Troy Harvey

Louisville, Kentucky Area United States

Software Architect at Generation Tux

Technology / Software / Internet

I'm a craftstman like my grandfathers - one spent his life firing handcrafted bourbon barrels, while my Swedish grandfather spent his life as an IBM engineer. The web is my craft. I have been obsessively creating things for the Internet ever since I discovered ActionScript while animating my artwork. I spent the first decade of my career at a global Fortune 50 company. I learned web frameworks, created the first REST API at UPS, led the Emerging Technology Group, and was promoted to the senior level. Most notably, I was responsible for enhancements and 24/7 support of the aircraft weight and balance system classified as "most mission critical." An opportunity presented itself to use the ...