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{
  "basics": {
    "name": "Phill Ayers",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "website": "",
    "summary": "Tech professional who quickly learns new skills and solves complex problems across multiple technologies, delivering reliable solutions for clients. Experienced in frontend, backend, mobile development, and AI, I focus on delivering results while building strong working relationships. Past clients and colleagues frequently seek to work with me again, appreciating my ability to turn difficult requirements into successful projects.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Fairport",
      "countryCode": "NY"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "url": "https://github.com/payers1",
        "username": "payers1"
      }
    ]
  },
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "University at Buffalo",
      "url": "https://ub.com",
      "area": "Business Administration/Financial Analysis",
      "startDate": "2007-08",
      "endDate": "2010-06",
      "studyType": "Bachelor of Science"
    }
  ],
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Aerotek",
      "location": "Danbury, CT",
      "position": "RCC District Sales Manager for General Motors",
      "startDate": "2010",
      "endDate": "2012"
    },
    {
      "name": "General Motors",
      "location": "Pittsburgh, PA + Rochester, NY",
      "startDate": "2012",
      "endDate": "2016-01-25",
      "position": "District Sales Manager",
      "summary": "Managed dealer relationships and sales performance across multiple Chevrolet dealerships, overseeing inventory allocation, sales training initiatives, and strategic market planning to drive regional growth and brand penetration.",
      "highlights": [
        "Responsible for Bob Johnson Chevrolet, the largest dealer in USA by sales volume"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "SharpNotions",
      "url": "https://sharpnotions.com",
      "location": "Fairport, NY",
      "startDate": "2016-01-25",
      "position": "Fullstack Developer/Tech Manager",
      "highlights": [
        "Scaled development team at Bestow from solo contributor to a team of 6 engineers",
        "Generated new business by leveraging professional network, successfully bringing Vityl as a client through previous connections at Bestow and Earnest"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Frontend",
      "keywords": [
        "typescript",
        "react",
        "tailwind",
        "tRPC",
        "NestJS",
        "strapi",
        "storybook"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Backend",
      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "node",
        "postgres",
        "Go",
        "flask",
        "Domain Driven Design",
        "graphql",
        "prisma"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mobile",
      "keywords": [
        "swift",
        "swift-ui",
        "react-native",
        "fastlane",
        "expo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "DevOps",
      "keywords": [
        "kubernetes",
        "render",
        "docker",
        "terraform",
        "OpenTelemetry",
        "DataDog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "roles": [
        "Contract Software Engineer"
      ],
      "name": "Microservices Architecture Migration",
      "entity": "Bestow",
      "startDate": "2019",
      "endDate": "2020",
      "description": "Migrated a large Python monolith to separate microservices, improving system performance and making it easier for multiple teams to maintain and enhance the codebase independently.",
      "highlights": [
        "Contributed to decomposition of Python monolith into scalable microservices architecture using gRPC",
        "Implemented Python adapters enabling the existing monolith to communicate with new Go microservices",
        "Collaborated across multiple engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and knowledge transfer",
        "Invited to Austin headquarters to participate in final implementation review due to project contributions"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Go",
        "Python",
        "gRPC",
        "microservices",
        "service decomposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "roles": [
        "Technical Team Lead for SharpNotions",
        "Contract Software Engineer"
      ],
      "name": "Partner Integration",
      "description": "Led development of API platform enabling third-party partners to sell Bestow life insurance products through their own frontends",
      "entity": "Bestow",
      "startDate": "2020",
      "endDate": "2021",
      "highlights": [
        "Led development team to create scalable API integration platform for Bestow's life insurance products",
        "Designed architecture allowing external partners to access Bestow's underwriting engine and policy management systems",
        "Implemented secure authentication, rate limiting, and monitoring systems to protect sensitive financial data"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "flask",
        "postgres",
        "kubernetes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vityl",
      "roles": [
        "Principal",
        "Contract Software Engineer"
      ],
      "description": "Developed an employee engagement platform featuring customized surveys, analytics dashboard, and actionable insights to improve workplace culture",
      "startDate": "2022-06",
      "endDate": "2023-12",
      "entity": "Vityl",
      "keywords": [
        "render",
        "graphql",
        "react",
        "hasura",
        "postgres",
        "prisma",
        "stytch"
      ],
      "highlights": [
        "Took over stalled project after previous contractors failed to deliver despite significant budget expenditure",
        "Successfully completed and launched the platform within tight deadlines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Propeller",
      "description": "Developed a full-stack AI-powered chat application designed to facilitate learning through interactive conversations. Features real-time messaging, AI-driven responses, and programmatic learning flows, built with NestJS, Supabase, React, OpenTelemetry, LangChain, and OpenAI integration.",
      "startDate": "2023-11",
      "endDate": "2024-05",
      "entity": "Vityl",
      "keywords": [
        "supabase",
        "react",
        "OpenTelemetry",
        "NestJS",
        "Langchain"
      ],
      "highlights": [
        "Sole developer and architect for a full-stack AI-powered chat application for learning, built with NestJS, Supabase, React, OpenTelemetry, LangChain, and OpenAI integration",
        "Designed and implemented both backend and frontend, including deployment and monitoring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Paidly Mobile App",
      "description": "React Native Mobile App",
      "startDate": "2024-11-30",
      "entity": "Paidly",
      "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/paidly/id6740494436",
      "keywords": [
        "react-native",
        "fastlane"
      ],
      "highlights": [
        "Independently built complete React Native mobile application with minimal requirements and specifications",
        "Implemented automated CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and Fastlane for streamlined testing and deployment",
        "Managed entire development lifecycle from initial architecture through app store submission"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "theme": "professional"
  }
}