Andrew Gilliland

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Last Updated: May 22, 2024

Professional Summary

Web and mobile Developer with three plus years of professional experience detail-oriented specializing in full stack development who is skilled in JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift, HTML, CSS, React, React Native, SwiftUI, Node.js, MySQL & MongoDB. I am looking to add value as a developer in a company which will utilize my excellent team collaboration and communication skills. I was a former organizer and participant of local and remote web developer meetups.

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift
  • Mobile/Web Technologies & Frameworks: React Native, SwiftUI, UIKit, React, HTML5, CSS3, Node.js, Deno, Bun, ARKit, SceneKit, RealityKit, CoreML, Next.js, Gatsby.js, GraphQL
  • UI: Tailwind, Bootstrap
  • Database and ORM: MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase Cloud Firestore
  • Web Debug Tools: Chrome developer tools, Firefox developer tools
  • Application/Web Server: Express, Fastify, Hono
  • Versioning and Tooling: Git, webpack, Parcel, Vite
  • Deployment Platforms: AWS, Heroku, Netlify, Vercel, Firebase

Managerial Skills

Client Relationship Management

  • Regularly handle interactions between clients and myself for scheduling appointments.
  • Regularly communicate with clients, managers and team members via phone, email and in-person.
  • Effectively educate clients on new exercises with an emphasis on constructive feedback.

Creative Problem Solving

  • Utilize creative problem solving to work with clients with disabilities or exercise restrictions.
  • Found outside the box strategies to create unique fitness classes that where effective and fun for clients.

Team Building

  • Collaborated with staff and members at a gym to establish a weekly running/walking club.
  • Work with other meetup organizers to create educational events for meetup members.

Professional Experience

Software Engineer - December 2021 - Current

Precision Planting, Tremont, IL

  • Build and maintain Research and Development mobile applications utilizing augmented reality and machine learning models for data acquisition to test and progress product development.
  • Implemented new strategies for mobile application testing and deployment.
  • Initiated the development of a full stack web application to overcome supply chain shortages using manufacturer API’s and web scraping libraries that resulted in substantial profits for the company.
  • Developed and maintained full stack web applications for internal company software.

Junior Creative Developer - September 2021 - December 2021

Creative Sites Media, Bloomington, IL

  • Built customized user interfaces for full stack mobile and web applications.
  • Developed and maintained full stack web applications for various company clients.
  • Implemented new features for a full stack mobile application for a company client.

Business Owner/ Certified Personal Trainer - December 2012-August 2021

Gilliland Fitness

  • Develop and administer fitness programs designed to enhance muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and/or any of the motor skill related components of physical fitness.
  • Create and deliver a variety of group fitness sessions to clients and gym members including Spin, HIIT, and Bootcamp style classes.
  • Educate clients using scientifically sound resources.

Bartender - July 2020-April 2021

Angry Crab Shack, Orange Beach, AL

  • Implement standards for organization, cleanliness, and restocking procedures for staff cohesiveness.
  • Make and sell drinks while developing customer relationships with patrons at an inviting beach restaurant.

Bartender - February 2014-July 2020

The Gulf, Orange Beach, AL

  • Utilized excellent communication skills with multinational staff and guests to effectively and promptly deliver customer service.
  • Make and sell drinks while developing customer relationships with patrons at an inviting outdoor beach restaurant.

Education

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

  • Gained high level understanding of AWS Cloud, services, and terminology.
  • Validated cloud data engineering skills and knowledge.
  • Learned cloud deployment models (e.g., public, private, hybrid).

American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Personal Trainer

  • Optimized client adherence by learning effective communication, motivational techniques, and behavioral strategies.
  • Learned the basic structures of bone, skeletal muscle, connective tissue, as well as the anatomy of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
  • Developed skills to implement a plan and timeline for reassessing physical fitness, goals, and related behaviors.

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) - Alaska Mountaineering

  • Developed risk management and decision-making skills to lead a roped team across a glacier.
  • Developed technical skills to traverse on ice and snow.
  • Learned the basics of mountaineering, from snow camping and avalanche safety to glacier travel and crevasse rescue.

TRX Suspension Training Certification

  • Developed skills on how to cue and correct common faults with exercises.
  • Learned how to properly perform a variety of Suspension Training exercises.

Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Advanced Open Water Diver

  • Learned how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving.
  • Refined compass navigation skills and learned to better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.

Emergency First Response Corporation - Emergency Responder

  • Developed primary care skills through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice.

CPR/AED/First Aid - Adult/Child/Infant

  • Learned how to perform CPR, how to use an AED, skills for treating choking and shock victims, and a variety of first aid skills.

Extracurricular Activities

Pensacola Developers Meetup Organizer:

  • Organized a web developer meetup with 100+ members based in Pensacola, Florida.

Reading:

  • Regularly read books spanning over topics such as leadership, technology, philosophy, biographies, fitness, and fiction.

Running:

  • Regularly train for and participate in 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon distance races.