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Resume of Charlie Schmidt - Updated 01/16/2023

Charles Schmidt - full-stack technology leader

About

Charlie Schmidt is a full-stack technology leader and professional with over 25 years of experience working with clients across a breadth of industries including fintech, health care, consumer goods, agriculture and food service and so many more.

Whether it's scrum planning, estimating project life cycles, architecture and technical design, website development, ecommerce, iOS or Android development, code reviews, or mentoring tech staff, Charlie's deep experience in the tech space allows him to seamlessly integrate with and provide measurable value to tech teams and companies.

Charlie is an avid believer in ongoing education to stay on top of an ever-changing tech landscape as displayed by his many certifications and certificates. He is currently pursuing a cybersecurity degree to further build on the value of services he provides.

When not at work, Charlie enjoys exploring home automation, taking German lessons, and spending time with his wife, two children and dogs.

Charlie

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Languages / Platforms

Front End web standards, including WCAG and ADA Compliance, JS Frameworks including React, Vue, Angular. SASS, LESS, CSS Frameworks including Bootstrap, Aurelia, Bulma, Tailwind, Progressive Web Apps
Languages: Language agnostic - working primarily with C#, JavaScript, Typescript, Java, Kotlin, PHP
Mobile App Development (Android and iOS Native and Hybrid)
UX / UI / IA: Lucid, Figma, Adobe XD
MVC, MVP, MVVM Design patterns with a focus on C# .Net Core
Analytics / Measurement / Business Intelligence: GA, GTM, Power BI, Looker (Google Data Studio)
Azure: Functions, App Services, Virtual Machines, Cognitive Services, CI/CD Pipelines
AWS: EKS, S3, Lambda, EC2, CI/CD Pipelines
Web Services: GraphQL, RESTful, SOAP, Blazor WASM
SQL/NoSQL: MSSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
Certified Developer:Kentico Kloud, Ucommerce, Google Mobile Developer, IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional, Sitecore

Work History

Director of Design and Engineering Source Intelligence March 2022 - January 2023
Source Intelligence delivers software and services that streamline the evolving complexities of product compliance and ESG management
Manages the front-end development and UX teams that are building the next-gen compliance product for source intelligence
Collaborates with product owners and the back-end engineering team to plan development and release cycles
Mentors team members, defines career trajectories, and provides performance reviews
Leads sprint planning, execution, and delivery of product features, system integrations, and technical architecture documentation
Liaison to the marketing team and partner agencies ensuring measurable and actionable insights
Senior Technology Lead / Manager Horizontal Digital May 2021 - March 2022
Horizontal Digital is a global experience-forward consultancy that provides data-driven digital experiences
Mentor and develop team members, provide performance reviews, suggest relevant training opportunities for career development
Tech lead for 1 million+ e-commerce account, collaborating with development teams, information architecture colleagues, and UX and creative teams
Lead sprint planning, execution, and delivery of websites, system integrations, technical architecture documentation
Responsible for technical services and solutions for client proposals and presentations
Director of Development | Technology CI Design July 2016 - May 2021
CI Design is an Emmy award-winning marketing agency with full-service digital capabilities
Grew a non-profitable 3-person siloed development team into an 11-person cross-functional agile team that is now the profit center of the agency
Created a structured career path and accompanying salary range for the 11-person development team and implemented quarterly reviews
Implementation of standardized peer code review through GitFlow; standardized containerization (Docker) to enable faster project spin-up and create unification amongst developer environments
Design and host workshops to ensure the team stays on top of emerging technologies. Examples include Alexa skills, .Net Core, emerging CSS and JavaScript frameworks, and more
Director of Digital Charleston|Orwig March 2014 - July 2016
Charleston-Orwig is a strategic communications consultancy serving leading and emerging brands involved with every aspect of the food system
Served on the senior leadership team to shape company culture and carve a strategic path forward
Managed team of developers across offices in Wisconsin and Texas and Fortune 100 clients' international development teams
Designed and oversaw the project management practice for the agency
Achieved partnership status with Sitecore and Microsoft in order to pre-qualify for enterprise-level work from global brands
Consolidated IT services from internal to external company service, saving the company approximately six figures, annually
Senior Developer and Technical Lead Layer One Media | Red Arrow Labs September 2012 - March 2014
Layer One Media | Red Arrow Labs provides design-driven, cutting-edge technology services and software
Senior technical lead for a team of 30 developers and sales consultants
Lead the development and sales discussions with clients' technical executives and business partners to speed adoption and ensure best practices during implementation
Advocate for and manage development team members while providing technical expertise and guidance to cross-functional teams
Provide language-agnostic development services to clients, giving preference to platforms and solutions that match existing client infrastructure, need, and budget
Senior Developer Charleston Orwig May 2008 – September 2012
Charleston-Orwig is a strategic communications consultancy serving leading and emerging brands involved with every aspect of the food system
Strategic company-wide technical leadership for cross-functional teams
Define and implement technologies and architecture for a wide range of enterprise-level clients
Creation of all technical documentation, including rapid technical proof of concepts and demonstrations to assist in the sales process
Define coding and technology best practices documentation for internal and client use
Senior Software Engineer SpectraCom December 2006 – April 2008
SpectraCom was a leading digital agency specializing in branding and the creation of innovative digital experiences
Lead senior developer on web and mobile builds from Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies
Implement architecture for client projects; evaluate and define technologies for internal and client projects
Maintain legacy systems; plan and execute enhancements to ensure viability
Research and advise on the use of / implementation of new technologies
.Net Developer Journal Broadcast Group June 2006 – December 2006
The Journal Broadcast Group, which encompasses the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is a diversified business with expertise in television, radio, publishing, and digital media
Design and implement technical solutions and to support and enhance the family of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel websites
Software Engineer Dart Chart Systems 2004 – 2006
Dart Chart Systems provides documentation and reimbursement technology solutions for long-term care
Overhaul legacy classic asp processing system, assist in the creation and documentation of a modern processing system and workflow leveraging .Net technologies to provide real-time data analytics
Developer Cream City Communications 2000 – 2004
Cream City Communications was an early adopter of digital technology solutions for national clients
Design, architect, program and implement web-based solutions for enterprise-level clients from Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies
General Operations Manager Phoenix Internet / Mixcom 1997 – 2000
Phoenix Internet was an ISP that serviced the United States

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