Gordon Speagle

Sole developer of a large-scale, enterprise pharmacy management system spanning 958 REST API endpoints across 18 business domains, built with FastAPI, Svelte 5, and PostgreSQL. Engineered HIPAA-compliant PHI security architecture and architected AWS cloud infrastructure.

Self-directed study of large language models, transformer architectures, and deep learning fundamentals while primary caregiver for three children. Deployed and experimented with open-source models locally, building foundational expertise in model inference, fine-tuning, and neural network architectures.

Developed digital smart contracts for agricultural futures markets using OCaml, Liquidity, and Michelson on the Tezos blockchain platform. Led a team of engineers and designers building agricultural financial instruments and contributed to the open-source financial software ecosystem.

Progressed over eight years from Admissions & Records Representative to Academic Advisor & Records Director, ultimately supervising a staff of five and serving as liaison to college administration. Wrote and maintained SQL queries and DARwin degree-audit rule scripting against enterprise databases to encode degree requirements and automate compliance auditing.

Supervised test scoring operations at Pearson.

Directed operations at Mindbounce Inc.

Worked as a laboratory technician at Community Blood Services of Illinois.

Served as an Infantry Mortarman (81mm) with an honorable discharge as Corporal, with deployments across five continents including Mediterranean, Asia, and Indian Ocean operations.

Grade: 3.3

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English Language and Literature from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with a GPA of 3.3.