Loren Erickson
Puyallup,WA
Summary
Engineering professional with proven ability to innovate and solve complex technical challenges. Known for delivering high-quality solutions and driving team success through effective collaboration and adaptability. Skills include systems analysis, project management, and technical troubleshooting.
Experienced with applying engineering principles to real-world problems, leading to impactful solutions. Utilizes analytical skills and technical knowledge to enhance operational efficiency. Track record of effective team collaboration and project completion.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Frontend Engineer, Architect
Broadpoint Group, LLC
Seattle, WA
11.2023 - Current
- Defined code quality standards and implemented control mechanisms to enable achieving them. Contributed working, tested code daily that met these standards.
- Directed research and development efforts in the use of generative AI for image analysis, and dynamic user experience composition.
- Led front-end development projects from inception to completion, resulting in successful launches of various web applications.
- Collaborated closely with back-end developers to integrate RESTful API endpoints into front-end architecture seamlessly.
- Established documentation standards to promote consistency and completeness ot technical designs. Authored documents illustrating these standards for complex, full-stack features.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Amazon
Seattle, WA
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Provided technical direction for a frontend-focused team, with particular emphasis on "Thinking Big," and "Being Right, a Lot."
- Documented and implemented a platform strategy for dynamic, runtime composition of complex user experiences using module federation.
- Improved the developer experience for assembling composite user interfaces from reusable components by delivering a suite of command line tools to scaffold and deploy these components.
- Created composite user experiences using federated queries through a GraphQL API.
Senior Software Engineer / Software Development Manager
SnapOne (Control4)
Draper, UT
06.2013 - 09.2021
- Managed a team of developers responsible for maintaining our web presence, including a brochure site, and a custom-built eCommerce site responsible for greater than $250 million USD revenue annually
- Developed an award-winning mobile application, Composer Express, for iOS and Android that helps A/V professionals configure home automation equipment quickly and easily, realizing a 70% savings in time over previous configuration techniques
- Developed an award-winning web application, When>>Then, focused on helping consumers easily add automation to their Control4-enabled smart homes
- Enhanced a legacy home intercom user interface to integrate with a next-generation telecommunications stack
- Developed an embedded web site to assist a telecommunications installer in configuring a SIP/PBX server for multi-dwelling units
Director, UI Architecture / Principal Software Engineer
Fidelity Investments
Salt Lake City, UT
08.1998 - 06.2013
- Responsible for all technology choices related to user-facing applications produced by a team of 25-30 geographically distributed developers
- Developed web-based tools to allow line-of-business managers to model and implement the workflows for their organizations using industry standard notation (BPMN) without IT involvement
- Acted as a mentor for interns and new employees for many years
- Provided instruction in design principles and patterns, object-oriented programming, enterprise integration patterns and general user experience and intent-driven design
- Developed 'rich internet applications' for monitoring workflow volumes and triggering alerts against customer defined KPIs
- Developed ad-hoc query and reporting tools against large data sets
Senior Software Engineer
Corel Corporation
Provo, UT
03.1998 - 08.1998
- Designed and developed infrastructure and APIs to provide persistence services to cloud-based productivity tools being developed by other teams
- Acted as technical team lead
- Led team discussions
- Evaluated candidate infrastructure products, including object-oriented databases, such as Poet
Prior Experience
01.1992 - 03.1998
- Prior to March 1998, I worked for about 6 years in technology positions at a variety of companies involved in medical informatics, financial services, and real-estate appraisal software
- While I learned a lot in those roles, most of the technologies and software architectures I used are completely irrelevant now, Ingres 4GL for example
- I am happy to discuss any of these experiences that may be of interest
Education
No degree - Computer Science
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UTNo Degree - Computer Science and Theater
Utah State University
Logan, UTSkills
- Critical thinking
- Project management
- Project planning
- Data analysis
- Engineering documentation
- Root-cause analysis
- Technical writing
- Software development
- System design
- Process development
Hobbies and Interests
I enjoy listening to music and audio books. I play the piano and sing First Tenor with a local community group, Ensign Symphony and Chorus. I also compose and arrange music. Mostly I like learning everything I can about technology and trying to keep up with the pace of innovation in software development.
Prior Experience
Prior to March 1998, I worked for about 6 years in technology positions at a variety of companies involved in medical informatics, financial services, and real-estate appraisal software. While I learned a lot in those roles, most of the technologies and software architectures I used are completely irrelevant now, Ingres 4GL for example. I am happy to discuss any of these experiences that may be of interest., 01/01/92, 03/01/98
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Japanese
Interests
- Participate in local theater productions, enhancing my public speaking and teamwork skills
- I enjoy cooking for friends and family gatherings
- Tech enthusiast, passionate about exploring the latest advancements and innovations
- Avid Reader
- Compose and arrange music for choir, organ, piano and orchestra
Timeline
Principal Frontend Engineer, Architect
Broadpoint Group, LLC
11.2023 - Current
Senior Frontend Engineer
Amazon
09.2021 - 09.2023
Senior Software Engineer / Software Development Manager
SnapOne (Control4)
06.2013 - 09.2021
Director, UI Architecture / Principal Software Engineer
Fidelity Investments
08.1998 - 06.2013
Senior Software Engineer
Corel Corporation
03.1998 - 08.1998
Prior Experience
01.1992 - 03.1998
No Degree - Computer Science and Theater
Utah State University
No degree - Computer Science
University of Utah