Hello there, I’m Jorie Tappa
and this is my resumé.
Experience:
Puppet, Inc., Remote - WI & Portland, OR
Software Engineer
September 2017 - April 2020
- Agile team lead and scrum master for multiple teams’ planning meetings, and retrospectives. Team health checks performed sprintly and data gathered for internal Agile Community of Practice group.
- Technical lead for roadmap projects and Jira epics. Lead ticket grooming, and influenced processes and development plans.
- Wrote and tested JavaScript, Clojure, and Ruby for code fixes, improvements and new features to Puppet and Puppet Enterprise Console UI. Implemented unit and acceptance testing across multiple platforms.
- Demonstrated team projects and Agile Stories at internal company demos, additional experience speaking at external conferences such as CfgMgmtCamp 2019.
- Reviewed employee and community GitHub Pull Requests, and triaged new tickets and issues in Jira. Enforced code quality with code reviews and test driven development practices.
- Part of a CI Triage rotation for internal packaging and testing pipelines, and community office hours in slack.
Puppet, Inc., Remote - WI
Technical Writer
March 2016 - August 2017
- Wrote, edited, and maintained documentation across multiple products.
- Wrote release notes, and sent release announcements to the open source community.
- Worked with my team to migrate from a bespoke jekyll setup to industry standard DITA documentation software.
- Responsible for building a pipeline for GitHub docs to an Amazon s3 bucket, using Ruby, Jekyll, and Jenkins Job Builder.
- Worked directly with development teams to plan and coordinate documentation of new and changing features.
Puppet, Inc., Portland, OR
Associate Technical Writer
January 2015 - March 2016
- Wrote, edited, and maintained documentation for open source products.
- Produced content to company standards for voice, format, style, and accuracy.
Capstone Publishers, Minneapolis, MN
Application Programmer
February 2013 - January 2015
- Wrote code for an online library tool used by schools and districts around the world.
- Wrote PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery, data queries, stored procedures, and more.
- Responsible for adhering to methods, structures, designs, code, and scripts compatible with existing sites. Ensured that enhancements to the site were compatible with existing methods.
Capstone Publishers, Minneapolis, MN
Application Developer
March 2011 - February 2013
- Wrote code for websites (PHP, HTML, CSS, stored procedures) and tested programs; assisted in the production of interactive books, games, and content.
- Developed an internal production tool for temp workers and production staff to keep in sync with live data and projects. Involved database design, front end and back end coding.
- Using existing in-house PHP framework, wrote custom scripts and reports to output data for marketing and customers to use.
- Managed assets for interactive PK-2nd grade websites, converted video, images, and audio.
- Wrote scripts to create and parse XML data for articles.
Education:
The Art Institutes International Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2009 - 2010
Associate of Applied Science Degree in Web Design & Interactive Media
Library Media Center Attendant 2010
Equipment Cage & IT Assistant 2009
The Art Institutes International Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2005 - 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography
Photo Club President 2008
Lead Tutor of Academic Achievement Center 2008
Head Student Tech for Photography department 2007-2008
Teachers Assistant for classes 2006-2008
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