Software Developer Professional Experience

TRAVIS J. EKMARK

**** *********** **. ac2a40@r.postjobfree.com

Grapevine, Texas 76051 www.github.com/tekmark1

Cell: 214-***-**** www.linkedin.com/tekmark1-developer

OBJECTIVE

●I am dedicated to improving both myself and my colleagues by accepting and overcoming challenges that at the end of the day improve our stature as a team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Development:

●Bond, Inc., June 2017 – September 2017

Roles:

■Developed API software using Node.js and Hapi.js

■Created test code for API services using Lab (Hapi.js)

■Wrote user-case API documentation

■Developed iOS software for the Bond iPhone app.

Teaching:

●Irving High School, December 2011 – Present

Leadership Roles:

■Social Studies Department Chair, 2014 – Present

■Curriculum Development, 2014 – Present

EDUCATION

●Front-end Nanodegree, December 2016

Udacity, Inc.

●Full-stack Nanodegree, March 2017

Udacity, Inc.

●iOS Nanodegree, July 2017

Udacity, Inc.

●Bachelor of Arts, History, May 2010

University of Dallas, Irving, Texas (GPA: 3.24)

●Master of Arts, History, In Pursuit

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (GPA: 3.72)

SKILLS

●Front-end

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Redux, Angular

●Back-end

Node.js, Hapi.js, Python, Paw

●Database

MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Google NDB

●iOS

Swift, XCode, Charles Proxy

●Workplace Environment

Agile Environment, Git, Object-oriented Programming

COVER LETTER

To whom it may concern:

My name is Travis Ekmark. I am currently the AP US History teacher, social studies department chairperson, and history curriculum writer at Irving High School. I began teaching when I was twenty-two, and by the time I was twenty-four my skill and drive led to my placement as the leader of a department of twenty teachers and the creator of curriculum followed by every US History teacher in my district. While these accomplishments speak to my self-driven nature and ability to lead, they also serve as testament to the limitations of the teaching profession. At the age of twenty-four I had reached the pinnacle of my profession.

I was introduced to web-development by a friend when I was twenty-seven, and after taking my first online course through a platform titled Udacity, I became hooked. I was enamored by the concept: provide solutions and tangible results for complex ideas. As equally alluring was the idea that there was a community of professionals who had so much to offer to my growth in this profession, and that this community was only a click away.

After two years of late-night/early-morning study, practice, and development I officially entered into software development as a professional. My first experience in the profession was as a software developer for a company titled Bond, Inc, based out of New York City. I entered as a relative novice in back-end development, but with a little more experience with iOS development. My back-end role transitioned from writing API documentation and test code to writing new endpoints in Node.js and the Hapi.js framework for their custom-made API. Halfway through my contract with the company they asked me to begin developing front-end architecture for the Bond iOS app. During my last few weeks with Bond, Inc. I was writing front-end code using Swift and updating or creating new endpoints on the back-end to increase the capacity of our app. Just prior to my contract’s termination date, Bond, Inc. and I entered into discussions for remote-based employment on a full-time schedule--these discussions ended due to financial restraints of the company and the decision to make the current state of the app it’s “final” state.

For as long as I can remember I have taken on two or three roles simultaneously in an effort to improve upon my passions as a software developer and provide direction for the youth of my community--all while dedicating myself to the prosperity and well-being of my family. While my endeavors in the aforementioned engagements have been rewarding on both a personal and professional level, I cannot help but wonder if my participation in several unrelated professions at once has enabled me to be merely good in several roles as opposed to being a master of my craft. I would love the opportunity to apply myself fully and unrelentlessly to a single craft; to both benefit from and be of benefit to a team whose members are as equally driven to improve; and to prove that I have what it takes to be an elite developer.

Very respectfully,

Travis Ekmark

Email: ac2a40@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 214-***-****

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