Ryan Strong

314-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/RyanStrongSTL adz4nm@r.postjobfree.com

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER CAPM

Passion for solving problems. Proven ability to collaborate with colleagues to reach company goals. Expert at documenting processes and procedures. Capable of keeping projects on task to meet deadlines. Able to deliver information effectively to improve understanding. Possess an unwavering aptitude in learning quickly and have a fearlessness for tackling new and challenging items.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Documentation

Processes and procedures

Dashboards

Scheduling

Planning

User stories

Test cases

Programming

Communications

Data collection

Demonstrations

Customer service

EXPERIENCE

MASTERCARD – O'Fallon, MO 2020 - 2023

Software Engineer

Worked on projects that supported processing of billions of transactions daily and worked to create a spring framework-based microservice that uses AI-generated metrics to notify customers of possible fraud. Used Java with IntelliJ, Springboot, Hibernate, Kafka and Oracle SQL to refactor legacy code, stream and store data. Communicated with stakeholders to understand their requirements and how to fill those needs. Maintained transaction processing and notification management functionality. Created and scheduled jobs with Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Jenkins. Created dashboards and alerts in Splunk for internal clients.

Helped build a processing environment for the $883B India market within 6 months, which when implemented, allowed Mastercard to operate in the country. Process was documented in Confluence to provide a foundation for implementation in other regions.

Consistently documented processes, which provided a roadmap and enabled the team to trace bugs.

PDI TECHNOLOGIES – St. Louis, MO 2018 - 2019

Software Developer

Maintained Ascend software, a petroleum industry ERP that tracks freight and accounting. Planned order of operations, completed user stories and tested the results with the Quality Assurance Department. Used Delphi 7 and Microsoft SQL server to maintain the software and store data.

Developed additional features to tracking software, which created more billing options.

Wrote test cases, documented with steps to reproduce results.

LAUNCHCODE – St. Louis, MO 2017 - 2017

Teaching Fellow

As a graduate of LaunchCode, selected to lead a group of 8 students through the curricula of LC101, preparing them for careers. Checked operation of small programs, debugged Java, Python and HTML and helped clear any blockers encountered in developing their projects.

L. E. SAUER MACHINE COMPANY – St. Louis, MO 2015 - 2017

Machinist

Produced parts for box cutting and folding machinery. Set up and operated precision CNC and manual machining, edited G-Code programs at machines. Manufactured and inspected custom parts to within .0015 inch.

Chosen to learn new technology by training to operate a new CNC vertical lathe.

SURDEX CORPORATION – St. Louis, MO 2008 - 2011

Sensor Operator (Aerial photography)

Mapped the launch of Bing maps and inventory for USDA. Researched locations prior to event travel and negotiated accommodation costs. Used Microsoft Office programs to track data and trained others as needed. Troubleshot hardware issues with computer systems on the ground and in the air.

Managed data collected daily and documented location specifics, providing statistics on where and when the data was collected, ensuring accuracy of location.

KODAK – EVENT IMAGING SOLUTIONS – St. Louis, MO 2006 - 2008

Site Manager

Managed all operational functions, including supply inventory and ordering, tracking customer data, store opening and closing, counter and phone sales. Developed work schedules and trained employees in all areas of the business. Sold photographic services and photo product packages. Maintained and resolved hardware issues with printers, cameras, and networked computers.

Motivated team to engage more guests per month, which resulted in 20% bonuses for site employees.

Started as a photographer and was promoted to assistant manager within 6 months, then site manager.

Selected to work at multiple sites based on experience.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Kanban

Web & Application Frameworks/Technologies: Java, JDBC, J2EE design patterns, Spring, Git, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Synapse, Kafka, OAUTH, SQL, Angular, PCI (payment card industry) compliance

Software Tools: Jira, IntelliJ, Visio, TOAD, SQL Server Profiler, SQL Developer, SonarQube, Jenkins, RingCentral, MS Teams, Rally, Salesforce, Outlook, Skype, Zoom

Servers: Tomcat

Databases: MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle

Operating Systems: Windows, macOS, Unix

Cloud: PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry)

EDUCATION

CAPM – Project Management Institute, 2023

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography – University of Missouri-Saint Louis, 2000-2005

Computer Science Courses (Java, Spring, Hibernate, SQL, CSS, Python) – LaunchCode, 2016-2017

VOLUNTEER

Volunteer – Sister Christine’s Food Pantry, 2017-Present

Scout Leader; Committee Member (Inventory Troop Assets, Youth Mentor) – Scouts BSA, 2011-Present

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