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Nathanael Ligon
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San Francisco, California, United States
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- SFounderSlate IncNov 2020 - Current (5 years 8 months)Slate is a small local startup business that provides comprehensive Software and IT solutions to the US Federal Government and DoD.
FounderSlateNov 2020 - Current (5 years 8 months)Slate is a small business that provides diverse and comprehensive Software and IT consulting solutions.- AFull-Stack Software Engineer, Business DeveloperAssureSMEJan 2016 - Dec 2018 (3 years)Design and consulting role for complex business application in a demanding startup environment. Administered scores of technical screenings on a diverse range of platforms in the full stack, ranging from guiding candidates through the production and analysis of complex front-end Angular code, discussing routing implementations in ASP.NET, and creating and optimizing complex SQL database queries. Designed candidate assessment metrics and created custom testing plans for major clients including Bechtel, Pella, Young's Market, and more. Balanced logic business needs to design methodology by which software developers are tech-screened, qualified, and finally recommended to clients.
- ASoftware EngineerAssureSMEJan 2016 - Dec 2018 (3 years)Design and consulting role for complex business application in a demanding startup environment. Administered scores of technical screenings on a diverse range of platforms in the full stack, ranging from guiding candidates through the production and analysis of complex front-end Angular code, discussing routing implementations in ASP.NET, and creating and optimizing complex SQL database queries. Designed candidate assessment metrics and created custom testing plans for major clients including Bechtel, Pella, Young's Market, and more. Balanced logic business needs to design methodology by which software developers are tech-screened, qualified, and finally recommended to clients.
- Sergeant | Cyber Network AdministratorUnited States Marine CorpsJun 2008 - Jun 2013 (5 years 1 month)Unit leader in tight-knit infantry battalion. Two combat deployments. Played key role in 2010 seizure of pirated cargo freighter Magellan Star and rescue of her hostages. Resurrected network-bridge to U.S. after critical systems failure in Jordanian desert. Responsible for maintaining all SIPR (secret clearance) Marine Corps network accounts in Western United States. Managed all help-desk procedures for over 600 personnel in the Mojave Desert. Oversaw network establishment in many tactical field exercises. Navy Unit Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal.
- Sergeant | Cyber Network OperatorMarine Corps RecruitingJun 2008 - Jun 2013 (5 years 1 month)Unit leader in tight-knit infantry battalion. Two combat deployments. Played key role in 2010 seizure of pirated cargo freighter Magellan Star and rescue of her hostages. Resurrected network-bridge to U.S. after critical systems failure in Jordanian desert. Responsible for maintaining all SIPR (secret clearance) Marine Corps network accounts in Western United States. Managed all help-desk procedures for over 600 personnel in the Mojave Desert. Oversaw network establishment in many tactical field exercises. Navy Unit Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Honorable Service.
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- Software EngineeringHack ReactorAdvanced Software Engineering Immersive Academy
- Associate Degree in Science, Computer Networking and Information TechnologyCCSF
- NEntrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNew Leaders Council
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- EEVAEVA is an artificial intelligence that will chat with you from across the internet. I created her using an AI constructor, and made her accessible with an AngularJS interface. To develop this app, I: - Utilized api.ai to instantiate and configure the AI. - Employed AngularJS to render views and initialize API calls from the front-end. - Handled authentication utilizing Express routing on a Node.js server.
- MMemowiseMemowise is an intelligent flash-card management application which uses spaced-repetition to help people learn efficiently. Memowise was built using React, Redux, Express.js, and MongoDB. To develop this app, I: - Created a site-wide search feature which allows users to narrow down the collection of study cards displayed on the page in real-time as they type. - To do this, implemented two-way data-binding in React / Redux and used the search input to filter out which collections would be dynamically rendered based on user input. Github: https://github.com/nligon/Memowise
- EEVA (2016)EVA is an artificial intelligence that will chat with you from across the internet. I created EVA using an AI constructor, and made the front-end accessible through an AngularJS API. To develop this app, I: - Utilized api.ai to instantiate and configure the AI. - Employed AngularJS to render views and initialize API calls from the front-end. - Handled authentication utilizing Express routing on a Node.js server.
- NNews JuiceNews Juice aggregates news and Google Trends API’s based on user search terms, and then renders data visualizations based on the results. This allows end users to see the prevalence, beginnings, and momentum of the keywords they searched for. This app was built using AngularJS, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and the D3.js data visualization library. - As Scrum Product Owner for this application’s development, I drove the team’s vision for high-level product direction and functionality. - Built Node.js Express server from the ground up. - Refactored aggregate data visualization code to allow intelligent scaling of D3 graph based on real-time user response. - To scale the data visualizations, rather than create aspect ratio errors by using respon
- FFarm ConnectFarm Connect is a marketplace application for local farmers to advertise directly to users, and for users to have direct access to fresh produce at supplier prices. Farm Connect was built using Angular.js, Express.js, JWT, and PostgreSQL. - I was ScrumMaster for this application's development. - I safeguarded workflow process, style guide implementation, and documentation.