Resume

Education

August 2006 - May 2010

Virginia Military Institute

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science
Achieved the Dean's Award for extraordinary result. Played rugby all 4 years, and captain senior year.

Employment

August 2015 - Present

Jet.com

Senior Software Engineer

Working on the main e-commerce site, as a UI developer. Working closely with UX and design to keep Jet.com an amazing marketplace.
July 2012 - August 2015

Medidata Solutions

Senior Application Developer

Brought legacy .NET 3.5 web application to a tested 4.5 web application integrated in an enterprise ecosystem. Organized the first company internal engineering conference that contained over 20 talks spanning three tracks, at which I also presented. Blogged on a regular basis about design and architectural decisions before moving forward, fostering an environment of openness and collaboration. Participated in daily foosball games to keep my hands fast and my brain creative!
June 2010 - July 2012

Strategic Analysis Incorporated

Junior Software Engineer

Led a team of engineers from design to release, to more efficiently gather monthly reports for government contracts on Status Report System. Created a framework to allow site data to easily be exported in company approved Word document template, using Word XML instead of HTML on Status Report System. Helped set up process and infrastructure code for new .NET MVC 3 projects on Status Report System.

Sports

September 2013 - Present

New York Shock Exchange Mens Roller Derby

Blocker & Treasurer

I grew up skating on a daily basis at the local skate rink, Star City Roller Rink. After playing rugby, I heard about roller derby and knew that it was the sport I was born to compete in! For the Shock Exchange my position is Jammer, but I will also block from time to time. If you have not watched a roller derby bout (bout is derby lingo for game) I recommend you look and see if there is a team near that you can watch.
August 2006 - May 2012

Rugby

Scrum Half & Winger

I picked up rugby my freshmen year of college, after watching my senior mentor play in a match. My main position was scrum half, which I loved, allowing me to always have my hands on the ball and make quick decisions during game play.

Skills

During my experience I have worked on all parts of the application stack. Whether it be back-end, data storage, front-end, and deployment.

Visual Studio
C#
SQL
Angular JS
CSS
Javascript

Dabbles

Things I have experimented with in my off time.

Ruby
Erlang
Chef

Recognition

I am a strong believer that a great developer can do more then just code. What makes a great developer is the ability to spread knowledge to others through blogging, speaking, and working on side projects with others. While working to become a better developer, I have been recognized with awards and speaking engagements.

Medidata Global Engineering Conference

Organizer & Speaker

New York City, New York
Medidata Hack-A-Thon: Client Dashboard

Winner

New York City, New York
Patient Engagement App Challange

Winner: Challenge Post Submission

New York City, New York
Medidata Hack-A-Thon: Patient Engagment

Winner

New York City, New York

Some Of My Thoughts

Design Patterns: Circuit Breaker

Nov 4, 2014

I have been working with a skilled software architect for the past couple of months. I have learned that being a software architect is not all about designing the most beautiful, cutting edge system I could think of. The main point to me has been, that I need to know the physics of what is actually possible for a given software project and team. If a design would take years to build or the current team does not have the expertise to build the components, the beauty of the design does not matter because it will never see the light of day. To help grow my knowledge as to what is possible and what is not, I am going to code up some design patterns that have interested me for a long while.

The Start Of Something

Oct 28, 2014

Over the past couple of weeks I have come to realize that I work with a number of people that I would love to start a company with. This thought brought me to create Link Corp.

Études for Erlang - CH 9

Jul 28, 2013

Welcome back, my fellow Erlangers!! After last weeks etude about processess, let’s just say I am super excited to get started on chapter 9 this week. I mean who could not be excited. Not only did we all get to relive a small part of our childhood, but we also got into the MEAT of Erlang. It was also the first time that as a programmer you could really show your personallity within your code. Prior to chapter 8, each little detail was spelled out for how to do every execise leaving little to the imagination.

