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    "name": "Nathan Harris",
    "label": "Full-Stack Software Engineer and Consultant | Professional Scrum Master",
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    "email": "[email protected]",
    "url": "https://nateharr.is",
    "summary": "Excited to take head-on the fast-paced, high-stakes world of software development.\nRetired journalist.",
    "location": {
      "countryCode": "US",
      "address": "Denver, Colorado"
    },
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        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "nwithan8",
        "url": "https://github.com/nwithan8"
      },
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        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "nwithan8",
        "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/nwithan8/"
      }
    ]
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  "work": [
    {
      "name": "EasyPost",
      "location": "Denver, CO",
      "url": "https://easypost.com",
      "position": "Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2021-11-30",
      "endDate": "2025-01-08",
      "summary": "Developed internal and external systems and utilities to improve the end-user B2B and B2C shipping experience.",
      "highlights": [
        "Revitalized and redesigned EasyPost's open-source API client libraries (C#, Java, Python, Node.JS, Ruby, Golang, PHP), which handle 85% of EasyPost's API traffic, to ensure thread safety and improve performance and usability",
        "Built CI/CD pipeline for EasyPost's open-source libraries (GitHub Actions), including automated testing and package compilation and deployment",
        "Migrated multiple internal services from monolithic to microservices architecture, improving scalability and reliability while reducing CI/CD pipeline complexity by 75%",
        "Led design and development of open-source HTTP VCR utility for Java and .NET (EasyVCR) used in automated test suites",
        "Introduced Carrier Metadata microservice for EasyPost's shipping API, consolidating real-time, machine-queryable carrier information and service availability",
        "Spear-headed migration of EasyPost's API documentation to a new standalone platform and redesigned the documentation to be more mobile-user-friendly and accessible",
        "Integrated acquired company's claims submission and tracking portal into EasyPost's insurance provider ecosystem",
        "Established company-wide coding standards and best practices for various languages"
      ]
    },
    {
      "position": "Freelance Software Developer and Consultant",
      "startDate": "2020-06-20",
      "highlights": [
          "FusionAuth - .NET software consultant on the FusionAuth .NET SDK, providing guidance and development on the SDK's design and implementation.",
          "Montjoy - Product consultant and freelance app developer for early-stage startup providing paid, private livestream platform for remote, geolocation-based tours and communication.",
          "Aidly IT - General consultant and Level 2 Support for cloud systems and boutique software solutions for small-business and non-profit IT consulting firm"
        ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Technically Speaking Podcast",
      "url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5CNi1AtKaLN9RaD4KMHMnt?si=2925fc6e940541fb",
      "position": "Podcast Host",
      "startDate": "2016-09-30",
      "summary": "Host of the \"Technically Speaking\" podcast and weekly \"Tech Chat\" on YouTube, discussing and dissecting the latest technology news.",
      "highlights": [
        "Interview with Andrew Freed (Master Inventor, IBM) on the future virtual assistants and chatbots (2021)",
        "Interview with Mohamed Elgendy (CEO, Kolena) on the world of deep learning and computer vision systems (2019)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/nwithan8",
      "position": "Open Source Developer",
      "startDate": "2018-08-31",
      "summary": "Producing and contributing to a number of free and open-source projects, including testing utilities, interactive social media bots, Python API client libraries and various self-hostable applications.",
      "highlights": [
        "EasyVCR - An open-source Java and .NET utility for recording and replaying HTTP requests in automated test suites",
        "Tauticord - A self-hostable Discord bot for viewing and managing Plex Media Server streams via the Tautulli companion monitoring software",
        "Pytulli - The de-facto, feature-complete Python API client for Tautulli",
        "Home Assistant - Contributed integration extensions, Docker application add-ons, importable automation blueprints, and documentation improvements",
        "Unraid - One of the leading contributors to the Unraid community applications store, porting Docker applications to easy-to-install templates, significantly increasing each application's potential user base"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Force 5 Inc.",
      "location": "Miami, FL",
      "url": "https://force5.com",
      "position": "Software Developer Analyst",
      "startDate": "2020-06-30",
      "endDate": "2021-11-30",
      "summary": "Developer on a suite of on-site visitor management system applications for NERC CIP compliance for energy corporation clients.",
      "highlights": [
        "Head developer of cross-platform (Xamarin.Forms) mobile app for visitor check-in and check-out",
        "Implemented various new features and services, including facial-recognition- and QR-code-based identification methods and fuzzy-match-powered watchlist enforcement",
        "Maintained remote-site database syncing mechanisms through locked-down, air-gapped networks",
        "Orchestrated restructure of backend API and reduction of technical debt",
        "Served as go-to source for internal devops, including task-tracking automation and CI/CD pipelines",
        "Acted as liaison between development team and end users regarding NERC CIP compliance instruments for energy corporation clients"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Fulton County Government - IT Department",
