Kris Penney
Full Stack Developer
Profile
About Me
- I am a passionate full-stack developer who is capable of conceiving and executing ideas.
- As a 5th year Computer Science and Business Double Degree student I am able to apply my skill set to many domains.
- I love to challenge myself to expand and improve my abilities.
Skills
- C / C++ / Java
- Python
- Ruby / Rails
- iOS Development (Swift + Objective-C)
- Android Development
- HTML / CSS / JS
- PHP
Education
5B Computer Science and Business Double Degree
1A
1B
2A
Co-op
2B
3A
Co-op
3B
4A
Co-op
4B
Co-op
5A
5B
University of Waterloo
September 2013 - August 2018
Bachelors of Computer Science
Software Engineering Option
Wilfrid Laurier University
September 2013 - August 2018
Bachelors of Business Administration
Finance Option
Work Experience
Web Developer - Wilfrid Laurier University
April 2018 - Present
Software Developer - Shopify
September 2017 - December 2017
- Interned on the Kernel-Transactions team.
- Part of a large project to overhaul the financial transactions and payments processing data models to unlock new business opportunities for Shopify.
- Improved resiliency in financial transaction processing during catestrophic failures, which help to prevent merchants from issuing duplicate requests and loosing money.
Web Developer - Wilfrid Laurier University
July 2015 - August 2017
- Designed and developed new features for a Student Success Center web application.
- Improved performance of MySQL database by profiling queries and indexing tables.
- Transitioned internal projects to use git, simplfying development and testing.
- Technologies Used: Python, PHP, MYSQL, HTML, CSS/LESS, JS/jQuery.
Software Developer - Shopify
January 2017 - April 2017
- Interned on the Kernel-Transactions team.
- Developed financial anomaly detection and resiliency in financial transactions, allowing Shopify to automatically recover from unexpected events.
Solutions Developer - TD Lab
January 2016 - April 2016
- Received Outstanding performance evaluation (Highest Rating).
- Created iOS, Android, Web, Augmented and Virtual Reality, and Microsoft Hololens based solutions.
- Collaborated with a team of full time developers, designers, and co-op students in order to bring concepts to life.
Software Developer - Crawford & Company
January 2015 - May 2015
- Developed a full-stack web application to modernize the organization's IT ticketing process for both employees and agents.
- Used SignalR to create a realtime, interactive user notification system.
- Technologies Used: C#, MSSQL, HTML, CSS, JS/jQuery.
Projects
FCAlertView Swift
A beautiful iOS alert view library, written in Swift.
Data Compression
My top-10 placing final algorithms class project.
uPark
An Android application to help UW students choose where to park! Available on Google Play!
Where is Kris?
An Android application + web service to showcase cool things that I am up to!
Personal Website
The journey to create my personal website!