Stephen Hale

Work Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  Phone2Action - Arlington, VA

  January 2018 Present

  Developed applications and campaigns to engage users through digital advocacy. Helped citizens have a voice by registering to vote and contacting their elected officials. Delivered over a quarter of annual messages sent to Congress from constituents.

  Major Contributions:
  • Created custom Webpack loader to share Laravel translation files with VueJS components
  • Developed a solution to improve security by scanning uploaded files for malicious content
  • Increased application performance to handle viral campaigns receiving thousands of requests per second
  • Mentored junior engineers in the fellowship program

• Senior Web Developer

  DNL OmniMedia - Poughkeepsie, NY

  March 2017 December 2017

  Developed solutions for non-profit organizations such as Save the Children, North Shore Animal League, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and more.

  Major Contributions:
  • Automated infrastructure deployment and updates with Terraform
  • Developed application to facilitate communication between Luminate and Blackbaud CRM platforms
  • Created custom VueJS components for multiple fundraising campaigns
  • Implemented continuous integration workflow using Bitbucket Pipelines

• Lead Architect

  Results Driven Business - Seminole, FL

  January 2016 February 2017

  Developed multi-tenant, multilingual content aggregation platform for ingestion of ePub and PDF documents. Led infrastructure and application architecture for startup.

  Major Contributions:
  • Created prototype that secured initial project funding
  • Engineered and managed clustered server environment, continuous integration, as well as integration of AWS and Google products
  • Developed custom VueJS components for platform management
  • Integrated Elasticsearch search engine for full-text searching of eBook content and metadata
  • Reverse-engineered other libraries to create custom solution for creating, storing and displaying user annotations in content

• Principal Web Developer

  Credo Reference - Boston, MA

  December 2011 December 2015

  Overall responsibilities included player/coach role leading front-end team in the development of custom applications in PHP and worked in-depth with multiple APIs such as Salesforce, Google Data and in-house RESTful API.

  Major Contributions:
  • Credo won SIIA CODiE “Best in Class” awards for two platforms I led development on
  • 2012 new business revenue increased 51% year over year based on new platforms built and launched
  • Led development for 4 new products released inside of 18 months
  • First multi-constituent, 5 year, state-wide contracts in Credo history
  • Successfully launched new product line (Literati) in 7 months, from inception to generally available

• Lead Product Developer

  General Electric / Gensuite LLC - Cincinnati, OH

  July 2008 December 2011

  Worked with a global team to develop and support environmental health and safety applications for General Electric. Built new applications and tools using ColdFusion 8, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the ExtJS JavaScript framework. Was lead developer for and built web 2.0 custom help portal and issue management system to assist customers.

• Application Developer

  Capital Fulfillment Group - Hingham, MA

  July 2005 March 2008

  Duties included application development, database administration, and providing staff members with tech support. Used Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and OS X for development in Cold Fusion MX with Microsoft SQL Server. Worked extensively with AJAX and advanced javascript to create and support numerous web applications. Administrated SQL Server 2005 and created SSIS packages. Followed deadlines set by staff. Assisted in application development for various clients.

• IT Intern

  Massachusetts Biotechnology Council - Cambridge, MA

  March 2005 July 2005

  Duties included website maintenance, database administration, and application development. Used Mac OSX for development in PHP using MySQL. Responsible for providing technical support to staff members. Followed deadlines set by staff. Advised on current and future IT projects.