Cole Higgins

Developer / Data Scientist / Engineer

About me

My name is Cole Higgins and I just Graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I have a passion for programming/development and strive to use my skills to solve creative and innovative solutions in a professional environment. Whether it's a few lines of code, or a full-scale application, It is my goal to learn about and create products that help make peoples lives easier. Aside from work, my hobbies include surfing, fly fishing, hiking, and going out and socializing with friends. I always love trying new things and love to challenge myself in all aspects of my life!

My Philosophy

My life philosophy involves three things: hard work, having a great attitude, and living life to the fullest. First, is hard work. If you want something in life, you need to work for it. The best things in life are those that require hard work and persistence. Taking those small steps, in the beginning, can be the hardest, but never giving up and not letting anyone bring you down is the only way to achieve greatness. Second, is having a great attitude. A close mentor of mine once said, "The most important thing in life and work is having a positive ATTITUDE! having a good attitude overcomes any shortcomings and can help anyone grow". Year after year I find this to be one of the most important qualities in my life and I try every day to stay positive and help others. Third, is living life to the fullest. Life can be crazy, and everyone is running it like a marathon. The best thing you can do is to stop, take a look around, and decide why you are running. Too many people get stuck in this straight tunnel called life. So go run in whatever direction you want and enjoy life to the max.

Skills and Experience

Front-End

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Bootstrap 4
  • JavaScript

Databases

  • AWS Services/S3
  • MySQL
  • PostGreSQL

Back-End

  • Python/Pandas
  • Django
  • Java
  • C++

Source Control/Project Tracking

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • JIRA

Software Engineering

  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Functional Programming
  • Automation and Scripting

Web Applications

  • Fullstack Development
  • Backend Development
  • API design and deployment

Project Managment

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Scrum Methodologies
  • System Development Lifecycle

Data Analytics/ETL

  • Pandas
  • NumPy
  • Matplotlib
  • Seaborn

ON24 | Customer Success Support Specialist July 2017 – Present

  • Setup and monitor webinar events ranging from 10 to 15,000 attendees, answer attendees questions on company technology and software infrastructure
  • Learning the most recent platform updates and communicating any changes to attendees and clients
  • Obtaining strong independent and work ethic skills for time-sensitive issues on over 600 webinar events
  • Trained over 20 new employees on the platform and communicating the proper skills when working with clients

System1 | Software Engineering Intern Summer: June 2018 – August 2019

  • Created Data-Catalog for a dozen company products, using AWS Athena API, tokenization and internal configuration. Built into continuous integration for automatic deployment
  • Collected Data-Catalog requirements from different business stakeholders using scrum methodologies to scope out issues, write software, perform code reviews, and deliver a demonstrable MVP to stakeholders
  • Integrated with the Confluence Restful API using Python to create automated publishing of over two dozen Confluences pages for company datasets, consisting of tagging and searching. Removed the need for manual updating and searching

System1 | Compliance Intern Summer: June 2016 – August 2016

  • Worked with System1 business partners and external marketers and ad networks to make sure that advertisements met industry criteria and guidelines
  • Effectively conveyed any current issues through email and communicated to the partners directly on how to fix them
  • Participated in pair programming with a few software engineers practicing the fundamentals of programming and development using Project Euler

Recent Projects

Solo

A pre-college roommate finding web application

Full-Stack development project using Django and Python. Familiarized my self with Model-View-Template architecture as well as server deployment using PythonAnywhere.

Data Mining

Data Mining and Predictive modeling using Pandas

Data Mining project using a variety of Python packages including Pandas, NumPy, Seaborn, and MatPlotLib to Predict sales over the course of 6 weeks.

Vivr

A custom .jpg to .mp4 program

Building a custom picture to video application similar to Boomerang. Currently working on refining the code and getting it deployed to a server. Check it out soon !!!

Coding Practice

Practice with data scructures

Practicing and refreshing up on my programming skills with a variety of data structures and algorithms. Working with Linked Lists, Binary Trees, Queues, etc...