# Travis Rotz

Lee's Summit, MO · (816) 591-6984 · [tmrotz@gmail.com](mailto:tmrotz@gmail.com)  
[GitHub](https://github.com/tmrotz) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisrotz) · [travisrotz.com](https://www.travisrotz.com)

## Summary

Tech lead and senior full-stack engineer with 13+ years building and running scalable applications in finance and at startups. Leads work from design through production and uses AI-assisted engineering—Copilot agents and automation—to replace fragmented systems with simpler ones. Hands-on in Java, TypeScript, and PHP, with a record of mentoring engineers and shortening time to proficiency.

## Skills

- **Languages:** TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, PHP, C++, Python, Go
- **AI / Automation:** GitHub Copilot agents, AI-assisted development, automation scripting
- **Full-stack / Platforms:** Java Spring Boot, Google Firebase, Chrome extensions, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Gradle, microservice architecture
- **Data / Domain:** MySQL, DB2, SMART on FHIR, financial regulatory compliance (CAT CAIS)
- **Practices:** Agile, unit testing, technical mentoring, onboarding

## Experience

### Technical Lead | CGI (Edward Jones) | Remote
**November 2025 – Present**

- Led an 8-person delivery team across 21+ repositories, also serving as interim product owner; recovered 6 at-risk projects and restored on-time delivery.
- Built GitHub Copilot agents to consolidate 5 FINRA CAT CAIS applications into a single system, cutting code size by 55% and cycle time by 40%.

### Senior Software Engineer | CGI (Edward Jones) | Remote
**February 2022 – November 2025**

- Created an onboarding template adopted department-wide, cutting time to proficiency from 2 years to 3 months.
- Automated a manual deployment process using Jenkins and Gradle, cutting deployment time from 1–2 weeks to 3 minutes and removing a recurring source of errors.

### SMART on FHIR Subject Matter Expert (SDE4) | Cerner Corporation | Overland Park, KS
**November 2020 – February 2022**

- Collaborated with HL7 and SMART Health IT committees to shape healthcare interoperability standards.
- Advised leadership, answered implementation questions, and trained internal teams on SMART on FHIR, speeding adoption and improving application quality.

### Cofounder, CTO | The Great Link | Olathe, KS
**May 2016 – November 2020**

- Architected a full-stack product that connected Chrome extensions with Streak CRM and Firebase, automating lead generation and increasing sales efficiency by 500%.
- Owned delivery end to end, from market research and proofs of concept through API integrations and deployment, reaching 100+ users in the first year.

### Software Engineer | USAA | Plano, TX
**May 2015 – May 2016**

- Helped rewrite C++ banking software as Java microservices with minimal downtime.
- Onboarded new hires, drawing on prior data-API experience.

### Software Engineer | InsideSales.com | Provo, UT
**January 2013 – May 2015**

- Contributed to a PHP microservices rewrite of the company's SaaS product, improving scalability and maintainability.
- Led the rollout of PHPUnit across development teams, cutting production bugs by 40%, and mentored 2 new hires to full productivity within 3 months.

## Education

**Bachelor of Science in Computer Science** | Brigham Young University–Idaho  
June 2012