Melvyn Drag

Mobile/Desktop Apps | Linux Server Admin | REST Backends | Bluetooth

Contact Information

  • melvyn@newworldcoding.com
  • 603-724-1451
  • Union City, NJ
  • github.com/melvyniandrag
  • youtube.com/@newworldcoding
  • youtube.com/@melvyniandrag

Skills

Linux Bluetooth .NET MAUI Cross Platform Apps Kotlin Android Native Kotlin Cross Platform Backend Development REST APIs Python/Django Teaching

Experience

Software Developer

HYTORC - Mahwah, NJ - Nov 2018 - Present

  • Write software for highly regarded industrial bolting company. Work on software for users in fields such as mining, power generation, aerospace, racing, etc.
  • Developer of HYTORC Connect, HYFI3 and HY-BRIDGE Applications.
  • Developer and maintainer of several important internal websites, APIs and databases.
  • Helped introduce sound software development principles to the team. Version control, testing, packaging, etc..
  • Regular contact with clients to help identify and implement custom solutions.

Adjunct Professor

NJCU - Jersey City, NJ - Jan 2019 - Present

  • Well regarded professor, overwhelmingly positive student reviews.
  • Created and taught classes about Linux, Java, & Game Development as well as core requirement class about computers.
  • Deliver polished, passionate and positive lectures. If you act bored, confused, or negative, they will think the material is boring, scary and depressing!
  • Emphasize hands-on activities. Powerpoint can be dull.
  • Strict but fair and empathetic grading policies.

Software Developer

DEKA - Manchester, NH - Feb 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Embedded software + mobile app for kidney dialysis machine.
  • Embedded work focused on handling multiple connections to a single database from several applications in the machine.
  • Mobile app communicated with database over bluetooth.

Software Developer

Avlino - Holmdel, NJ - Aug 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Data science software. Did NLP, identified KPIs, found numerical trends.
  • Analysis of huge datasets of numerical and text data to help clients achieve business goals.
  • Pyspark, hadoop, and other big data + machine learning tools.

Intern

Battelle - Columbus, OH - Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

  • Ported Access DB to Postgres.
  • Statistical analysis of data in excel spreadsheets. Excel is one of the few programs trusted on the US Government computers we used, so VBA macros were the main tool we used.

Education

Master of Mathematical Science

The Ohio State University - 2013 - 2015

Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics

New Jersey City University- 2008 - 2012