Nick Meshes
Developer, Data Analyst, Futurist
Multidisciplinary Nerd
About
Since 1995, I have worked in frontend, backend, and web service development; project management; product ownership; QA; DevOps; training; CRM; analytics; privacy; security; leadership; sales and marketing.
While working as help desk/support, network admin, and training, I attended DePaul University.
I lead DePaul's ACM student chapter "Computer Science Society" focused on career guidance, professional networking, and skills training for IT/CS students.
In 2000, I joined Acxiom (a security/privacy-centric organization managing marketing data for Fortune 100s) where I excelled at OO programming (Java/JEE, C#/.NET), Perl, PHP, Bash, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I built web apps and services to set up, schedule, monitor, and audit ETL / Customer Data Integration (CDI) via both GUI and through SOAP/REST; also building Windows tools to QA web apps.
In 2006, I increased my scope to begin managing software development projects, utilizing in MSF, PMP, and Agile/Scrum. I am a Scrum Certified Product Owner and CAPM.
Since 2008, I have been leading geo-distributed teams for websites, apps, and services; also acting as an architect and security/privacy advisor.
My team was successful in producing a significant on-going cost savings ($1MM+/yr) to the organization, improving the efficiency of our user base and enabling them to take on more client work.
In 2012, I was promoted to Senior Manager, leading a team of 20+ developers, architects, and BAs; and working with executives and architects to implement SaaS-based frameworks and marketing products. I was a product manager for CDI/MDM/CRM projects processing 5T+ transactions a month, and product owner for data center-agnostic app deployment and management software.
I worked with college recruiters at job fairs, mock interviews, and speaking engagements.
I've hired many developers, architects, project managers, and QA engineers.
In 2015, I joined Sandstorm Design to build their disciplines in marketing analytics, data management, and .NET dev. I lead a variety of web, mobile, CMS, and tech integration projects for professional associations; focused primarily in healthcare; including design, dev, and supporting HIPAA compliant mobile and web apps. Our work has won awards in marketing.
In 2019, I assumed leadership of the dev and QA team, and grew the team 2x during the pandemic.
I love solving client problems, designing architectures, analyzing consumer data, and writing code.
Specialties: Web app/service design, OO dev/architecture, MSF, PMP, Agile/Scrum, leadership, customer service, ETL, CDI/MDM, CRM, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Big Data, HIPAA, GDPR/CCPA, PCI compliance, COPPA/FERPA, sales, and digital marketing
Interesting Experience
- Contributor - "Discrete Mathematics (5th Edition)" by Richard Johnsonbaugh
Prentice Hall - Jan 1, 2000
I wrote the software that generated the tromino pattern that was the cover of the book and then Dr Johnsonbaugh used my code in the book to explain how trominos work algorithmically. - Building simple, reliable, and scalable workflows in the cloud
("Amazon Web Services and Simple Workflow Service")
April 28th, 2015 - Judge for the Arkansas STEM Festival
- Software programming to implement the research of Dr. Elizabeth Meshes
"Choice Responding Under Combined Positive and Negative Reinforcement Conditions"
Doctoral Thesis
Code on Github - Dive Into Your Clickstream: Understanding Your Web Analytics
- How AI Can Shape the Future of UX
- How to build self-organizing DevOps teams
- 3 Ways To Use AI To Improve the Customer Experience