Blake Hood

Asurvio

Senior software engineer

September 2018 - currently employed

• Primarily focused on implementing UX for consumer applications using React
• Developed user timeline support applcation (full stack) for internal use
• Maintained our Chrome extension
• Maintained our AI chat bot to handle customer questions

Praeses, LLC

Senior software developer

April 2016 - September 2018

• Implemented a tax=keeping and calculating application for a parish tax assessor
• Worked on multiple applications used in designing and constructing ships
• Developed a sample-management program for a pathology lab

Shadowstep Studios

Co-owner, lead developer

October 2014 - March 2016

• Developed and co-designed Parsec, a space exploration and colony management game that was never released. A demo is available for download on the Portfolio page.

Praeses, LLC

Software developer

February 2013 - October 2014

• Worked on several web applications utilizing C#.Net and Ruby on Rails
• Co-designed a framework to ease database context maangement within applications
• Made an inventory management system for a major regional retailer
• Developed a touch-scren time management aplication for a large national ship builder
• Co-created the Shreveport-Bossier Fun Guide

Laboratory for Advanced Biomedical Informatics, LSUS

Research assistant

May 2009 - February 2012

• Developed a program for tracking platelets through blood vessels from video
• Created an algorithm for drastically reducing noise in images

Louisiana State University in Shreveport

• Master of Science in Computer Systems Technology, Software Development concentration
  • Graduated December 2013
  • 4.0 GPA
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
  • Graduated December 2012
  • 3.52 GPA