resume.txt · human-readable mode
Work, minus the fog
Cole Pearson · Senior Software Engineer · Full Stack / Platform Engineer
01 // PROFILE
Senior Software Engineer and Full Stack Engineer with 20+ years designing and delivering business-critical applications, data platforms, APIs, integrations, enterprise systems, and production infrastructure.
Experienced across the complete lifecycle—from architecture and relational data modeling through development, testing, DevOps, deployment, troubleshooting, and long-term production support.
02 // EXPERIENCE
Nursing CE Central
Senior Full Stack Web Developer
02/2026 – Present
- Engineer business-critical customer, learning, licensing, certification, membership, dashboard, regulatory-reporting, and integration systems for a 611,000+ nurse customer base within a lean five-person organization.
- Build database-backed PHP and WordPress workflows for state-specific continuing-education requirements, user accounts, certificates, memberships, and reporting.
- Develop and support HubSpot integrations, synchronization, validation, and reconciliation across platform and CRM data.
- Troubleshoot production behavior and validate changes locally and in staging; normalize, deduplicate, reconcile, and report against large operational datasets.
demandDrive
Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack Developer
08/2024 – 02/2026
- Joined following demandDrive’s acquisition of JRP and continued full-stack engineering and application ownership across client web platforms and internal systems.
- Built and maintained data workflows, operational tooling, and database-driven management reports aligned with business requirements.
- Improved reliability through production troubleshooting, documentation, and close collaboration across a distributed team.
JRP
Senior Software Engineer | Full Stack Developer
03/2020 – 08/2024
- Owned full-lifecycle development across 250+ manufacturing-industry clients, from discovery, requirements, and architecture through launch, hosting, maintenance, and support.
- Built custom applications, database-driven tools, internal business systems, integrations, and WordPress platforms using PHP, JavaScript, SQL/MySQL, HTML/CSS, and REST APIs.
- Managed production infrastructure and delivery across domains, DNS, hosting, SSL, staging, migrations, deployments, performance, and troubleshooting.
OTR Wheel Engineering
Web Development Manager | E-Commerce Manager
08/2014 – 03/2020
- Led web and e-commerce engineering while supporting application systems, databases, hosting, and broader technical operations.
- Designed a searchable sales-facing product-fitment database spanning hundreds of thousands of part, equipment, tire, and product relationships.
- Led development and launch of an e-commerce platform that generated more than $600,000 in sales during its first six months.
- Produced technical video content supporting products, sales, and customer education.
Wolters Kluwer / CCH Small Firm Services
Applications Developer II | Applications Developer | Tax Forms QA Analyst | Technical Support
07/2006 – 08/2014
- Advanced through technical support, QA, application development, and build/release engineering roles supporting enterprise tax and accounting software.
- Built and maintained MSBuild, PowerShell, XAML, and Visual Build workflows across approximately 15 software product families and 15 Agile/Scrum teams.
- Supported an 85+ VM virtualization environment, build validation, compatibility testing, release workflows, SharePoint administration, and customer-facing web applications.
- Helped support infrastructure for the Kennesaw facility and server room alongside enterprise software delivery responsibilities.
03 // INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING + OPEN SOURCE
Pixel & Stack
Founder / Software Engineer · Ongoing
- Independent software and web consultancy delivering full-stack systems, database-driven internal tools, integrations, hosting and infrastructure, maintenance, and long-term production support across the complete delivery lifecycle.
Signalbox
Creator / Maintainer · Open-Source Terminal Client
- Building a responsive native-C terminal client for Pandora across macOS, Linux, and Windows, carrying forward pianobar’s foundation while working across terminal rendering, input, audio, state, resize behavior, compatibility, and an active native Windows .exe target.
PLEASE REWIND: A Dead Channel Video Story
Creator / Developer
- Developing an independent 3D game in Godot 4 across gameplay and state systems, tooling, debugging, performance optimization, and iterative production engineering.
WordPress
Volunteer Open-Source Contributor · circa 2020 – 2024
- Participated in release-candidate and pre-release testing, validation, and issue reporting for the open-source WordPress project.
04 // TOOLCHAIN
Engineering
- Full-Stack Development
- Application Architecture
- Relational Data Modeling
- REST APIs
- Systems Integration
- Internal Platforms
- E-Commerce
Languages
- PHP
- JavaScript
- SQL
- C
- GDScript
- HTML
- CSS
Platforms
- React
- Astro
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Godot 4
- WordPress
Data + Infrastructure
- MySQL
- Linux
- Docker
- NGINX
- Apache
- Virtualization
- DNS
- Hosting
- Staging / Production Environments
Delivery
- Git
- CI/CD
- Build & Release Engineering
- Testing
- Validation
- Production Support
- Agile/Scrum
- MSBuild
- PowerShell
- XAML
- Visual Build
05 // EDUCATION + CREDENTIALS
Berry College
Bachelor's Degree — Computer Science · Rome, GA
2002 – 2006
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance · Earned during Wolters Kluwer tenure