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# Nicholas Ward
🌐 [nicholas.uuard.com](http://nicholas.uuard.com) | 📧 [nicholas.uuard@gmail.com](mailto:nicholas.uuard@gmail.com) | 📞 [+1 (660) 202-3493](tel:+16602023493)

## Education
**Bachelor of Science in Computer Science**  
University of Central Missouri, May 2018  
Concentration in **Software Design**  
GPA: 3.9/4.0; Magna Cum Laude; Dean’s List all semesters  

## Technical Skills
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Languages & C\#, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL \\
Backend & .NET, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, OAuth, integrations \\
Frontend & Vue, React, HTML, CSS, responsive UI \\
Databases & SQL Server, T-SQL, stored procedures, query optimization, schema design \\
Cloud \& DevOps & Azure App Service, Functions, Storage, Pipelines, Application Insights, Docker, IIS, Git \\
Engineering Practices & Production debugging, CI/CD, code review, release management, technical documentation \\
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## Experience
**Senior Software Developer**  
Titanium Solutions, Remote     
*August 2025 - July 2026*

- Developed an electronic prescription launcher and third-party SDK/API integration, coordinating with vendor and product teams during implementation.
- Resolved production defects across C# application code, SQL Server data, IIS configuration, and service integrations.
- Maintained software quality across C#, SQL Server, IIS, web services, and JavaScript through code review, source control, and release processes.
- Designed and delivered production-ready software by analyzing stakeholder requirements, estimating development effort, and writing specifications and design documentation.

**Software Developer**  
Foliotek, Columbia, MO   
*May 2018 - August 2025*  

- Delivered full-stack C#/.NET features for reporting, integrations, shared platform services, and user-facing application workflows.
- Implemented third-party integration workflows using external APIs, OAuth/token handling, data mapping, and in-app status updates.
- Optimized SQL-backed reporting for assessment data, improving performance, filtering, and export reliability.
- Reduced Azure infrastructure cost by using Azure utilization metrics to right-size resources.
- Rebuilt a DevOps build/deployment pipeline, modernizing the build and release path.
- Resolved production and user-reported issues by tracing behavior across UI workflows, C# application code, SQL Server data, configuration, and external integrations.
- Expanded automated regression test coverage for critical application workflows, using browser-based tests to validate user-facing behavior and reduce release risk.
- Collaborated with stakeholders, QA, support, and developers in Scrum/release workflows to deliver and support production software.