Tyler G. Hicks-Wright Denver, Colorado, USA — Contact Me ty@tghw.com

Freelance Software Developer Denver, CO

2012 – Present

• Implemented feature updates and fixes to a supply-chain planning tool for a major CPG company.
• Developed sales systems for a local lumber company to help them manage inventory and sales tickets.
• Created an SMS lead generation app used by local companies to communicate with sales leads and customers.
• Oversaw a full rewrite of an online employee scheduling application utilizing modern web technologies.
• Added features and fixed bugs on a web-based virtual network control panel written in CoffeeScript and Backbone.
• Designed and implemented an online fitness challenge using Django and Python.

Copilot.com LLC, President Denver, CO

2014 – Present

• Successfully spun the product out of Fog Creek into its own company.
• Lead development of new, updated versions of the client applications.
• Building a team of highly competent customer service, QA, and developers.

Snaposit, Founder & Software Developer Denver, CO

2012 – 2013

• Started a new company to help photographers back up their photos.
• Developed an online photo backup system using Django, Python, WxWidgets, and AWS.

Fog Creek Software, Software Developer New York, NY

2005 – 2012

• Trello. Used CoffeeScript, MongoDB, Backbone.js, and Node.js to implement new features and fix bugs.
• WebPutty. Led an R&D team to develop WebPutty, an online CSS editor and hosting tool. Used Python and Flask on Google App Engine.
• Kiln. Created the original prototype of Kiln with a colleague for a programming contest. Used ASP.Net MVC, Python, and Mercurial to create a source control and code review system.
• Copilot. Was part of a 4-person intern team that created the Copilot product from scratch in 10 weeks using Visual C++, C# and ASP.Net. Continued to do be responsible for Copilot's server development for two years. Also developed a subscription billing system that is still in use at Fog Creek.
• Reviewed and interviewed almost 500 software development candidates.

Guidant Corporation, Software Development Intern St. Paul, MN

2004, Advanced Tools Development Group

• Gathered requirements and wrote design specification for distributed test station utility.
• Implemented user interface and utility controls in Visual C++ on Windows 2000.
• Developed action recording utility on Linux in Java with Swing.
• Wrote translators in Python to convert between several different scripting and testing languages.
• Presented work to senior management, August 17, 2004.

Sandia National Laboratories, Software Research Intern Albuquerque, NM

2003, Data Analysis and Visualization Group

• Implemented a volume rendering algorithm with C++ and VTK to find and display three dimensional boundaries in volume datasets.
• Created a user interface in Tcl/Tk, allowing the user to interact with the 3-D model to isolate and enhance interesting features in the dataset.
• Submitted code for acceptance into open source VTK.
• Presented work at Sandia's Eighth Annual Student Symposium, August 5, 2003.

RioScan Software, Software Verification Intern Albuquerque, NM

2001, New Product Development

• Assessed stability and usability of new Palm based barcode scanning software products using a variety of verification and testing methods.
• Discovered, reported, and corrected software bugs in C++, Visual Basic, and Palm C.
• Wrote and edited user manuals and product documentation.
• Collaborated with developers to diagnose and correct software errors, expediting delivery by several months.