Andy Watson

About

I am a highly motivated self-starter with strong work ethic, eagerness to learn, and professional experience building software in an agile environment.

Most recently a front end developer at Toolbox No. 9, I gained experience implementing enterprise solutions for client websites and applications.

After 2+ years of application development, I am eager to satisfy a craving to continue developing high quality apps and software in the global marketplace.

I put my nose to the grind when it comes to my work and won't be satisfied until it's perfect. My high standard and self-starting attitude allow me to work well on my own, but I thrive in collaborative environments.

As a former restaurant general manager, I have a deep understanding of customer service and team management. My excellent communication and interpersonal skills, combined with my strong work-ethic, allowed me to rise through the ranks of this competitive industry with relative quickness.

I intend to continue my education by returning to the classroom this Fall at Georgia Tech to pursue a focus in data engineering.

Experience

• With an efficient workflow implementation, prototyping and development time is dropping at an ever increasing rate.
• While quickly mastering HTML + CSS, I utilize JavaScript to power the DOM.
• Beginning to implement cutting edge frameworks like React, Angular + Vue to develop beautiful, responsive web applicaions.
• Work with designers + developers to develop modern, intuitive user interfaces.
• Developed high-quiality, cross-platform, native mobile applications with React Native.
• Solid understanding of browser compatibility and web standards.
• React Codecademy Pro Intensive Certification.
• Experience working with relational databases - MySQL + PostgreSQL.
• Skilled Java developer with core programming principles founded on object oriented design.
• Currently pursuing the AWS Associate Developer certification to increase my understanding of the services offered and how I can leverage them to start streaming data to the cloud via Apache Spark and Python.