Independent Contractor
2016 - PRESENTPrentke Romich Company- Helped PRC's engineering department modernize their flagship AAC software suite.
- Re-developed product features in Python originally written in C/C++.
- Provided support for multiple platforms, including Windows and Android.
- Wrote and submitted numerous design proposals to be approved by PRC prior to development.
- Worked closely with the PRC software team to integrate new features.
- Designed and developed several highly complex features, including a word/spelling prediction algorithm and a content translation utility.
- Wrote extensive unit testing and documentation for each module submitted.
Technologies: Python, DjangoIndependent Contractor
2014 - 2014Texas A&M- Worked closely with the researchers at Blackland Research and Extension Center to produce a practical and scientifically accurate tool to delineate watersheds.
- Learned how to read topographical GIS data as input and output vector graphs and images representative of the stream network existing within the local area.
- Wrote complete documentation of the tool and the underlying API. Published the documentation in both PDF and HTML format.
- Developed a robust error catching library to handle troublesome input data.
- Wrote extensive unit tests.
Technologies: PythonIndependent Contractor
2013 - 2014Prentke Romich Company- Developed a custom web application that analyzes and graphs the speech patterns of PRC's clientele (https://realizelanguage.com/info/).
- Gained experience with the development, testing, and release process of a for-profit web application.
- Learned and mastered the Yii PHP web framework.
- Leveraged many languages, libraries, and technologies to provide a robust final product.
- Integrated multiple back-end and front-end processes to produce a seamless, feature-filled user experience.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Python, HTML, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSSSoftware Engineer
2011 - 2012Prentke Romich Company- Developed and supported the company's flagship AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) software suite, written in C/C++.
- Developed and supported "eye tracking" technology capable of tracking what/where a user's eyes are looking at on a tablet screen.
- Investigated and explored the latest offerings in cutting edge software technology and how it might be leveraged in the company's future products.
- Pioneered a first-pass prototype of (what would become) the company's next generation of software.
- Authored and maintained numerous functional and technical specification.
Technologies: C++, Python, SQLResearch Assistent
2011 - 2011NASA Goddard Space Flight Center- Developed an open-source optic modeling tool written in Python: github.com/foxsi/foxsi-optics-sim.
- Created a model of an X-ray grazing optic module (the FOXSI telescope) that simulates how rays enter and leave the module.
- Made extensive use of Numpy/SciPy science packages.
- Made extensive use of mathematical and scientific computing background.
- Included complete documentation of code and background science.
Technologies: PythonResearch Assistent
2010 - 2010Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company- Researched how artificial neural networks might be best used to predict certain physical properties in tires given different rubber formulations.
- Produced a MATLAB-powered tool capable of performing the property prediction, which Goodyear later incorporated into its rubber simulations.
- Gained extensive experience with MATLAB and general model building strategies.
- Gave multiple presentations and demos of the tool.
- Wrote a complete report on project and its results for Goodyear's internal use.
Technologies: MATLAB
Robert Taylor
Software Developer in Wooster, OH, United States
Member since December 20, 2015
Robert is a freelance software engineer (full-stack) specializing in Python, Django, SQL, and Linux, with nine years of programming experience. He offers a wide array of programming and consulting services to those with technical research or business needs, and he particularly enjoys projects with a strong scientific spin.
Robert is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Prentke Romich CompanyPython, Django
- Texas A&MPython
- Prentke Romich CompanyPHP, MySQL, Python, HTML, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSS
Experience
- Linux, 8 years
- Git, 7 years
- MySQL, 7 years
- HTML, 7 years
- Python, 5 years
- jQuery, 4 years
- Django, 3 years
- CoffeeScript, 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu)
The most amazing...
...web application I've developed is a multi-widget dashboard providing extensive data analysis and visualization of users' daily word usage and verbal patterns.
Employment
Experience
- Trip Manager (Web Application) (Development)
Follow the link to see a live demo of my final project submission for the Toptal interview process. The web application is built on a Python/Apache/MySQL/Linux stack with front-end support written in HTML/CoffeeScript/SASS.
Features:
* Django-powered back-end
* Registration/Login/User Permissions
* AJAX-powered forms and tables
* Advanced data search and filtering
* RESTful API - PyLBFGS (Development)https://bitbucket.org/rtaylor/pylbfgs
PyLBFGS is a Python 3 wrapper of the libLBFGS library -- a C port (written by Naoaki Okazaki) of the Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS) algorithm (written in Fortran by Jorge Nocedal).
Skills
Languages
Markdown, Sass, Python, CoffeeScript, C, PHP, SQL, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, C++, JavaFrameworks
Django, Django REST Framework, Yii 2, OAuth 2, QtTools
Git, Terminal, Sublime Text, Gimp, LaTeX, Apache, MATLAB, Adobe PhotoshopPlatforms
Linux, Windows, MacOSStorage
SQLite, MySQLLibraries/APIs
Pandas, Google Ads API, NumPy, SciPy, jQuery UI, jQuery, Google API, Facebook API, OpenGLOther
Cython
Education
- Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics2015 - 2016University of Washington - Seattle, WA, USA
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics/Computer Science2007 - 2011The College of Wooster - Wooster, Ohio, USA
