about: {
    who:    "TJ James",
    what:   "Full Stack Developer",
    when:   "2021 - Present",
    where:  "Madison, WI,
    why:    "Better living through 1s and 0s"
  }
  
  

About Me

Currently working as a full-stack developer at the University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine in the Biomedical Research Model Service since 2022. I'm building tools to aid the department carry out their duties efficiently, with a focus on ease of use interfaces and cohesive database architecture.

Previously, I was employed by Epic Systems as a quality manager doing black and gray box testing on an enormous electronic health record software suite. I worked on two applications there: Cosmos - an enormous aggregation of medical data to help drive medical research as well provide evidence-based clinical care. Care Everywhere - Epic's interoperability application, allowing medical providers to access and update patients' electronic health records from other providers.

I have a personal goal of helping people live better lives and I really feel I've been able to do that through developing user-centered software and I've been fortunate enough to do it through my last two positions tangential to the medical field.

Before entering the software field, I was, and still am, a musician. Performing in various ensembles in my area. My primary ensemble is the Brass Knuckles Quintet and Percussion. I'm also a fan of performing in pit orchestras for musical theater.

My Work

Some samples of projects I've contributed to.
A simple quality-of-life app to help players of Starfield predict the amount of resources are needed to build things in-game.

Starfield Resource Calculator

A simple quality-of-life app to help players of Starfield predict the amount of resources are needed to build things in-game.

React
Google fonts
Google material icons
Musical artist website. I actually perform for this group. Check out the site and check out the band.

Brass Knuckles

Musical artist website. I actually perform for this group. Check out the site and check out the band.

SPA
React
Personalized CSS
An kitchen inventory management application specifically to help users track product expiration dates

StillGood

An kitchen inventory management application specifically to help users track product expiration dates

React
MongoDB
GraphQL
ExpressJS
NodeJS
Material-UI
Versatile project management software with a drag and drop interface.

Work It Done

Versatile project management software with a drag and drop interface.

JQueryUI
JQuery
MySQL
Handlebars
NodeJS
ExpressJS
Employing the use of raycasting for edge/boundary detection and to create a first-person visual simulation of the environment.

Raycasting Demo

Employing the use of raycasting for edge/boundary detection and to create a first-person visual simulation of the environment.

HTML
JavaScript
P5JS
Static web application using third-party APIs to help us find what we really need... Tacos!

Taco Loca-tor

Static web application using third-party APIs to help us find what we really need... Tacos!

HTML
JavaScript
The classic Boid simulation, but with a visual quadtree data structure to vastly increase performance.

Boids w/ Quadtree Optimization

The classic Boid simulation, but with a visual quadtree data structure to vastly increase performance.

HTML
JavaScript
P5JS
A single-page application portfolio site for a photographer.

Photography Portfolio

A single-page application portfolio site for a photographer.

React
JavaScript
HTML
CSS

Contact Info

Contact or follow me in the following spaces

Email me at: jamestw13@gmail.com
Or peruse my  resume