Micah Huff
Software Engineer at DatStat
- Location
- Greater Seattle Area
- Industry
- Computer Software
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Micah Huff's Overview
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- Software Engineer at DatStat
- CEO at Dynamic Consulting Inc.
- Past
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- Software Engineer in Test at DatStat
- QA and Customer Support Associate at DatStat
- Software Test Intern at International Business Machine (IBM)
- Lab Support Technician / Assistant Webmaster at University of Washington Mechanical Engineering
- Information Technology Intern at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Education
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- University of Washington
- Recommendations
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14 people have recommended Micah
- Connections
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138 connections
- Websites
Micah Huff's Summary
Pursuing a career in the software industry with an emphasis on user experience and usable information interfaces. Information architecture is vastly important to me as well as quality of the product. I value user's input and take their feedback seriously to improve the product in any way possible.
Interested in emerging web technologies, information organization, user experience design. and product development.
Specialties
Communication, usability, system design principles, information organization, customer support interaction,
C#.NET, MS SQL Server, DatStat Illume, DatStat Illume SDK, DatStat Discovery, PHP scripting, PostGreSQL, MySQL, Javascript, Server 2003 administration, Windows XP administration, Java development
Micah Huff's Experience
Software Engineer
DatStat
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
September 2010 – Present (1 year 9 months) Greater Seattle Area
Work with the engineering team to develop the leading enterprise research tools on the web. Primary job functions / accomplishments include:
- Exposed the core DatStat Illume Survey object through extensions to the REST API.
- Identify and improve performance in the REST API to minimize the footprint of HTTP requests coming into and out of the system - utilizing HTTP cache where possible
- Develop a .NET Software Development Kit and corresponding documentation allowing for developers to more easily make requests agains the REST API
- Develop and deliver high-quality technical training for customers utilizing the REST API and the Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Created secure transaction management server-side infrastructure to ensure data integrity for sales team
- Centralized and more tightly integrated three separate web applications into one cohesive unit to simplify the customer experience
- Assist the QA team on an ongoing basis by extending the customized build script to suit their needs for file deployment. Began integrating automated testing utilizing NUnit and Selenium through SauceLabs' web service API
- Usability Consulting: Consult with the project managers as well as customer support team on ways in which the product or custom-developed tools could be made simpler & more streamlined for customers
- Usability Consulting: Work closely with both the product manager as well as engineers to design usable interfaces for both the web and desktop products
- Installed and maintain the SVN Server as well as the Atlassian product suite (JIRA / Fisheye / Crowd)
- Perform various IT tasks including server upgrades, hardware upgrades, and various process improvements
CEO
Dynamic Consulting Inc.
January 1997 – Present (15 years 5 months)
Dynamic Consulting is able to provide a wide array of services including usability consulting, software testing, and custom programming in a wide array of languages for the web. We specialize in web application development and integration in to existing systems.
Some of our clients include CFDD Seattle (http://www.cfddseattle.org), CFDD Tacoma (http://www.cfddtacoma.org), and NACM BCS (http://www.nacmbcs.org).
Software Engineer in Test
DatStat
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
January 2009 – September 2010 (1 year 9 months)
Develop and execute test plans and test cases to encompass the full breadth of our enterprise research management platform. Usability design and consultation with engineers to ensure that our product is up to the ease-of-use standards that our customers expect. Develop the build application and incorporate automated testing (BVT tests) through the Microsoft .NET platform. Train customers on the use of the DatStat Illume Software Development Kit (SDK). Additional programming tasks as assigned internally. Customer support work focused on the software development kit. Maintain and develop applications for the corporate website.
QA and Customer Support Associate
DatStat
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
January 2008 – December 2008 (1 year)
Working with customers to make their experience with our product a good one as well as integrating QA as part of the business process.
Software Test Intern
International Business Machine (IBM)
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry
May 2007 – December 2007 (8 months)
Testing and some minor development of PowerExecutive at IBM for xSeries servers. Internal product development, all work done in Java 5.
Lab Support Technician / Assistant Webmaster
University of Washington Mechanical Engineering
Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry
October 2005 – April 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Information Technology Intern
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Nonprofit; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry
June 2003 – September 2006 (3 years 4 months)
Micah Huff's Skills & Expertise
Micah Huff's Education
University of Washington
BS, Informatics
2005 – 2009
Activities and Societies: Technology Director of the Informatics Undergraduate Association Member of student/faculty project in electricity consumption monitoring project
Micah Huff's Additional Information
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User experience design. Quality assurance. Software engineering. Emerging web technologies.
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University of Washington Dean's List
NACM / CFDD National Publicity Award of Excellence
Rotary Student of the Year in Technology and Vocational Leadership
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