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Kyle Anderson

Kyle Anderson

Laravel Developer / Software Engineer

Experienced professional passionate about technology's impact on user experiences.
Skilled in front- and back-end development, systems administration, and technology management.
Combining creativity with technical expertise to produce elegant code and enhance productivity.

Professional Experience

Bisnow

Scottsdale, AZ
Software Engineer
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  • Implement robust ETL processes for incoming data, ensuring its quality and consistency.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and develop efficient solutions for importing data into the company's systems.
  • Actively participate in data quality assurance initiatives, identifying and resolving issues to maintain high data integrity standards.

Grand Canyon Education

Phoenix, AZ
Backend Developer
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  • Collaborated with various departments in development of new and existing web services, server rendered pages, functional test sites, and deploying software and configuration.
  • Built robust and scalable software in PHP, MySQL, Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, and Drupal.
  • Designed and created local Docker development system and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Fulcrum Digital

Jersey City, NJ
Director of Technology
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  • Managed global teams for Apria Healthcare to provide code review, coding standards, linting, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), systems administration, technology stack configuration and versioning, database normalization and mapping, and documentation.
  • Provided sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives, daily standups, weekly individual and team/department check-ins from developers, product owners, customers, and various leadership.

Apria Healthcare

Chandler, AZ
Senior Software Engineer
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  • Populated and maintained data from various sources to destinations based on business requirements. Performed as Scrum Master and managed sprint planning, stories, and retrospectives for local and remote development teams and third-party vendors.
  • Coordinated with the product owners, legal, finance, and other teams on infrastructure and security, optimization, audits, and testing to increase application performance and user experience.

Freelance

Scottsdale, AZ
Consultant
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Worked with various companies throughout the Phoenix area—Media Solutions Company, Moses, and Privoro—providing planning and assistance with new and/or existing codebases built with Laravel and related technologies in the ecosystem.

Crucial Hosting

Queen Creek, AZ
Co-Founder
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  • Established and managed daily business aspects, from infrastructure development and maintenance to customer acquisition, web design and development, and technical support.
  • Grew Crucial into $1MM+ in annual revenues through targeted marketing, consistent infrastructure modernization, and providing outstanding user experiences.
  • Wrote blog and knowledgebase articles to help clients and increase online presence, earning placement in search and industry publications, such as Smashing Magazine and A List Apart.
  • Established Crucial as the industry's most prominent hosting provider for Magento, serving as a technical product expert and benchmark for performance and optimization.

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ
Student
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Attended college with a focus on Computer Information Systems (CIS) and English.

B&D Litho

Phoenix, AZ
IT Manager
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  • Reduced accounting department's efforts by allowing employees in satellite offices to connect directly to the Phoenix office via VPN to clock in and out and directly access the mainframe.
  • Provided general technical support, such as wiring buildings with CAT5, rebuilding computers, and fixing common software and hardware issues.

Select Technical Skills

Top Skills

PHP / Laravel / Livewire

HTML / CSS / JavaScript

DevOps / SysAdmin

Other Skills

Alpine Bash Docker Git SQL Symfony Tailwind Vue

Articles

Deep Dive: Laravel Facades

Laravel facades provide a "static" interface to classes available in the application's service container. This article will explore how facades work and how to create your own facades.

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Deep Dive: Laravel Service Providers

Laravel service providers are the central place to configure your application's services. This article will explore how service providers work and how to create your own service providers.

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Deep Dive: Laravel Middleware

Laravel middleware provide a convenient mechanism for filtering HTTP requests entering your application. This article will explore how middleware works and how to create your own middleware.

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Deep Dive: Laravel Eloquent

Laravel's Eloquent ORM is a simple ActiveRecord implementation for working with your database. This article will explore how Eloquent works and how to use it effectively.

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Deep Dive: Laravel Routing

Laravel's routing component allows you to route all of your application requests to the appropriate controller. This article will explore how routing works and how to use it effectively.

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Deep Dive: Laravel Queues

Laravel queues provide a unified API across a variety of different queue backends, such as Beanstalk, Amazon SQS, Redis, or even a relational database. This article will explore how queues work and how to use them effectively.

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Deep Dive: Laravel Testing

Laravel provides a robust testing framework to help you test your application. This article will explore how to write tests for your Laravel application.

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Deep Dive: Laravel Pipelines

Laravel pipelines provide a simple way to pass an object between several classes in a fluid way. This article will explore how pipelines work and how to create your own pipelines.

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Get In Touch

I am currently taking on freelance work, contract-to-hire, or a full time position.

I can help with the following:

  • Consulting and training
  • API development and integration
  • Data warehousing and ETL pipelines
  • Application architecture and design

Drop me a line at kyle@divspace.com or call me at (480) 434-4675