Reeder Ward II

Lead overall technology strategy, architecture, and product development for the Farm Trader marketplace (~300k monthly users). Oversee platform scalability, performance, security, and infrastructure to support continued growth. Manage technical priorities, roadmap planning, and feature delivery aligned with business goals and user needs. Guide technology decisions, tooling, and development processes to improve reliability, speed, and user experience.

Led development of the Farm Trader marketplace platform, owning architecture and feature delivery. Improved product and engineering strategy to enhance user experience and performance. Built and launched core marketplace features for vendors and customers. Helped scale the platform from 50,000 to 300,000 monthly users.

Auto Test Software Developer & Deputy, Automated Testing Domain: Automated testing for cloud integrations, track analysis, and Bluetooth across all engine OS hardware; served as deputy for the test domain with responsibilities spanning architectural input, QA strategy, automation planning, maintenance, and tech talks.

Developing auto test software for all DJ devices under the Engine OS umbrella.

Developing software and hardware for a six-component balance for the Hochschule Bremen wind tunnel. Also updated a 4.5-axis CNC foam cutting machine that used proprietary software (which ran on DOS + Windows XP). Developed an application (using pyqt5, python3, and C++ running on Ubuntu) for designing plane wings, and then making appropriate calculations for gcode generation. This gcode is then automatically sent over the USB serial port to be interpreted by the custom Arduino 4.5-axis firmware.

C#/.NET development for hospital alarm systems. Porting Dynamic-C libraries on RABBIT processor to C#/Mono on Raspberry Pi's ARM multi-core processor.

Working on minimizing the attack surface of highly-configurable software. Creating automatic variability-aware static analysis, bug finding, and configuration sampling software tools.

Worked with UCF to start a Google Developer Student Club. Selected a core team and faculty advisor to support. Helped promote growth of student knowledge on Google cloud developer products and platforms through hands-on workshops and events. Identified local partners to work with and lead project building activities, as well as represented Google at the DevFestFL tech and research conference.

Creating Windows Form apps used for communicating with instruments (such as Network Analyzers, Freq. Synthesizers, etc.) and controlling instrument assemblies to conduct extensive tests on bandpass filters and crystal oscillators.

Porting math library files from HTB to C#.

Software Development in C#/.NET, for analyzing and tokenizing ASCII transmitter communications over an RS232 port. Design and layout of PCB used for an alarm panel.

Mechanical machine operation, metal polishing, and inspection. Completed a research project on the analysis of CNC filtration systems, and improved the existing system to combat bacterial inefficiencies in machine coolant.

CNC operation & maintenance, metal polishing, and inspection.

Transfer student from UCF, completed the Vorbereitungsstudium program to achieve a B2 level of German language proficiency.

International Exchange Student from UCF in HSB's Fakultät 4: Elektrotechnik und Informatik.

Completed Minor degree in International Engineering. GPA: 3.92