Summary
Adam Gernes is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of professional experience building full-stack web applications and secure automation systems. Currently at Capital One, he brings strong expertise in Angular, C#, Python/Django, SQL, and cloud-connected IoT prototypes honed through internships at Crowe, Ameren, and Motorola Solutions. He has a track record of practical optimizations—such as a 4x faster Excel file retrieval model—and has built tooling to automate security guideline updates and visualize version diffs. Comfortable across front-end, back-end, and database layers, Adam also tutors and mentors others in languages like Python and C++, reflecting a habit of translating complex concepts into teachable solutions. Based in the Greater Grand Island area, he combines an honors Computer Science education from the University of Illinois with a pragmatic focus on measurable impact and developer-friendly tooling.
9 years of coding experience
Computer Science, Sophomore, Computer Science, Sophomore at College of DuPage
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English