Summary
Adam Petaccia is a pragmatic Software Engineer III with 19 years of experience building user-focused applications and infrastructure across retail, finance, and enterprise environments. Based in Charlotte, NC, he specializes in C-family languages, shell scripting, and GNU/Linux/UNIX systems while delivering POS, backend, and data/reporting solutions that prioritize usability over complexity. He has hands-on experience deploying and customizing COTS software, coordinating vendor relationships, and managing small teams to meet time-sensitive retail and banking requirements. Comfortable in DevOps-like roles and legacy modernization efforts, Adam bridges developer and end-user needs—often surfacing friction points in workflows and removing them through practical automation. His background includes POS development at Lowe’s, security and COTS deployment at Bank of America, and current work at Total Quality Logistics, reflecting a steady focus on making technology an effortless tool rather than an obstacle.
19 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Greensboro