Swade Howard

Swade Howard has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering and related roles. Swade started their career as a Junior Software Engineer at ArchitectNow in 2021. Prior to that, they worked as a Software Engineer Intern at the same company in 2020.

In 2020, Swade also gained experience as an Undergraduate Student Researcher at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where they conducted research in the field of Phenome-Wide association study (PheWAS). Swade analyzed over 8 million single nucleotide polymorphisms using statistical regression methods with Python and created machine learning models to predict specific phenotypes. Swade utilized Python libraries to graph the results and ran community discovering algorithms to identify relationships between single-nucleotide polymorphisms and phenotypes.

In the same year, Swade worked as a Software Engineer Intern at Less Annoying CRM. Swade developed front-end features and improvements for customer relationship management software, utilizing React, Typescript, and JavaScript. Swade also created back-end API functions in PHP to handle user customization data.

In 2019, Swade served as a Full-stack Developer Intern at World Wide Technology. Swade assisted in creating search features for a team analysts' AngularJS application and improved internal Groovy API routes to enhance business operations. Swade also contributed to the planning of an API dependency application that tracks over 75 internal APIs.

Swade's work experience includes mentoring at LaunchCode, where they assisted graduates in their personal projects and helped prepare them for full-time developer positions. Swade conducted whiteboard questions and mock interviews to enhance their technical interview skills. Swade also worked as a Teaching Assistant at LaunchCode's LC101 course, leading an "Advisory Group" of students and reviewing coursework and assignments.

Swade also gained experience as a Full-stack Developer Co-op at Hunter Engineering Company in 2019, where they improved the performance of the company's primary equipment API and updated REST API using .NET Core.

In 2017, Swade worked as a Technical Support staff at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where they updated and maintained the campus recreation website and developed a JavaFX GUI for updating the inventory database. Swade also served as a Personal Trainer during that time.

Furthermore, Swade worked as an Instructor at iD Tech Camps in 2018, teaching web development, microcontrollers, and circuitry to groups of students.

Overall, Swade Howard has a strong background in software engineering, research, mentoring, and technical support roles, showcasing their proficiency in various programming languages and tools.

Swade Howard completed their high school education at Red Hill High School from 2012 to 2016. They then pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 2016 to 2020.