Software Development Consultant
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Software Development Professional at Self Employeed (Sole Proprietorship)
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- Director of Software Engineering at TotalMusic, LLC
- Software Development Professional at Self Employeed (Sole Proprietorship)
- Software Development Manager at IODA
- Manager of Music Service Development at AOL Music Now
- Senior Internet Developer at Novamed Eyecare
- Internet Developer at Smith-Bucklin & Associates
- IT Support at Cruise Technologies
- Internet Developer at Zenith
- Education
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- University of Northern Iowa
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Troy Denkinger’s Summary
Software development manager with over 14 years experience. Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously while remaining flexible to the needs of the organization. Experience in architecting new systems based on identified needs, building complex systems and quickly bringing systems into production in a high-demand environment.
Troy Denkinger’s Specialties:
Digital content handling, Ruby, Perl, XML, SQL, MySQL, Oracle, Certified Scrum Master.
Troy Denkinger’s Experience
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Software Development Professional
Self Employeed (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Computer Software industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
For that past nine years I have worked in digital media, creating software and services. As an engineer and manager, I have experience with all aspects of software development. I am an advocate of agile practices and, as a Certified Scrum Master, have led engineering teams on many successful sprints.
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Director of Software Engineering
TotalMusic, LLC
(Entertainment industry)
June 2008 — February 2009 (9 months)
I managed a team of 10 engineers who worked on all aspects of the TotalMusic digital music service. TotalMusic was a digital music platform allowing users to explore music and listen to free streaming songs. The "cloud" provided a set of APIs so that developers could access music metadata, socially created content (such as playlists, ratings, reviews) and streams.
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Software Development Professional
Self Employeed (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Computer Software industry)
February 2008 — June 2008 (5 months)
I was part of a small team working on the initial development and spec building for what would become TotalMusic, LLC. This included development and definition of the Rails-based API calls. Additionally, I worked on the definition and setup of internal quality assurance and software development systems.
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Software Development Manager
IODA
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
May 2007 — February 2008 (10 months)
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Manager of Music Service Development
AOL Music Now
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
January 2000 — September 2006 (6 years 9 months)
I increased the speed with which new software was developed and released to production by introducing agile methodologies to the service development team. This allowed quicker release of high priority features and fixes.
I enabled our content team to increase the ingestion speed of new content into our music service by creating a content processing system .
We were contractually obligated to pay royalties for all music and videos sold. I designed and built a system according to these contract terms, decreasing our risk of making incorrect or late royalty payments. -
Senior Internet Developer
Novamed Eyecare
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; nova; Medical Practice industry)
March 1999 — January 2000 (11 months)
Created a template-driven website design system allowing managed optometric practices to setup and maintain their own websites on the company’s central web servers. Included allowing upload of logo and related graphics elements.
Participated in creating specifications for template elements and in the selection of elements submitted by graphic designers.
Assisted in Y2K preparations by making sure all internet-related technologies were compliant with company Y2K policies. Updated software as necessary. -
Internet Developer
Smith-Bucklin & Associates
(Computer Software industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
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IT Support
Cruise Technologies
(Computer Hardware industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
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Internet Developer
Zenith
(Computer Hardware industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year )
Troy Denkinger’s Education
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University of Northern Iowa
BA , Philosophy , September 1984 — May 1988
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