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Andy Kurtz

Experienced
Software Engineer

Biography

Andy Kurtz is an experienced software engineer skilled in the design and development of RESTful microservices and other enterprise software systems.

Interests

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • RESTful Services
  • Microservices
  • Single Board Computers
  • Microcontrollers

Education

  • PhD in Information Science

    Indiana University, Bloomington

  • M.S. in Computer Science

    Michiagan State University, East Lansing

  • B.S. in Computer Science

    Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Kanban

Java

Maven

Spring Boot

Tomcat

SQL

DB2

MS SQL Server

Web Services

REST

SOAP

JSON

XML

C#

.NET

AWS

Azure

A/B Testing

Usability Evaluation

User Observation

User Interviews

UX Design

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Senior Web Developer

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance

Jun 2017 – Present Indianapolis, Indiana
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Software Engineer

Interactive Intelligence

Jul 2012 – May 2017 Indianapolis, Indiana
 
 
 
 
 

Web Usability Scientist

Angie’s List

Jul 2010 – Jul 2012 Indianapolis, Indiana
 
 
 
 
 

Senior Software Engineer

Angie’s List

Sep 2009 – Jun 2010 Indianapolis, Indiana
 
 
 
 
 

Acting Assistant Professor of Informatics

Indiana University - Department of Natural, Information, and Mathematical Sciences

Aug 2006 – Aug 2009 Kokomo, Indiana
 
 
 
 
 

Adjunct Lecturer

Indiana Universiy - School of Library and Information Science

Aug 2002 – May 2006 Bloomington, Indiana

Projects

Aesthetics and Usability

The philosophical study of aesthetics has been around for centuries, but within human-computer interaction (HCI), aesthetics has been …

Lillypad

The LillyPad project explores the use of a PDA for data entry and learning in a group setting. We are working with the Center for Earth …

VisualDTA

Within a conversation, even when there are only two participants, the discussion topic changes over time. It is interesting to analyze …

Newssifter

This research involved the development and study an intelligent news-sifting client tool that tracks topics in a dynamic online news …

Publications

(2007). Why It’s Worth the Hassle: The Value of In-Situ Studies When Designing Ubicomp.

(2006). Visualizing Dynamic Topic Analysis.

(2003). Topic detection and interest tracking in a dynamic online news source.

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