Reggie Wilbanks — Portfolio

REGGIEWILBANKS

FULL WORK HISTORY AND PORTFOLIO

WELCOME

Thanks for taking the time to visit my portfolio. 35 years is a long time in the tech industry, and over that time I've accumulated a lot of knowledge, experience, and technical certifications.

But, this industry moves at light speed, and while I believe knowledge and experience in a specific domain may be important at the time, it's value may become less important as time goes on.

So I was left with a dilemma.

Do I pollute my resume with potentially non-relevant work history? Or, risk not sharing some obscure (but perhaps important) nugget of information that may help you make your decision. I know your time is important, so I decided to keep my resume brief and spend a bit more time here getting into the meat of my experience. You may notice a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) theme throughout my work history, but rest assured I have extensive experience in all aspects of software design, development, deployment, and documentation — GIS and non-GIS alike.

The structure of this site is simple. I've detailed my complete work experience, followed by information about some open source projects, interviews and publications, as well as teaching and presentations. Feel free to scroll through the information, or sit back and let the magic of javascript scroll the information for you.

I designed (and implemented) this site myself. And, even though I have oodles of experience in all sorts of web application frameworks and technologies, I specifically decided to limit myself to using only html, css, and a bit of javascript here. I believe simplicity is the key to most things.

If you have any questions, please contact me. Thanks again for your time.

WORK HISTORY

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

PacifiCorp (Berkshire Hathaway Energy) | MARCH 2014 - PRESENT

Designed, implemented, and deployed multiple enterprise class, cross-platform applications:

The sole front-end client developer for PacifiCorp’s fastMap application, an internal company solution (for Windows and iOS) used by over 1500 employees and third-party contractors on a daily basis to view, map, and correct information on company GIS assets. Want to see fastMap in action? The training videos are publicly available. Here's a link to the Getting Started video, and company blog. Note, I do not maintain the company blog or training videos.
Designed and implemented a system architecture, process, and suite of software for mobile users in the Joint Use Inspection group. The back end solution involves optimized dissemination of large data sets to nearly 50 satellite locations across the United States through various automated jobs using a combination of operating system scripts and custom applications written in C#. The front end solution involves custom software (also written in C#), utilizing Esri's ArcGIS Engine, and Schneider Electric's ArcFM Viewer for ArcGIS Engine to assist Joint Use Inspectors in quickly and effectively conducting field inspections using Panasonic Toughpads and ruggedized Dell tablets. These devices periodically communicate bi-directionally with the satellite locations to receive data updates and transmit completed inspections.
Designed and built a cross-platform console application, using .NET Core (and deployed to Windows, Mac, and Linux systems) used to encrypt and store, then decrypt and retrieve values from "vault" files. It was designed to satisfy encryption requirements outlined by Berkshire Hathaway Energy security policies and guidelines, specifically to satisfy the requirement that sensitive information must be encrypted when stored or in transit. Technically, information is encrypted in the vault file using a user selected X.509 Version 3 certificate that has a defined purpose of document encryption (an enhanced key usage of Document Encryption (1.3.6.1.4.1.311.80.1)) employing AES-256 encryption. As a user, none of that may be important except to know that even with the right quantum computer, AES-256 would take 2.29*10^32 years to brute force crack.