I’m David A. Ball

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David A. Ball

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ABOUT MYSELF

I’m David, a professional software engineer, analyst, developer, and programmer. I love to write code.

MY RESUME

I'VE DONE A FEW THINGS

Freelance Developer
2019-2020
Offering web development, document services, brand identity, and marketing materials. Developed the Cash Count Calculator mobile app.
Project Manager & Developer Lead
Rowdy Red’s Java Adventures
Radford University 2015
Utilizing an agile XP approach, developed a Linux, Apache, PHP, Tomcat, Angular.js text adventure game application across 4 sprints, ensuring automated PHPUnit/Selenium user acceptance test suites met backlog user story specs, utilizing a peer programming technique across shared remote workspaces.
Service Desk Analyst
VITA
Northrop Grumman 2014
Utilizing a modern ITIL approach, answered incoming calls and emails, routing tech support tickets supporting 92 Commonwealth of Virginia state agencies, compliant with SLAs, volunteering spare time between calls to help design, improve, migrate, and automate internal departmental tools.
Lead Technician
Best Buy IBM Technology Refresh
The Go2IT Group 2011
Providing key leadership for assigned locations, completed IBM point-of-sale and kiosk technology refresh upgrades without issue.
Project Manager & Developer Lead
Cooking to Goal
Radford University 2011
In order to demonstrate the shortfalls of the traditional engineering model for software projects, exercised a basic SDLC waterfall project management model on a Java MVC GUI Cooking to Goal app, running through each linear project phase exactly once until completion. Over 80% of such projects will fail in practice. Ask me why.