Freelance IT & Software Consultant: January 2024 - Current

• Providing and volunteering services to local non-profit organizations
• Working with APIs in JavaScript to implement an engagement dashboard
• Migrating bulk emailing campaigns to AWS Simple Email Service
• Building candidate info help site within regulatory compliance
• Advising leadership on technical decisions
• Implementing a new Wordpress site with custom HTML / CSS blocks
• Using Python to automate website page creation via email
• Ensuring features such as SSL, https, caching, and speculative loading

Best Buy Sales Advisor: October 2022 - Current

• Assisting customers in finding an appropriate computer for their use case
• Achieving sales targets while maintaining positive morale among coworkers

Vinita Public Schools IT Intern: Summer 2023

• Developed a custom secure password generator using python
• Wrote Windows shell scripts for automated device setup
• Used Wireshark to diagnose and correct network configuration problems
• Deployed a fleet of new desktop computers to the district’s teachers

K-State Research Extension Agent: Summer 2022

• Wrote and taught curriculum on digital logic and block programming
• Conducted data collection, pruning, and presentation for stakeholders

SimWall - A Cellular Automata Simulator

github.com/HoldenV/simWall

• Research and implementation of various automaton
• Desktop application development using Electron
• UI/UX design with primarily Bulma

Noteably - An AI Note-taking Tool

devpost.com/software/noteably

• Award winner for best use of Google Cloud
• Used google cloud transcription services API
• Used custom-trained AI model to transform transcripts into organized notes

Battleship Spin-Off

github.com/JSpenJS17/EECS581_Project1

• Individual contributor on 5-person team using Agile Scrum SDLC
• Used PyGame to develop a GUI and Pandas to manipulate data

Expressions Calculator

github.com/HoldenV/17-Co-Calculator

• Requirements and Quality Lead on 5-person team using waterfall SLDC
• Robust expression parsing and input validation
• Wrote user manual and extensive documentation