Lance Hawkins

Lance Hawkins has a diverse work experience that spans from 2012 to 2022. Lance began their career as a Martial Arts Instructor at American Family Fitness in 2012, followed by a role as a Sales Floor Team Member at Target, where they managed the electronics section. From 2016 to 2017, Lance worked in various roles, including as a Client Representative at Potomac Group Inc., a Marketing Assistant at Homefix Custom Remodeling, and as a Webpage Quality Rater/Search Engine Evaluator at Lionbridge. Lance also worked as a Social Media Evaluator/Ads Rater at Appen during this time.

In 2017, Lance joined CSCI as a Journeyman Software Developer, where they gained extensive experience in software development. Lance'sresponsibilities included researching new technologies for government contract projects, developing and enhancing software, and working on web service systems. Lance also worked on image processing software using C++ and OpenCV, utilized web development technologies like React.js and Node.js, and utilized various tools such as Git, Jenkins, and Bitbucket for software management and deployment. Lance held the roles of Scrum Master and Tech Lead, and gained experience as a DevOps practitioner. Lance also worked remotely and held a Secret Clearance.

Most recently, in 2022, Lance joined Raft as a Software Developer.

Lance Hawkins obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from PennWest Clarion, where they studied from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, they completed their high school education at Courtland High School from 2007 to 2011. In terms of additional certifications, Lance obtained the following: becoming an Agile Coach from LinkedIn in November 2022, learning No-Code AI from LinkedIn in November 2022, secure Coding in Java from LinkedIn in November 2022, Kubernetes: Package Management with Helm from LinkedIn in October 2022, Learn Node.js Course from Codecademy in October 2022, React.js Essential Training from LinkedIn in October 2022, Learn HTML Course from Codecademy in September 2019, and certified SAFe® 4 Agilist accreditation from Scaled Agile, Inc. in August 2018.