- Co-founder, Software Engineer2014 - PRESENTTagalong Tour
- Won first place at Startup Weekend Pittsburgh in March 2014.
- Built a native iOS self-guided walking tour app in Objective-C.
- Built ASP.NET WebAPI back-end running on Azure that provides data to the iOS application.
- Built scalable analytics tracking and a dashboard based on Keen IO.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-C, C#, ASP.NET WebAPI, Azure - Co-founder, Software Engineer2013 - PRESENTgiftbug.co
- Assisted in design and user experience of the application.
- Architected a scalable web application built on Ruby on Rails, Postgres, and Heroku.
- Made strategic decisions on the direction of company.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Heroku - Co-owner, Software Engineer2013 - PRESENTTwo-Eyed Designs
- Provided top-notch consulting, development, and web design services to the client.
- Led a team of developers on a year-long rewrite of multiple large web applications for physical therapist licensing.
- Designed and developed a new WordPress website for the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.
- Wrote an item scheduling system for ATI Metals to track items through their new hot-rolling plant.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, WordPress, Ruby on Rails - Director of Software Engineering2013 - 2013CTR Systems
- Was responsible for the long-term direction of the product.
- Managed client projects, often on-site.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server - Software Development Manager2008 - 2013CTR Systems
- Managed a team of twelve software engineers, QA engineers, and business analysts.
- Led the design and development of an airport commercial vehicle tracking and revenue system.
- Managed the PA-DSS compliance process throughout the company.
- Learned and applied Scrum methodology across the company to improve engineering quality and communication.
- Developed a new parking cashier POS system.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server - Software Engineer2004 - 2008CTR Systems
- Developed a new ASP.NET web application for a parking garage management system.
- Developed a building access control system.
- Led the effort to establish standard development guidelines for the team.
- Led the initiative to use development best practices such as source control and bug tracking systems.
- Developed custom time management applications in C++/MFC.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, C++, SQL Server - Programmer Analyst1998 - 2002AIG
- Worked on a data warehousing project to store and analyze large amounts of mainframe data using Oracle.
- Developed a high-speed document scanning system to provide customers web access to their paperwork.
- Developed a workflow management system to increase the speed of communication and reduce errors among customer support personnel.
- Developed custom call center support software.
- Ported applications from mainframe COBOL to Visual Basic.
Technologies: Visual Basic, C++, COBOL, Classic ASP, Sybase, Oracle
Andy Miller
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Member since September 16, 2014
Andy is a Software Architect experienced in client-server and web based software design and development. He is particularly interested in working in a diverse team environment that values good testing practices, continuous delivery, and continual learning.
Andy is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Tagalong TouriOS, Objective-C, C#, ASP.NET WebAPI, Azure
- giftbug.coRuby on Rails, Postgres, Heroku
- Two-Eyed DesignsASP.NET, C#, WordPress, Ruby on Rails
Experience
- C, 19 years
- C#, 11 years
- ASP.NET, 8 years
- JavaScript, 7 years
- CSS, 7 years
- Test-driven Development (TDD), 4 years
- Ruby, 4 years
- Objective-C, 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Unix/Linux, Vim, Git, automated tests.
The most amazing...
...thing I've designed is a commercial vehicle(taxi, bus, etc) tracking and revenue system used in many US airports.
Employment
Experience
- Winner of Startup Weekend Pittsburgh, March 2014 (Other amazing things)http://tagalongtour.com/
A team of nine developers, designers, and marketing experts came together for over 54 hours to build a mobile app that offers self-guided walking tours around Pittsburgh. Since then, they've formed a company around the idea and are now in the App Store.
I developed the main tour list screen and API communication layer of the iOS application, as well as the analytics tracking and dashboard. - giftbug.co (Development)http://giftbug.co/
In 2013, my wife, Shannon, and I quit our jobs to create giftbug, a startup built around the idea that giving gifts should be fun and simple.
I built the application on Ruby on Rails, Postgres and Heroku.
Skills
- LanguagesCSS, HTML, JavaScript, C#, Ruby, Go, C++, Objective-C, C, Java, PHP, Visual Basic, Rust, Haskell
- FrameworksASP.NET MVC, Bootstrap, ASP.NET Web API, Sinatra, ASP.NET, Kendo UI, Ruby on Rails (RoR), ZURB Foundation, Ember.js
- Libraries/APIsInfragistics, jQuery
- ToolsVim Text Editor, Git, GitHub, TFS, Visual Studio, Subversion (SVN), Xcode
- PlatformsHeroku, iOS, Linux, Unix, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rackspace, Rackspace Cloud, WordPress, Oracle
- StorageMicrosoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL
- ParadigmsAgile Software Development, Test-driven Development (TDD), Scrum, Behavior-driven Development (BDD)
Education
- Course completion degree in Computer Science1998 - 2000University of Houston - Houston, TX
- Course completion degree in Computer Science1996 - 1997Allegheny College - Meadville, PA
