with the Director of Sales, Director of Innovation and executive management to develop strategic plan and sales strategy.Provide technical leadership working with customers to develop cloud architecture solutions, and statements of work.Primary technology resource and support engineer for Google Workspace customers.Hands on technical leadership for the Innovation department product development team. Includes acting as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Product Engineer.Product and consulting development using the Google Cloud Platform, Python, NodeJS, G Suite Platform, Google Apps Script, and various Google APIs.Work closely with Site Reliability Engineers to develop CI/CD pipelines and best practices, e.g. branching strategies, test automation, and static code analysis.Establish and document department best practices for product development and sales engineering activities.Earned Google Professional Collaboration Engineer and Professional Cloud Architect certifications. Show less

  • Director of Professional Services

    Jan 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Customer Engineer - Google Cloud

    May 2019 - Jan 2021
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  Woolpert Digital Innovations

  Oct 2022 - Jan 2023

  Director of Digital Strategy
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  Lacoda Labs, Inc.

  Jan 2023 - now

  CEO / Founder (Start-up)

  Mobile App DeveloperCurrently building a Web3 Democracy mobile application (iOS,Android) using Flutter/Dart/Riverpod, FirebaseAuth, Firestore, AppCheck, Messaging, Dynamic Links, Firebase Hosting, GCP IdentityWeb3 Blockchain DeveloperProviding the decentralized datastore for anonymized citizen voting results on the Solana network using Rust/Anchor. Chief Technology OfficerProduct and Technology LeadershipResponsible for product discovery, roadmap and technology architecture, design and development.Product technical leadership and oversight of all software development activities including talent acquisition, managing vendors, offshore development.Conduct product discovery and work with various stakeholders and C-level leadership to define product roadmap and backlog.Cloud Solutions ArchitectHands on leadership and development of software product development of cloud native solutions.Architect, design and develop native cloud solutions for various client projects on Google Cloud.Write code (Python, Javascript/NodeJS, Apex) in a team environment (Visual Studio Code, Git)Responsible for implementing devops (CI/CD) for release management, Git flow, and IaC using Terraform.Solutions architecture on Google Cloud Platform using Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Docker, Python, NodeJS; Firebase, Firestore, MongoDB AtlasAgile/Scrum methodology using Atlassian/Jira, Google WorkspaceCreate UI/UX designs using Figma for mobile and web applications Show less