Stuart Laughlin

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About Stuart Laughlin

Stuart enjoys solving problems, increasing efficiency, and creating value. For 25 years, he has been developing enterprise-class software to do just that. Stuart believes that solutions to complex problems should be characterized by a practical elegance. He is a software craftsman, an avid learner and an autodidact, relishing every opportunity to share and improve with a friend or colleague. Whether developing back-end software for an HR department or crafting a cutting-edge system for a start-up, Stuart strives to bring the right set of technologies to bear on the problem domain. Stuart is employed by JBS, an amazing technology company comprised of developers working remotely across the globe. His current client focus is a large retail company based out of San Diego, for whom he acts as Tech Lead on a team of a dozen people.For four years prior, Stuart had been employed by Odessian, where he acted as Lead Developer for a client. He helped create and lead the Clean Code Initiative, as well as the Software Craftsman Apprenticeship Program. Prior to that, Stuart took a short break from consulting to spend 18 months as Senior Python Developer launching a start-up in the Online Gaming industry.Stuart has been engaged as a lead software development consultant on dozens of projects over the past decade, including line-of-business applications, portals/intranets, serious games, e-commerce sites, systems integration, ERP, CMS, CRM, and web apps of all shapes and sizes. Prior to consulting, Stuart spent several of his early professional years working in corporate IT departments.Organizations:Founding member of OWASP PeoriaPresented talk on Two-Factor Authentication, Aug 2012Founder/Organizer of Software Craftsmanship in Central Illinois, a learning and teaching communitySpecialties:system design and architecturesoftware developmentdevopsagile sdlctechnical leadershipcoaching / training / mentoringresearch and developmentopen source software