Graham Vriend
Graham Vriend
Technical Lead (Software Development) leading remotely in Lynden, WA

About Me


Technical leader with 10 years experience in the company looking to make an impact in both a positive work environment and increased productivity. Seeking to leverage core skills of accountability, vulnerability, and transparency to drive developer success.

Highlights

  • Leader in an agile department. Primary focus on technical strategy, and long term technical growth for myself and the department. Serve as a resource in managing, planning, and implementing technical projects.
  • Experience working with offshore teams including leading the process and project management.
  • Led a developer bootcamp for the department. This bootcamp was a 3 day course to focus on the fundamentals and to get junior developers up to speed.
  • Created learning plans with colleagues to focus on improvement. Focused on weaknesses and development plans to overcome them.
  • Manage bi-weekly development releases. Responsible for planning, communicating, and delivering.
  • Extensive knowledge of software solutions for the K-12 education industry.
  • Wrote many REST API integrations including but not limited to: Wisconsin State Reporting, Google Calendar, Amazon S3, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Zendesk, Facebook, Twitter, Highrise, Zencoder, Canvas, Schoology, Salesforce, Magnus, and OneRoster.
  • Created a CSS/JS/HTML custom element framework used internally based on Google's material design.

Interests


My personal interests include:

  • Adventure. When I'm not behind my computer I love to get outside and explore new areas. I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and have found a new home here even though I am originally from Canada.
  • Finance. I am a finance nut, always crunching numbers, researching, and staying informed on the markets.
  • Craft beer. I love a good IPA, the hoppier the better. Fortunately for me, I live in a great area to explore new beers.

Leadership Passions

Passionate about improving my leadership in the following areas:

  • Vulnerability - being more authentic with my peers and showing vulnerability
  • Emotional Intelligence - not letting small things bring me down and remaining calm with others.
  • Empathy - taking the time to relate to perspectives that are different than mine.
  • README - please read my README for my leadership style and expectations.

Programming Languages

What I currently do for a living:

  • Processes: Agile methodology, manage deployments, manage development processes, REST API design
  • Languages: Angular, C#, Coldfusion, MSSQL, HTML, JS, Jquery, CSS, Bootstrap, Cypress, Material Design
  • DevTools: Azure DevOps, Visual Studio, VSCode, Git, Azure Cloud, Docker, SSMS, Trello, CF API Manager, FileZilla, Office, Teams, NPM, and LucidChart.

What I have experience in but haven't used in while:

  • Languages: Sass, MySQL, PHP, Symfony Framework, Perl, XML, Java, Python
  • DevTools: AWS, NetBeans, Sublime Text, Atom, HeidiSQL, Subversion, CPanel, Wordpress

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