Summary
Brett Percy is a Lead Software Engineer based in Chicago with nine years of experience building reliable enterprise systems across healthcare, manufacturing, and insurance. He currently leads remote engineering efforts at State Farm after a long tenure at 3M where he progressed from infrastructure intern to senior engineer and led a Java-based De-Identification application and MES web platform work. Brett combines backend expertise (Java, Spring, C#, MS SQL) with front-end and tooling experience (JavaFX, Gradle, ASP.NET, TeamCity/Octopus) and has delivered resilient deployment patterns like zero-downtime blue/green database rollouts. He pairs technical leadership with hands-on coding, including porting critical C# apps to Java and working on natural language understanding components, and brings a communications background from a dual BS/BA at UW–Madison that helps him translate complex requirements for cross-functional teams.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication and Media Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison
General Studies, General Studies at Monona Grove High School
English, Spanish