Eric Anthony Sanders

Manager, Software Engineering — HomeFinder.com

I am proudly using my face to raise money for charity. During the month of November, now known as Movember, I will wear a very distinguished mustache on my face. This is to raise money for prostate cancer research as well as raising awareness for male general health awareness. You can make a donation at Movember.com or visit Team HomeFinder.com which is a Movember team that I am part of at work. You can view plenty of pictures there as well.

About Me

Education

I am a 2006 graduate of Purdue University with degrees in Computer Science and Psychology. I have been programming since 2000, as a Senior at Huntington North High School in Huntington, IN, and am fortunate enough to have my hobby be my career. I am interested in all things tech and spend free time researching what the "next big thing" is so that I can try to stay ahead of the curve.

Career

HomeFinder.com

P resently, I am a Manager of Software Engineering at HomeFinder.com. In July of 2010 I was promoted to a Manager of Software Engineering. As a manager I have lead three to five person teams that have reduced defect counts by 60% which has increased the amount of output per release. Our team has reworked existing applications to reduce customer complaints as well as produce high quality code in a shorter period of time also resulting in larger quantities of output. However, that is not the position I started in.

I started at HomeFinder.com in November of 2007 as an Application Developer. As an Application Developer I worked on various internal projects that our company and affiliates would use. These projects included, but is not limited to, a Data Administration Tool (DAT), an e-commerce recurring billing system, an automated video creation tool, and the front end site that the rest of the world sees.

Infosys Technologies, LTD.

From July 2006 through January 2007 I lived in Mysore and Bangalore India working for Infosys Technologies, LTD. as a Software Engineer. While in India, I received training in programming and database technologies with a focus on J2EE and Oracle. I worked in team environments while following the Software Development Life Cycle. More importantly, I was exposed to the Global Delivery Model first hand while working offshore with onsite clients.

From January 2007 through November 2007 I was contracted to ABN-AMRO / LaSalle Bank in Chicago, IL. During this time I worked with System Engineers and Product Managers on their Asset Based Lending Environment (ABLE) application. My main duties included providing application support and coordinating software updates and installations. I used tools such as Peregrine and Test Director to coordinate my tasks with the Product Managers and Engineers from IBM.

Experience

I continue to learn as much as I can everyday. In doing so I have done a little of a lot of things over the years. Listed here are the technologies that I have done more than just a little of.

APIs

Databases

Frameworks

Languages

Source Control

Web Servers

Web Sites