Andrew Taylor
Software Developer
Pikeville, KY
ataylor@todayscolor.com
B3CB 97E5 6A65 10B6
Development
Javascript (NodeJS / Express)
PHP 7
HTML5 / CSS
NoSQL (MongoDB / Redis)
SQL (PostgreSQL / MySQL)
Source Control (Git / SVN)
Payments (Stripe / PayPal)
Shell Scripting (Bash / ZSH)
System Administration
GNU/Linux (Debian, RHEL, Arch)
Virtualization (VMWare / KVM)
VoIP (Asterisk / Twilio)
Cloud (AWS / DO / GCP / Linode)
Docker
Web Servers (Apache2 / Nginx)
Work Experience
Founder / Todays Color LLC
Oct 2015 - Current
Todays Color is a SaaS company for physicians and treatment providers who specialize in Medically Assisted Treatment of substance abuse disorders. We currently provide service for thousands of patients at multiple treatment centers.
Todays Color LLC won 1st place at the Dec 2015 University of Pikeville Startup Challenge and collected $8,000 in prize money. Todays Color also won 1st place at a Kentucky Innovation Network Regional Entrepreneur Pitch Competition sponsored by the Kentucky Angel Investors Network.
Software Developer / Appalachian Wireless
Mar 2015 - Mar 2019
Design custom software and internal tools. Maintain corporate Intranet. Automate tasks and reports. Designed and implemented a custom OTP / 2FA authentication system. Designed the Apple Entitlement Server for iOS devices on the Appalachian Wireless Band 12 network. Integrated Entitlement server with VoWiFi E911 services. Designed internal API to return JSON data from internal databases and 3rd party APIs.
Monitor, maintain, scale, and secure systems ranging from GNU/Linux, DMS-MTX, eNodeB, Solaris, OS X, VMware, and Windows Server. Migrated legacy systems from dedicated hardware to VMware.
Linux Technical Support / Linode LLC
Dec 2012 - Sep 2013
Provided Linux Technical Support for Xen based Virtual Private Servers running multiple distributions such as Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, OpenSuSe, Gentoo, and Slackware.
Provided Managed Hosting and Service Monitoring Support for Linode customers.
Communicated with multiple Network Operation Centers to identify and troubleshoot global networking issues. Conducted quality assurance testing for new features, services, and operating system images.
Recent Projects
Apple Entitlement Server
2016 - 2017
iOS devices connect to the Apple Entitlement Server (AES) via JSON RPC API to verify the trust of the cellular network and determine which services are available to the subscriber.
Integrated AES with the MIND Billing System via SOAP XML API and with the West XML API for E911 VoWiFi calls.
The server handles provisioning of eSIM / MultiSIM devices such as the Apple Watch.
Apple Device Enrollment Program
2017
Designed the DEP process and backend server to allow Appalachian Wireless business customers to automate Mobile Device Management (MDM) enrollment and simplify initial device setup. It allows the supervision of devices during activation without touching them, and allows locking MDM enrollment for ongoing management.
EKN - Internal API
2017
Internal JSON API allows data to be returned in JSON format from multiple 3rd Party APIs, and internal databases. Allows multiple actions to be performed per single request.
EKN - Data Overages Tool
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
Tracks current and historical data overage amounts. Shows the date of last automated Billshock SMS. Provides CSR's the information needed to assist customers in preventing data overages.