Patrick Nichols

Experience

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  Colorado School of Mines

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  Tutor

  Tutor for the Mines Introduction to Computer Science class. Helped students understand the basics of programming and computer science.

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  FullContact Inc.

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

  Software Design Intern

  At FullContact I investigated the accuracy of Haar Cascades and Histograms of Oriented Gradient as facial detection algorithms. I also added new ordering functionality to their photo deduplication service.

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  Colorado School of Mines

  Aug 2017 - May 2018

  With CS@Mines on Tour I went around to local middle school and high schools giving presentations to kids about careers in Computer Science, as well as lessons about basic Computer Science concepts. Developed a smartphone app to verify the user based on how the phone was picked up. (It didn't work)

  • CS@Mines On Tour Ambassador

    Aug 2017 - May 2018

  • Research Assistant

    Aug 2017 - May 2018
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  Epic

  Sept 2018 - Oct 2020

  Software Developer

  As a software developer on the Long Term Care app I was responsible for maintaining and updating the Scheduling and Billing functional areas. I developed several enhancements including a migration from our Visual Basic platform to a new Web browser platform.

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  Revolution Cycles

  Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

  General Manager

  Ordered products, scheduled staff, scheduled repairs, open and closed the shop and generally kept the place running

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  Chatham Financial

  Apr 2022 - now

  Leading the Strategic Insights squad. We create intuitive tools to display actionable data about debt and derivative portfolios Started on the Global Real Estate team delivering small but impactful "Tactical Enhancements" to existing functionality.Moved to the Capital Markets team where I updated an event driven system with several new enhancements. I maintained a database of pricing information, aggregated market data in a performance sensitive multi-threaded environment, and acted as a subject matter expert while developing diagnostic tools for our system.

  • Engineering Manager

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Full Stack Developer

    Apr 2022 - Oct 2024