Thomas Kish

Highland, NY 12528 - inquiry@tomkish.net

A full-stack software engineer and team leader specializing in the AWS environment. Some of my interests are tinkering with my home network, avid gaming, cooking amazing foods and playing with my dogs.

Experience

Lead Software Engineer

Benchmark Education - Remote

The primary focus is to improve functionality for publishing educational material. Lead Engineer duties include managing software releases, mentoring junior engineers and working with product stakeholders to flesh out upcoming roadmaps.

February 2024 - Present

Manager of Application Developers

K16 Solutions - Remote

Daily tasks often require sharing and improving knowledge of LMS data migration and the development workflow to create a stable software product. As a team leader and manager, the primary goal is to be a mentor for team members and help them overcome obstacles within their time-sensitive projects.

April 2021 - September 2023

Senior Software Engineer

Liaison International - Poughkeepsie, NY

The main focus is to enhance a marketing platform for higher education institutions. The web platform enables administration and acquisition of potential applicants using a wide array of communication.

May 2015 - April 2021

Web Developer

Digital Variant - Poughkeepsie, NY

The day-to-day activities were to create and administer promotional websites as well as modifying the platform used to create these promotions. Responsibilities also included building and managing of long-standing websites built using Codeigniter, Drupal and WordPress.

May 2012 - May 2015

Web Developer

Directive Technology - Oneonta, NY

Primary duties were related to providing support for Joomla websites to both clients and co-workers. This also involved the implementation of technical and administrative fixes.

November 2010 - May 2012

Education

State University College at Oneonta

B.S. Computer Science | August 2008 - May 2010

Dutchess Community College

Computer Science | August 2006 - May 2008