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Connor Parnell
Chicago, IL

About

Hi, I‘m Connor. I am a 24 year old software engineer who loves to create.

When I am not working on software, you can find me training for a marathon (support me here!) on Chicago‘s Lakefront Trail or exploring the city‘s rich culinary scene with my friends.

Experience

  1. LTN Global

    Software Engineer

    • Designing and automating video networking and encoding validation processes on broadcasts delivered to millions in Europe and the Americas.
    • Architect and developer of a tool that automatically monitors ad insertion across affiliate news channels, ensuring consistent on-time delivery of advertisements for more than a million viewers.
    • Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab for hundreds of test cases spanning multiple products.
  2. Video Engineering
    Python
    Linux
  3. CSG International

    Test Automation Engineer

    • Architected test plans and implemented UI and API automation test suites for Ascendon, a product used by Fortune 500 customers to bundle and sell digital services.
    • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines for Acendon product in Jenkins.
  4. Test Architecture
    Automation
    C#
  5. CSG International

    Test Automation Engineering Intern

    • Implemented all-encompassing UI automation tests in C# Selenium for CSG Forte, a digital payment product.
    • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines for Forte product in Jenkins.
  6. Test Automation
    Selenium
    C#
  7. Wi-Tronix

    Software Development Intern

    • Developed full-scale automation of testing for a live data monitoring dashboard that is used to track realtime safety and efficiency metrics for trains. Automated testing led to a 30% decrease in data inaccuracy and a 20% decrease in dashboard downtime.
    • The deployment of this dashboard to national rail companies led to a significant increase in rail safety and efficiency.
  8. Selenium
    Java
    Data Processing

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BS Computer Science

3.1 / 4.0

Degree Specialization in Intelligence & Big Data

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