Marvin Tchio
Software Engineer
Midlothian
Summary
Skilled Software Engineer with a strong foundation in both front-end and back-end development, cloud solutions, and DevOps practices. Proficient in leveraging modern technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. As the founder of CoDNX, demonstrated leadership in conceptualizing and executing innovative software projects that enhance user experience and operational efficiency. Expertise in programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node JS, focused on building scalable, secure applications. Recognized for driving team collaboration in dynamic environments and adept at high availability systems. Committed to integrating cutting-edge solutions into software design to meet evolving business needs.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Technical Founder
CoDNX
Richmond
07.2023 - Current
- Strategic Partnerships & Market Expansion: Cultivated strong relationships with key industry stakeholders, significantly expanding market presence and influence.
- Business Challenges & Customer Focus: Proactively identified and addressed business development challenges and customer concerns, ensuring high satisfaction and loyalty.
- Regulatory Compliance & Collaboration: Led cross-functional collaboration with legal, accounting, and professional teams to ensure strict compliance with regulations, safeguarding the company’s integrity.
- Risk Management & Policies: Developed and enforced comprehensive risk management policies, effectively mitigating potential threats and ensuring business continuity.
- Operational Efficiency: Overhauled operational processes, optimizing productivity and resource allocation, resulting in streamlined operations and cost savings.
- Data-Driven Performance Improvement: Implemented advanced data analysis techniques to inform decision-making, significantly enhancing business performance and growth.
- Innovative Product Launch: Spearheaded launch of CoDNX, a pioneering co-living experience for digital nomads, achieving operational readiness by February 19, 2024.
- Hands-On MVP Development: Engineered Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for CoDNX, overseeing all aspects of software design, development, and deployment with a modern tech stack (Next JS, React, Typescript, Tailwind, MongoDB, Next Auth), delivering a scalable and user-friendly platform.
- Business Strategy & Formation: Directed strategic formation of CoDNX as a C Corporation, crafting and executing a business plan that ensured legal compliance and aligned with financial and structural goals.
- Product Management & Market Insights: Conducted in-depth market research to pinpoint customer needs and untapped niches. Leveraged these insights to define a compelling product strategy, establishing a global network of over 100 clients and setting a solid foundation for future expansion.
DevOps Engineer
IBM DataPower
Raliegh
05.2022 - 05.2023
- Development & Automation Leadership: Led the development and automation of test plans, collaborating with up to three development teams to ensure project alignment within agile sprints.
- Kubernetes Automation & System Reliability: Designed automation solutions for IBM's Data-Power using Kubernetes, achieving a 10% improvement in test speed and enhancing system reliability by 15%.
- Architecture Modernization: Spearheaded migration from monolithic architectures to microservices, significantly enhancing application modularity and maintainability.
- System Monitoring & Downtime Reduction: Implemented robust monitoring and alerting tools, drastically reducing downtime for critical applications.
- CI/CD & Productivity Enhancements: Automated CI/CD pipelines and manual tasks using Python and Shell scripts, improving code deployment efficiency and boosting team productivity.
- Security & Compliance: Conducted regular security vulnerability assessments and applied patches to mitigate risks effectively.
- Collaboration & Communication: Enhanced interdepartmental communication, fostering strong collaboration between development, operations, and QA teams.
- Emerging Technology Integration: Evaluated and integrated emerging technologies, contributing to continuous improvement in software development efficiency and quality.
- Testing Automation & Optimization: Automated and optimized tests across APIs, SOA, B2B, and cloud environments, leading to a 10% improvement in API operation speed and ensuring timely software releases.
Test Automation Engineer
IBM Watson Health
Raliegh
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Security & Best Practices: Implemented security best practices, conducted vulnerability assessments, and ensured adherence to industry standards, enhancing system security and compliance.
- Framework & Pipeline Enhancement: Developed frameworks and pipelines using Flexible Analytics at IBM Watson Health, significantly boosting development and deployment efficiency.
- API Gateway & Automation: Created an API Gateway and automation framework for a Watson-assisted service chat-bot using Selenium, improving error detection by 20% and customer satisfaction.
