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Steve Hartken

Steve Hartken

Software Engineer
Erie,PA

Summary

Successful software engineer with 10+ years of experience in the technology market. Eager to join startups to work for real earnings and growth. Worked in technical roles directly for founders managing $50 million minimum in funds, consistently meeting a 40% ROI goal. Reduced a cloud budget by 90%.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Software Engineer

Adalytica
03.2015 - Current
  • Engineered successful arbitrage of tech leaders with Python, JavaScript, Postgres, and GPT
  • Built devtools to automate ad publishing and content creation with ELT and C2
  • Implemented caching and multiple ENIs to decommission AWS EC2 hosts
  • Created CI/CD pipelines with no container registry publishing or credential sharing
  • Meet with external company founders to evaluate products for purchasing and VC investment

Software Developer

Owner
Erie, PA
05.2011 - 03.2015
  • Managed international developers building software for private clients
  • Received product endorsement from a US Navy SEAL during launch of an online currency exchange
  • Utilized WebRTC to launch a publicly available customer support app
  • Built an app for foreign languages learning off the Web Audio API and stream processing, with voice recording, playback, and visual comparison to native speakers

Customer Service

FMC Corporation
Erie, PA
11.2010 - 05.2011
  • Measurement products for the energy industry
  • ISO-9001, NIST, API
  • Worked as the account representative for Cameron International and Louisiana Offshore during BP DWH and the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
  • Left for better money in software

Design Engineer

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
Erie, PA
03.2009 - 06.2010
  • Power transmission products for the steel industry
  • ISO-9001, AGMA, SAE and the Toyota Production System
  • ERP, PDM, PIM, FEA in ANSYS
  • Product design for the AM/NS Calvert steel plant
  • Designed a new product line for the mining industry
  • Left for better money in software

IT Services

Owner
Erie, PA
08.2004 - 03.2009
  • Local clientele led to selling the business
  • Met with representatives from the Pennsylvania Office of the Governor and Erie Chamber of Commerce to improve wireless bandwidth for first responders
  • Programmed operating systems and embedded devices for American Express at the 2006 PGA US Open Golf Championship at Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Sales

HVAC
Erie, PA
01.2000 - 08.2004
  • Managed a sales department employing over 100 employees with $74 million in annual revenue for the Washington DC metro area
  • Led new expansion to Houston, TX and Atlanta, GA
  • Developed new B2B products to supplement heavily contacted, seasonal markets
  • Built with Dialogic and Meridian for telephony
  • Built with VMWare on Microsoft Windows for wide area networking and scheduling across multiple OS
  • Worked with Qwest Communications corporate sales during telecom contract negotiations for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME International, COMEX)
  • Received letters of recommendations from US Senators, US Congressmen, Pennsylvania State Representatives and the Governor of Pennsylvania regarding IRS PRIME contracts for eFile

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Gannon University
Erie, PA
09.2000 - 05.2004

Skills

Agile

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Accomplishments

  • Found a bug in fp-ts, a functional programming library for JavaScript: https://github.com/gcanti/fp-ts/issues/1317
  • Added WebPack support for the Dat SDK, a JS P2P data transfer protocol, during work on in-browser device to device communication: https://docs.datproject.org/docs/dat-sdk#using-webpack-to-build
  • Found a bug in Netlify CMS involving image rendering specified by GraphQL requests
  • Currently working with: OpenCL, OpenMP, PTX ISA, RoCE, and LoRAs
  • First computer: Jefferies & Co. POSTS

Work Availability

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Timeline

Software Engineer

Adalytica
03.2015 - Current

Software Developer

Owner
05.2011 - 03.2015

Customer Service

FMC Corporation
11.2010 - 05.2011

Design Engineer

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
03.2009 - 06.2010

IT Services

Owner
08.2004 - 03.2009

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Gannon University
09.2000 - 05.2004

Sales

HVAC
01.2000 - 08.2004
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