Mark Smerchek

Mark Smerchek has extensive work experience in software engineering and programming. Mark is currently employed as a Staff Software Engineer at Redica Systems since December 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Essex Management, LLC as a Sr. Software Engineer from February 2021 to November 2022. In this role, they were responsible for implementing Kinesis Data stream, developing and deploying service components using Python hosted on AWS serverless technology, and integrating restful API with various services.

Before joining Essex Management, LLC, Mark worked at Tradebot as a Software Developer from October 2009 to September 2020. Mark also worked at Bats Global Markets (now Cboe Global Markets) as a Software Developer from March 2007 to October 2009.

Mark's earlier experience includes working as a Senior Software Engineer at DST Systems from May 2000 to March 2007, as a Technical Programming Team Lead at Butler Manufacturing from January 1996 to May 2000, and as a Senior Analyst Programmer at DST Systems from April 1994 to January 1996.

Their career began at Capitol Federal® Savings Bank in April 1983, where they worked as a Systems Programmer. In this role, they developed and maintained mainframe applications using Assembler and COBOL, developed various workstation applications using PASCAL, and designed and implemented CICS, VSAM, and VTAM applications. Mark also monitored and maintained company-wide DASD utilization and developed custom dlls for the "Smart Teller" replacement project.

Overall, Mark Smerchek has a breadth of experience in software engineering, development, and integration across various industries and technologies.

Mark Smerchek attended Friends University, although the specific dates of their enrollment and completion of their degree are unknown. Mark does not have a specified degree or field of study from the university. In addition to their education at Friends University, Mark has obtained certifications such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Mark also holds certifications in Series 63 and Series 7 from FINRA, although the exact dates of obtaining these certifications are unknown.