Adam De Guire

Prague, Czech Republic · adam@{remove brackets}ardeguire.com

Experienced Technology Analyst and junior full-stack web developer in the financial services industry. Certified in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) by The Language House Prague in November 2019. Strong information technology professional with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from The Ohio State University. Interested in software product management, front-end and full-stack web development, technical writing, teaching English as a foreign language (general use and business/specialized purposes), and the intersection of technology and culture.

Skills

Programming and Scripting
  • Java
  • Python
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • VisualBasic for Applications (VBA)
Frameworks and Libraries
Programs and Platforms
  • nginx
  • MySQL
  • Git
  • Digital Ocean
  • Azure DevOps
  • Salesforce
  • Linux
  • mac OS
  • Windows
Administrative and Office Tools
  • Atlassian
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • BitBucket
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Microsoft Office
  • Office 365
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
Languages
  • Czech (A1 Beginner)
  • German (A1 Beginner)
  • French (A2 Pre-Intermediate)

Experience

Junior Software Developer

Developed a full-stack web application for selling, invoicing, and managing auto insurance policies and claims across 5 countries. Wrote API documentation and served as point-of-contact for API users.

November 2020 - February 2022

Teacher, In-Company Courses

James Cook Languages, Edua Group

Taught in-company group and individual English courses to adult learners. Prepared lessons covering business, exam preparation, and general English topics using online resources, textbooks, and original lesson plans.

December 2019 - July 2020

Analyst, Information Security Management

JP Morgan Chase

Identified and assessed information security risks of applications, infrastructure, and operational processes, including vulnerabilities (CVE), audit findings, penetration test findings, and control policy violations. Reported coming-due items to senior management, issue owners, and other stakeholders to drive timely remediation. Analyzed reports and prioritized data fields for migration to a new reporting system.

February 2015 - July 2019

Support Technician, Level 3

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

Resolved customer issues, trained other technicians, and managed printers, workstations, and video conferencing systems. Helped resolve issues with specialized research laboratory equipment.

May 2012 - December 2015

Education

The Ohio State University

Bachelor of Arts
Communications

Additional studies in Computer and Information Sciences. Studies focused on human-computer interaction (HCI). Topics included computer-mediated communication (CMC) theory, user studies, design, and general communication history and theory.

2012 - 2015

Setting up Snapcast on Debian 12 Bookworm

Snapcast is an open-source project that allows you to play audio into multiple rooms from one source, similar to a Sonos speaker system. In this article, I go through the steps to set it up on a Debian 12 (bookworm) server. How it works Snapcast consists of two executables, snapserver and snapcast. Snapserver collects audio from various sources, then snapclient plays that audio into the world. Snapserver synchronizes each snapclient to play audio simultaneously with any others on the network.

March 5, 2024

A list of locations I have recalled vividly in the last week, without prompting, explanation, or remorse

1. A parking lot near the highway between a restaurant and a jazz club in Cleveland OH - May 2011 Some now-forgotten special occasion, or maybe just Sunday brunch, has brought my family to this chilly restaurant parking lot near the highway that separates the city from Lake Erie. We’re saying a long goodbye, trying not to shiver in the breeze coming off the lake while the cars rush by in the distance.

January 3, 2021

A New Start

After several years of telling myself that I’d update my website both to look more professional and to be easier to update, I have finally done it. Welcome! This new website uses the static site generator Hugo, which has many powerful features that I will never need (but if I ever want to publish an RSS feed, I can do it!). However, it is fast and the structure and workflow make more sense to me than other generators I have used, so I will stick with it.

August 26, 2020
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