Ryan Conklin

Experience

• Mar 2020 - Present

  Penn State Applied Research Lab, State College, PA

  Tactical Software - Research and Development Engineer 2

  • Contributed to the design and implementation of software and application development, with a focus on User Interface and User Experience.
  • Worked multiple programs to meet sponsor deadlines and achieve succesfull product demonstrations.
  • Collaborated in both Kanban and Scrum team environments.
  • Maintained an active TS/SCI clearance.
• Jun 2017 - Mar 2020

  Raytheon, State College, PA

  Intelligence, Information and Services - Software Engineer 1, Technical Lead

  • Oversaw software design, planning, and implementation of tasking and features within software projects.
  • Provided technical leadership, mentorship, and decision making as scrum master to a team of developers.
  • Collaborated across teams to support project design and requirements.
  • Responsible for running demonstrations to product owners and project managers for implemented features within each release.
  • Contributed, improved, and built upon large existing codebases.
  • Worked in a fast-paced, agile, team environment, both on-site and with remote locations.
  • Obtained and maintained an active TS/SCI clearance.
• Feb 2016 - Jan 2017

  Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA

  Academic Tutoring - Web Programming Tutor

  • Familiarized students of all skill levels with fundamentals of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and third party libraries.
  • Assisted students with problem solving and debugging projects in Web and Information Technology courses.
  • Engaged students using verbal and soft skills to aid in improving understanding of topics.
  • Provided instruction to students creating pages, forms, and markup, implementing responsive designs.
  • Additional tutoring time focused on coding in Java with students from other information technology majors.
  • Structuring and querying MySQL databases using PHP and SQL.
  • Attended instructional session on micro expressions and non-verbal communications.
• Apr 2012 - Aug 2012

  First Quality Tissue, Lock Haven, PA

  Preventative Maintenance - Intern

  • Shadowed paper machine control technicians within the preventative maintenance department.
  • Calibrated instrumentation, took inventory of computer systems and electrical equipment, and transferred mechanical drawings into Excel for ingestion into inventory software.
  • Provided assistance to control technicians during regularly scheduled shutdowns.