Études for Erlang - CH 8

Jul 22, 2013

For the past few weeks we have been diving into the normal workings of Erlang. So far however we have not really ran into anything that makes Erlang special. To be honest if what we have gone over so far is all that was to Erlang, I would probably tell you to never use this language ever, ever, ever. Ok maybe that is a little over the top, but as you saw in Chapter 5 Erlang does not handle strings very nicely and that is a lot of what a I use in my day to day programming.

Études for Erlang - CH 7

Jul 15, 2013

I have been working double duty tonight, since I have been slacking on my blogging duty. I am again slacking, I am going to skip from chapter 5 to chapter 6 for now.

Études for Erlang - CH 5

Jul 8, 2013

Have you missed me?? For the past two weeks I have been driving to and from many a wedding. My cousin, Olivia, got married two weeks ago to an awesome man, John! Then this past weekend my best friend growing up, Ben, got married to a lady who I do not know to well but any person he would marry must be a great gal! To each of you I wish you the best!

Études for Erlang - CH 4

Jun 25, 2013

This week the homework for the meetup was chapters 4 & 5. However this weekend I was at my childhood best friend’s bachelor party so I only got to chapter 4. Ouch, Ouch, please stop throwing tomatoes, lettuce and actually I don’t want to know what that is, I am sorry! If you want more Erlang check out last week for chapter 3, again!

Études for Erlang - CH 3

Jun 16, 2013

It is that time again, well I don’t really know if I can say that yet since this is only the second installment of the series. Last week I wrote about chapters 1 & 2 from Etudes for Erlang, however I actually wrote my solutions after the meetup. This time I am getting a head start and thankfully I only have to do one chapter. I will just hop right into it, because I am excited to learn some more about Erlang! Chapter 3: Atoms, Tuples, and Pattern Matching link

Études for Erlang – CH 1 & 2

Jun 14, 2013

Have you ever thought to yourself, “What can I do with all my spare time” or maybe “There are all these people at work, that I really would like to get to know better”? No, really, oh well I have. The game plan I came up with was simple, find something that was related to work but happened after work and beer was provided. The answer to all the worlds problems is Erlang, dun dun duda…. Ok maybe not, but the newly re-minted Erlang-NYC meetup group was the answer to my problems. For those of you who have never heard of this “Meetup” idea, it is a group of people getting together to talk or act on a unified topic or activity. This meetup’s unified topic is Erlang, DUH, and they get together about once a month or more.

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CoWorker Testimonials

Connor Ross is the software engineer any company would love. When he's writing code, he's 'in the zone' and doesn't get distracted by minor disruptions or coworkers who want to goof off. But when the team gets together for brainstorming sessions, he's a team player and actively drives the discussion with succinct points that keep the meetings short, sweet, and to the point. With Connor at the helm, projects are completed on time and on budget, with excellent customer service.
Jeffrey Cubbal

Connor, or as I know him as "Otter", is an amazing person to work with. He is cheerful, passionate, and extremely driven. He sets his goals high and won't stop until he has accomplished them. It's very inspiring to work along side someone so driven and determined. Otter also works extremely well with everyone and is a great asset to any team. He makes me want to work even harder to achieve everything I want to achieve!
Jennifer Dean (aka: Maven)

Connor Ross

Software Engineer

Resume

Education

Virginia Military Institute

Bachelor of Science

Employment

Jet.com

Senior Software Engineer

Medidata Solutions

Senior Application Developer

Strategic Analysis Incorporated

Junior Software Engineer

Sports

New York Shock Exchange Mens Roller Derby

Blocker & Treasurer

Rugby

Scrum Half & Winger

Skills

Dabbles

Recognition

Medidata Global Engineering Conference

Organizer & Speaker

New York City, New York

Medidata Hack-A-Thon: Client Dashboard

Winner

New York City, New York

Patient Engagement App Challange

Winner: Challenge Post Submission

New York City, New York

Medidata Hack-A-Thon: Patient Engagment

Winner

New York City, New York

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Some of My Works

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