John D. Meyer, B.A., B.S.

B.S. Computer Science

Eastern Connecticut State University, Williamantic, CT

Graduated with Dean’s Distinction (GPA 3.8/4.0). Some coursework was done at UCONN. Minor in Mathematics. Emphasis on Net-Centric Computing with projects including parallel processing and Linux embedded processor programming in C++.

B.A. Economics

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Completed all of the business and engineering core curriculum in addition to the economics graduation requirements.

SAFe Release Train Engineer

Kendo UI Developer

Certified Scrum Master

ID No. 000423425

Cisco Certified Network Associate

ID No. CSCO11434600

Principal Software Engineer

2016 - 2024

IHS Markit / S&P Global / Communify Fincentric, Boulder, CO

Communify Fincentric (formerly Fincentric by S&P Global, formerly IHS Markit) is dedicated to the delivery and presentation of financial data, transforming complex information into elegant user experiences. As a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) provider in the financial services industry, their innovative visualizations are the standard for interpreting, manipulating and displaying financial information.

I started as a Senior Software Developer with IHS Markit. As the company evolved, I was shifted across many different projects, working with various teams, clients, and technologies. I was the team lead for 5 different scrum teams over the years, working on more than 100 different repos across 10+ clients (e.g. National Australia Bank (NAB), Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Ally, etc..). Supported existing applications via change and feature requests as well as creating new applications from the ground up in a variety of different technologies.

My last engagement with this employer was leading a team that supported the retail application suite for one of the oldest and largest accounts (Charles Schwab). The applications on this account consisted of 20+ express.js microservices, 5 vue.js front end applications, 10 C# .Net applications, and 5 classic ASP applications. This application suite had a long and complex history that had resulted in significant technical debt. I was working on a 3 year plan to refresh, retire, and modernize all applications across the portfolio. Towards the end of my tenure with this client I spent roughly 50% of my time doing development as my responsibilities also included architecture, strategic planning, leadership, and mentoring the dev team.

• Was directly responsible for increasing available throughput by 1000% for incoming users from the TD Ameritrade merger.
• Significantly reduced the overall technical debt across the application suite by removing hundreds of thousands of lines of unused code.
• Reduced the overall number of applications by 20+ by combining like items and retiring or migrating functionality to ‘go forward’ applications, and created a plan to further simplify and streamline.

Lead Technical Consultant

2013 - 2016

Perficient, Denver, CO

Perficient is the leading global digital consultancy where great minds and great companies converge to boldly advance business. The company's offerings include enterprise mobile applications, creative services, marketing, digital strategy, Internet of Things (IOT), information technology, management consulting, custom development, and platform implementations.

Was the technical lead on a team that developed and supported a central data management application to a major telecom carrier (CenturyLink, formerly Level 3 Communications, formerly TW Telecom). This application housed detailed information about the locations that the company had existing fibre/copper. The application integrated with the sales pipeline via MSMQ.

• Ensured code quality and adherence to industry best practice.
• Administered continuous integration and automated unit testing.
• Administrated testing and production servers.
• Coordinated and executed bi-weekly production application releases.
• Monitored application metrics to ensure optimum performance.
• Led a bi-weekly technical discussion group.