Tom Printy (@tprinty)
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Software Enginner/Software Development Tools Architect
Chicago IL
Empowering businesses to revolutionize their digital presence through custom software solutions.
About
Software professional with 23 years of professional experience. I have been involved in the design and implementation of Complex cellular phone systems Internet services, mobile iPhone applications, websites, web applications and micro-python applications running on single board computers like the Raspberry PI. I have been involved in the architecture and management of complex computer systems, consisting of many unique nodes with software like HA-Proxy, F5 load balancers, Ubuntu and Redhat Linux. The primary languages and tools that I specialize in are PHP, Python, Laravel, WordPress, Redhat, Ubuntu, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Linode, and other hosting services. Other specialities include software development and support.
Skills
PHP ⋅ Expert
WordPress ⋅ Expert
Python ⋅ Intermediate
Ubuntu ⋅ Expert
AWS ⋅ Intermediate
Google Cloud Platform ⋅ Intermediate
Gerrit ⋅ Expert
GIT ⋅ Advanced
Ansible ⋅ Intermediate
Jenkins ⋅ Beginner
Perl ⋅ Advanced
jQuery ⋅ Beginner
Laravel ⋅ Intermediate
Projects
Experience
Information Technology Support Engineer
Enterprise Solutions Inc. enterprisesolutioninc.com
Jan 2015 to Present ⋅ Lincolnshire IL
Supported various software development activities located within Zebra Technologies including Gerrit, Subversion, Ubuntu and RedHat.
- 2020: Became part of the Software Engineering and Tools Team to create solutions used for all of Zebra (Pan-Zebra). Currently serving as the Subject Matter Expert for the Version Control Work stream to facilitate the selection of and implementation of the VCS tools that Zebra will use in the future.
- 2019: Implemented a Highly Available Gerrit Primary node. This node consists of 6 servers and supports a global development team. There are currently replica nodes located in geographically diverse regions of the world to help serve users of that region.
- 2018: Implemented a plan to bring the current Gerrit environment up to date with the released Gerrit software. Implemented the model for spinning up on premiss Ubuntu systems for developers.
- 2015-2017: Migrated company assets and software during the purchase of Enterprise Mobile Computing from Motorola Solutions to Zebra Technologies Inc.
Owner
Edison Avenue Consulting LLC edisonave.com
Aug 2009 to Present ⋅ Elgin, IL
Owned and operating a boutique consulting firm specializing in mobile application development and mobile website development. In 2009 I recognized that our mobile phone will be the primary way in which people access the internet away from work. I wanted to help business get ready for the new way customers will interact with their sites. The company specializes in provided custom software solutions, websites and mobile apps based on customer requirements.
- ChiroWay Franchise: Developed and maintain the ChiroWay Cloud. This Lavavel based custom appplication enables all franchisees to manage their ChiroWay location and see and treat members.
- ByLine Bank: Created hosting environments using AWS services including EC2, Elastic Filesystems, RDS (databases), Load Balancers, Lambda functions and Route 53.\
- ArtVan Furniture: Designed and developed Zend APIGility code to interface and display AS400 data with a new mobile applications to be used by sales associates.
- Radio Station: Developed a temperature monitoring solution to help a radio station monitor temperatures in remote broadcasting stations. This solution is running on a ESP2866 board and a DS18B20 one wire temperature module
Consultant
Tek Systems teksystems.com
Jan 2010 to May 2014 ⋅ Schaumburg IL
Engineered and administered a corporate wide GIT solution to meet the needs of exchanging code and collaborating with external software partners. Supported and implemented over 15 different Open Source software tools used by a global developer community.
- Migrated 15 Open source tools used for collaboration and software development from Motorola Mobility to Motorola Solutions. Tools include SourceForge, Lyceum, Status.net, Twiki,TinyUrl, Bugzilla and Scuttle.
- Administered Gentoo linux servers setup in a highly available environment to support about 8k employees.
- Tested integration with other business systems to ensure that APIs and system worked when internal separation happened.
- Edited tools and websites as required to ensure that proper URLs were used when the final network separation was complete.
- Administered the various tools to ensure smooth daily operations.
Education
Bowling Green State University
Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science
Aug 1993 to May 1997