James Kessler

* Designed and implemented an enhanced user experience for the API fuzzer
* Worked with stakeholders on modernizing older code bases and choosing new technologies
* Added a Postman integration to the API fuzzer

* Re-platformed a web front end to modern technology

* Learned Rust, worked with TypeScript, React, Redux and Chakra

• Autostore Systems (after acquisition of Locai Solutions)
• Lead a team of 2-20 developers
• Reported to the VP of Engineering
• Improved best practices around event driven architectures, testing, event storming, domain modelling, build pipelines, and source control management
• Designed and built an MVP warehouse management system (WMS) that resulted in the acquisition of our startup after just 1 year
• Mentored developers on F#, Akka, CQS
• F#, C#, CQS, Akka.NET, docker, TypeScript, Javascript node.js, Postgres, msbuild, AWS, React, Redux, dotnet core

• Modernized and enhanced a pipeline volume accounting system with a user base of4000+
• Lead a team of 2-6 developers
• Made Build vs Buy, language and architecture decisions
• Mentored junior developers, 3 of which went on to lead their own projects
• Responsible for team's quality of delivery to client (code review, unit testing, design)
• Applied functional domain modelling
• Used Event Grid, Event Hub, Docker, Azure SQL, Function Apps, App
• Insights, and App Services
• C#, F#, Javascript, TypeScript, node.js, Sql Server, msbuild, Azure,react.js, knockout, docker, dotnet core

• Built M&A analysis tool for C-level management at Schlumberger
• Managed resources across multiple clients
• Wrote and submitted RFP proposals
• C#, Sql Server, Silverlight, WPF

• Built custom reports for clients against large Oracle databases using Crystal Reports and
• Tableau
• Created plugins for a production accounting system
• 1 year project - designed and built a subsea project costing system from scratch and delivered to the client
• 1 year project - created a distributed Offloading and Lifting solution to create Bill of
• Lading forms for oil tankers shipping oil out of African ports
• C#, Sql Server, Oracle, Java, Crystal Reports, Excel VBA, winforms, ASP.NET, Access VBA,
• Entity Framework