Suzy Gerhart

• Spearheaded client discoveries with Sales, UX, and UI, crafting custom software proposals that significantly increased successful project bids
• Led a diverse team in developing high-impact web applications, reducing development time and increasing project completion rates
• Managed team onboarding, mentorship, daily engagement, performance evaluations, and conflict resolution, resulting in improved team retention and performance
• Acted as the principal technical liaison for stakeholders, conducting weekly meetings both remotely and onsite, enhancing stakeholder satisfaction
• Pioneered an experimental diversification branch that became the primary business focus, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability in various roles
• Expanded operations to Vietnam, collaborating with offshore teams as project lead.
• Enhanced software performance by optimizing algorithms and implementing efficient coding practices.
• Designed responsive web applications, offering seamless functionality across various devices and screen sizes for optimal user engagement.

Major Projects:

Pharmaceutical and Retail Management System

• Engineered systems for a major pharmacy and warehouse chain, improving operational efficiency.
• Deployed custom storefronts, live inventory, and a robust EDI service linking multiple vendors and stores, increasing inventory accuracy.
• Refactored the code within a few months to transition from a single-tenant application to a licensable multi-tenant platform, enabling the client to sell the software to other companies and significantly expand their market from Oregon and Washington only to reach across the entire Northwest.
• Technologies: C#, .NET Core, AngularJS, SQL Server, Azure, DevOps, Git.

Concrete and Construction Testing Application

• Developed web and native iPad applications for managing inspections and work orders, reducing manual entry errors.
• Technologies: iOS.

Custom Shopify Storefront

• Architected and implemented a custom storefront with precise territory restrictions, decreasing losses due to shipping to restricted areas.
• Technologies: GraphQL, ShopifyQL, MySQL, C#, Shopify APIs, React, NodeJS.

Wine Distribution System

• Upgraded and scaled existing legacy applications, enhancing warehouse management and distribution tracking, and increasing shipment accuracy.
• Technologies: Vue.js.

Technologies:

• Backend: C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET, MVC, Entity Framework, SQL Server.
• Frontend: AngularJS, TypeScript, React, NodeJS.
• Database: SQL Server, GraphQL, ShopifyQL, MySQL.
• Other: Azure, DevOps, Git, iOS.

Principal Contributor Leadership Responsibilities:

• Provided strategic technical advisory for new projects, reducing project turnaround times and getting them on track.
• Led interviews, developer onboarding, and project discoveries, increasing team productivity.
• Delivered presentations at recruiting and knowledge-sharing events, enhancing company visibility and attracting more talent.
• Contributed expert insights at weekly technical meetings, driving adoption of new technologies and improving project efficiency.

• Engineered custom wine distribution and warehouse management systems, increasing operational efficiency
• Developed a comprehensive warehouse management suite and in-house EDI system, reducing data errors
• Designed robust project estimation and tracking software, improving project estimation accuracy.

• Developed C# WPF applications with MVVM, enhancing performance specialized in Test/TDD/Unit Testing and installer development, reducing bugs.
• Created build scripts for Windows Metro and Universal Applications, improving efficiency, and utilized P/Invoke, COM Interop, C++, JavaScript, HTML, JSON, XML, and XAML, improving integration.
• Managed source control with Perforce, Git/Gerrit, and SVN, streamlining version control.

• Prototyped an innovative theft deterrence application and SDK, increasing security measures
• Engineered solutions for Windows 8 and Sensors using C++ and C#, enhancing system responsiveness.

• Designed a dynamic web application to evaluate scrum groups using C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server 2008, improving evaluation efficiency
• Developed a web application for navigating a Unix file server directory, reducing navigation time
• Contributed to a high-functioning web application using C#, ASP.NET, Ruby, and SQLite, increasing application performance.