Martin Hollstein

About Martin Hollstein

I am an experienced Full Stack Software Developer. I have developed at Financial, Safety and Security, and Video Game companies. I have experience contracting software development and creating software applications in a collaborative environment. I focus on my work, developing for several released projects.I spend my free time engaged in various hobbies. I put aside time to improve myself as a developer. I publish articles to career specific websites. I write and submit tutorials for various programming projects. I have built and deployed web applications to AWS, Azure, and Digital Ocean. I practiced Agile methodologies throughout my entire career. I am an experienced Scrum Master. My experience and true passion for continuous improvement makes me an excellent candidate for any software project. I am always seeking new solutions to old problems. I always seek to work effectively for the most value in any project. I thoroughly enjoy working in a team environment.Finally, if you ever find yourself there, I attend the Midwest Gaming Classic and MKE.NET conferences every year - so say \"Hello\".

Experience

1. Delivery Lead - Api Transformation

   Northwestern Mutual

   Oct 2023 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Within 1 year, analyzed API schema shortfalls, proposed remediation steps to senior leaders, designed, and developed solution. Deployed enterprise wide to over projects. Increase of API design alignment to Enterprise Architecture, Governance, Security, and Open API 3 standards by >20%.Using a combination of Natural Language Processing (NLP) embedded Machine Learning (ML) models, score the technical writing quality of internal engineering documentation. Use data to drive higher quality documentation, reducing team to team interfaces for feature development. Target a reduction from 2 weeks of engineering workloads to 1 day.Work with senior developers to build and deploy code generator solutions leveraging Open API specifications (OAS). Effectively reducing duplicated and inconsistent modules across multiple programming languages and frameworks.In partnership with Principal engineers and architects, build and deploy organizational solutions for API services following the principles of Zero Trust.Champion for new Enterprise Architecture standards by engaging with the internal software engineering community.• Partner with internal software development teams to implement well-rounded solutions using working relationships across the enterprise.• Design, organize, and implement high impact solutions across teams both within and outside their division.• Establish, aggregate, and share enterprise standards and standard methodologies.• Mentor and guide junior and senior engineers within respective division.• Ensures production stability, monitoring, and root cause analysis is performed for their products.

Education

• DeVry University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Game and Simulation Programming

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Game Programming
• C++
• Unity3d
• Programming
• Gameplay
• Scripting
• Html
• Animation
• C#
• Game Development
• Game Design
• Microsoft Word
• Windows 7
• Visual C++
• Visual C#
• Visual Studio
• Game Maker
• 3d Studio Max
• 3d Modeling
• Simulation Programming
• Technical Writing
• Public Speaking
• Customer Service
• English
• Technical Services
• Research
• Windows
• Powerpoint
• Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• Video Games
• Java
• Software Development
• Computer Graphics
• Javascript
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Jquery
• Css