The Technical Résumé of Renic Gunderson

May 2015 - Current
LeadBrook, Inc.

Position:
Principal Developer / Owner

• Provide technology consulting and services relating to web development, internet marketing, and I.T.

May 2012 - May 2015
Clean Power Finance

Position:
I.T. Project Manager

• Recruited to lead 3 year open source development project for the US DOE
  • Participated in all levels of the project
    • Developed and launched initial prototype over a period of less than two weeks to positive reviews at the solar industry's largest trade show: Solar Power International in 2012.
    • Designed Software and Database Schemas
    • Developed Custom Search Algorithm
    • Designed and Developed API calls
    • Developed and Optimized Database Queries
    • Handled All Code Reviews and Approvals
    • Investigated and Corrected Bugs
    • Refactored Source Code for Performance Improvements
    • Handled Initial Hosting / Maintenance
    • Lead Hand-off to DevOps for Automation
  • Took project from being 6 months behind to being on-track within first 90 days.
  • Led or managed both external and internal resources to successfully meet all DOE milestones and project objectives on-time and under budget through completion of the project.
• Took over completion of proprietary online marketplace / provider directory
  • Carried Project Over the Finish Line after Funding Ended
    • Final Feature Commits
    • Final Bug Fixes
    • Deployment
• Led Enhancement to Enterprise APIs for Company's Flagship Product
  • Designed Features and XML schemas
  • Wrote Sample Applications and Technical Documentation
  • Troubleshot Third Party (Client) Source Code
  • Troubleshot XML Requests and Responses
  • Efforts resulted in increased API usage by partner companies of 1,300% over the first 6 months following release
• Developed Custom Business Intelligence Tools for Large Data Sets
  • Data Replication and Schema Optimization (ETL)
  • Analyze and Report on API Usage
• Led company's interdepartmental emergency response team for software related issues as a representative of the product management group.
  • Developed Custom Project Management Utilities
    • Realtime Monitoring of Bug Severity and Ticket Completion
    • Performance v.s. Goal Reporting
    • Ticket Classification and Algorithmic Ticket Prioritization
  • Increased rate of ticket closer by 35% in first 90 days, without utilizing additional resources, by focusing on better planning and prioritization
  • Reversed two year trend of growing backlog
• Debugged legacy QA system based on automated duplication and verification of complex mathematics in Excel
  • Trained QA staff in advanced Excel usage in order to move ownership to the QA department
• Recipient of company's “High T.I.D.E.” award – a peer nominated award honoring staff members that exemplify the company's core values of trust, innovation, dedication, and empowerment
• Acknowledged by executive team as a stabilizing force by successfully working to maintain morale during multiple organizational restructuring events
• Lectured in company-wide training sessions on both technical and non-technical subject matter

April 2006 - May 2012
Acro Energy
(Acquired by IES end of 2012)

Positions:
Various

• Developed many successful web based applications, and sysadmin utilities to streamline business activities – I unified them into a single Extranet portal
  • Automated Electrical Engineering and PV System Design
  • Automated Workflows and Paperwork
  • Corporate Reporting Dashboard and other Business Intelligence Tools
  • Crew Scheduling Application
  • Automated Permit Scheduling based on aggregate data sources
    • Company Databases
    • Salesforce
    • Crew Availability
  • CRM Automation (Salesforce)
  • Analysis of competitor activities and capabilities based on automated analysis of publicly available market data
  • Forced security controls in a multi-OS business network
  • Security Monitoring and Reporting
  • Server Automation
  • Task Management and Reporting
• Built and Managed VPN mesh network to unify the company's networks over redundant commodity internet connections.
• IT administration (and user support) for multiple offices, independent contractors (sales), and multiple operating systems in workstation, server, and mobile scenarios.
• Built and Managed Physical Networks
• Built Custom Servers – Bare Metal, VPS Hosts, and VPS Guests
• Limited IT costs through heavy use of open source and SaaS technologies
• Migrated Company from PBX/POTs to VOIP
• Migrated Company from Exchange to Google Apps
• Built and Managed company's public facing web presence
• Developed, implemented, and improved business processes to play a key role in growing a small contracting company, from four employees, to become one of the nation’s largest residential solar power integrators. In my final position, I was directly accountable to corporate executives for both day-to-day and long term planning and execution.
• Successful in a wide variety of other roles