Mary Lark, Full Stack Engineer
Profile
Having a broad background in software engineering, starting as a Unix Systems Administrator, moving into Software Development has allowed me to quickly assimilate into complex environments quickly.
After graduating from San Francisco State University, I spent 4 years programming in c and C++ in the gnu-unix and Visual Studio environments in financial systems and medical device enterprise development organizations.
Taking a 12 year sabatical to raise my family (because of course, raising a family is like a vacation - right?), I returned to my technical career: First, working customer support and technical assistance at an Internet Service Provider installing security certificates and websites in Microsoft IIS/Apache-Tomcat environments.Then working as an IT Engineer for an educational services provider, providing customized citrix virtual environments, installing gateways, routers, domains, and virtualized desktops in both the Linux and Microsoft O/S's. Shell scripting with Perl, VisualBasic, PowerShell, etc. were my main tools.
The final year I moved into full-time development on an Agile development team working with Object Oriented programming. I developed software within a pre-designed framework, expanding and maintaining code in Java. Although having such versatility on the job was interesting, focusing on full-stack engineering was where I thrived. It was the perfect combination of using my past experience working with SQL, and c-based languages, but incorporated the front-end technologies HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JSP, JUnit, and XML.
Not all good things last. That company downsized dramatically and I needed to move on. Finally, after spending a few years as an independent web designer, I decided to refresh my technical skills by returning to school. I wanted a bootcamp that offered more than 3 mos instruction so I felt solid with my new skills before returning to work. I found just that in appAcademy's 6-month immersive bootcamp.
Having just graduated from appAcademy's bootcamp, I'm proud to announce my tech stack is well updated with: JavaScript, JSON, HTML, CSS, RegExp, Python, Pug Templates, React, Redux, Express.js, NodeJS, postgreSQL, MS SQL, Flask-SQLAlchemy, and Docker.
I am currently available for full time work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hit me up if you're looking for someone with a nice broad background, current tech skills, leadership and mentorship skills, AND brings fun, smiles, and a high level of productivity and commitment to the workplace! I'll make you a star for placing me!
Recommendations
"Mary is a wonderful person to work with. She isn't afraid to dive in deep on new and complex topics, and she is positive and encouraging to those around her. She does what needs to be done and can see the big picture to understand why it is necessary. She has a high degree of skill in front-end frameworks such as JavaScript and Angular, and is adept at organizing, structuring, and supporting Agile teams."
"I worked with Mary on a client project with vague guidelines and large customer knowledge gaps. With Mary’s hard work, and the team’s dedication, we were able to help the customer discover the technical requirements for a non-technical statement of work, to parse that work into concrete requirements, and to execute on those requirements while coordinating with third party vendors. Mary took technical direction well where needed, worked doggedly to fill in knowledge gaps, and executed on tasks exactly as expected. Mary conducts all communication with customers and co-workers to utmost professional standards, and her professional maturity is an asset in an office setting for mentoring new employees."
"I had the pleasure of working with Mary on a project to convert requirements into user stories for development. Her attention to detail is one of her strongest assets. Her persistence to ensure the correct information is collected and returned to clients points to her project management /business analyst skills. Mary’s eagerness helps a team achieve consensus on expectations of assigned tasks. Mary is not afraid to ask questions until she has a complete grasp of her responsibilities. I appreciate her contributions and efforts when working together."
"Mary is an amazing person and an incredible resource. No-one digs into a problem like Mary, and her attention to detail is second-to-none. At Toolwire Mary inherited a system in desperate need of a "new sheriff". Where there was chaos and disparity Mary brought order and conformity."
"It’s my great pleasure to recommend Mary. I’ve worked directly with her for 5 years now. She is one of my primary go-to people at Toolwire and the true one-stop resource for everything about our OnDemand hosting platform. I can always rely on Mary to put her heart and soul into everything she does. She consistently demonstrates leadership initiative, leaving a path of organization and documentation where there previously was only chaos. She does a wonderful job of cross training the software and technical operations teams after every major project she manages or builds. Dogged, driven, fun, engaged, curious and thoughtful, are just some of the wonderful adjectives that describe her. If I go to another company I am bringing Mary with me if I can. So don't hire her JUST yet... "
"Mary is a delight to work with and easy to get along. She has a lot of energy, and has a ready smile and works well with everyone. She had to come up to speed on lots of advanced technical details of projects and she was able to do so with ease. She is detail oriented and is able to deliver her tasks on time. Highly recommended."
"I've had the pleasure of knowing Mary Sue Lark for many years as well as working with Mary at Siemens Medical Systems. Mary is a very capable, conscientious, and high integrity engineer that consistently executed her project responsibilities in a collaborative, efficient, effective and productive manner. I have no reservation in recommending Mary Sue Lark."
"Mary and I worked together on a project for a foreign bank. I could always rely on her to help me with problems or discuss solutions. Mary turned out to be a good friend that made me feel welcome such a long way from home."
"Mary and I worked together on an international project that was rather stressful at times. I always found her to be willing to help me resolve issues and pleasant to work with. I enjoyed working with her."
"Mary Sue always has impressed me with her positive attitude, warm personality, and tenacity. She is an asset to any team or project, and I would welcome any opportunity to work directly with her."
"Mary Sue was a pleasure to work with at TRW. She always supported the efforts of the team and forged strong professional relationships with teammates onshore and overseas."
"Mary provided IT and various tech support to all departments, and she was always delightfully cheery and responsive to anyone in the company who needed fast help--a rare attribute that we very much appreciated. I would highly recommend Mary for any position that involved being responsive to problems, working with people, and helping build morale. She brings a smile and a laugh to tough work."
"Mary is an intelligent, hard working co-worker whom everyone can count on in lean times."