John Shortess

John Shortess is a Lead Software Engineer at Bixal, where they lead technology teams on major projects for U.S. federal agencies. They have held various roles throughout their career, including Director of Technology at 4Site Interactive Studios and Web Project Manager at Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC. John began their career as a Webmaster and Educational Technology Coordinator at Louisiana Public Broadcasting and has contributed to communications and web development for organizations like WETA and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative. They volunteered for Drupal 4 Gov and have a Bachelor's degree from Berklee College of Music.