Drew Adams

Western Governors University

• Senior Software Engineer, May 2021 - present
• Lead cross-functional agile teams in designing, developing, testing, and deploying scalable software solutions via AWS CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Support company-wide accessibility initiatives to drive the adoption of accessible coding practices and ensure ADA and section 508 regulation compliance.
• Coordinate and facilitate monthly knowledge-sharing sessions with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to foster collaboration and continuous learning across the organization.
• Lead software development within Agile frameworks with a focus on iterative delivery, cross-team collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Software Engineer 2, July 2019 - May 2021
• Led the marketing team in the redesign and deployment of the new marketing application form.
• Created and managed the AWS SQL database for the marketing application form builder tool.
• Spearheaded the migration of the application’s PHP REST APIs to WGUBoot in Java.
• Collaborated with multiple teams to create new university offerings through the enrollment application.
• Deprecated the Continuing Graduate application and migrated functionality to the Student Portal.
• Worked closely with 3rd party integrations to monitor and secure the marketing sites.
• Software Engineer, April 2017 - July 2019
• Worked with marketing leaders to manage the new AEM marketing site.
• Assisted with the deprecation of the Drupal site and migration to AEM.
• Presented on engineering topics to assist in educating business and engineering partners.
• Managed SOAP endpoints (using XML) to communicate with Salesforce.
• Managed and deprecated the 2.x version of the AngularJS application form.
• HTML Developer Intern, August 2016 - April 2017
• Worked with AEM (Java, JavaScript, and jQuery) to create and update marketing components.
• Created, managed, and updated Drupal widgets and pages.
• Assured quality code practices through rigorous testing and QA.
• Audited marketing website to find unused pixels to help reduce load times.
• Manage time and projects through Scrum by utilizing Jira and Git.

PatientComment

Co-Founder & Lead Android Developer, October 2017 - present

Utah Valley University

Adjunct Instructor in Computer Science, April 2019 - May 2021

Skyrocket Media / BestCompany.com

Web Development Intern, May 2016 - August 2016

Rise Broadband

Technical Support Team Lead, May 2014 - April 2016

Utah Valley University

Master of Science, December 2023
Project: Quantifying Varroa Mite Mortality Induced by Varied Miticide Applications through User-Defined Convolutional Neural Network Models

Utah Valley University

Bachelor of Science, April 2019

Juab High School

High School Diploma, May 2011

Technology

I've been playing on computers since Doom came out on floppy. Rebuilt my first machine when I was 16, and I just built my first GOOD gaming machine. I love learning new languages and tech and have picked up flutter to build generally-meaningless apps in my spare time. Got my start in programming learning ActionScript 2 before Macromedia was bought by Adobe and have been programming ever since. My favorite tinkering language is definitely Python - I used it for every project through my MCS program and continue to use it to tinker with machine learning.

Automotive

Proud (sometimes) owner of a 1952 Chevy 3100, 1968 Honda CT90, 1972 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, 1983 Porsche 944, and 2022 Kawasaki ZX-10r. I used to own a 1966 Ford Thunderbird and 1968 Volkswagen Beetle, but we've parted ways. I love tinkering on them, but I also have a deep love and appreciation for full-time mechanics.

Scouting

Achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and recipient of the On My Honor award.

Just For Fun

Disneyland and Lego. Both becoming very unaffordable. Hopefully microwave ramen goes on sale soon. I also enjoy playing hockey, 3d printing, tinkering with machine learning, and watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Ecclesiastical Volunteer

Oregon Eugene Mission, December 2011 - December 2013