Carl J Koepke
Professional Summary
Proven team leader and engineer developing Enterprise Level Web Scale applications using AWS, Docker, PHP, Mysql and Go. Currently responsible for maintaining, optimizing and upgrading the operating environment of the Replacement Parts Pros software platform used by over 2300 home improvement retail locations across North America. Recent achievements include migrating the platform to Amazon Web Services™. Experienced and proficient at writing fast, readable and maintainable code in PHP, Go and Javascript using vim.
Recent Software Projects
- Created cloud based and scalable interactive Japanese learning game sumocard.io.
- Designed and wrote backend systems for the creative charity space Words for Charity which allows authors to publish their works to promote charitable causes.
- Helped design, create and update the Replacement Parts Pros System.
Professional and Technical Skills
- Designing code and documentation that prioritizes human readability.
- Expertise with Continuous Integration Agile Development cycles.
- Source Control Management using git.
- Operational proficiency with the LAMP & LNMP stack running on Docker or only Linux.
- Creating robust, secure, web scale software applications using PHP, Go, MYSQL and Nginx.
- Skilled in common cloud based technologies on the Amazon and Google Cloud platforms.
- Communicating new and emerging technologies to relevant stakeholders.
Work Experience
| Ready Set Sales, LLC |
Lead Operations Engineer |
2011 - Present |
- Migrated complete software platform from hosting center to Amazon Web Services.
- Develop and implement procedures using git and docker to streamline server scaling and deployment.
- Monitor, maintain and enhance production services on AWS infrastructure.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to identify goals and design software changes to implement them.
- Perform weekly security audits using OpenVAS to identify and patch security vulnerabilities.
- Design and implement patches to mitigate application security vulnerabilities.
| The Ready Set Companies |
Technology Director |
2007 - 2011 |
- Designed and created Product Content Validation System which managed inventory and provided an REST API for disclosing product information to customers and vendors.
- Oversaw developer operations and production platform migration from self hosted facility to hosting center.
- Arbitrated expectations of stakeholders and set and reviewed project deadlines.
- Created PCI compliant code review process.
- Designed and implemented package to manage product information and digital assets.
| Ready Set Service, LLC |
Techincal Project Manager |
2004 - 2007 |
- Developed Replacement Parts Management tool used by all employees.
- Created and updated corporate intranet system.
- Created a custom e-mail indexing system which provided access to thousands of e-mails archived for legal and operational reasons.
- Leveraged technology to help grow company to $40 million in revenue and over 1000 employees.
| The Rubicon Group, Ltd |
Programmer / Analyst |
2002 - 2004 |
- Transformed Green Screen COBOL Inventory Management System to a web based application using PERL, PHP and COBOL.
- Integrated Vertex Tax Software with Inventory Management System.
- Helped design Linux Kernel module to allow older legacy software to run on modern systems.
Education
| Lewis University, Romeoville, IL |
B.S. Computer Science |
1998-2002 |
- Presented Original Research Findings on Modern Web Programming Practices using PERL.
- Conducted mentored research on 6502 emulation.
- Conducted mentored research on gaming theory.