Nathan Bergey

Summary

Cross-disciplinary web developer. Loves space and science. Works with APIs. Believes in documentation.

Work Experience

Software Engineer 2018–
Truveris, Inc.

Joined a team with ~10 year old product and lots of technical debt. Immersed myself in the existing product and helped modernize the backend infrastructure. Technical lead for a partial re-write of core functionality into a REST API in tandem with a team building a React frontend.

Modernized complex, aging enviroment

Director of Backend Technology 2016–2017
Chromatic Media Inc., https://chromatic.fm

As an early hire at a small startup I undertook a clean-sheet build for a new product. I was responsible for all aspects of the server infrastructure of a mobile streaming music application. I helped grow the development team from the ground up.

Designed, implemented, and documented a REST API for the MVP release
Built and managed all product server infrastructure on AWS
Took requirements from front-end developers, designer, and management to develop product

Program Manager, Lab for Interconnected Devices 2014–2015
Portland State University, https://pdx.edu

I transformed the L.I.D. into a full prototyping makerspace at Portland State University. I was the lab’s first manager and oversaw a move in to a larger space and its growth into vital part of the school of engineering.

Managed a large grant budget
Taught students prototyping techniques (e.g., 3D printing)
Developed lab policies and best practices

Consultant, Programmer 2010–2014
Self Employed

I was a Freelance software developer in Portland, Oregon. My client work was diverse and included full stack web programming, data visualization, HTML5/JS front end work, and robotics

Interactive robotics installation for a technology-focused museum
Charts and report design for a small medical device company

Junior Consultant 2007–2009
Strategic Solutions NW, http://ssnwllc.com/

I was a member of a small group of technology and management consultants working for medium to large corporations

Balanced many projects and clients simultaneously
Rescued failing projects from other agencies and transformed them into successes

Volunteer Work

Rocket Scientist And Project Manager 2008–2016
Portland State Aerospace Society, http://psas.pdx.edu/

PSAS is an open aerospace engineering project. They build innovative ultra-low-cost, open source rockets that feature some of the most sophisticated amateur rocket avionics systems in the world. I spent may years as a principal contributor to the group.

Helped push PSAS into one of the premier aerospace clubs in the world with smart project direction
Made significant contributions in almost all fields including data analysis, software development and management, outreach
Sponsor of three computer science senior capstone projects

Programmer 2009–2016
Open Source Projects, https://github.com/natronics/

I’ve both started and contributed to many open source projects.

Created a public API to NASA Space Station data, currently used worldwide: ~60 million requests per month. http://api.open-notify.org
Contributor to https://spaceprob.es
Started a collection of D.I.Y. state-of-the-art aerospace simulation resources: https://open-aerospace.github.io

Education

Bachelor of Science, Physics 2006
Appalachian State University, NC

Skills

Font End Web HTML/CSS Static Site Generation Modern CSS Frameworks

Python Web micro frameworks Jupyter (IPython) Notebooks Data Visualization Flask Falcon Matplotlib

DevOps And Infrastructure Ansible AWS git nginx

Interests

Space NASA Japanese Spaceflight History ISS real-time data GPS Spacecraft trajectory modeling

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