About Me

James in a suit

I am an applied mathematician turned computer programming. I love challenges that involve numbers and thinking outside the box. Throw in some recursion and I'm in heaven (fractals and chaos are my favorite branches of math; Godel, Escher, Back: The Eternal Golden Braid is one of my favorite books).

My favorite previous assignment was to prove mathematically using boolean algebra and induction that our infinitely recursive query building code could have full logical coverage without writing tests ad infinitum.

I've decided to fully embrace the digital nomad lifestyle that computer programming and software administration permits. Outside of work, I like to explore new places in my current country, play guitar and piano, practice languages, and study Krav Maga and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

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Portfolio

Enterprise Level Security

.Net · WCF · SAML
Enterprise Level Security

Task Management Tool

System Administration
Task Management Tool

Internal Revenue Service

Data Analytics
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Abantech.net

Web Design
Abantech.net

Leap-Enabled Starcraft 2

3d - NUI
Leap-Enabled Starcraft 2

Jointed Body Drawer

3d - NUI
Jointed Body Drawer

Leap Enabled Website

3d - NUI
Leap Enabled Website

Leap Enabled AutoCAD

3d - NUI
Leap Enabled AutoCAD

Experience

  • Sept 2017
    -
    Present

    Accenture Federal Services

    Task Management Tool Continuous Integration Lead

    Improved delivery time by a factor of nearly 50x while reducing human error and increasing tracing and reproducible process by leveraging automated build and release tools offered by Microsoft. Code changes can be merged, built, packaged, deployed, and tested in under 20 minutes with a single click.


    Technology Stack

  • Nov 2016
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    Sept 2017

    Accenture Federal Services

    Task Management Tool Administrator

    Deployed and administered an instance of Accenture TMT over a farm of Dynamics CRM and SharePoint instances for the Department of the Army . The role included client-facing interactions with both technical and non-technical parties.


    Technology Stack

  • Dec 2013
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    Present

    Abantech.net

    Chief Technology Officer

    Served as CTO for a startup that works extensively with 3D, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, and Natural User Interface.


    Technology Stack

  • Aug 2012
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    Aug 2016

    Accenture Federal Services

    Team Lead for Enterprise Level Security in Military Space

    Developed a proof-of-concept claims-based enterprise level security system . Led a technical team of 3 in developing the backend web services, Microsoft services, and Java services for the issuance and consumption of SAML security tokens. Moonlighted as build process / dev ops manager.


    Technology Stack

  • Apr 2016
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    Jun 2016

    Accenture Federal Services

    Enterprise Level Security SME for Content Level Security Proof-of-Concept

    Supported the integration of Adobe IRM software with SecureAuth Secure Token Service and a proof-of-concept DoD IDAM solution for presentation at the 2016 DI2E Plugfest event.

  • Apr 2015
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    Sept 2015

    Accenture Federal Services

    Data Analytics for Internal Revenue Service

    Collected and transformed data from disparate services using SQL Server Integration Services to improve the IRS's application insights, uptime, and disaster response .


    Technology Stack

Education

  • 2008
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    2012

    Salisbury University

    Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics

    Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's of Science in Applied Mathematics and Minors in Statistics and Actuarial Science.

  • 2004
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    2008

    Sussex Technical High School

    High School Degree

    Graduated with honors with a focus on Criminal Justice.

Contact

contact@jameshstephens.com

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