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LEROY GARDNER III

A PEOPLE FIRST TECHNOLOGIST

SOMETIME BJJ PRACTITIONER

I am LeRoy (pronounced not like Leroy Jenkins).


I believe that technology helps people, but people and process make things great. I find interest in connecting business/operational challenges to process improvements that often include technology. My professional experiences within energy, the US Navy, and higher education offer different but valuable contexts to refer to when problem solving.


I enjoy solving problems, utilizing technology tools to help nudge some brightness into life and the world around us. I believe in accessibility, readability, sustainability, and durability in my code.

Code done well can be craft and a means for self-expression. Constraints facilitate creativity. Empathy for the user can be a game changer.


I spend time away from technology helping, mentoring, coaching, and guiding collegiate student athletes as Assistant Director of Athletics, and Head Men's and Women's Wrestling Coach at the University of the Ozarks.


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RESUME

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SKILLS

SELECTED TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

    TopSpot Internet Marketing

    Web Developer / Project ManagerAugust 2015 - June 2016

  • Successfully led $1MM in project responsibility, leading and managing cross-functional team of 3 designers and web developers.
  • Delivered responsive, modern web standards based web sites, including optimization for search and pay-per-click marketing services from Photoshop design mock-ups including MODx Content Management System on time and budget.
  • Used HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery.

    Stackwave

    Software Engineer Apprentice April 2015 - August 2015

  • Completed a three month curriculum across Windows technology stack, learning Computer Science principles.
  • Successfully delivered production quality, tested code to three different software products, utilizing Mercurial, Jenkins CI and Visual Studio for development environment/tools.
  • Completed twenty-two kanban tickets in Jira, through three different Agile development Sprints.
  • Languages worked with included PostgreSQL,C#, Javascript, Knockout.js, Jquery, UnderscoreJS, RequireJS and HTML/CSS.

    The Iron Yard

    Rails Back End Engineering Student Jan 2015 - March 2015

  • Completed a 12 week intensive programming bootcamp designed to teach comprehensive understanding of back-end engineering and web development.

    ConocoPhillips Company

    Real-Time Power Trader / Gas Scheduler / Scheduling Analyst / West Analyst / New Hire Development Program | Houston TX Jan 2010 - Feb 2013

  • Managed hourly base load call options, traded discretionary real time physical power in MISO, NYISO, PJM and ERCOT markets.
  • Traded financial swaps and options in PJM, MISO | ERCOT regions on ICE.
  • Marketed and managed power plants in SE, ERCOT and CAISO.
  • Optimized asset generation by trading around physical knowledge of power grid.
  • Scheduled Natural Gas daily in the Mid-Continent Region, included management of ~2 BCF storage position.
  • Successfully and accurately nominated 100% of deals by cycle deadlines. Improved scheduling process, realizing time savings and higher accuracy.
  • Analyzed West Region to reconcile, volumetric, prompt index, basis and forward positions daily.

EDUCATION

Wartburg College

BA Psychology, 2003

University of Rhode Island

Masters of Business Administration, Finance, 2009

University of Arkansas - Grantham

BS Information Technology - anticipated Fall 2023

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479.310.6725
me@leroygardner.dev