Cory Trimm

Arlington, VA, USA

  1. Engineering
  2. Entry-Level Brazilian Portuguese

10+ Years Experience. Fractional CTO, Avid Builder, & Lifelong Learner.

Hey there - I'm Cory – a software engineering leader with over a decade's worth of professional experience. From rolling up my sleeves and coding cool stuff at startups to longer-term engineering strategy / people management in the government, my journey has been quite the ride.


Beyond my day jobs, I've always delved into side projects as a way to keep up my skills and for fun. With over 50 ventures, from quirky web apps to online stores, these experiments have become a lab for tinkering, learning, and sharing the fun of creation.


When I'm not at the computer, I'm often enjoying the outdoors on local trails or exploring new parts of town.

  1. Chief Technology Officer
  2. JavaScript
  3. amazon aws
  4. Full Stack Engineer
  5. PHP
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Testimonials

  • Cory has made more of an impact on my career progression and understanding of development than any other person thus far. His patience and ability break down and explain the logic behind *why* the code was working was apart of the foundation from which I excelled.

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    Zöe Clemens

    Student, Thinkful (fka Bloc.io)

  • I've had the privilege of working with many great engineers, but Cory has a blend of passion, entrepreneurialism, work ethic, ability to learn, and technical aptitude that is unique.

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    Chris Szymansky

    Chief Technology Officer, JazzHR

Work

Experience

  • The Department of Veterans Affairs | via United States Digital Service

    The Department of Veterans Affairs | via United States Digital Service

    Digital Services Expert

    Jun 2020 - Present

    The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Within the Department, the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) was established to bring in professionals to help drive widespread technological change across the organization. • Detailed at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs | Former Engineering Community of Practice Lead (October 2021 to March 2023) in the Office of the Chief Technology Office • Advised engineering strategy. Including, but not limited to: Software Factory (Digital Transformation Center), Engineering Excellence, Zero Trust, and IT intake processes • Focused on establishing and growing the best in class high-impact civic technology organization • Established an Identity Working Group aimed at providing veterans, caregivers, and others access to VA web properties with one public and one private credential

    • Detailed at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs | Former Engineering Community of Practice Lead (October 2021 to March 2023) in the Office of the Chief Technology Office
    • Advised engineering strategy. Including, but not limited to: Software Factory (Digital Transformation Center), Engineering Excellence, Zero Trust, and IT intake processes
    • Established an Identity Working Group aimed at providing veterans, caregivers, and others access to VA web properties with one public and one private credential
  • Slalom

    Slalom

    Technology Consultant

    May 2019 - May 2020

    Slalom is a next-generation professional services company creating value at the intersection of business, technology, and humanity.

    • Architected, programmed, and deployed an OAuth 2.0 solution based on the IETF specifications for a customer with > 2 million monthly active subscribers
    • Expanded the aforementioned solution to allow users to connect to a popular smart home solution
    • Prototyped a web component / design library and created a proof of concept micro-frontend application w/ cohesive state management between applications
  • Thinkful (fka Bloc.io)

    Thinkful (fka Bloc.io)

    Educator & Squad Lead

    Jan 2018 - Sep 2019

    We’re an online education platform with career support to get our students new jobs and life long careers. Founded in 2012, we’re a 100% remote company with over 600 employees dedicated to our students’ learning journey.

    • Held over 1,000 meetings with students (1x per week per student) from various programming backgrounds to help them get unstuck, answer career-related questions, and anything else they were curious about
    • Held role of Squad Lead where I worked with ~20 other educators to ensure every student is receiving the same support and quality across the organization for ~6 months
  • Ibotta

    Ibotta

    Platform Engineer

    Dec 2017 - Feb 2019

    At Ibotta, we try to improve the lives of millions of consumers every day. We do this by helping them earn cash rewards on thousands of everyday items.

    • Led and architected out an internal tool built with React, Redux, and other tools that live in a Visualforce page on our organization's SalesForce instance
    • This application was hooked up to a Node API broker microservice to aggregate API requests & responses before handing information back to the React Application
    • Cross-trained and onboarded other engineers into the project
  • JazzHR (fka The Resumator)

    JazzHR (fka The Resumator)

    Software Engineer

    Mar 2014 - Dec 2017

    JazzHR is a powerful, user-friendly, applicant tracking system that is purpose-built to help businesses exceed their recruiting goals.

    • Transitioned to Full-stack developer from Automation Engineer
    • Worked on cross-functional teams to deliver incremental product updates
    • Organized multiple hackathons & social events for the Technology team