Zack Burtsche
@zackburtsche
Experienced Full-Stack Web Developer with a focus on dynamic UIs.
What I'm looking for
With over 25 years of experience as a Full-Stack Web Developer, I specialize in building dynamic user interfaces and data-driven web applications. My journey has equipped me with a deep understanding of web technologies, allowing me to creatively solve problems and adapt to new technologies swiftly. I thrive in both high-visibility enterprise roles and smaller teams, where I can leverage my extensive knowledge of project management methodologies and mentor junior developers.
Currently, I am working as a Full-Stack Angular Developer at DMI, where I contribute to web applications for the USDA. My previous roles include Senior Angular Developer at Acuity International and Angular Web Developer at Carilion Clinic, where I successfully managed high-priority features and collaborated closely with backend developers. My experience spans various industries, including healthcare, logistics, and education, showcasing my versatility and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Software Engineer
DMI (Digital Management, LLC)
Aug 2023 - Present (1 year 11 months)
Served as a Full-Stack Angular developer on a small team, building web applications for the USDA. Successfully built new applications and upgraded older apps from JSP and Angular.js to modern Angular SPAs using Angular Material UI components. Collaborated with the backend developer on the Java Spring Boot API, building new endpoints and updating existing ones.
QA Tester
iCat Corp
Aug 1997 - Sep 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Tested iCat's catalog publishing software and proprietary scripting language. Ran and expanded iCat's automated testing software. Developed performance tests and maintained iCat's bug tracking system.
Web/VB Developer
EverDev Inc
Mar 1999 - Nov 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Developed a software tool for generating customizable template-based websites. Built a VB application to teach mnemonic devices. Collaborated with a development manager in Europe and worked on localization projects.
Contract Web Developer
Microsoft
Nov 2000 - Jul 2002 (1 year 8 months)
Developed UIs mass mailed on CDs to sign up for MSN Internet Access. The code ran as a JavaScript powered HTA, transitioning to signup servers in a frame once a connection was established.
Web Developer
Fidesic Corporation
Jul 2002 - Apr 2007 (4 years 9 months)
Helped build an online accounting package, including transaction lists, payment and invoicing forms, account management pages, and calendar tools. Collaborated with the design team on UI layout and usability. Owned large sections of the core functionality for the entire lifetime of the company, built in ASP Classic.
Contract Web Developer
Laplink Software, Inc.
Nov 2007 - Sep 2008 (10 months)
Updated, expanded, and maintained an ASP Classic based corporate website/catalog, integrating a stream of promotional offers. Built customer support FAQ administration tools and automated promotional email notification tools.
Contract Tier 3 Technical Support
Microsoft
Apr 2009 - Dec 2009 (8 months)
Assisted merchants in integrating web catalogs with Bing Cashback, specializing in helping partner companies with JavaScript pixel tracking and displaying customer cashback data. Also contributed to documentation, uploading product/transaction data, and managing ad link parameters.
Contract Web Developer
Microsoft
Dec 2009 - Jun 2010 (6 months)
Contributed to the Microsoft Pinpoint website team, adding new JavaScript/jQuery features including a client-side image gallery. Collaborated with the content team to update/add pages in accessible XHTML. Worked with the design team to develop new layouts and CSS from comps.
Contract Web Developer
T-Mobile
Jun 2010 - Mar 2011 (9 months)
Worked in the content team of the Web Development department, building new promotional landing pages and homepage content blocks for T-Mobile.com. Translated designs from Web Producers into cross-browser, client-side UIs within the existing .NET site framework. Provided on-hand support during deployments.
Web Developer/UI Design
DataSphere Technologies Inc.
Mar 2011 - Apr 2013 (2 years 1 month)
Served as a Web Developer on the UI Design Team, integrating the DataSphere hyper-local news and events widget into news corporation websites. Set up and administrated widget results pages hosted by DataSphere, skinned to appear seamless with partner websites. Built a PHP-based auto-scraping tool to continuously update navigation links autonomously.
Contract Web Developer
The Walt Disney Company
Apr 2013 - Aug 2013 (4 months)
Worked on a large team building a new user signup and account management system unified across multiple sites. Developed a responsive UI with HTML5, custom CSS3, and heavy jQuery. Utilized a framework-less vanilla JavaScript architecture using the revealing module pattern, communicating through AJAX to a vast PHP API.
Contract AngularJS Developer
Visa
Mar 2014 - Oct 2014 (7 months)
Contributed to a mobile-first rebuild of their merchant interface for tracking online payments and managing payment processing services. The interface was built with AngularJS and Bootstrap as a Single Page Application (SPA), driven by an existing JSON API.
Contract AngularJS Developer
McGraw-Hill Education
Oct 2014 - Jan 2015 (3 months)
Worked on the AppDev team building the Open Court Reading program using AngularJS, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap, communicating with a JSON REST API. Utilized Grunt modules and Bower components extensively. Projects were managed with Agile methodologies using Confluence and GitLab.
Contract AngularJS Developer
Banfield Pet Hospital
Apr 2015 - Dec 2015 (8 months)
Helped build a new version of Banfield's Petware pet hospital management application, developed with AngularJS written in TypeScript. Routed and framed out new pages with basic views, controllers, view-models, and main API calls to expedite progress. Owned major dynamic UI features and made necessary changes to the C#.NET web service.
Contract Web Developer
Daily Insight Group
Dec 2015 - Jun 2016 (6 months)
Contributed to rebuilding an older section of their website, which was written in a custom PHP MVC framework with PHP templating languages and a PHP based API. Also assisted with their internal Drupal based CMS, which the content team relied on.
Web Developer
Solomon Exam Prep
Nov 2016 - Nov 2018 (2 years)
Maintained and added features to a FINRA securities exam preparatory web service, working on all aspects including PHP MVC (CodeIgniter and Laravel), Frontend (JavaScript, jQuery, Angular2), Database (MySQL), Server/Cloud/DevOps (AWS), and Git. Created development servers for iterative collaboration and served in a general IT capacity, upgrading the intranet with pfSense as a firewall and DHCP ser
Contract Angular Developer
XPO Logistics
Jan 2019 - Oct 2019 (9 months)
Served as an Angular developer on a large team, building an enterprise logistics management application powered by a Java REST API. Made heavy use of reactive forms and observables, and helped create a custom UI component library. Mentored junior developers and assisted with deployments.
Angular Web Developer
Carilion Clinic
Nov 2019 - Sep 2021 (1 year 10 months)
Worked as a Full-Stack Angular developer, building features for a hospital services website powered by a Drupal REST API. Collaborated with the development team to re-architect the headless CMS implementation for full decoupling. Re-skinned the entire site with animated dynamic UX enhancements, using Git for version control and Jira for management.
Senior Angular Developer
Acuity International
Sep 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 9 months)
Functioned as a Full-Stack Angular developer, contributing to the development of enterprise business web applications utilizing C# ASP.NET Core web APIs. Successfully owned several high-priority features from the prototype phase through to production deployment. Managed projects with Azure DevOps and maintained legacy .NET projects using TFS.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Washington
Bachelor of Science, Materials Science & Engineering
Studied Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Completed the program in Spring 1997.
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