Michael's Resume

Michael Di Paolo

Chicago, Illinois - notdipaolo@outlook.com

DePaul University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - Software Development 2016-2020

Create and add new functionality to components for Blue Access for Members web app using React, Redux, and Typescript
Maintain, refactor and build out new functionality for multiple Java APIs
Refactoring project to incorporate Micro Frontends using Single-SPA Framework
Manage weekly prod deployments, and work directly with our deployment Concourse CI pipeline
Write and manage automated testing scripts for the BCBSIL Android app using Java, Selenium and Perfecto Lab
Lead the refactoring efforts to clean up the mobile app testing framework (both Android and iOS)

FoodBoss
Software Engineer - ContractWinter - Spring 2020

Built home page, static pages, redesigned the search page using Redux, React and NextJS
Refactored and restyled React components with modern ES6 syntax, SCSS and Redux React
Added Selenium tests, with a chrome driver, to our codebase to test pull requests when they get created, so we can automatically validate them before merging into staging or production
Implemented a Pull Request template to our Github repository to help organize and abstract new Pull Requests

Anixter International Inc
Intern - Information Services Development ProgramSummer 2019

Built an Electron desktop application to function as an interactive catalog for Project Managers and Sales Reps to aggregate through a database of shipping labels.
Created a database of 1000+ active shipping labels with corresponding web app to maintain it.
Wrote scripts to calculate the estimated shipping cost for packages sent from a warehouse in New South Wales, Australia

Chicago Transit Authority
Software Development Intern - Transit OperationsWinter/Spring 2018 & Summer 2018

Recreated a 10 year old web portal from the ground up using ASP.NET MVC
Added new functionality to shelter/bus sign maintenance program, enabling maintenance workers to handle repairs quicker and easier
Wrote a documentation manual for the CTA Train Tracker
Created a program to digitize Terminal Log sheets. Employees would previously record data on paper for someone else to manually update a spreadsheet after their shift; my program takes care of all that in one go. When an employee fills out the form, it automatically populates the database

Illinois Tool Works
Computer Science Intern - Innovation CenterSummer 2017

Created and updated pages to the ITW Innovation Center Sharepoint websites
Wrote scripts tracking online data for various ITW branches. The scripts automatically run every 2 weeks to collect tweets, blog posts, YouTube videos and whatever other online content that mentions the specific company/products
Programmed a Sawyer robot to flip burgers and/or pancakes for a live demo to show on tours of the ITW headquarters

Futhead
FIFA Forum & Database - Community ManagerFall 2015 - 2020

Maintain and monitor a large online Fifa Ultimate Team community (over 1 million unique users and 80 mil unique visitors)
Provide feedback for the owner and lead developers to help with upkeep, testing and production of new features
Learned about what it takes to run a forum/database website, including the various social media aspects

Saturdays Football Chicago
Non-Profit Free to Play Soccer - Co-FoudnerWinter 2020 - Present Day

I am creating a website for a music software technology start up. The project will be the home for their online resources. It'll have; an introduction to the company/product, user docs, static pages (faq, contact, etc), a way to download and purchase the software, etc

Inspect All Home Inspections Inc
Web Developer - FreelanceWinter 2022