Kevin Patel
Web Developer accredited by Georgia Institute of Technology with a background in Business Operations and Finance. A results-driven individual with proven skills in web development and project management. Thorough understanding of continuous development models to contribute to the success of web development projects. Self-motivated with a solid professional background and excellent work ethic. Strong desire to continue learning new technologies as a web developer.
Experience
Application Developer
Develop custom mobile applications based upon existing backend services. Participate in the full project lifecycle including application architecture, design input, layout/user interface database design/programming, and utilizing existing REST backend services.
Amazon FBA Seller
Self-taught and independently established, manage, and fully operate my own Amazon FBA business where I purchase and sell a wide variety of products on the USA, Canada, and Mexico marketplaces. Perform market research and analysis to determine profitable markets and niches to create profitable listings. Manage finances, analyze sales reports, and replenish inventory.
Operations Analyst
Served as the primary contact for maintaining the day-to-day operations of multiple global consulting organizations (GCO) consisting of both business and technical related support. Extracted data from Infor SunSystems Q&A and developed weekly Excel reports to provide key leadership and stakeholders with metrics such as project revenue, resource billable utilization and sales pipeline. Subject matter expert (SME) for CA Clarity PPM and was held accountable for the consistency and integrity of data entered against projects by Project Managers and Consultants. Assisted with onboarding of new hires and acquisitions by leading training sessions demonstrating the user and functionality of CA Clarity PPM, Salesforce, Infor CRM, and Infor XM.
Project Manager
Trained and managed a team of professional audio/visual technicians in providing clients with professional-grade production equipment for their private events. Programmed various types of lighting and sound equipment according to venue space and client needs. Evaluated agreements and statements of work to implement solutions and strategies that produced thriving events under time sensitive deadlines. Owned the processes for budget management, new technology research, resource scheduling, event preparation and design, and venue logistics. Held accountable for sustaining excellent condition of equipment, trucks, and other tangible assets.
Lead Production & Shipping Coordinator
Managed printing production quality and efficiency with minimal errors, which reduced the number of re-do orders and increased profit margin. Monitored and facilitated all production processes, including the tracking, pick-up and delivery, and quality check process. Coordinated all outsourced projects, including document creation orders sent offshore, to ensure timely creation and delivery to end customers. Assisted with training team members on up-to-date printing procedures and services.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Kennesaw State University
Skills
- Responsive Design
- Write DRY & Reusable Code
- Cross Functional Teams
- Agile Development
Projects
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Street Ride
Role: Full Stack Developer
Technologies Used: React Native, Node.js, Expo CLI, Express, MySQL, Sequelize, bcrypt
Street Ride is a mobile application created to provide information for individuals traveling via bicycle, scooter, on foot, or any other alternative transportation method other than automobile. Users have the ability to view existing issues on the map as well as report new issues during their commute.
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Stock Novice
Role: Front-End Developer
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Technologies Used: Handlebars.js, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Node.js, Express, MySQL, Sequelize, D3.js
Stock Novice is a web application designed to simulate basic stock transactions. The app provides beginners with some basic experience on how to invest $100k into the stock market by buying and selling real stocks using historical prices. -
Munchies
Role: Front-End Developer
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Technologies Used: HTML5, Materialize.css, JavaScript
Munchies is a recipe finder app which recieves ingredients entered by the user and finds matches within the Edamam API. If any matches are found, the recipes will be shown with additional information. The user can also search for YouTube videos for their recipes and watch videos within the app for further guidance. -
React Clicky Game
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: React, ES6, Bootstrap
An NFL themed memory game made with React where each NFL team logo image listens for a click event. The app keeps track of the user's score and increments by one when clicking on an image for the first time. The score will reset to zero if an image is clicked more than once and the game will restart. -
News Scraper
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: Handlebars.js, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Node.js, Express, MongoDB
A web scraper application that allows users to view articles that are scraped from npr.com. Users can alse save articles and leave notes on them. -
Eat-Da-Burger
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: Handlebars.js, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Node.js, Express, MySQL
This is a simple full stack application that allows users to enter any burger name to the menu and stores it into the MySQL database. The entry is added as "to be devoured" and is placed in the middle of the screen. The user may then devour any burger with a click, which moves it into the far right box and updates its status accordingly in the database. -
Friend Finder
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: HTML5, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Express, Heroku
A compatibility-based "FriendFinder" application, basically a dating app. This full-stack app takes in results from users' surveys, then compares their answers with those from other users. The app will then display the name and picture of the user with the best overall match. -
LIRI Node App
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: Node.js
This application is a CLI Node app that uses a Language Interpretation and Recognition Interface which takes in parameters and returns back data. LIRI is programmed to provide the user with information for concerts, songs, and movies. -
Train Scheduler
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: HTML5, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, Firebase, Moment.js
This web application allows users to enter a train name, start time and frequency to the existing train schedule. The schedule is displayed in a repeating table with the next arrival based on current time and frequency of train stops. Train info is stored in Firebase for data persistence and retreives information on load. -
GifTastic
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: HTML5, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery
This web application allows the user to click on the pre-exisiting buttons that holds popular comedian names. Clicking on one of the buttons will display 10 gifs. Click the gif once to animate it and click again to display the still image. If a comedian is not listed, then one can be added by using the input box and clicking "Add Comedian" to create a new comedian button. -
Trivia Game
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
A sports trivia game with 12 random questions to answer. Users have 15 seconds to answer each question. Once the user selects an answer, the game will display a correct or incorrect alert and will show the image of the correct answer. If time expires, the game will display so and will also show the correct answer. After all of the questions have looped, the user will see their final results. -
Crystal Collector
Role: Developer
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Technologies Used: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
This web application produces a random number from the start. Click the crystals to sum your points to the random number. The value of the crystals changes for every game and you must figure out their values on your own. Match your points to the random number to win. If you go over, you lose!