      "location": "Atlanta, GA",
      "url": "https://fultoncountyga.gov",
      "position": "Digital Business Transformation Intern",
      "startDate": "2019-10-31",
      "endDate": "2020-06-30",
      "summary": "Intern in the Center of Excellence, heading and assisting various technology projects and meta-program management.",
      "highlights": [
        "Developed and implemented a Qualtrics API library in Python for use in in-house automation scripts for survey creation, management and response processing",
        "Curated data collection (MS SQL) and conducted analysis (Tableau) on current and former interns, capstone students and grant workers to assess Center of Excellence KPIs",
        "Served as project manager on various new technology implementation projects, including collaborative departmental iPads and customer service survey kiosks across various county facilities"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Gannett | USA Today Network",
      "location": "Zanesville, OH",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gannett/",
      "position": "Community Reporter",
      "startDate": "2018-07-31",
      "endDate": "2019-03-31",
      "summary": "Community reporter, covering local city and county government, school and community boards and crime.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "CNN",
      "location": "Atlanta, GA",
      "url": "https://cnn.com",
      "position": "TV Apps Intern",
      "startDate": "2018-06-30",
      "endDate": "2018-07-31",
      "summary": "Worked with the TV Apps development team to produce the CNNgo on-demand and live-streaming television application.",
      "highlights": [
        "Debugged and QA-tested CNNgo app on various platforms, including Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Samsung Smart TV",
        "Facilitated communication between development team and end-user feedback and bug reports",
        "Assisted in early-stage design phase of MVP for new CNNgo app"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "The Red & Black",
      "location": "Athens, GA",
      "url": "https://redandblack.com",
      "position": "News Writer",
      "startDate": "2014-09-30",
      "endDate": "2018-05-31",
      "summary": "Attend weekly meetings. Take responsibility for researching and writing articles, getting in contact with sources, keep editors updated about progress. Articles due weekly.",
      "highlights": [
        "Served as lead news desk editor in Fall 2016",
        "Served as city news desk editor in Spring 2016",
        "Served as lead investigative reporter in Spring 2018",
        "Served as senior city correspondent in Fall 2015"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Georgia News Lab",
      "location": "Atlanta, GA",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgia-news-lab/",
      "position": "Investigative Reporter",
      "startDate": "2017-08-31",
      "endDate": "2018-05-31",
      "summary": "Chosen for select group of Georgia journalism students to learn investigative journalism hands-on, producing work for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV.\nSolo project: Investigation in Atlanta mayoral candidate Ceasar Mitchell.\nGroup project: Investigation into a decade of deaths in local Georgia jails.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Atlanta Journal-Constitution",
      "location": "Athens, GA",
      "url": "https://ajc.com",
      "position": "Freelance Reporter",
      "startDate": "2017-12-31",
      "endDate": "2018-01-31",
      "summary": "Cover Athens and University of Georgia-related news remotely, including UGA's 2017 football season and post-season.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Flagpole Magazine",
      "location": "Athens, GA",
      "url": "https://flagpole.com",
      "position": "News Reporter",
      "startDate": "2017-08-31",
      "endDate": "2017-12-31",
      "summary": "Covered politics and Athens area matters and events, including the House District 119 special election, campus carry at the University of Georgia and discrimination in downtown Athens.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Atlanta Journal-Constitution",
      "location": "Atlanta, GA",
      "url": "https://ajc.com",
      "position": "Henry County News Reporter",
      "startDate": "2017-06-30",
      "endDate": "2017-08-31",
      "summary": "Served as Henry County beat reporter, covering county and city board meetings, a school board superintendent controversy and Confederate pride, as well as infant mortality in swimming pools and the new campus carry law, among others.",
      "highlights": []
    }
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  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Georgia State University",
      "area": "Computer Science",
      "studyType": "Bachelor of Science",
      "startDate": "2019-12-31",
      "endDate": "2020-12-31",
      "score": "3.8 GPA",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia",
      "area": "Journalism",
      "studyType": "Bachelor of Arts (A.B.J)",
      "startDate": "2016-12-31",
      "endDate": "2018-12-31",
      "score": "",
      "courses": [
        "Photojournalism",
        "Video Journalism",
        "Multiplatform Reporting",
        "Investigative Reporting",
        "New Media Production"
      ]
    },
    {
      "institution": "The University of Georgia",
      "area": "Minor in Computer Science, New Media Certificate",
      "startDate": "2014-12-31",
      "endDate": "2018-12-31",
      "score": "3.76 GPA",
      "courses": []
    }
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    {
      "title": "Best Administration Reporter in the South - Second Place",
      "date": "2016-05-31",
      "awarder": "Society of Professional Journalists",
      "summary": "Received the award from the 66th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards for coverage of the administration at the University of Georgia during my time at The Red & Black."