- Automated Testing Leadership: Led automation of tests for Annotator for Clinical Data Service (ACD), streamlining processes and achieving a 15% increase in deployment efficiency.
- CI/CD & Cloud Solutions: Spearheaded CI/CD integration and cloud solutions for IBM Cloud satellite components, automating code standard enforcement and optimizing workflows.
- Defect Resolution & Product Stability: Identified and resolved software defects, significantly contributing to a more stable end product.
- Mentorship & Productivity: Bolstered team productivity by mentoring junior engineers in test automation techniques and technologies.
- Regression Testing & CI Pipelines: Increased regression testing efficiency through implementation of continuous integration pipelines.
- Test Automation Libraries: Developed custom test automation libraries, enhancing scripting ease and reusability across projects.
- Manual Testing Reduction: Reduced manual testing efforts, enabling faster product delivery by incorporating test automation frameworks.
- Tool & Technology Evaluation: Evaluated and selected tools and technologies for test automation projects, optimizing testing strategies.
- Quality Improvement & DevOps Support: Improved software quality with automated testing solutions and supported DevOps integration to align development and IT efforts.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Boeing Flight Test
Seattle
06.2019 - 08.2020
- Innovation & Collaboration Excellence: Cultivated technical expertise within a culture that prioritizes innovation, embracing collaborative excellence in sophisticated development environments.
- Kraken Development Leadership: Spearheaded design and development of Kraken, Boeing's commercial Flight Test data retrieval application. Achieved a 50% improvement in data retrieval efficiency and doubled client satisfaction through innovative solutions.
- Full-Stack Development Expertise: Led full-stack development projects, employing a diverse tech stack including React JS, Node JS, Express, Swagger, Docker, and Open Hat. Focused on delivering innovative back-end and front-end solutions to enhance data accessibility and user experience.
- Data Visualization & Accessibility: Crafted and implemented visualizations for flight test sensor data to efficiently identify anomalies and introduced real-time data filtering, significantly improving user accessibility.
- UI/UX & Agile Leadership: Drove UI/UX enhancements with React JS, optimizing the overall application efficiency. Championed Agile methodologies, fostering effective client collaboration for requirement gathering and project prioritization.
- Comprehensive Data Solutions: Key contributor to development and testing of robust data retrieval, filtering, and visualization solutions, culminating in creation of a superior data retrieval application for Boeing's Flight Test Computing System.
- Security & Best Practices: Ensured application security through regular code reviews and timely vulnerability resolutions, while implementing best practices for coding standards and documentation.
- Performance Optimization: Significantly enhanced application performance by optimizing database queries for faster data retrieval and improving website responsiveness through advanced front-end techniques.
- Communication & Collaboration Tools: Leveraged collaboration tools like Git, Jira, and Trello to facilitate effective communication and teamwork.
- Technology Proficiency & Trend Awareness: Maintained a comprehensive understanding of the full technology stack and stayed abreast of emerging trends in full-stack development, incorporating latest tools and techniques into projects.
- Consistently met client expectations by delivering scalable solutions that addressed specific business requirements promptly
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Virginia State University (VSU)
Petersburg, VA 4 2015 - 4 2019
Skills
Infrastructure Automation
Microservices Architecture
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Test Automation
Cloud Computing
Scripting Languages
Jenkins
GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
Technical Documentation
Developer Collaboration
API Design and Development
Database Management Software
SQL
Certification
IBM - Cloud Development Certification
Timeline
Technical Founder
CoDNX
07.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer
IBM DataPower
05.2022 - 05.2023
Test Automation Engineer
IBM Watson Health
04.2021 - 05.2022
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Boeing Flight Test
06.2019 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Virginia State University (VSU)
4 2015 - 4 2019
Projects
Network Labeling System Nasa Mining Robot Arduino Projects IOT Fridge and Memristors
Projects
Network Labeling System Nasa Mining Robot Arduino Projects IOT Fridge and Memristors
Projects
Network Labeling System Nasa Mining Robot Arduino Projects IOT Fridge and Memristors