• Name:Trent Apple
    • Location:Chicago
    • Email:[email protected]
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  • Trent Apple

    Hi, my name is Trent Apple. I’m a Software Engineer, Architect, and Entrepreneur.

    Take a look at my portfolio to see what I was working on, leave me a message on Twitter, connect at LinkedIn, or send me an email via the contact form!

    Employment:

    • January 2019-Present
      Clarity Partners
      Senior Solution Architect
      Support operations for high volume filing activity in one of the nation's largest judicial systems (mandatory electronic filing utilized across several divisions of law in Chicago and Suburban Cook County).
      Develop department-wide intranet web application with real time metrics dashboard (Chicago Police Department)
      Architect and implement single sign-on solution using OpenID Connect (OIDC) between web applications (Metra, Cook County Clerk)
      Integrate Case Management System (CMS) using Mainframe CICS Web Interface (WebTek), and Document Management System (DMS / OnBase) in combination with the Electronic Filing Management System (eFileIL) using a SOAP-based API for eFileIL.
      Develop .NET / C# based solution using WCF for SOAP API communication using Electronic Court Filing (ECF) Version 4.0 & 5.0 (OASIS standards)
      Establish and maintain financial recording systems for general ledger accounting, filing fees management, and financial reporting based on Comptroller's needs and requirements.
      Design reusable packaged modules for authorization (OID/LDAP), data querying, and report generation streamlining future application development (Microsoft NuGet package manager)
      Mentor developers and prioritize project tasks promoting employee vigor
    • July 2014-January 2019
      Clarity Partners
      Senior Software Engineer
    • May 2013-July 2014
      Clarity Partners
      Software Engineer
      Mentor interns and prioritize project tasks promoting employee vigor.
      Draft enterprise-scale incident reporting application (in C#) for the Chicago Police Department.
      Design reusable modules for authorization (LDAP), data querying, and report generation streamlining future application development.
    • Apr 2007-Nov 2015
      BittyBay, Ltd
      Lead Software Developer (Co-founder)
      Design, develop, maintain and scale backend server software.
      Institute stress-testing across multiple high-load server/software networks.
      Financially manage company funds, UK, USA and Australia.
      Co-founder of company and product strategist.
    • Feb 2012-May 2013
      Gear Five Studio
      CTO
      Built and managed technology team through product development cycles (SDLC).
      Monitored project progress and relayed milestone communication as technical counsel for all clients.
      Adapted to technological innovations ensuring leadership within the Company’s industry.
    • Jun 2011-Aug 2012
      Teradata
      Software Engineer, Intern
      Engineered and integrated features for cloud-based application (SaaS) into production environments.
      Monitored, reviewed and tested software ensuring quality through development process.
      Experienced company-wide training and implementation of agile software development (SCRUM).

    Education:

    • 2010-2014
      Purdue University
      Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
      Minor in Economics
      Concentration in Software Engineering & Security

    What I do:

    My proficiency in software development languages:

    C# / .NET
    JavaScript
    SQL
    Java
    C / C++

    In addition to my technical skills, I have worked in a variety of product contexts.

    • 95%
      Web Applications (Enterprise-scale)
    • 64%
      API Development
    • 80%
      Systems Integration
  • Portfolio:

    This is a selection of my latest work.
    Click on the images to see the enlarged version or follow the links in the description to see my work "live".

    BittyBay

    BittyBay is a safe online virtual animal kingdom where you can play games, collect items and avatars, meet new friends, create your own virtual room, and more!

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    mySAM

    Telemedicine Platform

    Boomer Esiason Foundation

    Boomer's Place Virtual World

    Microsoft HomeOS

    In-Home Elderly Care using Microsoft Mobile and Cloud technologies. Utilizes Microsoft's HomeOS project. Developed the cloud architecture and guided overall flow between system components.

    Overseen by Arjmand Samuel, Research Program Manager at Microsoft.

  • Contact

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