    }
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    {
      "name": "Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)",
      "issuer": "Scrum.org",
      "startDate": "2021-06-30",
      "url": "https://www.scrum.org/certificates/676174"
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  "publications": [
    {
      "name": "Journalism Portfolio",
      "publisher": "Self",
      "summary": "",
      "url": "https://nwithan8.contently.com/"
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    {
      "name": "Programming Languages",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Java",
        ".NET",
        "C#",
        "Python",
        "Node.js",
        "Javascript",
        "HTML",
        "CSS",
        "Ruby",
        "PHP",
        "Golang",
        "Dart",
        "Flutter",
        "Groovy",
        "Grails",
        "Scala",
        "SQL"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Software Development",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Version Control Systems",
        "Git",
        "REST API design",
        "Microservices",
        "Database",
        "ORM",
        "MySQL",
        "SQLite",
        "Postgres",
        "JetBrains",
        "IntelliJ",
        "PyCharm",
        "RubyMine",
        "WebStorm",
        "Rider",
        "GoLand",
        "PhpStorm",
        "VS Code",
        "Visual Studio",
        "User Experience",
        "Open Source Software",
        "GitHub",
        "Gitea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Automation",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Scripting",
        "Python",
        "Selenium",
        "Playwright",
        "Jenkins",
        "CI/CD"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "System Administration",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Linux",
        "Unraid",
        "Docker",
        "Docker Compose",
        "Portainer",
        "Kubernetes",
        "Self-Hosting",
        "Homelab",
        "Deployment",
        "Scaling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Developer Experience",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Documentation",
        "Code Snippets",
        "Examples",
        "Guides",
        "SDKs",
        "Tutorials"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Communication",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Public Speaking",
        "Writing",
        "Creative Writing",
        "Podcasting",
        "YouTube"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Journalism",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Gannett Co. Inc.",
        "USA Today Network",
        "CNN",
        "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution",
        "The Zanesville Times Recorder",
        "The Red & Black Publishing Co.",
        "Flagpole Magazine",
        "Fact-checking",
        "Research",
        "Editing",
        "Breaking News",
        "AP Style",
        "Copy Editing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Operating Systems",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Windows",
        "Mac OS",
        "Linux",
        "Ubuntu",
        "Unraid",
        "ProxMox",
        "Docker",
        "Hypervisor",
        "Virtualization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Microsoft Office",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Word",
        "Excel",
        "PowerPoint",
        "Outlook",
        "Access"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Artificial Intelligence",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": [
        "Machine Learning",
        "TensorFlow",
        "PyTorch",
        "OpenCV",
        "Natural Language Processing",
        "NLTK",
        "OpenAI",
        "Llama",
        "Qwen",
        "Ollama",
        "GitHub Copilot"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Project Management",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": [
        "Agile",
        "Scrum",
        "Phabricator",
        "YouTrack"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Data Analysis",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": [
        "SQL",
        "SQLite",
        "MySQL",
        "MS SQL Server",
        "Tableau",
        "Socrata"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Web Development",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": [
        "React",
        "Bootstrap",
        "Material Design",
        "CSS",
        "HTML",
        "Javascript",
        "jQuery",
        "UX/UI"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Network Engineering",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": [
        "Unifi",
        "pfSense",
        "Ubiquiti",
        "Firewall",
        "VLANs",
        "Ad-Blocking",
        "DNS",
        "DHCP",
        "WireGuard",
        "OpenVPN",
        "VPN",
        "Access Point"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Native Speaker"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [],
  "references": [],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Open-Source Development",
      "startDate": "2018-07-31",
      "summary": "Freelance and free-time open-source developer (primarily Python), producing a number of API wrapper libraries, automation scripts and self-hosted social media bots.",
      "url": "https://github.com/nwithan8"
    },
    {
      "name": "College At All Costs",
      "startDate": "2017-08-31",
      "summary": "A website built from the ground up to host a special investigation project into the cost of higher education in the state of Georgia.\n\nI led the team in developing and coding the website, with a specific focus on Javascript functionality.",
      "url": "https://www.collegeatallcosts.com/index.html",
      "endDate": "2017-12-31"
    },
    {
      "name": "Proposed Georgia Campus Carry Legislation",
      "startDate": "2016-01-31",
      "summary": "Georgia General Assembly proposed HB 859 to allow concealed carry on college campuses. Bill had large disapproval and protests. Main article in multi-piece coverage of protests, legislation updates, and student body surveying.",
      "url": "https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/gov-deal-to-decide-on-campus-carry-proposal/article_4c601c50-ebd7-11e5-b0a9-cfb8ba29864f.html",
      "endDate": "2016-05-31"
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