Courtney Wilburn
Software and Operations Engineer
Lead Engineer, Delivery Wirecutter, A New York Times Company
I have a passion for technology, web infrastructure, and learning.
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Employment
Lead Engineer, Delivery
October 2017 to present day
Wirecutter, A New York Times Company
Developed services, sites, and web applications for a variety of clients. Spearheaded move from Vagrant to Docker for local development. Built and maintained systems infrastructures internally and externally. Built, deployed, and maintained enterprise applications and services in the AWS ecosystem. Moved projects from ad hoc deployment to Jenkins/CI/CD. Formalized DevOps best practices. Migrated web applications, microservices and APIs from PaaS to AWS and other platforms.
Web Developer/ Programmer
February 2015 to October 2017
O3 World
Work on websites and web applications for a diverse range of clients. Assist in implementation of CI and agile workflows. Develop applications in PHP and nodejs.
Web Application Developer
from march 2011 to february 2015
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Worked with team on developing a replacement for the Wharton Course Registration application in ColdFusion 10 and jQuery. Built custom ColdFusion 9 frontend/middle ware for LISTSERV product. Work with team members on replacement for course selection system. Support existing Wharton Computing custom applications. Provide on-call application support as needed.
Systems Analyst
from july 2007 to march 2011
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Built custom clinical, research, and administrative applications. Maintained Department Websites. Maintained and upgraded research, clinical, and administrative databases and applications. Performed hardware and software updates. Provided backup hardware, software, and network support for Apple Macintosh and PC users in clinical and research settings. Provided software support for Electronic Medical Record application in Dermatology Outpatient Clinic.
Communication and IS Administrator/Technology Officer/Senior Technology Officer
from december 2005 to july 2007
International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)
Performed hardware and software upgrades on networked office computers. Provided training and basic technical support to staff and member schools. Assessed and recommended hardware, software, and contracting expenditures. Prepared and tracked annual technology budget. Maintained MS Access frontend to T SQL Server 2000 back-ended databases. Wrote and executed queries and reports for user needs. Administered IIS, Exchange, SQL Server 2000, Terminal Services, and network file servers. Managed nightly server tape backups. Maintained dynamic content for Internet website. Served as organizational and technical project manager in deployment of a new ISEP ASP.NET database information system. Served as liaison between ISEP and software support contractors.
Research Data Assistant III
from september 2004 to september 2005
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
Assisted with research projects and developed study protocols in the department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control. Created MS Access front end/SQL Server 2000 backend databases for data collection and analysis on research studies. Conducted trainings on nosocomial infections and infection control for clinical staff at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Collected environmental samples from patients for analysis. Obtained Institutional Review Board approval for research projects.
Education & Relevant Training
Bryn Mawr College
from 1998 to 2002
Major: Anthropology with a concentration in Biological and Physical Anthropology
Senior thesis entitled “A Comparison of Traditional and Computer-Based Cranial Measurement Techniques: What Role Can Computers Play in Skeletal Remain Repatriation?” This thesis explored two main topics: Whether it was possible to use emerging digital technologies to take accurate anthropometric measurements and what legal issues could possibly arise from the use of computer images of repatriated Native American skeletal remains in future physical anthropology research.
Fast Track to ColdFusion 9
Spring 2012
Fast Track to ColdFusion 9
Three day workshop and lab giving a comprehensive look at the ColdFusion programming language.
Querying a Transact SQL Server 2000 Database
March 2005
Querying a Transact SQL Server 2000 Database
Part One of the SQL Server Administrator Course
Administering a SQL Server 2000 Database with Transact SQL
April 2005
Administering a SQL Server 2000 Database with Transact SQL
Part Two of the SQL Server Administrator Course
Programming a SQL Server 2000 Database with Transact SQL
May 2005
Programming a SQL Server 2000 Database with Transact SQL
Part Three of the SQL Server Administrator Course
EpicCare Electronic Medical Record System for Providers
September 2008
EpicCare Electronic Medical Record System for Providers
Basic course for EpicCare users with provider-level application access.
EpicCare Advanced Course
November 2008
EpicCare Advanced Course
Course for users who will be creating supplemental modules for hospital departments.
EpicCare Tools Course
November 2008
EpicCare Tools Course
Basic course for EpicCare users.