Slade Baumann

Slade Baumann is a Lead Software Engineer at Target with extensive experience in designing and optimizing high-performance software systems, notably achieving over 100x transactions per second in Driveup/Pickup services. Prior roles include Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer at Target, where Slade contributed to the development and transfer of critical applications, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous experience includes Software Engineer at IBM, focusing on public cloud solutions and API development, and web development at B302. Early career roles involved software quality assurance and academic technology support at Minnesota State University, where Slade honed a diverse skill set in software engineering and technology support. Slade holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Minnesota State University, Mankato.