DEMARICK WEBB-RIVERAFULL STACK DEVELOPER / ARMY VETERAN / ACTIVE CLEARANCE
I BUILD THINGS THAT WORK. 4 YEARS AS AN ARMY IT SPECIALIST — FROM HELP DESK TEAM CHIEF IN COLORADO TO SYSTEMS MAINTAINER IN KOREA — TAUGHT ME THAT GOOD CODE AND GOOD DEFENSE SHARE THE SAME PRINCIPLE: NO WEAK POINTS. I MANAGED 5,000+ NETWORK CHANGES WITH ZERO DOWNTIME AND $750K IN EQUIPMENT WITH ZERO LOSSES. NOW I AM LOOKING FOR MY FIRST ENGINEERING ROLE.
THE SHORT VERSION
I SERVED 4 YEARS AS AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST IN THE U.S. ARMY. I STARTED AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAINTAINER IN SOUTH KOREA, THEN PROMOTED TO HELP DESK TEAM CHIEF IN COLORADO SPRINGS. I MANAGED 5,000+ NETWORK MOVES, ADDS, AND CHANGES (MACS) WITH ZERO DOWNTIME. I OVERSAW $750,000 IN COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT WITH ZERO LOSSES. AFTER THE ARMY, I WORKED REMOTE HELP DESK AT TECH BRIDGE SOLUTIONS, SUPPORTING 200+ ENTERPRISE CLIENTS. THAT EXPERIENCE TAUGHT ME DETAILS MATTER — WHETHER IN NETWORK CONFIGS, CODING OR TRAINING ENVIROMENTS. NOW I BUILD FULL STACK APPLICATIONS WITH THAT SAME MINDSET.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
MY FIRST DEVELOPER ROLE WHERE I CAN CONTRIBUTE AND LEARN FROM DAY ONE. I AM STRONGEST IN FULL STACK AND SECURITY-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE AN ACTIVE CLEARANCE FOR GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE WORK. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO JOIN A TEAM OF SOLID ENGINEERS AND GOOD PEOPLE WHERE I CAN LEARN FAST AND DELIVER QUALITY WORK.
HOW I WORK
SELECTED WORK
THESE PROJECTS SHOW WHAT I CAN BUILD WHEN GIVEN A PROBLEM WORTH SOLVING. EACH ONE DEMONSTRATES FULL STACK CAPABILITY, SECURITY AWARENESS, AND A FOCUS ON REAL-WORLD IMPACT.
CADENCE
OVER 200,000 SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITION OUT EVERY YEAR, AND 44% FEEL UNPREPARED. EXISTING RESOURCES ARE SCATTERED, GENERIC, AND HARD TO NAVIGATE. VETERANS DESERVE BETTER.
I BUILT A FULL STACK PLATFORM USING NEXT.JS AND GPT-4O TO CREATE PERSONALIZED ROADMAPS. I INTERVIEWED 12 VETERANS TO UNDERSTAND REAL PAIN POINTS. MULTI-STEP ONBOARDING WITH ZUSTAND STATE MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURED PROMPTS ENSURE EVERY USER GETS A TAILORED PLAN, NOT A GENERIC CHECKLIST.
PRODUCTION-DEPLOYED PLATFORM WITH A 95% TASK COMPLETION RATE IN USER TESTING. BUILT WITH ZERO-TRUST SECURITY PRINCIPLES TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PII. THIS IS THE TOOL I WISH I HAD WHEN I TRANSITIONED.
TRAFFICWIZ
NASHVILLE TRAFFIC IS NOTORIOUS, BUT EXISTING PREDICTION TOOLS ARE EITHER INACCURATE OR BUILT FOR CITY PLANNERS, NOT COMMUTERS. PEOPLE NEED ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS, NOT RAW DATA DUMPS.
I BUILT AN ML-POWERED DASHBOARD WITH A REACT FRONTEND AND PYTHON BACKEND USING SCIKIT-LEARN. TRAINED MODELS ON HISTORICAL TRAFFIC DATA TO PREDICT CONGESTION PATTERNS. POSTGRESQL FOR DATA PERSISTENCE. FOCUSED ON MAKING COMPLEX ML OUTPUTS ACTUALLY USABLE FOR REGULAR PEOPLE.
15% BETTER PREDICTION ACCURACY THAN THE CITY'S EXISTING TOOLS. EARNED AN A IN MY MTSU CAPSTONE COURSE. PROVED I CAN TAKE A PROJECT FROM DATA COLLECTION TO DEPLOYED PRODUCT.
SAFE URL CHECKER
PHISHING ATTACKS ARE GETTING MORE SOPHISTICATED, AND NON-TECHNICAL USERS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE. MOST PEOPLE CANNOT SPOT A MALICIOUS LINK UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
BUILT A SECURITY-FOCUSED TOOL USING NEXT.JS THAT INTEGRATES MULTIPLE THREAT INTELLIGENCE APIS. REAL-TIME URL ANALYSIS WITH CLEAR, ACTIONABLE RESULTS. NO SECURITY JARGON — JUST A SIMPLE VERDICT WITH CONTEXT.
REAL-TIME THREAT DETECTION WITH SUB-SECOND RESPONSE TIMES. SECURITY-FIRST DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES INCLUDING INPUT SANITIZATION AND RATE LIMITING. A TOOL THAT ACTUALLY PROTECTS PEOPLE.
SMART WHEEL RESEARCH SIMULATOR
VANDERBILT'S AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RESEARCH TEAM NEEDED A WAY TO STUDY HOW DRIVERS REACT WHEN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS HAND BACK CONTROL. COGNITIVE LOAD AND REACTION TIME ARE HARD TO MEASURE IN THE REAL WORLD.
BUILT A UNITY-BASED DRIVING SIMULATOR WITH SPLIT-SCREEN COGNITIVE MINIGAMES TO TEST ATTENTION UNDER LOAD. C# LOGIC FOR REAL-TIME DATA COLLECTION AND SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR VOICE COMMANDS. DESIGNED TO GENERATE RESEARCH-GRADE DATA.
RESEARCH-GRADE SIMULATOR DEPLOYED FOR ACTIVE STUDIES. ENABLES REAL-TIME ATTENTION MONITORING AND SAFER AUTONOMOUS TRANSITIONS. WORKING WITH PHD RESEARCHERS TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT BUILDING FOR EXACTING REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT I BRING
4 YEARS IN MILITARY IT (PLUS HELP DESK WORK POST-SERVICE) TAUGHT ME TO BE RELIABLE UNDER PRESSURE. MY CS DEGREE GAVE ME THE FOUNDATION. THESE ARE THE TOOLS I USE TO BUILD.
EDUCATION
CLEARANCE & SERVICE
LET US CONNECT
I AM ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR MY FIRST FULL-TIME SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ROLE. IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OR JUST WANT TO TALK TECH, JUST REACH OUT.
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