Chad H.

Hello, My name is Chad Hurka and my recent professional positions have included Product Manager and Product Owner positions. I started my career as a Software Engineer and I have continued to foster a deep interest in programming. I maintain my technical expertise through Udemy courses and hobby projects. Most recently I completed an Amazon AWS course and also an Angular course. I find that keeping my technical experience current helps immensely when working as a product manager or a product owner because not only does it increase my credibility when working with software engineers, it also improves my understanding of certain technical requirements. I have experience in a number of industries including fintech (Broadridge Financial Solutions), healthcare (ZOLL Data Systems), and logistics (FedEx). In my opinion, these experiences have broadened my working knowledge and made me a well rounded professional. I’ve worked on SaaS applications with 300,000 users, mobile applications with 100,000 users (both Android and iOS), and enterprise applications. My experience also includes high-value SaaS applications with contract values starting at $1 Million. I’ve brought applications from concept stage all the way to the first sale and beyond in addition to leading mature, robust, flagship products. As a developer, my strongest programming language is PHP (including PHP 5+) closely followed by JavaScript (Typescript, jQuery) . I'm very comfortable at writing SQL and designing / interacting with relational databases. I have experience working with enterprise Java and C# web applications. In past freelance engagements I have upgraded legacy PHP applications, managed Wordpress websites, designed web pages / entire websites, advised on SQL and database structure, and contributed to various coding projects in various languages. Outside of work, I work as a volunteer firefighter and I hold a number of professional certifications related to those activities. I’ve also authored two books - one as an individual and one as a collaborative effort. I look forward to the opportunity to work for your organization. Thank you, Chad Hurka