Ken McGrady

Ken McGrady

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ABOUT ME
Senior Software Engineer at Instructure, Instructor, Curriculum Developer, and Mentor
Senior Software Engineer at Instructure, Instructor, Curriculum Developer, and Mentor

My name is Ken McGrady, and I live in Seattle, Washington. I am a software engineer turned instructor currently working at Instructure as a Senior Software Engieer. I have taught a Web Development Immersive from Galvanize as well as worked at companies like Moz, Hulu, Pixar, and Intuit. Feel free to have a look at my resume to see my education and experience.

Programming Languages: JavaScript (ES5/6), CoffeeScript, Python, Java, Ruby, Objective-C, C Platforms/Frameworks: Node.js, React, AngularJS, Backbone.js, Django, CherryPy, Cocoa Touch
Software: Git, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RethinkDB
Mobile Apps: Discover Northeastern (iOS, 2009), TurboTax SnapTax (iOS, 2010)

English
Pacific Time (US & Canada) (-07:00)
Joined December 2016
EXPERTISE
9 years experience
• Contributed to the launch of Moz Local including major impact to both the frontend andbackend • Contributed to the release of the Hulu...
• Contributed to the launch of Moz Local including major impact to both the frontend andbackend • Contributed to the release of the Hulu Plus app on the Wii, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Apple TV • Led the efforts on a variety of web services including user authentication, processingpipeline, pipeline insights, and view APIs.
Es6ReactRedux
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2 years experience
• Presented lectures twice a week to a total of 80 students from underrepresented backgrounds • Implemented Machine Learning Algorithms w...
• Presented lectures twice a week to a total of 80 students from underrepresented backgrounds • Implemented Machine Learning Algorithms with different data sets to compare performances. • Implemented computer vision algorithms as exercises in the classroom.
NumPyOpenCV
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NumPyOpenCV
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10 years experience
10 years experience
5 years experience
5 years experience
5 years experience

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(4 reviews)
Daniel Grobani
Daniel Grobani
January 2021
Ken is knowledgeable, friendly, an excellent problem-solver, and a great teacher.
Diana Lim
Diana Lim
January 2020
I really enjoyed my session with Ken. He broke things down and made it easy for me to follow, and helped me set some reasonable goals that I am excited to work towards.
Yuling Luo
Yuling Luo
October 2019
helpful, prepared, and friendly
SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
with-angular
Ken McGrady's Angular skeleton for Brunch
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EMPLOYMENTS
Senior Software Engineer
Instructure
2018-03-01-Present
Working on the Studio Team
Working on the Studio Team
Ruby on Rails
Node.js
npm
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Ruby on Rails
Node.js
npm
React
JavaScript
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Lead Instructor
Galvanize
2016-05-01-2017-04-01
• Achieved a 100% rating of "Very Satisfied" in my teaching experience • Wrote curriculum for teaching Angular as well as a variety of da...
• Achieved a 100% rating of "Very Satisfied" in my teaching experience • Wrote curriculum for teaching Angular as well as a variety of data structure problems • Led a team of four to lecture, mentor, and facilitate curriculum development • Developed exercises with tests ranging from PostgreSQL to computer science to company curriculum development team
HTML/CSS
Node.js
jQuery
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HTML/CSS
Node.js
jQuery
PostgreSQL
Es6
React
JavaScript
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