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Joe Steinbring, MBA

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LocationGlendale, WI

Work experience

University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeWebsite LinkedIn

June 2024 - Present

I maintain the university's Shared Web Application Hosting Environment (SWAPP), including its Galera database cluster and GlusterFS storage.
I maintain and enhance the university's custom Laravel applications, and modernize legacy ones built on older versions of Laravel and AngularJS 1.x.
I containerize those applications with Docker and prepare them to run on Kubernetes.
I analyze system requirements, write detailed design specifications for integrations and upgrades, and write the code that implements them.
I use modern Laravel and Vue.js for new development.

July 2021 - February 2024

I maintained an internal sales tool used by Zoetis, built with Vue.js, Pitcher, Salesforce, and Crownpeak.
I maintained and developed enhancements for Brevant.com using Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Marketo, and Strapi.
I enhanced and maintained phytogencottonseed.com using .NET, Vue.js, and Eloqua.
I designed and developed a progressive web application for Douglas Products using Vue.js and Firebase.
I regularly researched and presented new technical concepts to the agency's development team.
I served on a team with the mandate to standardize agency development practices.
I served on an AI working group where I developed a retrieval-augmented generation system for the agency.
I introduced the company to using Microsoft Entra ID for cloud-based identity and access management with web applications.

University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeWebsite LinkedIn

June 2016 - July 2021

I worked in the Office of Information Technology and Analysis, which served both the Office of Research and the Graduate School.
I maintained the WordPress-based websites used by both the Office of Research and the Graduate School.
I assisted the centers under the Office of Research with their web needs.
I maintained the business automation systems behind the Fellowship Competition, Doctoral Milestones, the Graduation Application, and more.
- At the point where I was hired, all business automation systems were CFWheels-based ColdFusion applications, using an Oracle RDBMS database.
- After joining the ITA office, I helped create the UWM Shared Web Application Hosting Environment (SWAPP), which allows UWM units to host PHP / MariaDB applications.
- Once the PHP environment became available, I started rewriting all of the business automation systems to use Laravel, Vue.js, and Bulma.
In 2019, I started a 3-year term as a representative on the UWM Academic Staff Senate.
I was a member of the Office of Research's Talent Management Working Group.

QM Quality MattersWebsite LinkedIn

January 2015 - June 2016

I mainly worked on the MyQM, CRMS, and MyCR systems.
- The systems were custom-built with ColdFusion and MS SQL Server, and their client-side code relied heavily on jQuery when I arrived. I introduced Rivets.js and rewrote many of their dashboards with it.
- The organization funds itself through membership sales, so most of my work there was not publicly accessible.

June 2012 - October 2014

I mainly made systems that allowed Starkmedia's clients to update their own websites. Clients that I worked with included Red Arrow, Artisan Partners, Mandel Group, and Calf-Tel. Very few of my projects were greenfield but I was able to introduce some innovations and tweak how things were done.
- Starkmedia mainly used ColdFusion and MS SQL Server. I introduced AngularJS 1.x, PhoneGap, and Git into the organization while I was there.

Experis at Kohler Co.Website LinkedIn

May 2011 - June 2012

I developed enhancements for an internal corporate transaction tracking system. It was an intranet application that handled the vetting of all corporate expenditures at Kohler (everything from new hires to the opening of a new production facility or the resurfacing of a parking lot).
- The system used ColdFusion and Oracle RDBMS.

University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeWebsite LinkedIn

Feb 2006 - May 2011

I developed and maintained the College of Letters and Science's portfolio of custom business automation systems.
- They used ColdFusion and Oracle RDBMS.
I helped to migrate existing websites to PaperThin CommonSpot.
I hired, trained, and managed a team of web application developers.
I developed the annual departmental budget.

Cardinal Stritch UniversityWebsite LinkedIn

Glendale, WI | 2009 - 2012

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Lubar School of BusinessWebsite LinkedIn

Milwaukee, WI | 2001 - 2005