Grant M. Callant
II

grant@grantcallant.com

www.grantcallant.com

www.linkedin.com/in/gcallantii

Employment

Senior
Director, Engineering

JA Studios Inc

Fall 2014—Current

·    Hires and
manages quality engineers who ensure critical systems uptime.

·    Migrated decentralized
systems to Linux with Active Directory user management and increased
scalability by 30%.

·    Assists in the
creation of internal tools and
utilities and ensures proper documentation
policies are followed.

Graduate
Assistant

Eastern Washington University

Fall 2015— Spring 2017

Systems Administrator

·   
Redesigned and developed Python
based automated Windows Sysprep routine improving efficiency by 20%.

·   
Converted static programming
code documentation into dynamic Git
repositories and eliminated redundancies using automated synchronization
scripts. This reduced errors and lost time over 33% due to outdated code.

·   
Proctored and administered 9
ABET mandated programming proficiency exams.

·   
Setup and administered 4 local
programming competitions and 2 regional ACM International Collegiate
Programming Contests.

Software
Engineer, Intern

Ecova

Summer
2016

Quality Assurance Automated Test
Developer

·    Automated
11 smoke and regression tests, using Selenium in C#.NET, increasing
efficiency by over 80%.

·    Before
departure, trained and assisted 5 cross-team members in understanding the internal testing framework.

Telecom Analyst

Ecova

Spring 2013—Summer 2014

·   
Identified and capitalized on
potential improvements in cost, quality and time performances, including $75K
savings in returned funds and $98K savings in preventive costs through client
education.

Education

Cheney,
WA

Eastern Washington University

2011 – 2019

·   
M.Sc. in Computer Science, anticipated
in 2019. GPA: 3.77

·   
B.S. in Counseling, Education,
and Developmental Psychology, 2011. GPA: 3.79

·   
Graduate Coursework: Software
Foundations; Algorithms; Database Design; Software Security; Network
Security; GPU Programming.

·   
Undergraduate Coursework:
Operating Systems; Databases; Algorithms; Networks; Software Engineering.

Technical Experience

Projects

·   
iTunes++
(2017). A project to increase the efficiency of Apple
iTunes by changing the internal proprietary database to a graph database,
while maintaining a minimal look and feel. Java, Neo4J

·   
Dungeon
Crawler (2016). Software Engineering Agile project to design and
program a complete ASCII game with several bosses, multiple classes, and enhancements. Java, SQLite,
JUnit  

Additional Experience

Website
Developer

·    Developed
Ice Age Flood Explorer website (FloodExplorer.org).

·    Added 100+
lines of custom CSS and JavaScript for background, rollover text, FancyBox options and custom buttons.

Languages and Technologies

·    Working
Proficiency: Java; C; C#.NET; Python. Prior Experience: JavaScript; CSS; HTML;
PHP; C++; SQL

·    Visual
Studio; IntelliJ IDEA; MS Test; Selenium