Benjamin Press
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Technical Expertise
● Languages: HTML, Javascript, Java, Swift, Kotlin, C, C++, C#
● Databases: MySQL, Neo4j
● OS/Platforms: OSX, Windows, Linux, Node.js
● Organization and Documentation: Atlassian Suite
● Build Technologies: Ant, Grunt, Maven, Gradle
● Versioning: Git, SourceTree, Bitbucket, GitHub
● Frameworks/Libraries: Angular, Typescript, Ionic, Material, React, React Native, .Net
● IDE’s: Jetbrains, XCode, VS Code, Microsoft Visual Studio
● AI: Github CoPilot, MCP server with Atlassian integration Professional Experience
Openpath Products
https://www.openpathproducts.com/
Senior Software Engineer August 2020 - Present
Worked for OpenPath Products on various contracts for other companies developing web and mobile apps. Provided specialist expertise in Angular and web UI. Delivered multiple products in various languages to different customers. Projects included Swift, React Native and Hybrid Angular Ionic mobile apps, a financial retirement app using .Net 8 with Angular MFE, an Angular web app internal tool to train chat AI using DialogFlow, and a .Net and ASP data ingestion tool. Interfaced with customers on a regular basis in a professional and competent manner. Worked with customers to develop useful requirements and design documents to provide direction and cohesive aesthetic language. Designed the architecture for a distributed and multithreaded enterprise level data validation tool. Set timelines for project milestones and lead a team to meet them. Put together comprehensive bi-weekly reports for customers. Maintained confidentiality on multiple projects, as well as HIPAA compliance and PII protection. Served as the Angular tech lead for the company. Mentored multiple junior developers, resulting in them excelling. RevolutionEHR
https://www.revolutionehr.com/
Automated Testing Engineer August 2018 - March 2020 Ghost Inspector:
Worked with the RevolutionEHR (Electronic Health Record) QA team to convert their manual regression testing plans into repeatable, stable, automated tests using the Ghost Inspector web Benjamin Press
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tool. Originally contributed as developer consultant to QA, was moved fully onto the QA team in order to help coordinate the expansion of the testing effort. Served as an instructor for a multi-day class on the use of Ghost Inspector, to other members of the QA team. The class included a crash-course in both HTML and JavaScript, components the tool requires significant knowledge of, as well as some jQuery and CSS concepts. Spearheaded the Javascript instruction, and helped out team members that needed further instruction as the class progressed. Currently the sole and leading member of the Automated Testing team. Front-End Software Engineer May 2015 - August 2018 Development: Front-End
Worked as a front-end developer responsible for building and porting screens from Flash to HTML for an EHR web application. For a given screen or set of screens, coordinated with UI/UX and back-end teams to implement templates, and developed Angular services to connect endpoints in order to manage the screen data. Gained experience making multiple adjustments using AngularJS with Require, with Require and Typescript, and with Typescript alone. Developed a set of best practices for quickly implementing multiple changes that allowed for an efficient response to an evolving style guide. Handled sensitive Personally Identifiable Information
(PII), and maintained HIPAA compliance and site security. Factgem
Westminster, MD
Front-End Software Developer January 2014 - March 2015 Helped conceive and implement a tool for large scale data correlation using a graph-style database. Implemented front-end functionality to support fine-detail selection of data through demographics such as age ranges, locations, and other metrics. Created the first charted visualizations of the data using both D3.JS and the Google Charts API. In addition, used web-crawlers to source information to import into our database, mainly from public sources like Zillow.
Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
Front-End Software Intern June 2012 - August 2012
Interned for science communicator and astronomer Dr. Pamela Gay, developing code for the CosmoQuest application. CosmoQuest is a crowd-sourced science platform, where users are trained to detect cosmic entities (e.g. clockwise spiral galaxy, various sizes of nebulae) from photographs sourced from various telescopes, mainly Hubble, and are asked to report them. Developed primarily in Javascript, HTML, and PHP. Also did considerable work on the CSS for the site, ensuring clean lines and a professional look. Benjamin Press
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Education September 2009 - May 2012
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Electrical Engineering